Oronzo Reale
Italian politician (1902–1988)
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Oronzo Reale (24 October 1902 – 14 July 1988) was an Italian politician, who served as justice minister in the 1960s and 1970s.
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| Minister of Justice | |||||||||||||
| In office 23 November 1974 – 12 February 1976 | |||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Aldo Moro | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Mario Zagari | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Francesco Paolo Bonifacio | ||||||||||||
| In office 27 March 1970 – 6 March 1971 | |||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Silvio Gava | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Emilio Colombo | ||||||||||||
| In office 4 December 1963 – 24 June 1968 | |||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Aldo Moro | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Giacinto Bosco | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Guido Gonella | ||||||||||||
| Minister of Finance | |||||||||||||
| In office 12 December 1968 – 5 August 1969 | |||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Mariano Rumor | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Mario Ferrari Aggradi | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Giacinto Bosco | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 24 October 1902 | ||||||||||||
| Died | 14 July 1988 (aged 85) Rome, Italy | ||||||||||||
| Party | Italian Republican Party | ||||||||||||
Biography
Reale was born in Lecce on 24 October 1902.[1][2] He received a degree in law.[2]
He was a member and the head of the Republican Party.[3][4] He served as the secretary of the party.[5] In the 1970s he tried the French model to reorganize the party for which he set up a committee.[6]
Reale also assumed cabinet posts. On 4 December 1963, he became justice minister of Italy.[2] He was reappointed justice minister to the coalition government led by Prime Minister Aldo Moro on 24 February 1966.[7] His term ended on 24 June 1968.[2] Then Reale served as the minister of finance from 12 December 1968 to 5 August 1969.[2]
He was secondly appointed justice minister on 27 March 1970 and served in the post until March 1971.[4] His third and last term as justice minister was from 23 November 1974 to 12 February 1976.[2] During his third term as justice minister, Reale developed a public law order, called Legge Reale or more formally public law order 152 which was introduced on 22 May 1975 as a response to bombings organized by right-wing groups in Brescia.[8] The law expanded the powers of Italian security forces.[8][9]
Electoral history
| Election | House | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result | |
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| 1958 | Chamber of Deputies | Ancona–Pesaro–Macerata–Ascoli | PRI | 6,863 |  Elected | |
| 1963 | Chamber of Deputies | Ancona–Pesaro–Macerata–Ascoli | PRI | 5,710 | Elected | |
| 1968 | Chamber of Deputies | Ancona–Pesaro–Macerata–Ascoli | PRI | 7,538 | Elected | |
| 1972 | Chamber of Deputies | Ancona–Pesaro–Macerata–Ascoli | PRI | 8,918 | Elected | |
