Stefano Siglienti

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Stefano Siglienti
Minister of Finance
In office
June 1944 – December 1944
Prime MinisterIvanoe Bonomi
Preceded byQuinto Quintieri
Personal details
Born17 January 1898
Sassari, Kingdom of Italy
Died5 April 1971(1971-04-05) (aged 73)
Rome, Italy
Political partyAction Party
SpouseInes Berlinguer
Children4
Parents
  • Alberto Siglienti (father)
  • Francesca Conti (mother)

Stefano Siglienti (1898 – 1971) was an Italian banker and politician who served as the

minister of finance
from 18 June until 12 December 1944. He held several banking posts until his death.

Early life and education

Hailed from an intellectual

bourgeois family, Siglienti was born in Sassari on 17 January 1898 to Alberto Siglienti, a lawyer, and Francesca Conti.[1] He received a law degree in 1921.[2]

Career and activities

Following graduation from high school, Siglienti began to work at a local bank in Sassari.

anti-fascist resistance movement, together with Riccardo Bauer, Ugo La Malfa, and Raffaele Mattioli.[2]

On 19 November 1943, Siglienti was arrested by the

Fascist Italy.[2] Therefore, Siglienti was saved from being one of the victims of the Ardeatine massacre that would take place a few days later on 24 March 1944.[2] He was appointed minister of finance in June 1944 to the cabinet led by Ivanoe Bonomi and was in office until December 1944.[1]

From 1 March to 10 December 1945, Siglienti worked as the commissioner of the

Italian Banking Association, in September 1945 a position that he held until 1971.[1]

Personal life and death

Siglienti married Ines Berlinguer, sister of politician Mario Berlinguer, in September 1924.[1] They had a son and three daughters: Sergio (1926–2020),[4] Lina, Laura, and Francesca.[2] Siglienti died in Rome on 5 April 1971.[2]

References

  1. ^
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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Giandomenico Piluso (2018). "Siglienti, Stefano". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 92.
  3. ^ a b "Sigliènti, Stefano". Treccani (in Italian).
  4. ^ Constantino Cossu (20 May 2020). "La morte di Sergio Siglienti, da Sassari ai vertici Comit: il grande banchiere che amava il mare di Stintino". La Nuova Sardegna (in Italian). Retrieved 22 January 2022.

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