Giuseppe Caron (24 February 1904 – 3 March 1998) was an Italian

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(CDP) politician who was a Minister in successive governments from the 1950s to the 1970s, and a

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. He was born in

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. Caron trained as a

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and worked in the

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industry and as a lobbyist. Later, in 1952, he became vice-president of the Italian Chamber of Commerce During

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Caron became involved in the resistance against the

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and was a member of the CDP ''Committee for National Release'' in Treviso. He was elected to the

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in all legislative elections from the 1948 Italian general election to the 1972 Italian general election. Caron's first political office was as under-secretary for Civil Aviation. He served as under-secretary for Public Works in the Government of

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from 1955 to 1957, under-secretary for Defense in the 1957–1958 Governments of

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and 1958–1959

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Government. He became active in European politics as one of the Italian delegates at the

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. In November (or December) 1959 he was appointed as one of the Italian

s on the first

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to replace

Piero Malvestiti Piero Malvestiti (26 June 1899 – 5 November 1964) was an Italian politician who was a minister in successive governments in the 1940s and 1950s, a European Commissioner and President of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Commun ...

who resigned to become President of the

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. Caron took over Malvestiti's Internal Market portfolio. His seat in the Senate was taken by Attilio Venudo. Caron was re-appointed to the second Hallstein Commission which served from January 1962 and became a Vice-President of the Commission. He resigned from the commission in May 1963 having been re-elected to the Senate in the elections of April 1963. He was replaced in the commission by Guido Colonna di Paliano. He then joined the governments of

Aldo Moro Aldo Romeo Luigi Moro (; 23 September 1916 – 9 May 1978) was an Italian statesman and a prominent member of the Christian Democracy (DC). He served as prime minister of Italy from December 1963 to June 1968 and then from November 1974 to July 1 ...

from 1963 to 1968 where he served as under-secretary to the Budget minister. He held the same position in the first Government of Mariano Rumor from 1968 to 1969 and became Budget Minister in the second Rumor Government from 1969 to 1970.

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