Enrico Falck (21 January 1899 – 15 June 1953) was an Italian entrepreneur, member of the
board of directors
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The powers, duties, and responsibilities of a board of directors are determined by government regulatio ...
of the
Falck Industries. He joined the
Italian Christian Democracy, and was an Italian Senator from
Lombardy
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.
Political career
In 1934 Falck was named by king
Vittorio Emanuele III
Victor Emmanuel III (; 11 November 1869 – 28 December 1947) was King of Italy from 29 July 1900 until his abdication on 9 May 1946. A member of the House of Savoy, he also reigned as Emperor of Ethiopia from 1936 to 1941 and King of the Albania ...
senator of the kingdom. In 1945 he was expelled from the upper house due to his involvement with
fascism
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.
Italian Senate webpage about Falck
Falck Industries, based in Sesto San Giovanni
Sesto San Giovanni (; , ), locally referred to as just Sesto (), is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan, in the Italian region of Lombardy. It was awarded with the honorary title of ''città'' (city) by decree of 10 Apri ...
, was a leader of iron
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and steel
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manufacturing, and Enrico was nominated for the Senate by the DC. He did not seek re-election in 1953 in order to follow his private interests, but died almost immediately afterwards.
See also
* Italian Senate election in Lombardy, 1948
Footnotes
External links
Site
1899 births
Members of the Italian Senate from Lombardy
Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians
Senators of Legislature I of Italy
Year of death missing
Members of the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy
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