Giovanni Cuomo
Giovanni Cuomo | |
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| Minister of National Education | |
| In office 11 February 1944 – 22 April 1944 | |
| President | Pietro Badoglio |
| Preceded by | Leonardo Severi |
| Succeeded by | Adolfo Omodeo |
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| Born | 23 December 1874 Salerno, Italy |
| Died | 24 March 1948 Salerno, Italy |
Giovanni Cuomo (Salerno, 23 December 1874 – 24 March 1948) was an Italian politician, lawyer and teacher.
Life
[edit]Born in Salerno in 1874, Cuomo since teenager followed ideals of liberalism & nationalism. He graduated as lawyer in 1905[1]
He was elected deputy for the first time November 16, 1919[2] in XXV Legislature of the Kingdom of Italy and was a member of the Standing Committee for Public Education. Re-elected in XXVI Legislature, he was faithful to the liberal line of Giovanni Amendola.
After the onset of Fascism, he decided to retire from active political life to dedicate himself to his lawyer career and to teaching. But, after the fall of Mussolini and the end of the regime, he was called in 1943 first as Secretary and then as Minister of National Education in the first Badoglio government, during the constitutional transition.[2]
In 1944 obtained the creation of the Magistero faculty in Salerno, that was the first development of the University of Salerno (that was created after WW2): it is considered as the "continuation" of the historical Schola Medica Salernitana.
Giovanni Cuomo was elected "senator" in 1946 and died in his Salerno in 1948.
His personal library is preserved as a special collection in the University of Salerno Central Library E.R. Caianiello and consists of over 11000 volumes.[3]
Main works
[edit]- Literary writings
- Dell'ingegno poetico di Cicerone. Salerno. 1899 – via Jovane.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Noterelle critiche. Salerno. 1899 – via Jovane.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Intime. Salerno. 1900 – via Fruscione.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Il Torrismondo del Tasso e l'Edipo di Sofocle. Napoli. 1900 – via Emil Press.
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- Law & historical books
- Il delitto di mandato. Napoli. 1905.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - La mia incompatibilità forense. Salerno. 1906 – via Jovane.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Il lavoro e l'evoluzione economica. Napoli. 1907.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Gli studi professionali moderni specialmente in Italia. Napoli. 1907 – via Emil Press.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Relazioni e proposte per l'ordinamento, i programmi, le funzioni e le finalità degli istituti e delle scuole commerciali. Salerno. 1908.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Gli istituti di rappresentanza commerciale. Profilo e attribuzioni nella storia e nel diritto. Salerno. 1911.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Discorsi parlamentari. Salerno. 1924 – via Spadafora.
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References
[edit]- ^ Vittoria Bonani. "Giovanni Cuomo: una vita per Salerno e il Mezzogiorno". Atti del convegno nazionale di studi. Salerno, 12-14 dicembre 2007
- ^ a b Giovanni Cuomo (in Italian). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. 1985. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Andria, Marcello. "Fondo Cuomo" (in Italian). Retrieved 15 May 2016.
Bibliography
[edit]- Bonani, Vittoria. Giovanni Cuomo e il suo tempo: 1943-1948 Gaia Ed. Salerno, 2007 ISBN 978-88-89821-25-1
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