Roberto Tremelloni

Roberto Tremelloni (30 October 1900 – 8 September 1987) was an Italian economist, academic, businessman and a social democrat politician. He served in different cabinets of Italy.

Roberto Tremelloni
Personal details
Born10 October 1900
Milan
Died8 September 1987(1987-09-08) (aged 86)
Bruneck
NationalityItalian
Political partyItalian Democratic Socialist Party
Alma materUniversity of Turin

Biography

Tremelloni was born in Milan on 30 October 1900.[1] He held a degree in economics and commercial sciences, which he received in Turin in 1926.[2]

Tremelloni was a lecturer of political economy at the University of Geneva.[2] In 1930 he became a professor of economics and business management at the Polytechnic University of Milan.[2] He cofounded the 24 ore which was first published on 15 February 1933.[3] In 1937, he carried out a study on the textile industry of Italy.[4] He became the president of the Istituto per le Relazioni Pubbliche, founded in Milan in 1952.[5]

He was the leader of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) and then of the breakaway Social Democrats (PSDI).[6] He was also a deputy at the Italian parliament. In the 1950s he and Ezio Vigorelli led the parliament's inquiry committee on the problems of poverty and unemployment.[7] His first ministerial post was the minister of finance in the coalition cabinet led by Mario Scelba which was formed on 10 February 1954.[7] Tremelloni and Ezio Vigorelli were the social democrat members of the cabinet.[8]

Then he served as the minister of treasury for three times (from 21 February 1962 to 20 June 1963, from 4 December 1963 to 21 July 1964 and from 22 July 1964 to 22 February 1966) and minister of defense from 23 February 1966 to 23 June 1968.[1] He was also a board member of the European Investment Bank when he was serving as minister of treasury.[9] From 1963 to 1968 he served at the Italian Senate.[1]

Tremelloni died of heart attack at a hospital in Bruneck on 8 September 1987.[2]

References
  1. "IV Legislatura 1963-1968". Italian Senate. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  2. "Morto l' ex ministro Roberto Tremelloni". La Repubblica. 9 September 1987. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. "About Us". 24 Ore Group. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  4. Eugenia Paulicelli (2004). Fashion Under Fascism: Beyond the Black Shirt. Oxford; New York: Berg. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-85973-778-1.
  5. Natalia Rodriguez Salcedo (2012). "Mapping Public Relations in Europe: Writing National Histories against the US Paradigm". Communication and Society. XXV (2). hdl:10171/27966.
  6. "Roberto Tremelloni". Corriere Della Sera. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  7. Muriel Grindrod (1955). The Rebuilding of Italy: Politics and Economics, 1945-1955. London; New York: Royal Institute of International Affairs. ISBN 978-0-8371-9712-8.
  8. M. K. G. (December 1954). "Political Stocktaking in Italy". The World Today. 10 (12): 526. JSTOR 40392700.
  9. "Board of Governors" (PDF). European Investment Bank. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
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