Franco Restivo

Franco Restivo
Minister of the Interior
In office 24 June 1968 – 17 February 1972
Prime Minister	Giovanni Leone Mariano Rumor Emilio Colombo
Preceded by	Paolo Emilio Taviani
Succeeded by	Mariano Rumor
Minister of Defence
In office 17 February 1972 – 26 June 1972
Prime Minister	Giulio Andreotti
Preceded by	Mario Tanassi
Succeeded by	Mario Tanassi
Minister of Agriculture and Forests
In office 23 February 1966 – 24 June 1968
Prime Minister	Aldo Moro
Preceded by	Mario Ferrari Aggradi
Succeeded by	Giacomo Sedati
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 12 June 1958 – 17 April 1976
President of Sicily
In office 14 June 1949 – 4 June 1955
Preceded by	Giuseppe Alessi
Succeeded by	Giuseppe Alessi
Member of the Constituent Assembly
In office 25 June 1946 – 13 November 1947
Personal details
Born	(1911-05-25)25 May 1911 Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Died	17 April 1976(1976-04-17) (aged 64) Francavilla di Sicilia, Sicily, Italy
Political party	DC
Alma mater	University of Palermo
Profession	Politician, University professor

Franco Restivo (25 May 1911 – 17 April 1976) was an Italian politician.

Biography

Franco Restivo was son of Empedocle Restivo, a jurist and national deputy. He studied law at the University of Palermo and in 1943 he became a professor of constitutional law at the Faculty of Law of the Sicilian university; later teaching public law at the Faculty of economics and commerce of the same university.

He was member of the Constituent Assembly between 1946 and 1947, of the Sicilian Regional Assembly between 1947 and 1958, and national Deputy from 1958 until his death.

Between 1949 and 1955 he served as President of the Sicilian Region. After his return to national politics, he also served as a Minister of Agricolture (Moro III Cabinet), as Minister of the Interior (Leone II Cabinet, Rumor I Cabinet, Rumor II Cabinet, Rumor III Cabinet and Colombo Cabinet) and as Minister of Defence (Andreotti I Cabinet). During the period in which he held the dicastery of the Interior, Restivo faced a situation of serious deterioration of public order: massacre of Piazza Fontana, worsening of common and mafia crime, youth protest and political terrorism.

He died April 17, 1976, a few months before the end of the VI Legislature.

Honours and awards

• Italy: Chancellor and Treasurer of the Military Order of Italy (17 February 1972 – 26 June 1972)
• Germany: Grand Cross of Merit with German Order of Merit Plaque (1957)