Camillo Ripamonti

Camillo Ripamonti (born May 25, 1919 in Gorgonzola , province of Milan ; † April 23, 1997 ) was an Italian politician of the Democrazia Cristiana (DC), who was a member of the Chamber of Deputies ( Camera dei deputati ) between 1958 and 1968 and was several times a minister in various Government was. Among other things , he was Italian Minister of Health between 1968 and 1970 and was a member of the Senate ( Senato della Repubblica ) from 1968 to 1983 . In addition, he was mayor of his native town Gorgonzola from 1946 to 1980 .

Life

Engineer and MP

After attending school, Ripamonti studied engineering and then worked as an engineer . In 1946 he became mayor (Sindaco) of his hometown Gorgonzola and held this office for 34 years until his replacement by Mario Villa in 1980. He was temporarily president of the National Institute for Urban Planning (Istituto nazionale di urbanistica) and president of the Lombard Institute for Economic and Economic Affairs Social Studies ILSES (Istituto lombardo di studi economici e sociali) . He also served temporarily as President of the Institute for Social Family Services (Istituto servizio sociale familiare) .

In the elections of May 25, 1958 , Ripamonti was elected for the first time for the Democrazia Cristiana (DC) as a member of the Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei deputati) and represented the constituency of Milan until June 4, 1968 . During the third legislative term he was from June 1958 to June 1968 a member of the Committee on Public Works and at the same time between March 1962 and May 1963 secretary of a committee to investigate disputes between MPs Fiorentino Sullo and Alfredo Covelli .

Senator and Minister

In the elections of April 19, 1968 , Ripamonti finally became a member of the Senate ( Senato della Repubblica ) and represented the interests of the Lombardy region until July 11, 1983 .

On December 12, 1968, Prime Minister Mariano Rumor appointed Minister of Health (Ministro della sanità) in his first cabinet and held this office in the second Rumor cabinet until March 26, 1970. In the third Rumor cabinet and in the Colombo cabinet he held from March 27th From 1970 to February 16, 1972 the post of minister without portfolio for the coordination of scientific research and technology initiatives (Ministro senza portafoglio per il coordinamento delle iniziative per la ricerca scientifica e tecnologica) . He was a member of the first Andreotti cabinet between February 17 and June 24, 1972 as Minister for Foreign Trade (Ministro del commercio con l'estero) .

During the fifth legislative period, from July 1968 to May 1972, he was also a member of the Senate Standing Committee on Public Works, Transport, Post, Telecommunications and the Merchant Navy, and from October 1971 to May 1972 a member of the Senate Standing Committee on Hygiene and Health. In the sixth legislative period, Ripamonti, who was also a temporary member of the Aviation Science Committee, was a brief member of the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs in July 1972 and then Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Industry, Trade and Tourism from July 1972 to July 1973. In addition, between July 1972 and July 1973 he was a member of the Standing Senate Committee for Public Works and Communication.

He then held the post of minister without portfolio for the fine arts (Ministro senza portafoglio per i beni culturali) in the fourth Rumor cabinet from July 6, 1973 to March 13, 1974, and then in the fifth Rumor cabinet between March 24 and November 22nd 1974 the function of Minister for Tourism and Events (Ministro del turismo e dello spettacolo) .

After leaving the government, he was a member of the Senate's Standing Committee on Budgets during the sixth to eighth legislative periods from December 1974 to July 1983. At the same time, after the severe earthquake in Friuli on May 6, 1976 , he was chairman of the Senate's special committee for earthquakes in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region from September 1976 to June 1979 and also chairman of the Senate's special committee for the reconstruction of the region between July 1977 and June 1979 Friuli Venezia Giulia. Most recently, Ripamonti was also a member of the Committee on European Community Affairs in the eighth legislative period from July 1979 to July 1983.

Web links

• Entry on the homepage of the Camera dei deputati (3rd legislative period)
• Entry on the homepage of the Camera dei deputati (4th legislative period)
• Entry on the homepage of the Senato della Repubblica (5th legislative period)
• Entry on the homepage of the Senato della Repubblica (6th legislative period)
• Entry on the homepage of the Senato della Repubblica (7th legislative period)
• Entry on the homepage of the Senato della Repubblica (8th legislative period)