Emilio De Rose (27 March 1939 – 13 June 2018)[1] was an Italian dermatologist and socialist politician who served as the minister of public works for one year in the period 1987–1988. For most of his career, he was a member of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano; PSDI).
Emilio De Rose | |
|---|---|
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| Minister of Public Works | |
| In office July 1987 – March 1988 | |
| Prime Minister | Giovanni Goria |
| Preceded by | Giuseppe Zamberletti |
| Succeeded by | Enrico Ferri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 March 1939 Marano Marchesato |
| Died | 13 June 2018 (aged 79) Verona |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party | PSDI (until 1989) UDS (1989) PSI (from 1989) |
Biography
editDe Rose was born in Marano Marchesato, Cosenza, Calabria, on 27 March 1939.[1][2] He worked in Verona as a physician.[2] He had been a member of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), but resigned from the party and joined the PSDI.[3] From 1975 to April 1978 he was a PSDI municipal councilor in Verona.[2]
He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the PSDI in 1983 and 1987.[4] He served as the minister of public works from July 1987 to March 1988 in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Giovanni Goria.[2] Within the PSDI, De Rose was a member of the current that advocated reunification with the Italian Socialist Party, and in early 1989 he followed Pier Luigi Romita and Pietro Longo into a new political formation, the Movement of Unity and Socialist Democracy (Movimento di Unità e Democrazia Socialista; UDS), which later that year was absorbed by the PSI. De Rose himself became a member of the Chamber's PSI group on 4 January 1990.[1] He was not re-elected to the Chamber in the following general election and returned to his profession as a dermatologist.[4]
Views and arrest
editDe Rose was a declared Freemason, being a member of a city lodge named after Franklin D. Roosevelt.[2] In April 1993 De Rosa was arrested in Verona due to accusations of abusing power whilst serving as a member of parliament and as a member of the executive of the PSDI.[4] He was jailed for fifteen days and later acquitted of all charges in November 2003.[5]
Death
editDe Rose died in Verona in June 2018.[2] A funeral ceremony was held in Sant’Eufemia on 13 June.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Senato della Repubblica, X Legislatura, 1987–1992: Emilio De Rose". senato.it (in Italian). Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Morto De Rose Laico e massone, fu ministro Psdi nel governo Goria". Corriere di Verona (in Italian). 14 June 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "De Rose, La Storia Di Un Ras". La Repubblica (in Italian). Verona. 8 November 1987. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ a b c "Verona, Ex Ministro Finisce in Manette". La Repubblica (in Italian). Verona. 23 April 1993. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Assolto l'ex ministro Emilio De Rose". La Tribuna di Treviso. 4 November 2003. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
External links
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Media related to Emilio De Rose at Wikimedia Commons
