Giuseppe Spataro, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian political figure
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Place of Birth: Vasto, Abruzzo, Italy
About Giuseppe Spataro
- Giuseppe Spataro (12 June 1897 – 30 January 1979) was an Italian political figure.
- Spataro was born in Vasto, Italy to Anna and Alfonso Nasci, who were a high-class Italian family, in the urban center within the province Chieti. After studying in his birth city of Vasto, Spataro transferred to a boarding school called Montecassino in 1908, the adjustment to this new life made easier by the death of his father in 1910.
- In 1914, Spataro incepted his time at Facolta di Giurisprudenza in Rome, and earned his diploma in 1919. During the First World War, Spataro served as a "corpo specializzato del Genio, later to be promoted as an official. Already distinguished within the main catholic-roman journalist firms, he became an exponent member of FUCI.
- In 1919, he was elected vice president, later advanced as president of FUCI in 1920.
- Following his presidency at FUCI, Spataro was elected vice-president at another organization called Pax Romana.
- Eventually, Spataro’s close relations with Luigi Sturzo- led to his membership to the Roman sector of the Partito Popolare Italiano, or the Italian Popular Party in 1919.
- From 1921 to 1925, Spataro served as the sole national vice-secretary. In 1923, Spataro married Letizia De Giorgio, and later had 3 children: Alfonso, Anna and PierGiorgio.
- Following his marriage, in June 1925, Spataro became the principal organizer of the international “V” congress of the party.
- Soon after, from 1945-1946, he became the vice secretary of internal affairs, in 1946, he was elected member of the National council and president of RAI.
- Through his control of this radio, and then television programming, Spataro was able to create the basis for his future Democratic-Christian control over the media.
- He held this post, until 1950, when he stepped down as president of RAI to assume position as minister of communications.
- In 1953, Spataro became minister of social work, and between 1953-1954, Spataro rose as vice secretary of the Partito Popolare.
- In 1960, he became the minister of “Marina mercantile” and the minister of internal affairs as well as the minister of transportation.
- In 1959, Spataro resumed his work as minister of telecommunications until 1962.
- Between 1964 until his death in 1979, Spataro served as president of the Istituto Luigi Sturzo, in Rome, Italy.
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