Umberto Tupini

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Umberto Tupini
Minister of Grace and Justice
In office
1944–1945
Prime MinisterIvanoe Bonomi
Preceded byVincenzo Arangio-Ruiz
Succeeded byPalmiro Togliatti
Minister of Public Works
In office
1947–1950
Prime MinisterAlcide De Gasperi
Preceded byEmilio Sereni
Succeeded bySalvatore Aldisio
Minister for Public Administration Reform
In office
1954–1955
Prime MinisterAmintore Fanfani
Mario Scelba
Preceded bySalvatore Scoca
Succeeded byGuido Gonella
Mayor of Rome
In office
1956–1958
Preceded bySalvatore Rebecchini
Succeeded byUrbano Cioccetti
Minister of Tourism and Entertainment
In office
1959–1960
Prime MinisterAntonio Segni
Fernando Tambroni
Preceded bySalvatore Scoca
Succeeded byAlberto Folchi
Personal details
Born(1889-05-27)May 27, 1889
Rome, Italy
DiedJanuary 7, 1973(1973-01-07) (aged 83)
Rome, Italy
Political partyChristian Democracy
ProfessionPolitician, lawyer

Umberto Tupini (27 May 1889 – 7 January 1973) was an Italian politician. He was minister of public works (1947–1950) in the

Senate of Italy in Legislature I (1948–1953), Legislature II (1953–1958), Legislature III (1958–1963) and Legislature IV (1963–1968). He was a knight grand cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
.

Biography

Born in Rome to parents from the Marche, Umberto Tupini was Minister of Grace and Justice in the

Bonomi III Cabinet (1944–1945). He was elected to the Constituent Assembly in 1946 among the ranks of the Christian Democracy
Within the party he joined the
Scelba Cabinet
(1954–1955).

He was Mayor of Rome from 2 July 1956 to 10 January 1958, chairing a centrist junta made up of Christian Democrats, liberals and Social Democrats. He was on the Board of Directors of AS Roma football team between 1959 and 1962.

After the experience of municipal administrator, Tupini was Minister of Tourism, sport and entertainment in the

Tambroni Cabinet (1960). His appointment was preparatory to the organization of the Rome Olympics, set in August 1960. On 15 June 1960 he announced that the censorship against all films with "scandalous, negative subjects for the formation of Italian civil conscience" would be drastic, referring to La dolce vita by Federico Fellini.[1]

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