Giuseppe Spataro
Minister of Transport
In office 26 July 1960 – 21 February 1962
Prime Minister	Amintore Fanfani
Preceded by	Mario Ferrari Aggradi
Succeeded by	Bernardo Mattarella
Minister of the Interior
In office 25 March 1960 – 26 July 1960
Prime Minister	Fernando Tambroni
Preceded by	Antonio Segni
Succeeded by	Mario Scelba
Minister of Merchant Navy
In office 1 July 1958 – 15 February 1959
Prime Minister	Amintore Fanfani
Preceded by	Gennaro Cassiani
Succeeded by	Angelo Raffaele Jervolino
Italian Minister of Public Works
In office 16 July 1953 – 2 August 1953
Prime Minister	Acide De Gasperi
Preceded by	Salvatore Aldisio
Succeeded by	Umberto Merlin
Minister of Post and Telecommunications
In office 27 January 1950 – 7 July 1953
Prime Minister	Acide De Gasperi
Preceded by	Angelo Raffaele Jervolino
Succeeded by	Giuseppe Togni
In office 15 February 1959 – 23 March 1960
Prime Minister	Antonio Segni
Preceded by	Alberto Simonini
Succeeded by	Antonio Maxia
Member of the Senate of the Republic
In office 28 April 1963 – 4 July 1976
Constituency	Lanciano-Vasto
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 8 May 1948 – 28 April 1963
Member of the Constituent Assembly
In office 25 June 1946 – 31 January 1948
Personal details
Born	(1897-06-12)12 June 1897 Vasto, Italy
Died	30 January 1979(1979-01-30) (aged 81) Rome, Italy
Political party	Christian Democracy
Spouse	Letizia De Giorgio
Children	3
Alma mater	Sapienza University of Rome

Giuseppe Spataro (12 June 1897 – 30 January 1979) was an Italian politician.

Biography

Spataro was born in Vasto, Italy to Anna and Alfonso Nasci, who were a high-class Italian family, in the urban center within the province Chieti.

After studying in his birth city of Vasto, Spataro transferred to a boarding school called Montecassino in 1908, the adjustment to this new life made easier by the death of his father in 1910. In 1914, Spataro moved to Rome to study Law and graduated in 1919.

During the First World War, Spataro initially served as a "corpo specializzato del Genio" and was later promoted as an official.

Already distinguished within the main catholic-roman journalist firms, he became an exponent member of FUCI. In 1919, he was elected vice president, later advanced as president of FUCI in 1920. Following his presidency at FUCI, Spataro was elected vice-president at another organization called Pax Romana. Eventually, Spataro’s close relations with Luigi Sturzo- led to his membership to the Roman sector of the Italian People's Party in 1919. From 1921 to 1925, Spataro served as the sole national vice-secretary.

In 1923, Spataro married Letizia De Giorgio. Together, the couple had 3 children: Alfonso, Anna and PierGiorgio. Following his marriage, in June 1925, Spataro became the principal organizer of the international “V” congress of the party. Soon after, from 1945-1946, he became the vice secretary of internal affairs, in 1946, he was elected member of the National council and president of RAI. Through his control of this radio, and then television programming, Spataro was able to create the basis for his future Democratic-Christian control over the media. He held this post, until 1950, when he stepped down as president of RAI, in order to assume the minister of communications role. In 1953, Spataro became minister of public works, and between 1953-1954, Spataro was the vice secretary of Christian Democratic political party. In 1960, he became the minister of Merchant Navy and the minister of internal affairs as well as the minister of transport. In 1959, Spataro resumed his office as minister of telecommunications until 1962. From 1964 until his death in 1979, Spataro served as president of the Istituto Luigi Sturzo, in Rome.