Domenico Corcione | |
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Minister of Defence | |
In office 17 January 1995 – 17 May 1996 | |
Prime Minister | Lamberto Dini |
Preceded by | Cesare Previti |
Succeeded by | Beniamino Andreatta |
Personal details | |
Born | Turin, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy | 20 April 1929
Died | 3 January 2020 Turin, Piedmont, Italy | (aged 90)
Political party | Independent |
Alma mater | Modena Military Academy |
Domenico Corcione (20 April 1929 – 3 January 2020) was an Italian military staff and defence minister of Italy.
Corcione was born in Turin on 20 April 1929.[1] He entered Modena Military Academy in 1950 and graduated in 1952.[1]
Corcione was a general and served as the chief of the defence staff.[2][3] Then he was appointed defence minister, being the first military figure to hold the post in the history of the Italian Republic.[2][4] He was appointed to the post on 17 January 1995 and served in the cabinet led by the Prime Minister Lamberto Dini until 17 May 1996.[1][5][6]
While serving as the minister of defence Corcione reported on 8 February 1996 that the Fascist Italian army employed the poisonous gas during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War between 1935 and 1937.[7][8]
On 3 January 2020, Corcione died in Turin at age 90.[9]
Order of Military Merit (Grand Officer; Brazil)[10] |