Camillo Giardina Explained

Camillo Giardina
Office:Minister for Reform of Public Administration
Primeminister:Amintore Fanfani
Term Start:1 July 1958
Term End:26 January 1959
Predecessor:Mario Zotta
Successor:Giorgio Bo
Office1:Minister of Health
Primeminister1:Fernando Tambroni
Term Start1:15 February 1959
Term End1:21 February 1962
Predecessor1:Vincenzo Monaldi
Successor1:Angelo Raffaele Jervolino
Office2:Senator of the Republic
Term Start2:8 May 1948
Term End2:24 May 1972
Birth Date:1907 3, df=y
Birth Place:Pavia, Italy
Nationality:Italian
Profession:Professor
Party:Christian Democracy
Alma Mater:University of Palermo

Camillo Giardina (March 29, 1907 – February 26, 1985)[1] was an Italian Christian Democrat politician. He was minister of health (1959–1962) in the Government of Italy.

Biography

Son of a doctor and academic from the University of Pavia, Andrea Giardina, originally from Sicily, active in the Catholic movement and member of the People's Party. The family moved to Palermo and in 1929, Camillo Giardina obtained a degree in law from the city university.

In 1931 he obtained the free lecturer in history of law; first at the University of Urbino, until 1933, and then at that of Messina, where he remained until 1937, the year in which he became full professor. In 1940 he was called to the chair of the history of Italian law in Palermo, where he remained until the end academic career.

In 1942 he joined the underground movement of the Christian Democrats, a party of which he became a leading exponent. Provincial secretary from 1946 to 1948, he was elected Senator in the first legislature and re-elected consecutively until 1963.

He served as Minister for Reform of Public Administration in the Zoli government and as Minister of Health in the Tambroni government.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GIARDINA, Camillo in "Dizionario Biografico". www.treccani.it.