Mario Zagari

Mario Zagari ( born September 14, 1913 in Milan, † February 29, 1996 in Rome ) was an Italian jurist, journalist, politician and various socialist parties, including several years as a member of the Chamber of Deputies ( Camera dei deputati ), ministers of various ministries and Member the European Parliament was.

Life

Military service, Deputy Under Secretary

After schooling Zagari studied law and was after graduation worked as a journalist. During the Second World War he served his military service as an officer in the Alpini, the mountain infantry Italian. As a member of the Comitato Nazionale di Liberation (CLN ), he was arrested in October 1943.

Zagari, of 25 June 1946 to 26 April 1948 Member of the Constituent Assembly ( Assemblea Costituente della Repubblica Italiana ), was elected in the first parliamentary elections in 1948 as a member of the House of Representatives and represented there until 24 June 1953 constituency Rome. First, he represented there as a member of the founded by Giuseppe Saragat Partito Socialista dei Lavoratori Italiani ( PSLI ) the electoral alliance Unità Socialista, before he joined in January 1950, the Partito Socialista Unitario (PSU) and then in January 1952 Member of the Group of the Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano ( PSDI ) was.

1958 left Zagari the PSDI to the Movimento di Unitario Iniziativa Socialista ( MUIS ), the Partito Socialista Italiano 1959 (PSI ) joined. In the elections of 7 May 1963 he was again elected to the Camera dei deputati and represented in this until June 19, 1979 as a member of the PSI the constituency of Rome.

After forming a coalition with the Christian Democrats (DC) in 1968, he was Under Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the second and third government of Prime Minister Aldo Moro in the period from July 1964 to June. During this time it came in 1966 to reunify the PSI and PSDI to the United Socialist Party ( Partito Socialista Unificati ). The merger was not rewarded by the voters and the PSU underperformed in the elections of 1968 from than before. The weakening meant an escalation of tension in the coalition.

After the beginning of the fifth legislative period July to December 1968 Vice- President of the Parliamentary Commission for the control of the State broadcasting, Radiotelevisione Italiana ( RAI) was, he was between December 1968 and August 1969 during the first term of Prime Minister Mariano Rumor again Under Secretary in Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Minister and MEP

Rumor Prime Minister then appointed him on March 27, 1970 Foreign Trade Minister ( Ministro del Commercio con l' Estero ) in his third cabinet. He also held in the subsequent government of Emilio Colombo to February 17, 1972 This can function.

On July 7, 1973, he was finally Minister of Justice ( Ministro della Giustizia ) in the fourth cabinet Rumors and has also held in the subsequent fifth Cabinet Rumors until November 23, 1974 this function.

After retiring from the House of Representatives in 1979 he was a member of the 1st European Parliament, of which he was also during the second legislative period 1984-1989.

After his death Zagari was buried at the Cimitero degli Acattolici in Rome.