Amintore Fanfani

Italian politician, a Member of Parliament since the beginning of the Italian Republic, Christian Democratic Party. After receiving a degree in economics in 1930, he was a professor of economic history for the Univ. of Milan and held courses at the Univ. of Venice until 1945. Fanfani has been a professor at varying universities in Switzerland, Porto Alegre, Liege, Mogadishu, Guanajuato, Tokyo, Nagoja, Rutherford and Sudbury. From 1947-1953, he was the Minister of Labour and Social Security, Minister of Forestry and Agriculture, 1953, Minister of Home Affairs until 1959, President of the Council of Ministers until 1968, at which time he was elected President of the Senate. Fanfani has held five terms in the Senate, a continuing member of the Council of Ministers, a member of the Cabinet Council and since June 1992 has been President of Foreign Affairs Commission in the Senate. Fanfani has published numerous works, many of which have been translated into various languages and holds honorary doctorates from 12 universities. He has been awarded the Streseman Gold Medal for European merits, 1971, the Oscar dei Cristiani in 1971, the Kajima for peace in 1977 and many others.) Fanfani is married with seven kids and enjoys painting for recreation. Widowed in 1968, he made a second marriage to Maria Pia Tavazzani Vecchi. He died November 20, 1999 in Rome at age 91. Link to Wikipedia biography