Gianmatteo Matteotti Explained

Office:Minister of Foreign Trade
Term Start:26 June 1972
Term End:23 November 1974
Primeminister:Giulio Andreotti
Mariano Rumor
Predecessor:Camillo Ripamonti
Successor:Ciriaco De Mita
Office1:Minister of Tourism and Entertainment
Term Start1:6 August 1970
Term End1:18 February 1972
Primeminister1:Emilio Colombo
Predecessor1:Giuseppe Lupis
Successor1:Giovanni Battista Scaglia
Office2:Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Term Start2:8 May 1948
Term End2:11 July 1983
Constituency2:Venice (1948–1963; 1968–1972)
Verona (1963–1968; 1972–1983)
Office3:Member of the Constituent Assembly
Term Start3:25 June 1946
Term End3:31 January 1948
Constituency3:Pisa
Birth Date:17 February 1921
Birth Place:Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Death Place:Verona, Italy
Resting Place:Fratta Polesine
Parents:Giacomo Matteotti (father)

Gianmatteo Matteotti (17 February 1921 – 14 June 2000), also known as Matteo Matteotti, was an Italian socialist politician. He held several cabinet posts in the 1970s.

Early life

Matteotti was born in Rome on 17 February 1921.[1] He was the second son of Giacomo Matteotti and had an older brother, Giancarlo.[2]

Career and activities

After 8 September 1943 Matteotti participated in the War of Liberation and was a militant of the Red Flag movement.

He later joined the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) and served as its secretary, until 1946. The same year he was elected deputy to the Constituent Assembly. In 1947 he became a member of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI) and was elected to the Chamber in 1948 for the party. In the mid-1950s he was the general secretary of the party.[2] In 1959 Matteotti rejoined the PSI. In 1968 he left the party and rejoined the PSDI.

He was appointed minister of tourism and entertainment to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Emilio Colombo in 1970. Then he was appointed minister of foreign trade to the cabinet of Giulio Andreotti in 1973. Matteotti also held the same post in the subsequent cabinet headed by Mariano Rumor from 1973 to 1974.

Death

Matteotti died in Verona on 14 June 2000.[1] Like his father and his older brother Giancarlo (1918–2006) he was buried in Fratta Polesine.[3]

Electoral history

width=12%Electionwidth=30%Housewidth=40%Constituencywidth=5% colspan="2"Partywidth=12%Voteswidth=12%Result
1946Constituent AssemblyPisa–Livorno–Lucca–Massa CarraraPSIUP9,566
1948Chamber of DeputiesVenice–TrevisoUS6,930
1953Chamber of DeputiesVenice–TrevisoPSDI3,385 Elected
1958Chamber of DeputiesVenice–TrevisoPSDI5,250 Elected
1963Chamber of DeputiesVerona–Padua–Vicenza–RovigoPSDI4,580 Elected
1968Chamber of DeputiesVenice–TrevisoPSU13,639 Elected
1972Chamber of DeputiesVerona–Padua–Vicenza–RovigoPSDI8,214 Elected
1976Chamber of DeputiesVerona–Padua–Vicenza–RovigoPSDI5,015 Elected
1979Chamber of DeputiesVerona–Padua–Vicenza–RovigoPSDI2,862 Elected

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Matteo Matteotti. Biblio Toscana. it . 9 March 2022.
  2. Conversation Renewed. 9 March 2022 . Time. 18 June 1956.
  3. Web site: Gianmatteo Matteotti. it. ANPI. 9 March 2022.