Manlio Brosio (10 July 1897 – 14 March 1980) was an Italian lawyer, diplomat, politician and the fourth Secretary General of NATO between 1964 and 1971.

Early life

Brosio 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 ...

by Edoardo & Fortunata Curadelli, studied law in the

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. During the

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, he served in Alpine regiment as an artillery officer. After the war, he graduated and in 1920 he entered politics. Later his political activity was barred because of his opposition to

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Career

During

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, after Allied invasion of

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in 1943, Brosio went underground and later became a member of the

National Liberation Committee The National Liberation Committee ( it, Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale, CLN) was a political umbrella organization and the main representative of the Italian resistance movement fighting against Nazi Germany’s forces during the German occup ...

. After the war he re-entered politics, and became a deputy prime minister and in 1945, a

minister of Defense A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in s ...

. In January 1947, Brosio became the Italian ambassador to

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and got involved with the

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negotiations between the countries. In 1952 he became ambassador to the UK, to the USA in 1955 and from 1961–1964 to France. On 12 May 1964 the NATO council chose Brosio to succeed

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as a secretary general. He resigned 3 September 1971. On 29 September 1971, U.S. President

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awarded him the

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Personal life

Brosio died in Turin. He was the uncle of singer and television presenter

Vanna Brosio Vanna Brosio (18 April 1943 – 19 June 2010) was an Italian singer, television personality and journalist. Life and career Born Giovanna Brosio in Turin, the daughter of a well-known antiquarian and the niece of the former NATO Secretary Gen ...

.Sergio Miravalle. "Intervista Giorgio e Paolo astigiani celebri". ''

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''. 27 July 1996. p.3.

Honors

Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1st Class / Knight Grand Cross – June 2, 1955

References

NATO Who is Who? Secretary General Manlio Brosio
Retrieved 2 October 2005.

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brosio, Manlio 1897 births 1980 deaths Italian military personnel of World War I Politicians from Turin Italian Liberal Party politicians Italian Ministers of Defence Members of the National Council (Italy) Senators of Legislature VI of Italy Diplomats from Turin Ambassadors of Italy to the United Kingdom Ambassadors of Italy to the United States Ambassadors of Italy to France Ambassadors of Italy to the Soviet Union Secretaries General of NATO 20th-century diplomats Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients Italian resistance movement members