Cesare Merzagora

Senator for Life Cesare Merzagora
President of the Italian Senate
In office 25 June 1953 – 7 November 1967
Preceded by	Meuccio Ruini
Succeeded by	Ennio Zelioli-Lanzini
Acting President of Italy
In office 6 December 1964 – 29 December 1964
Prime Minister	Aldo Moro
Preceded by	Antonio Segni
Succeeded by	Giuseppe Saragat
Minister of Foreign Trade
In office 1 June 1947 – 1 April 1949
Prime Minister	Alcide De Gasperi
Preceded by	Ezio Vanoni
Succeeded by	Giovanni Battista Bertone
Personal details
Born	(1898-11-09)9 November 1898 Milan, Kingdom of Italy
Died	1 May 1991(1991-05-01) (aged 92) Rome, Italian Republic
Political party	Christian Democracy (1948–1963) Independent (1963–1972; 1976–1991) Italian Liberal Party (1972–1976)
Occupation	Banker, manager, politician

Cesare Merzagora (Italian pronunciation: [ˈtʃeːzare merˈdzaːɡora, ˈtʃɛː-]; 9 November 1898 – 1 May 1991) was an Italian politician from Milan.

Biography

Merzagora was born in Milan on 9 November 1898.^[1][2]

Between 1947 and 1949, Merzagora served as Italy's Minister of Foreign Trade.^[3] He was President of Banca Popolare di Milano from 1950 to 1952, President of the Italian Senate from 1953 to 1967,^[4] and was also temporarily acting head of State, in the period between the resignation of Antonio Segni and the election of Giuseppe Saragat in 1964.^[5][6][7] Merzagora was named senator for life in March of 1963.^[1]

He ran as a candidate of the Italian Christian Democracy Party, and was affiliated with this party for most of his whole political career and then as an independent politician.^[8]

He died in Rome on 1 May 1991.^[1][2]

References

1. "senato.it - Scheda di attività di Cesare MERZAGORA - X Legislatura". www.senato.it. Italian Senate. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
2. Rizzo, Tito Lucrezio (23 October 2012). Parla il Capo dello Stato: sessanta anni di vita repubblicana attraverso il Quirinale 1946-2006 (in Italian). Gangemi Editore spa. ISBN 978-88-492-7460-8.
3. Mazzanti, Davide (2005). Vespa: Italian Style for the World. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-88-09-04337-4.
4. Cfr. Berardi, Silvio (2021), Cesare Merzagora. Un liberale europeista tra difesa dello Stato e anti-partitocrazia, Milano, Luni Editrice. ISBN 887984735X
5. "Articolo tratto dal sito del Corriere della Sera – "La grande battaglia dei soci per l' ultima banca tutta milanese" 17 aprile 2009". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
6. State, United States Department of (1988). Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers. U.S. Government Printing Office.
7. Agency, United States Central Intelligence (1963). Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts.
8. Italy; Documents and Notes. Centro di documentazione. 1972.

External links

• Media related to Cesare Merzagora at Wikimedia Commons

Political offices
Preceded by Ezio Vanoni	Minister of Foreign Trade 1947–1949	Succeeded by Giovanni Battista Bertone
Preceded by Meuccio Ruini	President of the Italian Senate 1953–1967	Succeeded by Ennio Zelioli-Lanzini
Preceded by Antonio Segni	President of Italy Acting 1964	Succeeded by Giuseppe Saragat
Business positions
Preceded by Mario Cunietti	Chairman of the Banca Popolare di Milano 1950–1952	Succeeded by Giovanni Battista Colombo