Alberto Simonini
{{Short description|Italian politician (1896–1960)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
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| office = Minister of Post and Telecommunications
| primeminister = Amintore Fanfani
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| term_start = 1958
| term_end = 1959
| office1 = Minister of Merchant Navy
| primeminister1 = Alcide De Gasperi
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| term_start1 = 1950
| term_end1 = 1951
| birth_date = 19 February 1896
| birth_place = Reggio Emilia, Kingdom of Italy
| death_date = {{death date and age|1960|7|6|1896|2|19|df=y}}
| death_place = Strasbourg, France
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| party = {{ubl|Unitary Socialist Party (1922-1930) |Italian Socialist Party (1943-1947) | Italian Democratic Socialist Party (1947-1960)}}
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| nationality = Italian
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Alberto Simonini (19 February 1896 – 6 July 1960) was an Italian trade unionist and socialist politician. Being a member of the Italian Parliament he held several cabinet posts. He was one of the early Italian members of the European Council.
Biography
Simonini was born in Reggio Emilia in on 19 February 1896. After graduating from primary school he began to work as a mechanic. He joined the Socialist Youth Federation in 1912 and served as its secretary between 1913 and 1915. He also worked for some newspapers during this period. In 1919 he was arrested and imprisoned until 1920.
Simonini became a member of the Unitary Socialist Party (PSU) in August 1922. He moved to Turin to direct the regional secretariat of the Construction Workers' Federation and the confederal secretariat of the Province of Turin. He retired from politics during the Fascist rule. However, he was again arrested in 1932.
Simonini resumed his political activity and joined the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) in 1943. Then he became a member of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI), of which he was the second secretary in 1948 (after Giuseppe Saragat). He was elected as a deputy in 1946 and was a member of the Parliament in the second and third legislatures. He was minister of the merchant navy for one year between 1950 and 1951. He also served as the minister of post and telecommunications from 1958 to 1959.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Simonini, Alberto|language=it
|encyclopedia=Treccani|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/alberto-simonini/}}
Simonini was elected as a member of the European Council.{{cite web|title=Alberto Simonini|url=https://costituenti.900-er.it/alberto-simonini|publisher=Costituenti Emiliano Romagnoli|access-date=28 October 2022|language=it}}
On 6 July 1960, Simonini died of a heart attack at the age of 64 in Strasbourg, France, where he was to participate in the work of the European Parliament.{{cite web|title=Alberto Simonini|url=https://www.socialismoitaliano1892.it/2018/02/16/alberto-simonini/|publisher=Socialismo Italiano 1892|language=it|date=16 February 2018}}
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The Italian presidency established a foundation, Fondazione Simonini, after him in 1967.{{cite web|title=Una Storia che Viene da Lontana |url=https://www.fondazionesimonini.it/it/?id=profilo_storico|publisher=Fondazione Simonini|access-date=28 October 2022|language=it}}
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Category:20th-century Italian journalists
Category:Italian Democratic Socialist Party politicians
Category:Government ministers of Italy
Category:Deputies of Legislature I of Italy
Category:Deputies of Legislature II of Italy
Category:Deputies of Legislature III of Italy
Category:Unitary Socialist Party (Italy, 1922) politicians
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