Domenico Corcione Explained

Honorific Suffix:OMRI
Office:Minister of Defence
Primeminister:Lamberto Dini
Predecessor:Cesare Previti
Successor:Beniamino Andreatta
Term Start:17 January 1995
Term End:17 May 1996
Birth Date:20 April 1929
Birth Place:Turin, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy
Death Place:Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Party:Independent
Alma Mater:Modena Military Academy
Nationality:Italian
Allegiance: Italy
Rank:Army corps general
Serviceyears:1950–1993

Domenico Corcione (20 April 1929 – 3 January 2020) was an Italian general who served as defence minister of Italy between 1995 and 1996.

Early life and education

Corcione was born in Turin on 20 April 1929.[1] He entered Modena Military Academy in 1950 and graduated in 1952.[1]

Career

Corcione was a general and served as the chief of the defence staff.[2] [3] Then he was appointed defence minister, being the first military figure to hold the post in the history of the Italian Republic.[2] [4] He was appointed to the post on 17 January 1995 and served in the cabinet led by the Prime Minister Lamberto Dini until 17 May 1996.[1] [5] [6]

While serving as the minister of defence Corcione reported on 8 February 1996 that the Fascist Italian army employed the poisonous gas during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War between 1935 and 1937.[7] [8]

Death

On 3 January 2020, Corcione died in Turin at age 90.[9]

Decorations

Order of Military Merit (Grand Officer; Brazil)[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Generale C.A. Domenico Corcione. Ministry of Defense. 2 June 2013. it. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130404014418/http://www.difesa.it/SMD_/CaSMD/CapiSMD/Pagine/Generale_Domenico_CORCIONE.aspx. 4 April 2013.
  2. Nicola Labanca. Defense policy in the Republic of Italy: Frames and issues. UNISCI Discussion Papers. January 2011. 26 August 2017. 25. https://web.archive.org/web/20170826045450/https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/767/76717367008.pdf. 1696-2206.
  3. D. Fonzo . et. al.. Spot urinary iodine concentration as a measure of dietary iodine, evaluated in over 3800 young male subjects undergoing medical check-up preliminary to military enrolment in Piemonte and Aosta Valley (Italy). Journal of Endocrinological Investigation. December 2003. 26. 12. 1190. 10.1007/BF03349155. 22769511.
  4. News: Tom Kington. Finmeccanica, Italy Work To Shed Debt. 28 June 2013. https://archive.today/20130628235006/http://www.defensenews.com/print/article/20111121/DEFFEAT04/111210313/Finmeccanica-Italy-Work-Shed-Debt. 2 June 2013. Defense News. 21 November 2011. dead.
  5. News: Daniel J. Wakin. Dini presents cabinet. 2 June 2013. Associated Press. 17 January 1995. Rome. dead. 23 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210923081009/https://apnews.com/article/1ff551b5a82bb53fcd173d342b129796.
  6. Book: Italian Politics: The Stalled Transition. 1996. Westview Press. Boulder, CO. Mario Caciagli. David I. Kertser. 978-0-8133-3186-7. The Government of Lamberto Dini. Gianfranco Pasquino.
  7. Luigi Prosperi. The Missed Italian Nuremberg: The History of an Internationally-Sponsored Amnesty. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2016. 4. 10.2139/ssrn.2887267.
  8. Liz Wren-Owens. Tabucchi's Brutal Empires. Modern Language Review. 102. 3. 2007. 10.2307/20467430. 20467430. 733. 163001809.
  9. Web site: Generale ed ex Ministro della difesa, è morto Domenico Corcione. 4 January 2020. Nuova Periferia. 4 January 2020. it.
  10. Decree. https://pesquisa.in.gov.br/imprensa/jsp/visualiza/index.jsp?data=27/07/1995&jornal=1&pagina=5. 25 July 1995. Government of Brazil. https://web.archive.org/web/20220224213300/https://pesquisa.in.gov.br/imprensa/jsp/visualiza/index.jsp?data=27/07/1995&jornal=1&pagina=5. dead. 24 February 2022.