Giuseppe Tatarella

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Giuseppe Tatarella
Giuseppe Tatarella (XIII).jpg
Deputy Prime Minister of Italy
In office
10 May 1994 – 17 January 1995
Serving with Roberto Maroni
Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi
Preceded byClaudio Martelli
Succeeded byWalter Veltroni
Italian Minister of Communications
In office
10 May 1994 – 17 January 1995
Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
20 June 1979 – 8 February 1999
Personal details
Born(1935-09-17)17 September 1935
Cerignola, Apulia, Italy
Died8 February 1999(1999-02-08) (aged 63)
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
NationalityItalian
Political partyMSI (till 1995)
AN (1995-1999)

Giuseppe Tatarella, better known as Pinuccio Tatarella (17 September 1935 – 8 February 1999), was an Italian politician who served as deputy prime minister in the first cabinet of Silvio Berlusconi from 1994 to 1995.

Early life and education[]

Tatarella was born in Cerignola, Apulia, in 1935.[1][2] He held a law degree.[2]

Career[]

Tatarella was a lawyer and journalist.[3] He worked for the local branches of neo-fascist Italian Social Movement party, which was launched by Benito Mussolini's followers in 1946 based on his strong nationalistic ideals.[2][3] In the 1960s he launched the weekly Puglia D'Oggi (meaning Puglia Today in English).[1] In 1970, he became a member of the Puglia regional council.[1] In 1979, he was first elected to the parliament and retained his seat until 1999.[1][2] He served as floor leader of the AN at the parliament for a long time.[4]

Then he became a senior member of National Alliance that was established in January 1994.[3][5] The party was the continuation of the Italian Social Movement.[3] In 1996, he took over the Il Roma, Naples-based daily, and served as its editor until 1999.[1]

He was appointed deputy prime minister to the first cabinet of Silvio Berlusconi, which was the first right-wing cabinet of Italy after World War II, on 10 May 1994.[6][7] He also served as Minister of Post and Telecommunications in the same cabinet[8] and was one of four AN members in the cabinet.[9] However, only his appointment was considered to be significant.[10] Indeed he was surnamed minister of harmony.[11] He was in office until 1995. Tatarella also won his seat from Bari in the elections held on 22 April 1996.[12] In January 1997, he was named as the head of a parliamentary subcommittee, named form of government.[13] It was one of four subcommittees that constituted a bicameral committee of parliament set up to discuss the institutional reorganization of Italy.[13]

Views[]

Although Tatarella was described and viewed as a fascist, he never admitted it and stated "I am a nationalist, a Catholic and a democrat."[1]

Death[]

Tatarella died of a heart attack at a hospital in Turin at age 63 on 8 February 1999.[14][15] A funeral service was performed for him in Bari.[14]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Anne Hanley (11 February 1999). "Obituary: Giuseppe Tatarella". The Independent. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Sketches of five National Alliance Ministers in Italy's 53rd postwar government". Associated Press. 11 May 1994. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Peggy Polk (14 May 1994). "New Italy Leaders Prefer`Post-fascist' Label". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  4. ^ Patricia Clough (11 May 1994). "Berlusconi hands top posts to the neo-Fascists". The Independent. Rome. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  5. ^ Alan Cowell (21 December 1994). "Italian Leader In Showdown With Ex-Ally". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  6. ^ William D. Montalbano (11 May 1994). "Italian Premier Forms Rightist Government". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  7. ^ "List of ministers in Italy's 53rd postwar government". Associated Press. 10 May 1994. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  8. ^ Stephen Gundle; Simon Parker (1996). The New Italian Republic: From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to Berlusconi. Routledge. p. 156. ISBN 978-0-415-12162-0.
  9. ^ Elisabetta De Giorgi; Francesco Marangoni (2009). "The First Year of Berlusconi's Fourth Government: Formation, Characteristics and Activities" (PDF). Bulletin of Italian Politics. 1 (1): 87–109.
  10. ^ Carlo Ruzza, Stefano Fella (26 June 2009). Re-incenting the Italian Right: Territorial politics, populism and 'post-fascism'. Routledge. p. 245. ISBN 978-1-134-28634-8.
  11. ^ Tatarella, 16 anni fa la scomparsa del 'ministro dell'armonia'. Il Secolo gli dedica uno speciale
  12. ^ "Italy". Psephos. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b Mark Gilbert (1998). "Transforming Italy's institutions? The bicameral committee on institutional reform". Modern Italy. 3 (1): 49–66. doi:10.1080/13532949808454791.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b "Giuseppe Tatarella, 63, Italian Political Activist". Sun Sentinel. Rome. 10 February 1999. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  15. ^ "Deaths elsewhere". The Baltimore Sun. 10 February 1999. Retrieved 27 February 2013.

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