Paolo Emilio Taviani

Paolo Emilio Taviani
Minister of the Interior
In office 7 July 1973 – 23 November 1974
Prime Minister	Mariano Rumor
Preceded by	Mariano Rumor
Succeeded by	Luigi Gui
In office 4 December 1963 – 24 June 1968
Prime Minister	Aldo Moro
Preceded by	Mariano Rumor
Succeeded by	Franco Restivo
In office 21 February 1962 – 21 June 1963
Prime Minister	Amintore Fanfani
Preceded by	Mario Scelba
Succeeded by	Mariano Rumor
Minister of Budget
In office 17 February 1972 – 7 July 1973
Prime Minister	Giulio Andreotti
Preceded by	Antonio Giolitti
Succeeded by	Antonio Giolitti
Minister of Treasury
In office 25 March 1960 – 21 February 1962
Prime Minister	Fernando Tambroni Amintore Fanfani
Preceded by	Fernando Tambroni
Succeeded by	Roberto Tremelloni
Minister of Finance
In office 15 February 1959 – 23 March 1960
Prime Minister	Antonio Segni
Preceded by	Luigi Preti
Succeeded by	Giuseppe Trabucchi
Minister of Defence
In office 17 August 1953 – 1 July 1958
Prime Minister	Giuseppe Pella Amintore Fanfani Mario Scelba Antonio Segni Adone Zoli
Preceded by	Giuseppe Codacci Pisanelli
Succeeded by	Antonio Segni
Parliamentary offices Member of the Senate Life tenure 1 June 1991 – 18 June 2001 Appointed by Francesco Cossiga In office 5 July 1976 – 1 June 1991 Constituency Liguria Member of the Chamber of Deputies In office 8 May 1948 – 4 July 1976 Constituency Genoa–Imperia–La Spezia–Savona Member of the Constituent Assembly In office 25 June 1946 – 31 January 1948 Constituency Genoa–Imperia–La Spezia–Savona
Personal details
Born	(1912-11-06)6 November 1912 Genoa, Kingdom of Italy
Died	18 June 2001(2001-06-18) (aged 88) Rome, Italy
Political party	Christian Democracy
Spouse	Vittoria Festa ​ (m. 1941)​
Children	Ferdinando Cesare Ida Giuseppe Andrea Elide Pietro Paolo
Profession	Politician • 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."