Athos Valsecchi

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Athos Valsecchi

Athos Valsecchi (* 26. November 1919 in Gravedona , Como Province , † 21st July 1985 in Rome ) was an Italian politician of the Christian Democrats (DC), the 1948 to 1963 member of the Chamber of Deputies ( Camera dei deputati ) and from 1963 to 1976 member of the Senate ( Senato della Repubblica ) . He was also minister several times, including finance minister and health minister of Italy . For a while he was also a member of the European Parliament .

Life

Member of the Chamber of Deputies and Undersecretary of State

Athos Valsecchi graduated with a laureate in lettere and then worked as a teacher and publicist . On June 1, 1948, he became a member of the Chamber of Deputies ( Camera dei deputati ) for the first time in the Como province for the Democrazia Cristiana (DC ) . In the second legislative period he served between December 16, 1955 and June 11, 1958 as Vice-President of the Committee on Finance and Treasury (IV Commissione (Finanze e Tesoro)) . In the third legislative period he was in the Fanfani II cabinet between July 3, 1958 and February 15, 1959, Undersecretary of State in the Budget Ministry (Sottosegratario di Stato al Bilancio) and in the subsequent Segni II cabinet from February 19, 1959 to March 25, 1960, Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Finance (Sottosegratario di Stato alle Finanze) . He then held the position of President of the Finance and Treasury Committee between July 6, 1960 and May 15, 1963. He was also a member of the European Parliament between 1958 and 1959 .

Senator and Minister

Valsecchi, who was mayor of Chiavenna between 1951 and 1956 and again from 1964 to 1970 and temporarily president of the Adda mountain catchment area consortium (Bacino Imbrifero Montano) , became a member of the DC's Senate on April 28, 1963 in the fourth legislative period ( Senato della Repubblica ) . In the following period he was again Undersecretary in the Ministry of Finance in the Moro I cabinet from December 8, 1963 to July 21, 1964, in the Moro II cabinet between July 25, 1964 and February 22, 1966 and in the Moro III cabinet from February 26th 1966 until June 23, 1968. in the fifth legislative period he was between 26 June and 11 December 1968 at the cabinet Leone II Undersecretary of State in Prime Minister's Office (Sottosegretario di Stato alla Presidenza del Consiglio dei ministri) the following cabinet Rumor I he took over a ministerial office for the first time and between December 12, 1968 and August 4, 1969 the office of Minister for Agriculture and Forests (Ministro dell'agricoltura e delle foreste) . He then served in the Rumor II cabinet from August 5 to March 26, 1970 as Minister of Post and Telecommunications (Ministro delle poste e delle telecomunicazioni) . In the Andreotti I cabinet , he was Minister of Health (Ministro della sanità) between February 17 and June 24, 1972 .

Valsecchi was also President of the National Federation of Mountain Areas FEDERBIM (Federazione nazionale dei consorzi di bacino imbrifero montano) and President of the Provincial Association of Direct Growers of Sondrio (Federazione provinciale dei coltivatori diretti di Sondrio) . In the sixth legislative period he finally held the office of finance minister (Ministro delle finanze) in the Andreotti II cabinet from June 26, 1972 to July 5, 1973 . On July 4, 1976, he resigned from the Senate. His marriage to Marisa Gallegioni in Chiavenna in 1948 had three children.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry on the homepage of the Camera dei deputati (1st legislative period)
  2. ↑ Entry on the homepage of the Camera dei deputati (2nd legislative period)
  3. ↑ GOVERNO FANFANI II
  4. ↑ GOVERNO SEGNI II
  5. ↑ Entry on the homepage of the Camera dei deputati (3rd legislative period)
  6. ↑ GOVERNO MORO I
  7. ↑ GOVERNO MORO II
  8. ↑ GOVERNO MORO III
  9. ↑ GOVERNO LEONE II
  10. ↑ GOVERNO RUMOR I
  11. ↑ GOVERNO RUMOR II
  12. ↑ GOVERNO ANDREOTTI I
  13. ↑ GOVERNO ANDREOTTI II
personal data
SURNAME Valsecchi, Athos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian politician, member of the Camera dei deputati and the Senato della Repubblica
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Gravedona , Province of Como
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 1985
Place of death Rome