Alberto Cianca | |
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Minister without portfolio | |
In office 10 December 1945 – 19 February 1946 | |
Prime Minister | Alcide De Gasperi |
Succeeded by | Emilio Lussu |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 January 1884 Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
Died | 8 January 1966 Rome, Italy | (aged 82)
Political party | |
Alberto Cianca (1 January 1884 – 8 January 1966) was an Italian journalist and anti-fascist politician. He edited several significant publications, including Il Mondo, and served in the Parliament and Senate.
Cianca was born in Rome on 1 January 1884. [1] [2] He had a bachelor's degree in law. [3]
Cianca started his career as a journalist and worked as a parliamentary reporter for the Rome-based newspaper La Tribuna. [3] Then he worked for Secolo in Milan and later, he served as the editor-in-chief of Il Messaggero in Roma from which he resigned in 1921. [3] Then he worked for L'Ora. [3]
Cianca was the director of Il Mondo from its start in 1922 to its closure in 1926. [1] The paper was the most significant opposition publication against Fascist government of Benito Mussolini. [2] Cianca also edited another anti-fascist publication, Il Becco Giallo, a weekly satirical magazine. [3]
In 1927 Cianca left Italy to avoid from being arrested and settled in Paris. [2] There he edited some publications and involved in the establishment of an anti-Fascist resistance movement, Giustizia e Libertà. [3] [4] In the establishment of the Giustizia e Libertà he collaborated with Carlo Rosselli, Nello Rosselli, Emilio Lussu, Alberto Tarchiani, Fausto Nitti and Gaetano Salvemini. [4] [5] Cianca managed to resume the publication of Il Becco Giallo in Paris, and also, he and Carlo Rosselli edited a weekly publication of Giustizia e Libertà which was also entitled Giustizia e Libertà. [6] In fact, Rosselli was the editor of the weekly between 1934 and his death in 1937, and Cianca succeeded him in the post. [6]
When World War II broke out and France was occupied by Nazi German forces Cianca took refuge in the United States. [3] He involved in the establishment of the Mazzini Society in New York City in 1940 which was one of the antifascist organizations founded by Italian political exiles in the United States. [7] Cianca and his close ally Alberto Tarchiani were very active in the society dealing with its administrative operations. [7] Cianca was also named the president of the society's New York branch. [7] Following the end of the Fascist rule Cianca and other Italian exiles returned to Italy which led to the end of the Mazzini Society. [8]
Upon his return to Italy Cianca became the leader of the Action Party (PdA). [1] [2] He was a member of the National Council and a minister in the first cabinet of Alcide De Gasperi. [1] Cianca was among the few elected members of the Action Party to the Constituent Assembly in 1946 and also, the last secretary of the Action Party before its closure. [3] Then Cianca joined the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) and was elected a senator on its lists in the elections in 1953 and 1958. [1] [2]
Cianca served several times as the president of the board of arbitrators of Italian journalists. [3] He died in Rome on 8 January 1966. [1] [2]
Alberto Cianca | |
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Minister without portfolio | |
In office 10 December 1945 – 19 February 1946 | |
Prime Minister | Alcide De Gasperi |
Succeeded by | Emilio Lussu |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 January 1884 Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
Died | 8 January 1966 Rome, Italy | (aged 82)
Political party | |
Alberto Cianca (1 January 1884 – 8 January 1966) was an Italian journalist and anti-fascist politician. He edited several significant publications, including Il Mondo, and served in the Parliament and Senate.
Cianca was born in Rome on 1 January 1884. [1] [2] He had a bachelor's degree in law. [3]
Cianca started his career as a journalist and worked as a parliamentary reporter for the Rome-based newspaper La Tribuna. [3] Then he worked for Secolo in Milan and later, he served as the editor-in-chief of Il Messaggero in Roma from which he resigned in 1921. [3] Then he worked for L'Ora. [3]
Cianca was the director of Il Mondo from its start in 1922 to its closure in 1926. [1] The paper was the most significant opposition publication against Fascist government of Benito Mussolini. [2] Cianca also edited another anti-fascist publication, Il Becco Giallo, a weekly satirical magazine. [3]
In 1927 Cianca left Italy to avoid from being arrested and settled in Paris. [2] There he edited some publications and involved in the establishment of an anti-Fascist resistance movement, Giustizia e Libertà. [3] [4] In the establishment of the Giustizia e Libertà he collaborated with Carlo Rosselli, Nello Rosselli, Emilio Lussu, Alberto Tarchiani, Fausto Nitti and Gaetano Salvemini. [4] [5] Cianca managed to resume the publication of Il Becco Giallo in Paris, and also, he and Carlo Rosselli edited a weekly publication of Giustizia e Libertà which was also entitled Giustizia e Libertà. [6] In fact, Rosselli was the editor of the weekly between 1934 and his death in 1937, and Cianca succeeded him in the post. [6]
When World War II broke out and France was occupied by Nazi German forces Cianca took refuge in the United States. [3] He involved in the establishment of the Mazzini Society in New York City in 1940 which was one of the antifascist organizations founded by Italian political exiles in the United States. [7] Cianca and his close ally Alberto Tarchiani were very active in the society dealing with its administrative operations. [7] Cianca was also named the president of the society's New York branch. [7] Following the end of the Fascist rule Cianca and other Italian exiles returned to Italy which led to the end of the Mazzini Society. [8]
Upon his return to Italy Cianca became the leader of the Action Party (PdA). [1] [2] He was a member of the National Council and a minister in the first cabinet of Alcide De Gasperi. [1] Cianca was among the few elected members of the Action Party to the Constituent Assembly in 1946 and also, the last secretary of the Action Party before its closure. [3] Then Cianca joined the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) and was elected a senator on its lists in the elections in 1953 and 1958. [1] [2]
Cianca served several times as the president of the board of arbitrators of Italian journalists. [3] He died in Rome on 8 January 1966. [1] [2]