Giuseppe_Tatarella

Giuseppe Tatarella

Giuseppe Tatarella

Italian politician (1935–1999)

Giuseppe Tatarella (17 September 1935 – 8 February 1999), also known as Pinuccio Tatarella, was an Italian politician who served as deputy prime minister in the first cabinet of Silvio Berlusconi from 1994 to 1995.

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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 the Italian Social Movement (MSI), a neo-fascist party that 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 (Puglia Today).[1] In 1970, he became a member of the Puglia regional council.[1] In 1979, he was first elected to the Italian Parliament and retained his seat until 1999.[1][2] Tatarella was among the co-founders of National Alliance (AN) in January 1994.[4][5] He became one of its senior member.[3] The party was the continuation of the MSI.[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]

Tatarella was appointed deputy prime minister to the first Berlusconi government, 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.[9] Although he was one of four AN members in the same cabinet,[10] only Tatarella's appointment was regarded as significant,[11] and he was surnamed the minister of harmony.[12] Tatarella was in office until 1995. He also won his seat from Bari in the 1996 Italian general election.[13] In January 1997, he was named as the head of a parliamentary subcommittee.[14] It was one of four subcommittees that constituted a bicameral committee of Parliament set up to discuss the institutional reorganization of Italy.[14]

During his political career, Tatarella was often described and viewed as a fascist, which he denied. Tatarella said that he had joined the MSI not because he was nostalgic of Italian fascism but because it was the strongest anti-communist party.[15] He defined himself thusly: "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.[16] It was due to the negative image of AN.[16]

Death

Tatarella died of a heart attack at a hospital in Turin at age 63 on 8 February 1999.[17][18] A funeral service was performed for him in Bari.[17]

References

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    Hanley, Anne (11 February 1999). "Obituary: Giuseppe Tatarella". The Independent. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
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    "Sketches of five National Alliance Ministers in Italy's 53rd postwar government". Associated Press. 11 May 1994. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
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    Peggy Polk (14 May 1994). "New Italy Leaders Prefer'Post-fascist' Label". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
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    Alan Cowell (21 December 1994). "Italian Leader In Showdown With Ex-Ally". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
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    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. hdl:11384/136167. S2CID 248779576.
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    Patricia Clough (11 May 1994). "Berlusconi hands top posts to the neo-Fascists". The Independent. Rome. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
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    William D. =Montalbano (11 May 1994). "Italian Premier Forms Rightist Government". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
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    "List of ministers in Italy's 53rd postwar government". Associated Press. 10 May 1994. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
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    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.
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    De Giorgi, Elsiabetta; Marangoni, Francesco (2009). "The First Year of Berlusconi's Fourth Government: Formation, Characteristics and Activities" (PDF). Bulletin of Italian Politics. 1 (1): 87–109.
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    Fella, Stefano; Ruzza, Carlo (2009). Re-incenting the Italian Right: Territorial politics, populism and 'post-fascism'. London; New York: Routledge. p. 245. ISBN 978-1-134-28634-8.
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    "Tatarella: a sedici anni dalla scomparsa speciale sul Secolo on line". Adnkronos (in Italian). 18 December 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
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    Carr, Adam (2005). "Italian Republic legislative elections of 22 April 1996". Psephos. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
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    Gilbert, Mark (1998). "Transforming Italy's institutions? The bicameral committee on institutional reform". Modern Italy. 3 (1): 49–66. doi:10.1080/13532949808454791. S2CID 144222894.
  15. [15]
    Di Giacomo, Girolamo (2014). Dormono sulla collina: 1969-2014 (in Italian). Il Saggiatore. ISBN 978-88-6576-385-8 – via Google Books. 'Ero figlio di un calzolaio, e mi iscrissi al MSI perché era il partito più anticomunista di tutti. E io non ero per il fascismo, ma per l'anticomunismo.'
  16. [16]
    Brann, Sara L.; Carioti, Antonio (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.
  17. [17]
    "Giuseppe Tatarella, 63, Italian Political Activist". Sun Sentinel. Rome. 10 February 1999. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  18. [18]
    "Deaths elsewhere". The Baltimore Sun. 10 February 1999. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
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