Salvatore Aldisio (

Gela Gela (Sicilian and ; grc, Γέλα) is a city and (municipality) in the Autonomous Region of Sicily, Italy; in terms of area and population, it is the largest municipality on the southern coast of Sicily. Gela is part of the Province of Cal ...

, 29 December 1890 –

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, 27 July 1964) was an Italian

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politician. He was born in Gela is a town in the

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. Thanks to the organizing work of Aldisio his hometown underwent a renewal process and also a social and economic transformation from the post-war years to the beginning of the 1950s. He initiated important public works, such as the Town Hall, the sea-haven, St. James’ Church, Aldisio Village, the aqueduct, the civil hospital, the seafront promenade, etc.The history of Gela
/ref> In 1944, he was

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for a short while in the second government of

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, before becoming High Commissioner for Sicily in August 1944. He opposed the

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on the island that had gained significance after the Allied

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in July 1943 and the fall of the

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. Prime Minister

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gave Aldisio permission to use all legal means to crush the separatists.Finkelstein, ''Separatism, the Allies and the Mafia'', p. 98 Mafia chieftains perceived Aldisio’s appointment as a first sign of the government’s determination to subdue the separatist movement. They were now forced to reconsider their early loyalty to it.Finkelstein, ''Separatism, the Allies and the Mafia'', p. 89 In 1946, he was elected in the

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and he would remain a senator and deputy until his death in 1964. He was minister of mercantile marine and

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in the successive governments of

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(1950–53), as well as minister of industry and trade in the first government of

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(1954). Aldisio died in Rome on 27 July 1964.

References

External links

*Finkelstein, Monte S. (1998).
Separatism, the Allies and the Mafia: The Struggle for Sicilian Independence, 1943-1948
', Bethlehem (Pennsylvania): Lehigh University Press * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aldisio, Salvatore 1890 births 1964 deaths People from Gela Italian People's Party (1919) politicians Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians Italian Ministers of Public Works Deputies of Legislature XXVI of the Kingdom of Italy Deputies of Legislature XXVII of the Kingdom of Italy Members of the National Council (Italy) Members of the Constituent Assembly of Italy Senators of Legislature I of Italy Deputies of Legislature II of Italy Deputies of Legislature III of Italy Deputies of Legislature IV of Italy Politicians from the Province of Caltanissetta Italian military personnel of World War I Italian people of World War II Italian Aventinian secessionists Italian Ministers of the Interior