Cesare Merzagora
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Cesare Merzagora | |
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| President of the Italian Senate | |
| In office 25 June 1953 – 7 November 1967 | |
| Preceded by | Meuccio Ruini |
| Succeeded by | Ennio Zelioli-Lanzini |
| Acting President of Italy | |
| In office 6 December 1964 – 29 December 1964 | |
| Prime Minister | Aldo Moro |
| Preceded by | Antonio Segni |
| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Saragat |
| Minister of the Foreign Trade | |
| In office 1 June 1947 – 1 April 1949 | |
| Prime Minister | Alcide De Gasperi |
| Preceded by | Ezio Vanoni |
| Succeeded by | Giovanni Battista Bertone |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 November 1898 Milan, Italy |
| Died | 1 May 1991 (aged 92) Rome, Italy |
| Political party | Christian Democracy (1948–1963) Independent (1963–1972; 1976–1991) Italian Liberal Party (1972–1976) |
| Occupation | Banker, manager, politician |
Cesare Merzagora (9 November 1898 – 1 May 1991) was an Italian politician from Milan.
Biography
Merzagora was born in Milan on November 9, 1898.[1][2]
Between 1947 and 1949 Merzagora would serve as Italy's Minister of Foreign Trade.[3] He was President of Banca Popolare di Milano from 1950 to 1952, President of the Italian Senate from 1953 to 1967, and was also temporarily acting head of State, in the period between the resignation of Antonio Segni and the election of Giuseppe Saragat in 1964.[4][5][6] Merzagora was named senator for life in March of 1963.[1]
He was run as a candidate of the Italian Christian Democracy Party, and was affiliated to this party during his whole political career, although he never became its official member.[7]
He died in Rome on May 1, 1991.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c "senato.it - Scheda di attività di Cesare MERZAGORA - X Legislatura". www.senato.it. Italian Senate. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ a b Rizzo, Tito Lucrezio (23 October 2012). Parla il Capo dello Stato: sessanta anni di vita repubblicana attraverso il Quirinale 1946-2006 (in Italian). Gangemi Editore spa. ISBN 978-88-492-7460-8.
- ^ Mazzanti, Davide (2005). Vespa: Italian Style for the World. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-88-09-04337-4.
- ^ "Articolo tratto dal sito del Corriere della Sera – "La grande battaglia dei soci per l' ultima banca tutta milanese" 17 aprile 2009". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ State, United States Department of (1988). Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ Agency, United States Central Intelligence (1963). Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts.
- ^ Italy; Documents and Notes. Centro di documentazione. 1972.
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