Ezio Vigorelli

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Ezio Vigorelli
Minister of Labour and Social Welfare
In office
1954–1959
Prime Minister
Personal details
Born17 August 1892
Lecco, Lombardy, Kingdom of Italy
Died24 October 1964(1964-10-24) (aged 72)
Milan, Italy
Political party
SpouseDiana Fugazza
Children2

Ezio Vigorelli (17 August 1892 – 24 October 1964) was an Italian lawyer and politician who was a member of the

minister of labour and social welfare
in three different cabinets in the period 1954–1959.

Early life and education

Vigorelli was born in Lecco on 17 August 1892.[1][2] He participated in the Italian army and participated in Libyan War and World War I.[2] He was wounded in the war which made him disabled.[2] After the war he received a law degree.[2]

Career

Vigorelli started his career as a lawyer in Milan.

Fascist rule.[2]

In 1944 Vigorelli was part of the Ossola uprising and served as the minister of the provisional government.[1] Next year he was named the president of the municipal assistance agency in Milan which he held until 1957.[3] One of his first initiatives in this post was the campaign against poverty.[3]

Vigorelli became a member of the Constituent Assembly in 1947 and joined the PSDI.[1] Vigorelli became one of the leading figures of the party.[4] He was also elected to the Parliament in 1948.[1] In the 1950s Roberto Tremelloni and Vigorelli led the parliament's inquiry committee on the problems of poverty and unemployment.[5]

Vigorelli was appointed minister of labour and social welfare in 1954 to the

cabinet led by Prime Minister Amintore Fanfani in July 1958.[1] Vigorelli resigned from the office on 24 January 1959.[7][8] On 8 February 1959 he and other deputies left the PSDI and established a group which joined the PSI on 18 May 1959.[8]

Personal life and death

Vigorelli married Diana Fugazza, and they had two children, Bruno and Adolfo, who were born in 1920 and 1921, respectively.[2] In June 1944 both of his sons died in the liberation war against the Fascist regime.[2] Vigorelli died in Milan on 24 October 1964.[1]

Work

Vigorelli published a book entitled L'italiano e socialista e non lo sa (Italian: The Italian is a Socialist and does not Know It) in 1952.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Vigorèlli, Ezio (in Italian). Treccani.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Massimiliano Paniga (2020). Vigorelli, Ezio (in Italian). Vol. 99. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani.
  3. ^
    S2CID 155192305
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  4. S2CID 233754455
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  5. ISBN 978-0-8371-9712-8
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  6. ^
    JSTOR 40392700
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  7. ^ "Socialists Down Italy Regime". The Catholic Standard and Times. Rome. 30 January 1959. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  8. ^ a b Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers. Vol. 2. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1958. p. 512.
  9. ^ Translations on International Communist Developments. Washington, DC: U.S. Joint Publications Research Service. 1966. p. 1-PA14.
  10. JSTOR 442365
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Preceded by
Secretary of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party

1952 		Succeeded by
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