Giovanni Malagodi

Not to be confused with Giovanni Malagò or Giovanni Malagoli.

Giovanni Malagodi
President of the Italian Senate
In office 22 April 1987 – 1 July 1987
Preceded by	Amintore Fanfani
Succeeded by	Giovanni Spadolini
Minister of the Treasury
In office 26 February 1972 – 7 July 1973
Prime Minister	Giulio Andreotti
Preceded by	Emilio Colombo
Succeeded by	Ugo La Malfa
President of the Italian Liberal Party
In office 1972–1985
Preceded by	Gaetano Martino
Succeeded by	Valerio Zanone
Personal details
Born	(1904-10-12)12 October 1904 London, United Kingdom
Died	17 April 1991(1991-04-17) (aged 86) Rome, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	Italian Liberal Party

Giovanni Francesco Malagodi (12 October 1904 – 17 April 1991) was an Italian liberal politician, secretary of the Italian Liberal Party (Partito Liberale Italiano; PLI), and president of the Italian Senate.

He was the third and sixth President of the Liberal International, in the periods 1958–1966 and 1982–1989 respectively.

Biography

Born in London, he was the son of journalist and politician Olindo Malagodi. Starting from the 1930s, he held directive positions in the Banca Commerciale Italiana. He was thus named as Italian representative of the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC) soon after the Second World War.

In 1953 Malagodi entered the Italian Liberal Party and was appointed as the party's national secretary the following year. During his tenure, the PLI abandoned its historical identification with the Risorgimento and instead established strong ties with Confindustria, the country's leading association of industrialists. He also opposed attempts by the Christian Democrats to form a centre-left alliance with the Italian Socialist Party in government; this, in 1955, caused the secession of the PLI's left wing, which went on to form the Radical Party. Under Malagodi, in 1963 the PLI scored a record 7% in that year's general election.

With the formation of centre-left governments in the 1960s, the PLI was marginalized in the Italian political world, and suffered a decline that was not halted by the party's participation in the second Giulio Andreotti cabinet of 1972–1973. Malagodi was chosen as Minister of the Treasury in that government, launching a series of measures that favoured younger and more politically-aligned bureaucrats, such as the so-called pensioni d'oro ("Golden pensions").

In 1972 Malagodi resigned as secretary of the PLI, assuming the party's presidency that same year. He abandoned this latter position in 1976 after coming into conflict with Valerio Zanone, the new leader of the PLI, who was more oriented towards a collaboration with centre-left parties. Malagodi was the president of the Italian Senate from 22 April to 1 July 1987, succeeding Amintore Fanfani.

Between 1954 and 1965, Malagodi participated in several Bilderberg conferences. He died in Rome in April 1991.

External links

• Profile at Italian Senate (in Italian)

Party political offices
Preceded by Gaetano Martino	President of the Italian Liberal Party 1972–1976	Succeeded by Agostino Bignardi
Transnational offices
Preceded by Roger Motz	President of the Liberal International 1958–1966	Succeeded by Edzo Toxopeus
Preceded by Gaston Thorn	President of the Liberal International 1982–1989	Succeeded by Adolfo Suárez
Political offices
Preceded by Emilio Colombo	Minister of Treasury 1972–1973	Succeeded by Ugo La Malfa
Preceded by Amintore Fanfani	President of the Italian Senate 1987	Succeeded by Giovanni Spadolini