Giuseppe Tatarella
Deputy Prime Minister of Italy
In office
10 May 1994 – 17 January 1995
Serving with Roberto Maroni
Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi
Preceded byClaudio Martelli
Succeeded byWalter Veltroni
Minister of Communications
In office
10 May 1994 – 17 January 1995
Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi
Preceded byMaurizio Pagani
Succeeded byAgostino Gambino
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
20 June 1979 – 8 February 1999
ConstituencyApulia
Personal details
Born(1935-09-17)17 September 1935
Cerignola, Apulia, Kingdom of Italy
Died8 February 1999(1999-02-08) (aged 63)
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Political party
  • MSI (until 1995)
  • AN (1995–1999)
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Giuseppe Tatarella, better known as Pinuccio Tatarella, (17 September 1935 – 8 February 1999) was an Italian politician who served as deputy prime minister in the first cabinet of Silvio Berlusconi from 1994 to 1995.

Early life and education

Tatarella was born in Cerignola, Apulia, in 1935.[1][2] He held a law degree.[2]

Career

Tatarella was a lawyer and journalist.[3] He worked for the local branches of neo-fascist Italian Social Movement party, which was launched by Benito Mussolini's followers in 1946 based on his strong nationalistic ideals.[2][3] In the 1960s he launched the weekly Puglia D'Oggi (Italian: Puglia Today).[1] In 1970, he became a member of the Puglia regional council.[1] In 1979, he was first elected to the Parliament and retained his seat until 1999.[1][2]

Tatarella was among the cofounders of National Alliance (AN) that was established in January 1994.[4][5] He became one of its senior member.[3] The party was the continuation of the Italian Social Movement.[3] He served as floor leader of the AN at the parliament for a long time.[6] In 1996, he took over the Il Roma, a Naples-based daily, and served as its editor until 1999.[1]

He was appointed deputy prime minister to the first cabinet of Silvio Berlusconi, which was the first right-wing cabinet of Italy after World War II, on 10 May 1994.[7][8] He also served as minister of post and telecommunications in the same cabinet[9] and was one of four AN members in the Berlusconi's first cabinet.[10] However, only his appointment was regarded as significant.[11] Indeed he was surnamed minister of harmony.[12] Tatarella was in office until 1995. He also won his seat from Bari in the elections held on 22 April 1996.[13] In January 1997, he was named as the head of a parliamentary subcommittee, named form of government.[14] It was one of four subcommittees that constituted a bicameral committee of parliament set up to discuss the institutional reorganization of Italy.[14]

Views and reactions

Although Tatarella was described and viewed as a fascist, he never admitted it and stated "I am a nationalist, a Catholic and a democrat."[1] Belgian minister Elio Di Rupo refused to shake Tatarella's hand during a meeting in Brussels when Tatarella was serving as deputy prime minister and ministry of posts and telecommunications.[15] It was due to the negative image of the AN.[15]

Death

Tatarella died of a heart attack at a hospital in Turin at age 63 on 8 February 1999.[16][17] A funeral service was performed for him in Bari.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Anne Hanley (11 February 1999). "Obituary: Giuseppe Tatarella". The Independent. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d "Sketches of five National Alliance Ministers in Italy's 53rd postwar government". Associated Press. 11 May 1994. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d Peggy Polk (14 May 1994). "New Italy Leaders Prefer'Post-fascist' Label". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  4. ^ Alan Cowell (21 December 1994). "Italian Leader In Showdown With Ex-Ally". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  5. ^ Gregorio Sorgonà (2022). "The Italian Right-Wing and the European Integration Process: The Case of the Italian Social Movement". Journal of Modern Italian Studies. 27 (3): 393. doi:10.1080/1354571X.2022.2044646. S2CID 248779576.
  6. ^ Patricia Clough (11 May 1994). "Berlusconi hands top posts to the neo-Fascists". The Independent. Rome. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  7. ^ William D. Montalbano (11 May 1994). "Italian Premier Forms Rightist Government". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  8. ^ "List of ministers in Italy's 53rd postwar government". Associated Press. 10 May 1994. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  9. ^ Carlo Ruzza; Oliver Schmidtke (1996). "Towards a modern Right: Alleanza Nazionale and the 'Italian Revolution'". In Stephen Gundle; Simon Parker (eds.). The New Italian Republic: From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to Berlusconi. London; New York: Routledge. p. 156. ISBN 978-0-415-12162-0.
  10. ^ Elisabetta De Giorgi; Francesco Marangoni (2009). "The First Year of Berlusconi's Fourth Government: Formation, Characteristics and Activities" (PDF). Bulletin of Italian Politics. 1 (1): 87–109.
  11. ^ Carlo Ruzza; Stefano Fella (2009). Re-incenting the Italian Right: Territorial politics, populism and 'post-fascism'. London; New York: Routledge. p. 245. ISBN 978-1-134-28634-8.
  12. ^ Tatarella, 16 anni fa la scomparsa del 'ministro dell'armonia'. Il Secolo gli dedica uno speciale Adn Kronos. 8 February 2015.
  13. ^ "Italy". Psephos. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  14. ^ a b Mark Gilbert (1998). "Transforming Italy's institutions? The bicameral committee on institutional reform". Modern Italy. 3 (1): 49–66. doi:10.1080/13532949808454791. S2CID 144222894.
  15. ^ a b Antonio Carioti; Sara L. Brann (1996). "From the Ghetto to Palazzo Chigi: The Ascent of the National Alliance". In S. Katz Richard; Ignazi Piero (eds.). Italian Politics. The Year of the Tycoon. Vol. 10. New York: Routledge. p. 69. ISBN 9780429499548. JSTOR 45402576.
  16. ^ a b "Giuseppe Tatarella, 63, Italian Political Activist". Sun Sentinel. Rome. 10 February 1999. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  17. ^ "Deaths elsewhere". The Baltimore Sun. 10 February 1999. Retrieved 27 February 2013.

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