Roberto Tognazzi

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Roberto Tognazzi († in Venice ) was the second mayor of Venice from 1955 to 1958 after his predecessor Angelo Spanio , who was the Democrazia Cristiana .

Life

In 1954 there was a victory within the Democrazia Cristiana for the group that wanted to open the party to the left. Its provincial secretary was Vincenzo Gagliardi , a little later the DC was led by Wladimiro Dorigo . Social policy, which had played a central role in the public rhetoric of the impoverished city for decades, came back into focus.

In February 1955, the Christian Democrat Roberto Tognazzi became mayor of Venice as a candidate for the Democrazia Cristiana and the Partito Socialista dei Lavoratori Italiani . The communists abstained in the election of the lawyer Tognazzi as mayor (sindaco) Tognazzi had worked as assessore di Personale e Tributi .

In May 1956, the Christian Democrats only got 24 instead of 31 seats, as in the last election, the Communists, on the other hand, gained one seat to 13. As a result, a government made up of Christian Democrats and Socialists came about on July 9, as part of the realignment of the party landscape known as Formula Venezia . Tognazzi was confirmed in office. For the first time Christian Democrats and Socialists worked together in one government. A large part of the local clergy also supported the move, but the Patriarch Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli condemned it sharply. Wladimiro Dorigo , director of the Catholic Il Popolo del Veneto , who had spoken out in favor of an opening of the Catholic to the left parties, protested on September 12, 1956 against the interference of the Church of Venice in the elections for the city council. Despite these arguments, which led to Dorigo's resignation and the end of the newspaper, the government lasted for two years, to which also the influence of Roncalli, who became Pope in 1958 , on the opening to the left contributed.

Finally, a bloc of PCI, PSI and PSDI formed, which in 1958 elected Armando Gavagnin (PSDI) as mayor. The Christian Democrats Tognazzis tried to bring about a coalition with PSI, PLI and PSDI to prevent the communists from participating in government, then a government of pragmatism and administration. Neither one nor the other group was able to form a government, so a provisional government was set up, which lasted until November 5, 1960.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Emilio Franzina: Venezia , Laterza, Bari 1986, pp 208th
  2. ^ Giovanni Distefano, Giannantonio Paladini: Storia di Venezia. Dalla monarchia alla repubblica , Supernova 1997, p. 162.
  3. ↑ Sergio Barizza: Il Comune di Venezia, 1806-1946 , Venice: Comune di Venezia, 1987, the 256th
personal data
SURNAME Tognazzi, Roberto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mayor of Venice
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century or 20th century
DATE OF DEATH 20th century or 21st century
Place of death Venice