Paolo Emilio Taviani

Paolo Emilio Taviani
Minister of the Interior
In office
7 July 1973 – 23 November 1974
Prime MinisterMariano Rumor
Preceded byMariano Rumor
Succeeded byLuigi Gui
In office
4 December 1963 – 24 June 1968
Prime MinisterAldo Moro
Preceded byMariano Rumor
Succeeded byFranco Restivo
In office
21 February 1962 – 21 June 1963
Prime MinisterAmintore Fanfani
Preceded byMario Scelba
Succeeded byMariano Rumor
Minister of Budget
In office
17 February 1972 – 7 July 1973
Prime MinisterGiulio Andreotti
Preceded byAntonio Giolitti
Succeeded byAntonio Giolitti
Minister of Treasury
In office
25 March 1960 – 21 February 1962
Prime MinisterFernando Tambroni
Amintore Fanfani
Preceded byFernando Tambroni
Succeeded byRoberto Tremelloni
Minister of Finance
In office
15 February 1959 – 23 March 1960
Prime MinisterAntonio Segni
Preceded byLuigi Preti
Succeeded byGiuseppe Trabucchi
Minister of Defence
In office
17 August 1953 – 1 July 1958
Prime MinisterGiuseppe Pella
Amintore Fanfani
Mario Scelba
Antonio Segni
Adone Zoli
Preceded byGiuseppe Codacci Pisanelli
Succeeded byAntonio Segni
Parliamentary offices
Member of the Senate
Life tenure
1 June 1991 – 18 June 2001
Appointed byFrancesco Cossiga
In office
5 July 1976 – 1 June 1991
ConstituencyLiguria
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
8 May 1948 – 4 July 1976
ConstituencyGenoa–Imperia–La Spezia–Savona
Member of the Constituent Assembly
In office
25 June 1946 – 31 January 1948
ConstituencyGenoa–Imperia–La Spezia–Savona
Personal details
Born(1912-11-06)6 November 1912
Genoa, Kingdom of Italy
Died18 June 2001(2001-06-18) (aged 88)
Rome, Italy
Political partyChristian Democracy
Spouse
Vittoria Festa
(m. 1941)
Children
  • Ferdinando
  • Cesare
  • Ida
  • Giuseppe
  • Andrea
  • Elide
  • Pietro
  • Paolo
ProfessionPolitician • University professor
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Paolo Emilio Taviani (6 November 1912 – 18 June 2001) was an Italian political leader, economist, and historian of the career of Christopher Columbus. He was a partisan leader in Liguria, a Gold Medal of the Italian resistance movement, then a member of the Consulta (National Assembly gathered to direct the transformation of the monarchy into a Republic) and the Constituent Council, later of the Italian Parliament from 1948 until his death. Several times minister in the Republic’s governments. He was author of studies on economics and important works on Christopher Columbus, University professor and journalist.

Giorgio Napolitano, the then-President of the Republic of Italy, described him as such: "Eminent political and government figure who for decades continued to bear witness to the diversity of ideals that inspired the Resistance."