Alberto Jacometti
Italian journalist and politician (1902–1985)
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Alberto Jacometti (1902–1985) was an Italian journalist and socialist politician. He served as a deputy at the Italian Parliament and as a secretary general of the Italian Socialist Party for a short period between 1948 and 1949. He resigned from the party one year before his death in 1985.
Alberto Jacometti | |
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| Secretary General of the Italian Socialist Party | |
| In office April 1948 – 1949 | |
| Preceded by | Lelio Basso |
| Succeeded by | Pietro Nenni |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 March 1902 |
| Died | 10 January 1985 (aged 82) Novara, Italy |
| Party | Italian Socialist Party |
Biography
Jacometti was born in San Pietro Mosezzo, Province of Novara, on 10 March 1902.[1][2] He joined the Italian Socialist Party and participated in World War I.[3] When the oppression of the Fascist rule intensified he left Italy and settled in Paris in 1926.[3][4] There he edited a publication entitled L'iniziativa.[3] In 1929 he settled in Belgium and contributed to a publication, Problemi della Rivoluzione italiana.[3] From 1941 he became part of the National Committee of Liberation for the Novara province.[1]
Following his return to Italy Jacometti was elected as a member of the National Council.[4] Being a member of the Italian Socialist Party he led the centrist faction along with Riccardo Lombardi.[5] In the congress held on 18 April 1948 Jacometti was elected as the secretary general of the Italian Socialist Party succeeding Lelio Basso who had resigned from the office.[3][5] Before the election Jacometti, Riccardo Lombard and Giuseppe Romita led the opposition group against Basso's leadership.[5] Jacometti's term as the secretary general was brief and ended in 1949 when he was forced to resign from the office due to the opposition of Pietro Nenni and Lelio Basso.[3]
Jacometti served at the Italian Parliament until 1963.[4] He left the Italian Socialist Party in 1984 due to his conflict with the party leader Bettino Craxi.[3] Jacometti died in his hometown, Novara, 10 January 1985.[1]
