Giovanni Spagnolli

Giovanni Spagnolli

Giovanni Spagnolli (born October 26, 1907 in Rovereto , Tyrol , Austria-Hungary , today Province of Trento , Italy; † October 5, 1984 ibid) was an Italian politician of the Democrazia Cristiana (DC), who was a member of the Senato della between 1953 and 1976 Repubblica and held several ministerial posts. He was last President of the Senate between 1973 and 1976 .

Life

Spagnolli, who worked as an economic manager and entrepreneur, served, among other things, as President of the Municipal Electricity Company of Rovereto and as an advisor to the Federation of Cooperative Associations of the Province of Trentino. Furthermore, he was a member of the Advisory Board of the United Nations Emergency Relief and Reconstruction Administration UNRRA ( United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration ) in the Italian Committee for Aid to the Homeless CASAS (Comitato Amministrativo Soccorso ai Senzatetto) .

In the election of June 7, 1953, he was elected for the first time as a member of the Senate (Senato della Repubblica) as a candidate for the Democrazia Cristiana and represented the interests of the Trentino-South Tyrol region until July 4, 1976 . At the beginning of his senate membership he was in the second legislative period between July 1953 and June 1954 a member of the Standing Committee on Finance and Treasure and then between June 1954 and June 1958 of the Standing Committee on Hygiene and Health.

On July 3, 1958, Spagnolli took over his first government office when he was appointed Undersecretary of State in the Foreign Trade Ministry (Sottosegretario di Stato per il commercio con l'estero) in its second cabinet by Prime Minister Amintore Fanfani . He then held this position in the Segni II cabinet until March 24, 1960. After that, at the end of the third and at the beginning of the fourth legislative term from May 1960 to January 1964, he was Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee on Finance and Treasury (Commissione permanente Finanze e tesoro) .

In the first and second Moro cabinet, Spagnolli held the position of Minister for the Merchant Navy (Ministro della marina mercantile) from December 4, 1963 to February 22, 1966 , before joining Moro's third cabinet between February 23, 1966 and November 23, 1966 June 1968 was Minister of Post and Telecommunications (Ministro delle poste e delle telecomunicazioni) . From June 24 to December 11, 1968, he also held the office of Minister for the Merchant Navy in the second Leone cabinet .

During the fifth and sixth legislative periods, Spagnolli, who was temporarily also President of the Association of Public Services of Local Authorities CISPEL (Confederazione italiana dei servizi pubblici degli Enti locali) , succeeded Giuseppe from October 16, 1969 to June 26, 1973 Caron Chairman of the Democrazia Cristiana parliamentary group in the Senate. At the same time, he was a member of several permanent senate committees during this time. His successor as chairman of the DC group was on July 18, 1973 Giuseppe Bartolomei .

Spagnolli succeeded Amintore Fanfani as President of the Senate on June 27, 1973 and held this position until the end of the sixth legislative period on July 4, 1976. At the same time, he acted as chairman of the Senate's committee of rules of procedure (Giunta per il regolamento) . He was also temporarily president of the Club Alpino Italiano and honorary president of the Italian- American Chamber of Commerce .

Web links

• Entry on the homepage of the Senato della Repubblica (2nd legislative period)
• Entry on the homepage of the Senato della Repubblica (3rd legislative period)
• Entry on the homepage of the Senato della Repubblica (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)