Alcide De Gasperi
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Alcide De Gasperi 🇮🇹

Alcide Amedeo Francesco De Gasperi (Known as "Presidente del Consiglio")
Presidente del Consiglio, Statesman, Political Leader, Historical Figure
Born 1881-04-03 🇮🇹 Pieve Tesino, Trentino, Italy
Passed Away 1954-08-19 Borgo Valsugana, Trentino, Italy
Lifespan 73 years old
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"A politician looks at the next election; a statesman looks at the next generation."

Archival Overview

Rebuilt democratic Italy from the wreckage of World War II, rooted it in the Western alliance (NATO), and championed early European federalism.

Biographical Record

Alcide De Gasperi was an Italian statesman who founded the Christian Democracy party and served as Prime Minister of Italy across eight consecutive coalition governments from 1945 to 1953. He led Italy's transition from fascism and monarchy to a democratic republic, secured American Marshall Plan aid, and stood alongside Schuman and Adenauer as a founding father of European unity.

Rebuilt democratic Italy from the wreckage of World War II, rooted it in the Western alliance (NATO), and championed early European federalism.

Key Life Milestones

1946-06-02

Founding of the Italian Republic

Oversaw the national referendum ending the Savoy monarchy and electing the Constituent Assembly to draft Italy's democratic constitution.

1949-04-04

Anchor in NATO

Secured Italy's status as a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, cementing democratic alliances.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Basilica of Saint Lawrence outside the Walls, Rome, Italy
Borgo Valsugana, Trentino, Italy
GPS: 41.9028, 12.4964
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