Alcide De Gasperi

Prime Minister of Italy

Alcide Amedeo Francesco De Gasperi 3 April 1881 Pieve Tesino, Tyrol, Austria-Hungary

19 August 1954(1954-08-19) (73) Borgo Valsugana, Trentino, Italy

10 December 1945 – 17 August 1953

Alcide De GasperiPrime Minister of ItalyIn office 10 December 1945 – 17 August 1953Monarch Vittorio Emanuele III Umberto II Lieutenant General Prince UmbertoPresident Enrico De Nicola Luigi Einaudi Deputy Luigi Einaudi Randolfo Pacciardi Giuseppe Saragat Attilio Piccioni Giovanni Porzio Preceded by Ferruccio ParriSucceeded by Giuseppe PellaPresident of the Common AssemblyIn office 11 May 1954 – 19 August 1954Preceded by Paul-Henri SpaakSucceeded by Giuseppe PellaMinister of Foreign AffairsIn office 26 July 1951 – 17 August 1953Preceded by Carlo SforzaSucceeded by Giuseppe PellaIn office 12 December 1944 – 18 October 1946Prime Minister Ivanoe Bonomi Ferruccio Parri Preceded by Ivanoe BonomiSucceeded by Pietro NenniMinister of the InteriorIn office 14 July 1946 – 2 February 1947Preceded by Giuseppe RomitaSucceeded by Mario ScelbaMinister of the Italian AfricaIn office 10 December 1945 – 19 April 1953Preceded by Ferruccio ParriSucceeded by Office abolishedSecretary of the Christian DemocracyIn office 20 September 1953 – 16 July 1954Preceded by Guido GonellaSucceeded by Amintore FanfaniIn office 29 December 1944 – 22 September 1946Preceded by Position establishedSucceeded by Attilio PiccioniSecretary of the People's PartyIn office 20 May 1924 – 14 December 1925Preceded by Giovanni Gronchi Giuseppe Spataro Giulio Rodinò Succeeded by Antonio Alberti Giovanni Battista Migliori Member of Parliament Member of the Chamber of DeputiesIn office 8 May 1948 – 19 January 1954ConstituencyTrento–BolzanoIn office 11 June 1921 – 21 January 1929ConstituencyTrentoMember of the Constituent AssemblyIn office 25 June 1946 – 31 January 1948ConstituencyTrento–BolzanoMember of the Imperial CouncilIn office July 1911 – November 1918ConstituencyTyrol Personal detailsBornAlcide Amedeo Francesco De Gasperi (1881-04-03 ) 3 April 1881 Pieve Tesino, Tyrol, Austria-HungaryDied19 August 1954(1954-08-19) (aged 73) Borgo Valsugana, Trentino, ItalyPolitical party UPPT (1906–1920) PPI (1920–1926) DC (1943–1954) Spouse(s)Francesca Romani ​ ​(m. 1922)​Children4Alma mater University of Innsbruck University of Vienna ProfessionJournalistphilologistpolitician Alcide Amedeo Francesco De Gasperi (Italian:  ; 3 April 1881 – 19 August 1954) was an Italian statesman who founded the Christian Democracy party and served as prime minister of Italy in eight successive coalition governments from 1945 to 1953. De Gasperi was the last prime minister of the Kingdom of Italy, serving under both Victor Emmanuel III and Umberto II. He was also the first prime minister of the Italian Republic, and also briefly served as provisional head of state after the Italian people voted to end the monarchy and establish a republic. His eight-year term in office remains a landmark of political longevity for a leader in modern Italian politics. De Gasperi is the fifth longest-serving prime minister since the Italian Unification. A devout Catholic, he was one of the founding fathers of the European Union along with fellow Italian Altiero Spinelli.