Mario Martinelli

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Mario Martinelli

Mario Martinelli (12 May 1906 – 21 May 2001) was an Italian resistance member during the Fascist Italy and a conservative politician who was a member of Christian Democracy. He was the undisputed leader of the party in the Como region. He held several government posts and was a long-term member of the Italian Parliament, Italian Senate and the European Parliament.

Biography

Martinelli was born in Como on 12 May 1906.[1] His father, Abbondio, was a dyer worker and trade unionist and was among the founders of Italian People's Party which was established in 1919.[2][3] Mario Martinelli was an accountant by profession.[4] He was a member of the resistance movement during the Fascist Italy.[1] Martinelli was arrested by the political police at his home in Como in August 1944 due to his resistance activities and released in April 1945.[5]

Following the end of World War II he joined the Christian Democrat Party and founded its Como branch.[3] He served as the party secretary for the Como region between 1945 and 1946.[1] Then he elected to the Italian parliament in 1946 and became a member of the national council of the Christian Democrat Party in 1948.[6] His tenure at the parliament lasted for three consecutive terms, and the last and fourth one was at the end of the 1970s.[4] After serving as undersecretary of state for treasury and for foreign trade and minister of finance he was appointed minister of foreign trade which he held from 1954 to 1955.[1] He served in the same post between 1960 and 1962.[1]

From 1958 Martinelli served in the European Parliament as part of the Christian Democrat group and was the head of the transport committee.[6] He was also a member of the committee on the internal market of the community at the European Parliament.[6] Martinelli also served at the Italian Senate from 1963 for three consecutive terms representing Lombardy.[4]

Martinelli was married and had nine children.[5][7] He died on 21 May 2001.[7]

Legacy

In Como a square was named after him, Mario Martinelli Square.[8] In 2004 Giovanni Di Capua published a biography of Mario Martinelli entitled Mario Martinelli nel secolo delle contraddizioni (Italian: Mario Martinelli in the century of contradictions ).[2][3]

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