Mario Pedini

Pedini was born in Montichiari, Brescia, on 27 December 1918.^[1][2] He had a degree in philosophy from the University of Pavia in 1943.^[3] He also obtained a law degree.^[3] Following his graduation he worked as solicitor, teacher and principal at secondary schools.^[3] Following the end of World War II he became a member of the Christian Democracy Party.^[3] From 1953 he was elected to the Italian Parliament and in 1976 he was elected as a senator.^[3]

Pedini served as the undersecretary for scientific research in 1968 and then as the undersecretary for foreign affairs between 1969 and 1974.^[3] He was the minister of scientific research in the fourth cabinet of Aldo Moro from 1975 to 1978, after joining the Propaganda Due lodge.^[3][4] He also served as the minister of cultural and environmental heritage in the period 1976-1978 and as the minister of public education and universities in the period 1978–1979.^[3] He was a member of the European Parliament for two terms: from 1959 to 1968 and from 1979 to 1984.^[3] Pedini retired from politics in 1984 and worked as a lecturer in the field of economy of the European Union at the University of Parma.^[3]

In 1977 Pedini was appointed director of the University of Brescia of which he was the president between 1979 and 1985.^[3] He died on 7 July 2003.^[5]

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In the mid-1970s when Pendini and Aldo Moro were both serving as cabinet ministers they had close economic and political relations with Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Russia.^[6] They also managed to have good relations with the United States during the Cold War period.^[6]

Pedini was the recipient of the Italian Medal of Merit for Culture and Art (30 October 1980).^[7] He was posthumously awarded the gold medal for Civil Valor in 2005.^[3] In 2019 a square was named after him in his hometown, Montichiari.^[8]