Giovanni Cuomo (Salerno, 23 December 1874 – 24 March 1948) was an Italian

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and

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Life

Born in

Salerno Salerno (, ; ; ) is an ancient city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Campania, southwestern Italy, and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after Naples. It is located ...

in 1874, Cuomo since teenager followed ideals of liberalism & nationalism. He graduated as lawyer in 1905Vittoria Bonani. "Giovanni Cuomo: una vita per Salerno e il Mezzogiorno". Atti del convegno nazionale di studi. Salerno, 12-14 dicembre 2007 He was elected deputy for the first time November 16, 1919 in XXV Legislature of the

Kingdom of Italy The Kingdom of Italy (, ) was a unitary state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Kingdom of Sardinia, Sardinia was proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, proclaimed King of Italy, until 10 June 1946, when the monarchy wa ...

and was a member of the Standing Committee for Public Education. Re-elected in XXVI Legislature, he was faithful to the liberal line of

Giovanni Amendola Giovanni Amendola (15 April 1882 – 7 April 1926) was an Italian journalist, professor, and politician. He is noted as an opponent of Italian fascism. Biography Early life and education Amendola was born in Naples on 15 April 1882. He moved t ...

. After the onset of

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, he decided to retire from active political life to dedicate himself to his lawyer career and to teaching. But, after the fall of Mussolini and the end of the regime, he was called in 1943 first as Secretary and then as ''Minister of National Education'' in the first Badoglio government, during the constitutional transition. In 1944 obtained the creation of the ''Magistero'' faculty in Salerno, that was the first development of the

University of Salerno The University of Salerno () (in acronym UNISA) is a university located in Fisciano and in Baronissi, Italy. Its main campus is located in Fisciano while the Faculty of Medicine is located in Baronissi. It is organized in ten faculties. H ...

(that was created after

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): it is considered as the "continuation" of the historical

Schola Medica Salernitana The Schola Medica Salernitana () was a medieval medical school, the first and most important of its kind. Situated on the Tyrrhenian Sea in the Mezzogiorno, south Italian city of Salerno, it was founded in the 9th century and rose to prominence in ...

Giovanni Cuomo was elected "senator" in 1946 and died in his Salerno in 1948. His personal library is preserved as a special collection in the

Central Library '' E.R. Caianiello'' and consists of over 11000 volumes.

Main works

; Literary writings * * * * ; Law & historical books * * * * * * *

References

Bibliography

* Bonani, Vittoria. ''Giovanni Cuomo e il suo tempo: 1943-1948'' Gaia Ed. Salerno, 2007

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