Roberto Tremelloni (30 October 1900 – 8 September 1987) was an Italian economist, academic, businessman and a social democrat politician. He served in different cabinets of Italy.

Biography

Tremelloni was born in

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on 30 October 1900. He held a degree in economics and commercial sciences, which he received in

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in 1926. Tremelloni was a lecturer of political economy at the

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. In 1930 he became a professor of economics and business management at the

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. He cofounded the '' 24 ore'' which was first published on 15 February 1933. In 1937, he carried out a study on the textile industry of Italy. Between 1947 and 1948 Tremelloni served as the

minister of industry and commerce A Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry or variations is a ministry that is concerned with a nation's trade, industry and commerce. Notable examples are: List *Algeria: Ministry of Industry and ...

in the fourth cabinet of

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. Tremelloni was appointed minister without portfolio responsible for the implementation of the

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to the fifth cabinet of De Gasperi in 1948. However, Tremelloni and two other cabinet members,

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, deputy prime minister and minister of merchant navy and

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, minister of industry and commerce, resigned from office on 31 October 1949. Tremelloni became the president of the Istituto per le Relazioni Pubbliche, founded in Milan in 1952. He was the leader of the

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(PSI) and then of the breakaway

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(PSDI). He was also a deputy at the Italian parliament. In the 1950s he and

Ezio Vigorelli Ezio Vigorelli (17 August 1892 – 24 October 1964) was an Italian lawyer and politician who was a member of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) and then of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI). He served as the minister of labour and soc ...

led the parliament's inquiry committee on the problems of poverty and unemployment. He was named as the

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in the

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led by

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which was formed on 10 February 1954. Tremelloni and Ezio Vigorelli were the social democrat members of the cabinet. Then Tremelloni served as the minister of treasury for three times (from 21 February 1962 to 20 June 1963, from 4 December 1963 to 21 July 1964 and from 22 July 1964 to 22 February 1966) and

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 som ...

from 23 February 1966 to 23 June 1968. He was also a board member of the

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when he was serving as minister of treasury. From 1963 to 1968 he served at the

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. Tremelloni died of heart attack at a hospital in

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on 8 September 1987.

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