Giacomo Ferrari (1887–1974) was an Italian industrial engineer and communist politician. He served as a minister of transport between 1946 and 1947. He was a member of the Italian Senate and was the mayor of Parma from 1951 to 1953.
Giacomo Ferrari | |
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| Mayor of Parma | |
| In office October 1951 – February 1963 | |
| Minister of Transport | |
| In office 13 June 1946 – 31 May 1947 | |
| Prime Minister | Alcide De Gasperi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 November 1887 Langhirano, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 22 August 1974 (aged 86) Bosco di Corniglio, Italy |
| Resting place | Viletta cemetery, Parma |
| Political party | |
| Alma mater | Polytechnic University of Turin |
| Occupation | Industrial engineer |
Early life and education
editFerrari was born in Langhirano, Province of Parma, on 5 November 1887 into a wealthy bourgeois family.[1][2] He became interested in scientific socialism in his youth and joined the Italian Socialist Party in 1902.[2][3] He studied mathematics in Parma for two years and then attended the Polytechnic University of Turin.[1] He received a degree in industrial engineering in December 1912.[1]
Career and activities
editFollowing his graduation, Ferrari worked as an engineer in Apulia.[1] He joined the army and fought in World War I as an artillery lieutenant.[2] He was discharged from the army in 1920 and returned to Parma where he worked in the consortium of cooperatives.[2] He left Italy for France on 13 December 1931 due to the increase of the Fascist rule's oppression and settled in Toulouse.[2] In 1942 Ferrari returned to Italy and joined the Italian Communist Party.[2][3] He was among the founders of the National Liberation Committee of Parma and involved in the armed struggle against the Fascist forces.[1]
After the end of the Fascist rule, Ferrari was elected as a deputy from the Communist Party to the Constituent Assembly on 2 June 1946.[1][4] He was appointed minister of transport to the second De Gasperi government on 13 June and held the post also in the third De Gasperi government until 31 May 1947.[1] Ferrari was elected to the Senate in 1948 for the Panna constituency, obtaining 52,367 votes.[1] From October 1951 to February 1963 he was mayor of Parma.[5]
On 28 April 1963 Ferrari was re-elected to the Senate from the Parma constituency, receiving 51,537 votes.[1] In the next elections held on 19 May 1968, he was also elected as a senator with 61,048 votes.[1] At the end of the term in 1970 he retired from politics.[1]
Later years, personal life and death
editFerrari directed the consortium of development of the province of Parma and was involved in constructing the Cisa motorway.[2] He was also the first president of the Institute of Verdi Studies.[2]
Ferrari was married and had children. One of his sons was a medical doctor and was killed in a Nazi-fascist ambush in Ponte di Lugagnano on 20 November 1944.[2] He died in Bosco di Corniglio on 22 August 1974.[1] He was buried at the Villetta cemetery.[6]
Legacy
editA foundation was established in Parma to honour his memory.[5] In 2004 a book about his life and activities was published, Giacomo Ferrari: Un uomo, una terra, una storia (Italian: Giacomo Ferrari: One man, one land, one story) (ISBN 9788843028214).[7] Another book was published in 2022 entitled L' ingegnere delle barricate: Autobiografia di Giacomo Ferrari il nobile rivoluzionari (Italian: The engineer of the barricades. Autobiography of Giacomo Ferrari the noble revolutionary) (ISBN 9788890852428) which features articles about his struggle against Fascists in Parma in 1922.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Giuseppe Sircana (1996). "Ferrari, Giacomo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 46.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Giacomo Ferrari" (in Italian). ANPI. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ a b Luigi Nicchia (20 August 2021). "Parma ricorda il senatore Giacomo Ferrari a 47 anni dalla scomparsa". Il Parmense (in Italian). Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "Giacomo Ferrari" (in Italian). Costituenti Emiliano Romagnoli. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Chi è Giacomo Ferrari" (in Italian). Istituto Comprensivo Giacomo Ferrari. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "Senatore Giacomo Ferrari" (in Italian). Commune di Parma. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "Giacomo Ferrari. Un uomo, una terra, una storia" (in Italian). Carocci Editore. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "Personaggi storici, politici e militari" (in Italian). Liberia Universitaria. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
External links
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