Luigi Cacciatore | |
|---|---|
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| Minister of Posts and Communications | |
| In office 1947–1947 | |
| Prime Minister | Alcide De Gasperi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 July 1900 Mercato San Severino, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 17 August 1951 (aged 51) Rome, Italy |
| Political party | |
Luigi Cacciatore (1900–1951) was an Italian socialist politician who served as the minister of posts and communications in 1947. He was a member and one of the leaders of the Italian Socialist Party.
Biography
Cacciatore was born in Mercato San Severino, near Salerno, on 26 July 1900.[1] From 1922 he worked in the building trade unions.[1] In 1925 he was arrested by the Fascist regime due to his activities.[1] After the end of the Fascist rule he involved in politics.[1] In the first meeting of the Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity in Naples on 20 December 1943 he was elected to its National Council representing the province of Salerno.[1] He was appointed minister of posts and communications to the third cabinet of Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi in 1947.[2] Then Cacciatore joined the Italian Socialist Party.[1] He was elected to the Italian Parliament from Benevento and represented the party at the parliament between 1 June 1948 to 17 August 1951.[3] He died in Rome on 17 August 1951.[3] Spencer M. Di Scala argues that the death of Cacciatore weakened the Italian Socialist Party.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bruno Anatra (1973). "Luigi Cacciatore". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 16.
- ↑ Report. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 103-PA25.
- 1 2 "Cacciatore Luigi" (in Italian). Italian Senate. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ↑ Spencer M. Di Scala (1988). Renewing Italian Socialism: Nenni to Craxi. New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-19-536396-8.