Enrico De Nicola

Enrico De Nicola ( born November 9, 1877 in Naples, Italy, † October 1, 1959 in Torre del Greco ) was an Italian jurist, journalist and politician (PLI ).

Life

After finishing school at the Liceo classico Antonio Genovesi De Nicola studied law at the Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, who left in 1896 with the laurea in giurisprudenza.

The lawyer De Nicola was founded in 1909 first elected as an MP in parliament. Under the Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti and Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, he was appointed undersecretary for colonies and treasure. By King Victor Emmanuel III. he was in 1929 appointed Senator. From June 1920 to December 1923 he was President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. End of October 1922, he sat the chamber before, as the newly appointed Prime Minister Benito Mussolini threatened, "This dove gray house " to " bivouac " for the fascist legions to make.

After the fall of Mussolini, he invented a compromise solution in order to replace the now discredited King in its most important functions without forcing him to abdicate: the Crown Prince Umberto was appointed governor of the kingdom.

It was after the end of fascism member of the Partito Liberal Italiano and was from June 28, 1946 until January 1, 1948 provisional President of the Republic, then to May 11, 1948 Office of the President on the basis of the First Transitional Provision of the Italian Constitution. From 1951 to 1952 De Nicola was a senator for life President of the Italian Senate. From 25 December 1955 to 26 March 1957 he was a member of the Italian Constitutional Court, the Constitutional Court, Corte, from January 23, 1956 as its first president.

Although he was never Prime Minister or even Prime Minister, he is the only person who every four most important offices in the Italian State (ie the State Presidency, the Office of the Presidents of the two chambers and the presidency of the Constitutional Court ) has held.