Guido Cortese
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Guido Cortese | |
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| Minister of Industry and Commerce | |
| In office 6 July 1955 – 19 May 1957 | |
| Prime Minister | Antonio Segni |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 August 1908 |
| Died | 3 September 1964 (aged 56) Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
| Party | Italian Liberal Party |
| Spouse | Amelia Cortese Ardias |
| Children | 4 |
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Guido Cortese (3 August 1908 – 3 September 1964) was an Italian lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Italian Liberal Party. He served at the Constituent Assembly after the end of Fascist rule and was a member of the Parliament for three terms. He was also minister of industry and commerce in the first Segni Government between 1955 and 1957.
Career
Following his graduation, Cortese formed a law company and worked as a lawyer specializing in criminal law.[2] He started his political career after the end of Fascist rule.[2] He worked for a Naples-based weekly publication Libertà in 1944.[2] The same year he began to wrote for Il Giornale and was its deputy director until 1957.[1]
Cortese was a member of the Italian Liberal Party and was elected as a deputy to the Constituent Assembly on the list of the National Democratic Union on 2 June 1946.[1] He became a deputy in June 1953, from the constituency of Naples.[2] He was re-elected as a deputy in the 1958 and 1963 elections.[1] His term at the Parliament lasted until his death in September 1964.[3]
Cortese was appointed minister of industry and commerce on 6 July 1955 to the cabinet of Antonio Segni, which he held until 19 May 1957.[2] He was elected as a councillor of Naples in 1960 and 1962.[1]
