Domenico Corcione (20 April 1929 – 3 January 2020) was an Italian military staff and defence minister of
Italy
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Early life and education
Corcione was born in
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
on 20 April 1929.
He entered
Modena Military Academy
The Military Academy of Modena ( it, Accademia militare di Modena) is a military university in Modena, northern Italy. Located in the Palazzo Ducale in the historic center of the city, it was the first such military institution to be created i ...
in 1950 and graduated in 1952.
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Career
Corcione was a general
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In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...
and served as the chief of the defence staff.[ He was appointed to the post on 17 January 1995 and served in the ]cabinet
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led by the Prime Minister
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Lamberto Dini
Lamberto Dini CGMG (born 1 March 1931) is an Italian politician and economist. He was the Director General of Bank of Italy from 1979 to 1994, Minister of Treasury from 1994 to 1996, the 51st Prime Minister of Italy from 1995 to 1996, and Forei ...
until 17 May 1996.[
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Death
On 3 January 2020, Corcione died in Turin at age 90.
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20th-century Italian politicians
1929 births
2020 deaths
Chiefs of Defence Staff (Italy)
Italian generals
Italian Ministers of Defence
Military personnel from Turin
Recipients of the Order of Military Merit (Brazil)
Independent politicians in Italy