Giacinto Bosco

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Giacinto Bosco (born January 25, 1905 in Santa Maria Capua Vetere , Province of Caserta , † October 11, 1997 in Rome ) was an Italian lawyer and politician of the Democrazia Cristiana (DC), who was a member of the Senate ( Senato della Repubblica ), several times minister of various departments and from 1976 to 1988 judge at the European Court of Justice (ECJ).

Life

University professor and senator

After attending school, Bosco studied law at the University of Naples and graduated in 1925. He then joined the Foreign Service and was Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 1927 and 1932 , before accepting a professorship in international law at La Sapienza University in 1932. Shortly afterwards he became dean of the law faculty of the University of Urbino and then also shortly afterwards in 1933 professor of international law at the University of Florence , where he taught until 1940. He then worked as a lawyer .

In the elections of April 18, 1948, he was elected for the first time as a representative of the Democrazia Cristiana as a member of the Senate, the Senato della Repubblica , and was a member of this for 24 years until he resigned on July 18, 1972.

During the second legislative term , he was Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Defense between July 1953 and June 1958 and, at the same time, from August 1953 to June 1958 also Vice Chairman of the DC faction in the Senate.

minister

After he was one of the vice-presidents of the Senate from June 1958 to July 1960, Bosco was appointed Minister for Public Education ( Ministro della pubblica istruzione ) in his third cabinet on July 26, 1960 by Prime Minister Amintore Fanfani . He then became Minister for Pardons and Justice ( Ministro di Grazia e Giustizia ) in the fourth Fanfani government on February 21, 1962 and held this office in the subsequent government of Giovanni Leone until December 3, 1963 December 1963 to July 21, 1964 for the first time Minister of Labor and Social Security ( Ministro del lavoro e della previdenza sociale ) in the first government of Prime Minister Aldo Moro .

He also held the office of Minister for Labor and Social Security in the third government of Moro and in the second Leone cabinet from February 23, 1966 to December 11, 1968. Subsequently, he was initially minister without portfolio for special tasks in the first cabinet of Mariano Rumor , before he was Minister of Finance ( Ministro delle Finanze ) in his second government from August 5, 1969 to March 26, 1970 .

In the third Rumor cabinet that followed, he was initially again minister without portfolio with the special task of political participation and coordination with special consideration of the presidency of Italy in the General Assembly of the United Nations and then on June 9, 1970, he became Minister for Post and Telecommunications ( Ministro delle Poste e delle Telecomunicazioni ). He then held this position in the government of Emilio Colombo and in the first cabinet of Giulio Andreotti until June 24, 1972.

Vice-President of the CSM and judge at the ECJ

After leaving the Senate, Bosco was Vice-President of the Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura between 1972 and 1976 , the self-governing body of Italian judges and prosecutors working in the ordinary courts . For his services he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic on October 12, 1972 .

On October 7, 1976, he became a judge at the European Court of Justice and was a member of that court for twelve years until October 6, 1988.

His son Manfredi Bosco was a long-time member of the Chamber of Deputies ( Camera dei deputati ) and also a senator for one legislative period.

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SURNAME Bosco, Giacinto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian politician and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Maria Capua Vetere , Province of Caserta
DATE OF DEATH October 11, 1997
Place of death Rome