Enea Franza
{{Short description|Italian politician (1907–1986)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Enea Franza
| office = Senator of the Republic of Italy
| image = EneaFranza.jpg
| party = Italian Social Movement
| constituency = Campania
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1907|6|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ariano di Puglia, Italy
| nationality = Italian
| profession = Lawyer
| termend = 24 May 1972
| termstart = 8 May 1948
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1986|1|31|1907|6|2}}
}}
Enea Franza (2 June 1907 — 31 January 1986) was an Italian politician for the Italian Social Movement and lawyer.
Biography
File:Enea Franza I legislatura.jpg
Franza was born on 2 June 1907 in Ariano di Puglia (currently Ariano Irpino), Italy.{{Cite web|title=senato.it - Scheda di attività di Enea FRANZA - V Legislatura|url=http://www.senato.it/leg/05/BGT/Schede/Attsen/00006731.htm|access-date=2020-12-08|website=www.senato.it|publisher=Italian Senate|language=it}} Prior to entering politics, he would work as a lawyer.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gz46AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Enea+Franza%22|title=Giurisprudenza costituzionale|date=1961|publisher=Giuffrè|language=it}}
Franza entered politics in 1946 when he successfully became mayor of Ariano Irpino.{{Cite web|date=2020-10-19|title=Muore il senatore Luigi Franza|url=https://www.irpinianews.it/muore-il-senatore-luigi-franza/|access-date=2020-12-08|website=Irpinianews.it|language=it-IT}}{{Cite book|last=Baldoni|first=Adalberto|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C9RDAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Enea+Franza%22|title=Storia della destra: dal postfascismo al Popolo della libertà|date=2009|publisher=Vallecchi|isbn=978-88-8427-140-2|language=it}}
Franza was elected to the Italian Senate in 1948 and served there for five legislatures as a member of the Italian Social Movement (MSI) until 1972. He was the only MSI Senator elected to the first legislature.{{Cite book|last=Parlato|first=Giuseppe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LW1oAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Enea+Franza%22|title=Fascisti senza Mussolini: le origini del neofascismo in Italia, 1943-1948|date=2006|publisher=Il mulino|isbn=9788815114174|language=it}} He would act as group leader for the MSI in the Senate during the first and third legislatures.{{Cite book|last=Zagami|first=Francesco|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LRELEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Enea+Franza%22&pg=PT210|title=Storia del Movimento Sociale Italiano|date=2020-08-31|publisher=Gruppo Albatros Il Filo|isbn=978-88-6185-958-6|language=it}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UegmAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Enea+Franza%22|title=Civic Affairs|date=February 8, 2010|publisher=P. C. Kapoor at the Citizen Press|volume=7|language=en|orig-year=1960}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X6k5AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Enea+Franza%22+sen|title=Hispano americano|date=May 1960|publisher=Tiempo SAdeCV|volume=37|language=es}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gA46AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Enea+Franza%22|title=Il Foro italiano: raccolta generale di giurisprudenza civile, commerciale, penale, amministrativa ...|date=1961|publisher=Società per la pubblicazione del giornale Il Foro italiano|language=it}} As a Senator, he was an ardent opponent of communism and acted as a leader for the monarchist group.{{Cite book|last=Conti|first=Davide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eyaODAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Enea+Franza%22&pg=PT30|title=L'anima nera della Repubblica: Storia del Msi|date=2013-05-20|publisher=Gius.Laterza & Figli Spa|isbn=978-88-581-0924-3|language=it}}
Franza's son, Luigi Franza, would go on to also become an Italian Senator.{{Cite web|date=2020-10-19|title=Dolore ad Ariano: è morto Luigi Franza|url=https://www.ottopagine.it/av/attualita/232260/dolore-ad-ariano-e-morto-luigi-franza.shtml|access-date=2020-12-08|website=Ottopagine.it}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.senato.it/leg/05/BGT/Schede/Attsen/00006731.htm Italian Senate Page]
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Category:People from Ariano Irpino
Category:Italian Social Movement politicians
Category:Senators of Legislature I of Italy
Category:Senators of Legislature II of Italy
Category:Senators of Legislature III of Italy
Category:Senators of Legislature IV of Italy
Category:Senators of Legislature V of Italy
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