Paolo Cappa | |
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| Minister of Merchant Navy | |
| In office 1947–1948 | |
| In office 1951–1953 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 February 1888 Genoa, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 26 June 1956 (aged 68) Rome, Italy |
| Political party | |
Paolo Cappa (1888–1956) was an Italian journalist, lawyer and politician. He held several posts both in the Christian Democracy party (DC) and in the various cabinets. He was also a member of the Italian Parliament and Senate.
Cappa was born in Genoa on 19 February 1888.[1] He obtained a degree in law.[1]
Following his graduation Cappa worked for various publications, including Momento in Turin and Cittadino Genoa.[2] He was the director of the newspaper Avvenire d'Italia between 1915 and 1923.[3] In 1919 he was elected to the Parliament from his hometown for the People's Party[2] where he served two more terms following the elections in 1921 and in 1924.[2][4] He retired from politics during the Fascist rule and worked as a lawyer.[4] He resumed his political activities in 1945 when he was elected as a deputy for the DC to the Constituent Assembly.[3] He served as the undersecretary of the Council of Ministers in 1946.[3] He was the first undersecretary of the DC together with Giulio Andreotti in the late 1940s.[5] Both were against and prohibited the theatre plays which contained references to homosexuality.[5] Cappa was the minister of merchant navy between May 1947 and May 1948 and between July 1951 and July 1953.[1][3] He was also a senator in the first legislature from 1948 to 1953.[3]
