Roberto Tremelloni

Roberto Tremelloni

Roberto Tremelloni (born October 30, 1900 in Milan , † September 8, 1987 in Bruneck , South Tyrol ) was an Italian politician who was, among other things, the finance minister and defense minister of Italy .

Life

Tremelloni studied economics in Turin and graduated in 1926.

He was initially a lecturer in political economy in Geneva. From 1930 he was professor of business administration at the Milan Polytechnic

Member of Parliament from 1948 to 1953 and Minister

After attending school, Tremelloni completed a degree in economics and commercial management and then worked as a university lecturer and publicist.

In the parliamentary elections of April 18, 1948 , he was elected for the first time as a member of the Chamber of Deputies ( Camera dei deputati ) as a candidate of the electoral alliance Socialist Unity US (Unità Socialista) for the National University Council (Consiglio Universitario Nazionale) . In the first legislative period after the Second World War , he joined various parliamentary groups such as the Partito Socialista Italiano (PSI), the Partito Socialista dei Lavoratori Italiani (PSLI) and, most recently, the Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano (PSDI).

On December 15, 1947, Tremeloni was appointed by Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi to his fourth cabinet , where he served as Minister of Industry and Trade (Ministri dell'Industria e Commercio) until May 23, 1948 . He then acted from May 23, 1948 to November 7, 1949 as Minister without Portfolio (Ministro senza Portafiglio) in the fifth cabinet of Prime Minister De Gasperi.

He was then from May 12, 1951 to June 24, 1953 Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission to Investigate Unemployment and, at the same time, from November 21, 1951 to June 24, 1953, Chairman of the Special Committee to investigate measures in those affected by floods Areas.

Although he was not a member of parliament, he was appointed Finance Minister (Ministro delle Finanze) by Prime Minister Mario Scelba in his cabinet on February 10, 1954 , and was a member of this until the end of Scelba's tenure on July 6, 1955.

Re-election as member of parliament in 1958, minister and committee chairman

After five years not a member of parliament, Tremelloni was re-elected as a member of the Camera dei deputati in the elections of May 25, 1958 as a candidate for the Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano in the constituency of Milan in the third legislative period.

From May 15, 1961 to February 21, 1962, he was first chairman of the commission for the investigation of the limits of competition in the economy and then between February 21, 1962 and June 21, 1963 Minister of the Treasury (Ministro del Tesoro) in the fourth cabinet of the Prime Minister Amintore Fanfani .

In the elections of April 28, 1963 Tremelloni was re-elected for the PSDI in the constituency of Milan , and on November 17, 1966 he moved to the faction of the Partito Socialista Italiano (PSI). At the beginning of the fourth legislative period, he was again chairman of the commission for the investigation of competitive limits in the economy from July 26 to December 4, 1963.

Afterwards, Prime Minister appointed him Aldo Moro on 4 December 1963 again in the post of finance minister in the first cabinet appointed and has held this ministerial position and up to the end of Moros second cabinet on 23 February 1966. In the third cabinet of Prime Minister acted Tremelloni between 23 February 1966 and June 24, 1968 as Minister of Defense (Ministro della Difesa) .

Tremelloni was last reelected as a member of the Camera dei deputati in the elections of April 19, 1968 for the PSI in the constituency of Milan and was a member of the Camera dei deputati until the end of the fifth legislative period on May 24, 1972, the last time being on February 18, 1971 again the faction of the Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano (PSDI).

During this time he was from February 5, 1969 to May 24, 1972 Chairman of the Committee on Budget and State Participations.

Web links

• Entry on the homepage of the Camera dei deputati (1st legislative period)
• 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 Camera dei deputati (5th legislative period)
• Newspaper article about Roberto Tremelloni in the press kit of the 20th century of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .