Ciriaco De Mita

Ciriaco De Mita
Ciriaco De Mita
47th Prime Minister of Italy
	In office; 13 April 1988 – 22 July 1989
President	Francesco Cossiga
Preceded by	Giovanni Goria
Succeeded by	Giulio Andreotti
Mayor of Nusco
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 26 May 2014
Preceded by	Giuseppe De Mita
Minister for Interventions in Southern Italy
	In office; 29 July 1976 – 20 March 1979
Prime Minister	Giulio Andreotti
Preceded by	Giulio Andreotti; (by delegation of functions)
Succeeded by	Michele Di Giesi
Minister of Foreign Trade
	In office; 23 November 1974 – 29 July 1976
Prime Minister	Aldo Moro
Preceded by	Gianmatteo Matteotti
Succeeded by	Rinaldo Ossola
Minister of Industry, Trade and craftsmanship
	In office; 7 July 1973 – 23 November 1974
Prime Minister	Mariano Rumor
Preceded by	Mauro Ferri
Succeeded by	Carlo Donat-Cattin
Secretary of Christian Democracy
	In office; May 1982 – February 1989
Preceded by	Flaminio Piccoli
Succeeded by	Arnaldo Forlani
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
	In office; 28 April 1963 – 28 March 1994
	In office; 21 April 1996 – 14 April 2008
Personal details
Born	2 February 1928; Nusco, Campania, Kingdom of Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	Christian Democracy; (1956–1994); Italian People's Party; (1994–2002); The Daisy; (2002–2007); Democratic Party; (2007–2008); Union of the Centre; (2008–2017); Italy is Popular; (2017–present)
Spouse(s)	Anna Maria Scarinzi (m. 1958)
Children	4
Relatives	Giuseppe De Mita (nephew)
Residence	Avellino, Campania
Alma mater	Catholic University of Milan

Luigi Ciriaco De Mita (Italian pronunciation: [tʃiˈriːako luˈiːdʒi de ˈmiːta]; born 2 February 1928)[1] is an Italian politician who served as the 47th Prime Minister of Italy from 1988 to 1989[2] and as Member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2013.

Biography

Cirico De Mita in 1983

Ciriaco De Mita with Jacques Delors, Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, Brian Mulroney, François Mitterrand, Helmut Kohl and Noboru Takeshita at the 14th G7 summit, Toronto 1988

Background and early career

De Mita was born in Nusco in the Avellinese hinterland. As a young man De Mita joined Christian Democracy and entered politics. He rose through the ranks of the party, becoming a member of its council in 1956, a member of Parliament in 1963 and a member of the Italian cabinet in 1973. During the next decade he served as Minister of Industry and then as Minister of Foreign Trade. De Mita became chairman of the party in 1982 at a time when its power was declining. He was re-elected in 1986 with 60% support from the party.

Prime Minister of Italy

After the elections of 1987, De Mita waited a year to become Prime Minister, and then served as Prime Minister for a year, maintaining the party chairmanship. At the beginning of that service, on 16 April 1988, in Forlì, Red Brigades killed Senator Roberto Ruffilli, an advisor of De Mita. In social policy, De Mita's time in office witnessed the passage of a law in May 1988 that introduced a new benefit for salaried workers called "benefit for the family nucleus" ("assegno per il nucleo familiare"), with the amount varying depending on the number of family members and the family income of the previous year.[3]

Later political roles

De Mita returned in Parliament, after a lag of two years, in 1996 (and then re-elected in 2001 and 2006). He then joined the Italian People's Party and later Democracy is Freedom - The Daisy, party of which he is regional coordinator for Campania. He headed the Olive Tree's list in his region in 2006, and he participated in the transformation that coalition into a single party (the Democratic Party). He joined the Union of the Centre. After the 2008 elections, De Mita was not elected at the Italian Senate, but he was nominated as the Campania coordinator of the party. De Mita won a seat in the European Parliament in the June 2009 European election. On 25 May 2014 De Mita was elected as mayor of Nusco, his native town.

Personal life

In 1958, De Mita married Anna Maria Scarinzi (born 12 February 1939), with whom he has one son and three daughters, Antonia (born 23 December 1967), Giuseppe (born 10 May 1969), Floriana (born 19 March 1973) and Simona (born 21 April 1974).[4][5]

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References

Moliterno, Gino (11 September 2002). "Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture". Routledge. Retrieved 29 August 2019 – via Google Books.
Lentz, Harris M. (2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. pp. 446–447. ISBN 9781134264902. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
European Observatory on Family Policies: National Family Policies in EC-Countries in 1990 by Wilfred Dumon in collaboration with Françoise Bartiaux, Tanja Nuelant, and experts from each of the member states
Tutto al piano di sotto - Irpiniagate - goffredolocatelli.it
Vespa, Bruno (29 August 2009). "L'amore e il potere. Da Rachele a Veronica, un secolo di storia italiana". Edizioni Mondadori. Retrieved 29 August 2019 – via Google Books.

Political offices
Preceded by Mauro Ferri	Minister of Industry, Trade and Craftsmanship 1973–1974	Succeeded by Carlo Donat-Cattin
Preceded by Gianmatteo Matteotti	Minister of Foreign Trade 1974–1976	Succeeded by Rinaldo Ossola
Preceded by Giulio Andreotti	Minister for Interventions in Southern Italy 1976–1979	Succeeded by Michele Di Giesi
Preceded by Giovanni Goria	Prime Minister of Italy 1988–1989	Succeeded by Giulio Andreotti
Party political offices
Preceded by Flaminio Piccoli	Secretary of Christian Democracy 1982–1989	Succeeded by Arnaldo Forlani

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[1] Moliterno, Gino (11 September 2002). "Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture". Routledge. Retrieved 29 August 2019 – via Google Books.

[Lentz2014-2] Lentz, Harris M. (2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. pp. 446–447. ISBN 9781134264902. Retrieved 9 November 2014.

[3] European Observatory on Family Policies: National Family Policies in EC-Countries in 1990 by Wilfred Dumon in collaboration with Françoise Bartiaux, Tanja Nuelant, and experts from each of the member states

[4] Tutto al piano di sotto - Irpiniagate - goffredolocatelli.it

[5] Vespa, Bruno (29 August 2009). "L'amore e il potere. Da Rachele a Veronica, un secolo di storia italiana". Edizioni Mondadori. Retrieved 29 August 2019 – via Google Books.