Fortunato Calcagno (9 July 1900 - 31 March 1966) was an Italian lawyer, politician and officer.
Fortunato Calcagno | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 8 May 1948 – 25 June 1953 | |
| Constituency | Sicily (Catania) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 July 1900 Ramacca, Italy |
| Died | 31 March 1966 (aged 65) Catania, Italy |
| Political party | Christian Democracy |
| Alma mater | University of Catania |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Biography edit
He was born in Ramacca in 1900; he graduated in law from the University of Catania. Elected in the first legislature, he represented Christian Democracy party in the Chamber of Deputies;[1] he was mayor of Ramacca, president of the Sicilian Editorial[2] and director of the Sicilian Electricity Authority.[3] In October 1950, a consortium of entrepreneurs headed by The Hon. Calcagno took over the Corriere di Sicilia, a newspaper founded in 1943 by the anti-fascist journalist Giuseppe Longhitano and the former mayor of Catania Carlo Ardizzoni.
References edit
- ^ "Fortunato Calcagno". storia.camera.it.
- ^ Grandinetti, Mario (1992). I quotidiani in Italia, 1943-1991 (in Italian).
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|agency=ignored (help)[permanent dead link] - ^ Di Fazio, Giuseppe; Farkas, Giuseppe (2005). Un giornale, un'isola: "La Sicilia" di Domenico Sanfilippo, Alfio Russo e Antonio Prestinenza, 1945-1967 (in Italian). S. Sciascia. ISBN 978-88-8241-203-6.
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