Bruno Visentini

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Bruno Visentini (August 1, 1914 – February 13, 1995) was an Italian

industrialist

Biography

Visentini was born in Treviso.

He graduated in law from

Padua University and joined several anti-fascist student associations. In early 1943 he was arrested for being a partisan and released after July 25, the day of Benito Mussolini's resignation. While in prison, Visentini would ask his wife to bring food and clothes for all his cellmates, as well as various books to remain occupied and mentally stimulated. He was the co-founder of the Action Party (Partito d'Azione) with Ugo La Malfa, and took part in the resistance against the German occupation in Veneto and in Rome

In 1946 he abandoned the Action Party and joined the

Institute for Industrial Reconstruction (IRI), a position he held until 1970; while at IRI, he was chairman of Olivetti

(1963–1982, with a short interruption).

In the

Italian Prime Minister

in the 1980s.

He was president of his party from 1979 to 1992,

Italian Senate in the 1994 general election, as a member of the Alliance of Progressives led by Achille Occhetto

Visentini died in Rome in 1995.

Political offices
Preceded by Mario Tanassi	Minister of Finance 1974–1976	Succeeded by Gaetano Stammati
Preceded by Ugo La Malfa	Minister for Budget 1979	Succeeded by Beniamino Andreatta
Preceded by Francesco Forte	Minister of Finance 1983–1987	Succeeded by Giuseppe Guarino

Andreotti V Cabinet (March–August 1979)
Di Giesi Forlani Rognoni Morlino La Malfa/Visentini Malfatti Pandolfi Ruffini Spadolini Compagna Marcora Preti Colombo Nicolazzi Anselmi Preti (interim) Bisaglia Scotti Antoniozzi Ariosto

Craxi I Cabinet (1983–86)
Forlani Romita/Vizzini Granelli Forte/Fortuna Scotti/Zamberletti Biondi/Valerio Zanone Gaspari De Vito Mammì Andreotti Scalfaro Martinazzoli Longo/Craxi/Romita Visentini Goria Spadolini Falcucci Nicolazzi Pandolfi Signorile Gava Altissimo Degan Capria Carta Darida De Michelis Gullotti Lagorio

Craxi II Cabinet (1986–87)
Forlani Vizzini Granelli Fabbri Zamberletti Gaspari De Vito Mammì Andreotti Scalfaro Rognoni Romita Visentini Goria Spadolini Falcucci Nicolazzi Pandolfi Signorile Gava Zanone Donat-Cattin Formica Degan Darida Gullotti De Michelis Capria De Lorenzo

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