Adolfo Battaglia (born 10 February 1930) is an Italian journalist who served as the minister of industry, commerce and craftsmanship between 1987 and 1991 in three successive cabinets. He was a long-term member of the

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Biography

Born in

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in 1930, Battaglia obtained a bachelor's degree in law in Rome in 1953. In 1965 he joined the Republican Party, serving as a member of the party's national directorate and then its deputy political secretary. Within the party Battaglia was part of the pro-socialist faction. Battaglia served as a deputy for six terms between the legislatures VI and XI. He was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1972 from the Republican Party. In the 1980s he was the parliamentary leader of the party. He was also worked as an undersecretary for foreign affairs for two terms. He was the minister of industry, commerce and craftsmanship in the cabinets of Goria, De Mita and Andreotti. In 1991 he was appointed minister of state holdings to the

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led by

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, but like the other designated ministers from the Republican Party Battaglia did not take an oath due to the veto by the

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on the appointment of

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. He left the Italian Republican Party in 1994 and joined the

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of which he was a member of the national direction before he retired from politics. Battaglia worked as a journalist from 1958 and contributed to many publications, including '' Il Mondo'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Il Giorno'' and ''

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''. He was the director of ''La Voce Repubblicana'' newspaper from 1967 to 1972.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Battaglia, Adolfo 20th-century Italian journalists 21st-century Italian journalists 1930 births Government ministers of Italy Living people Italian newspaper editors Deputies of Legislature VI of Italy Deputies of Legislature VII of Italy Deputies of Legislature VIII of Italy Deputies of Legislature IX of Italy Deputies of Legislature X of Italy Deputies of Legislature XI of Italy Italian Republican Party politicians Democratic Party of the Left politicians People from Viterbo