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Giovanni Marcora

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Giovanni Marcora
Minister of Agriculture
In office
1974–1980
Preceded byAntonio Bisaglia
Succeeded byGiuseppe Bartolomei
Personal details
Born(1922-12-22)22 December 1922
Inveruno, Italy
Died5 February 1983(1983-02-05) (aged 60)
Inveruno, Italy
Political partyDC
ProfessionPolitician, journalist

Giovanni Marcora (22 December 1922 – 5 February 1983) was an Italian businessman, politician and minister.

Biography

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He was born at Inveruno, near Milan. After the Armistice with Italy of 8 September 1943, aged 21, Marcora entered the Italian resistance movement, with the nickname of Albertino, fighting in the province of Milan and the Ossola, and participating in the liberation of Milan on 25 April 1945.

He was one of the founders of the Christian Democracy (Democrazia Cristiana). He later was appointed as party's provincial secretary of Milan and vice-secretary national. In 1968, he became senator for the college of Vimercate. Between 1970 and 1975, and from 1980 until his death, he was also mayor of Inveruno.

In 1974, Aldo Moro called him as Minister of Agriculture in his cabinet, an office that Marcora held uninterruptedly until 1980, before moving to the Ministry of Industry in 1981–82.

He died at Inveruno of cancer in 1983.


Political offices
Preceded by Italian Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
1974–1980
Succeeded by
Preceded by Italian Minister of Trade and Industry
1981–1982
Succeeded by