Rodolfo Morandi (30 July 1902 – 26 July 1955) was an Italian socialist politician and economist. He was a member of the Socialist Party and was one of its leading figures following

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. He served as the minister of industry and commerce in the cabinets led by

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Alcide De Gasperi Alcide Amedeo Francesco De Gasperi (; 3 April 1881 – 19 August 1954) was an Italian politician who founded the Christian Democracy party and served as prime minister of Italy in eight successive coalition governments from 1945 to 1953. De Gasp ...

in the period 1946–1947.

Biography

Morandi was born in

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on 30 July 1902. He was arrested in Milan together with other 250 socialists in April 1937. In July 1946 he was appointed minister of industry and commerce to the cabinet formed by Alcide De Gasperi and remained in the office until May 1947. He served in the Italian Senate from 1948 and served as the general secretary of the Socialist Party. Within the party he was one of the leaders of the leftist faction, the others being Pietro Nenni and

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. The leftist faction left the party in 1960 and joined the

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. Morandi died in Milan on 26 July 1955.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Morandi, Rodolfo 1902 births 1955 deaths Government ministers of Italy Italian anti-fascists Italian economists Italian Socialist Party politicians Members of the Italian Senate from Lombardy Politicians from Milan