Oronzo Reale Explained

Office:Minister of Justice
Primeminister:Aldo Moro
Predecessor:Mario Zagari
Successor:Francesco Paolo Bonifacio
Term Start:23 November 1974
Term End:12 February 1976
Predecessor2:Silvio Gava
Successor2:Emilio Colombo
Term Start2:27 March 1970
Term End2:6 March 1971
Primeminister3:Aldo Moro
Predecessor3:Giacinto Bosco
Successor3:Guido Gonella
Term Start3:4 December 1963
Term End3:24 June 1968
Birth Date:1902 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Lecce, Kingdom of Italy
Death Place:Rome, Italy
Party:Italian Republican Party
Nationality:Italian

Oronzo Reale (24 October 1902  - 14 July 1988) was an Italian politician, who served as justice minister in the 1960s and 1970s.

Biography

Reale was born in Lecce on 24 October 1902.[1] He received a degree in law.

He was a member and the head of the Republican Party.[2] [3] He served as the secretary of the party.[4] In the 1970s he tried the French model to reorganize the party for which he set up a committee.[5]

Reale also assumed cabinet posts. On 4 December 1963, he became justice minister of Italy. He was reappointed justice minister to the coalition government led by Prime Minister Aldo Moro on 24 February 1966.[6] His term ended on 24 June 1968. Then Reale served as the minister of finance from 12 December 1968 to 5 August 1969.

He was secondly appointed justice minister on 27 March 1970 and served in the post until March 1971.[3] His third and last term as justice minister was from 23 November 1974 to 12 February 1976. During his third term as justice minister, Reale developed a public law order, called Legge Reale or more formally public law order 152 which was introduced on 22 May 1975 as a response to bombings organized by right-wing groups in Brescia.[7] The law expanded the powers of Italian security forces.[7] [8]

Reale died on 14 July 1988, aged 85.[9] [10]

Notes and References

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  2. News: Small party quits Italy coalition. The Pittsburgh Press. 28 February 1971. 19 April 2013. UPI. Rome.
  3. News: Inez Robb . Inez Robb. 2 July 1963. Romans talked dryly with JFK spy case forces. The Pittsburgh Press. 19 April 2013.
  4. Book: The Politics of Italian Foreign Policy. 1963. Praeger. New York. Norman Kogan. 40199083. 10.2307/40199083. 2027/mdp.39015005478725.
  5. Book: Leonard Weinberg. The transformation of Italian communism. 1995. Transaction Publishers. 978-1-4128-4030-9. 33. New Brunswick, NJ; London.
  6. News: Italian crisis ends under new coalition. Montreal Gazette. Reuters. 19 April 2013. 24 February 1966. Rome.
  7. Book: Richard L. Clutterbuck. Terrorism, Drugs, and Crime in Europe: After 1992. 1990. Routledge. 978-0-415-05443-0. 31. Abingdon; New York.
  8. Book: Paul Wilkinson. 3rd. Terrorism Versus Democracy: The Liberal State Response. 2011. London; New York. Routledge. 978-1-136-83546-9. 80.
  9. Encyclopedia: Luca Polese Remaggi. 2016. Reale, Oronzo. 86. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. it.
  10. Chronology of Italian political events, 1988. Italian Politics. 1990. 4. vii–xxiii . 43039615.