Gianmatteo Matteotti

Gianmatteo Matteotti
Personal details
Born17 February 1921
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Died14 June 2000(2000-06-14) (aged 79)
Verona
Resting placeFratta Polesine
Political party
  • PSI (1943–1947; 1959–1969)
  • PSDI (1947–1959; 1969–1998)
  • SDI (1998–2000)
ParentGiacomo 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[edit]

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][3]

Career and activities[edit]

After 8 September 1943 Matteotti participated in the War of Liberation and was a militant of the Red Flag movement.[2]

He later joined the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) and served as its secretary, until 1946.[2] The same year he was elected deputy to the Constituent Assembly.[2] In 1947 he became a member of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI) and was elected to the Chamber in 1948 for the party.[2] In the mid-1950s he was the general secretary of the party.[3] In 1959 Matteotti rejoined the PSI.[2] In 1968 he left the party and rejoined the PSDI.[2]

He was appointed minister of tourism and entertainment to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Emilio Colombo in 1970.[2] Then he was appointed minister of foreign trade to the cabinet of Giulio Andreotti in 1973.[2] Matteotti also held the same post in the subsequent cabinet headed by Mariano Rumor from 1973 to 1974.[2]

Death[edit]

Matteotti died in Verona on 14 June 2000.[1] Like his father and his older brother Giancarlo (died 2006) he was buried in Fratta Polesine.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Matteo Matteotti" (in Italian). Biblio Toscana. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Gianmatteo Matteotti" (in Italian). ANPI. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Conversation Renewed". Time. 18 June 1956. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

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Preceded by Secretary of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party
1954–1957
Succeeded by