Giuseppe Pella

Giuseppe Pella
Prime Minister of Italy
In office
17 August 1953 – 19 January 1954
PresidentLuigi Einaudi
Preceded byAlcide De Gasperi
Succeeded byAmintore Fanfani
Deputy Prime Minister of Italy
In office
20 May 1957 – 2 July 1958
Prime MinisterAdone Zoli
Preceded byGiuseppe Saragat
Succeeded byAntonio Segni
President of the Common Assembly
In office
29 November 1954 – 27 November 1956
Preceded byAlcide De Gasperi
Succeeded byHans Furler
Ministerial offices
Minister of Finance
In office
18 February 1972 – 26 June 1972
Prime MinisterGiulio Andreotti
Preceded byLuigi Preti
Succeeded byAthos Valsecchi
In office
1 June 1947 – 24 May 1948
Prime MinisterAlcide De Gasperi
Preceded byLuigi Einaudi
Succeeded byEzio Vanoni
Minister of Budget
In office
27 July 1960 – 22 February 1962
Prime MinisterAmintore Fanfani
Preceded byFernando Tambroni
Succeeded byUgo La Malfa
In office
24 May 1948 – 19 January 1954
Prime MinisterAlcide De Gasperi
Himself
Preceded byLuigi Einaudi
Succeeded byEzio Vanoni
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
16 February 1959 – 26 March 1960
Prime MinisterAntonio Segni
Preceded byAmintore Fanfani
Succeeded byAntonio Segni
In office
20 May 1957 – 2 July 1958
Prime MinisterAdone Zoli
Preceded byGaetano Martino
Succeeded byAmintore Fanfani
In office
17 August 1953 – 19 January 1954
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byAlcide De Gasperi
Succeeded byAttilio Piccioni
Minister of the Treasury
In office
2 February 1952 – 17 August 1953
Prime MinisterAlcide De Gasperi
Preceded byEzio Vanoni
Succeeded bySilvio Gava
In office
24 May 1948 – 26 July 1951
Prime MinisterAlcide De Gasperi
Preceded byGustavo Del Vecchio
Succeeded byEzio Vanoni
Parliamentary offices
Member of the Senate of the Republic
In office
5 June 1968 – 4 July 1976
ConstituencyMondovì
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
8 May 1948 – 4 June 1968
ConstituencyTurin–Novara–Vercelli
Member of the Constituent Assembly
In office
25 June 1946 – 31 January 1948
ConstituencyTurin–Novara–Vercelli
Personal details
Born(1902-04-18)18 April 1902
Valdengo, Piedmont,
Kingdom of Italy
Died31 May 1981(1981-05-31) (aged 79)
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Political partyChristian Democracy
Spouse
Ines Cardolle
(m. 1934)
Children1
OccupationTax advisor, politician

Giuseppe Pella (18 April 1902 – 31 May 1981) was an Italian Christian Democratic politician and statesman who served as the 31st prime minister of Italy from 1953 to 1954. He was also Minister of Treasury, Budget and of Foreign Affairs during the 1950s and early 1960s. Pella served as President of the European Parliament from 1954 to 1956 after the death of Alcide De Gasperi.[1]

Pella is widely considered one of the most important politicians in Italy's post-war history. His laissez-faire economic and monetary policies strongly influenced the Italian reconstruction and the subsequent economic miracle.[2]

  1. ^ Harris M. Lentz (2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. pp. 440–43. ISBN 9781134264902.
  2. ^ D. Ivone, "Giuseppe Pella e la politica liberista nella ricostruzione economica del secondo Dopoguerra". Rivista internazionale di storia della banca (1982): vol 24-25 pp 104-20.