Leone Cattani

Leone Cattani
Secretary of the Italian Liberal Party
In office
December 1944 – December 1945
Preceded byManlio Brosio
Succeeded byGiovanni Cassandro
Minister of Public Works
In office
10 December 1945 – 1 July 1946
Preceded byGiuseppe Romita
Personal details
Born(1906-01-05)5 January 1906
Rieti, Lazio, Italy
Died29 October 1980(1980-10-29) (aged 74)
Rome, Italy
Political partyPLI (1943–1948; 1951–1955)
PR (1955–1961)
PSDI (from 1963)
Spouse
Maria Ruffini
(m. 1940)
ChildrenUmberto (1941–1969)
Paolo (born 1943)
Giorgio (born 1945)
Parent(s)Antonio Cattani (1873–1939)
Maria Costantini
OccupationLawyer
politician

Leone Cattani (5 January 1906 – 29 October 1980) was an Italian lawyer, politician and anti-Fascist activist.

Between December 1944 and December 1945 he served as secretary general of the Italian Liberal Party. Later, in 1955, he was a co-founder of the Italian Radical Party.[1]

  1. ^ Giuseppe Sircana (1988). "Cattano, Leone". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Enciclopedia Italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani S.p.A. Retrieved 23 December 2016.