Cesare Merzagora

Senator for Life
Cesare Merzagora
President of the Italian Senate
In office
25 June 1953 – 7 November 1967
Preceded byMeuccio Ruini
Succeeded byEnnio Zelioli-Lanzini
Acting President of Italy
In office
6 December 1964 – 29 December 1964
Prime MinisterAldo Moro
Preceded byAntonio Segni
Succeeded byGiuseppe Saragat
Minister of Foreign Trade
In office
1 June 1947 – 1 April 1949
Prime MinisterAlcide De Gasperi
Preceded byEzio Vanoni
Succeeded byGiovanni Battista Bertone
Personal details
Born(1898-11-09)9 November 1898
Milan, Kingdom of Italy
Died1 May 1991(1991-05-01) (aged 92)
Rome, Italian Republic
PartyChristian Democracy
(1948–1963)
Independent
(1963–1972; 1976–1991)
Italian Liberal Party
(1972–1976)
OccupationBanker, manager, politician

Cesare Merzagora (Italian pronunciation: [ˈtʃeːzare merˈdzaːɡora, ˈtʃɛː-]; 9 November 1898 – 1 May 1991) was an Italian politician from Milan.

Biography

Merzagora was born in Milan on 9 November 1898.

Between 1947 and 1949, Merzagora served as Italy's Minister of Foreign Trade. 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. Merzagora was named senator for life in March of 1963.

He ran as a candidate of the Italian Christian Democracy Party, and was affiliated with this party for most of his whole political career and then as an independent politician.

He died in Rome on 1 May 1991.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "senato.it - Scheda di attività di Cesare MERZAGORA - X Legislatura". www.senato.it. Italian Senate. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 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.
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  4. ↑ Cfr. Berardi, Silvio (2021), Cesare Merzagora. Un liberale europeista tra difesa dello Stato e anti-partitocrazia, Milano, Luni Editrice. ISBN 887984735X
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  7. ↑ Agency, United States Central Intelligence (1963). Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts.
  8. ↑ Italy; Documents and Notes. Centro di documentazione. 1972.