1. Cesare Nava was an Italian engineer and politician who served as the minister of national economy between 1924 and 1925 in the cabinet of Benito Mussolini.
13 Facts About Cesare Nava
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In 1884 Cesare Nava was named the president of a local Catholic youth organization named Lombard Catholic movement attached to the Italian Catholic Youth Society.
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In 1886 he participated in the establishment of the newspaper La Lega lombarda which called for the political participation of Catholics alongside the moderates Cesare Nava joined the city council of Milan in 1893 and was then elected to its general administration in 1895.
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Cesare Nava was elected director of the Banco Ambrosiano on 22 December 1897 replacing Giuseppe Tovini, its founder and president, in the post.
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Cesare Nava was re-elected to the city council of Milan in 1908.
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Cesare Nava was elected a second time to the Chamber in 1913.
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On 23 June 1919, Cesare Nava was made the minister for the lands freed from the enemy in the cabinet led by Francesco Saverio Nitti.
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In November 1919 Cesare Nava was again elected to the Chamber of Deputies on the PPI list representing Milan.
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Cesare Nava left the Italian People's Party in April 1924.
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Cesare Nava was appointed minister of national economy to the cabinet of Benito Mussolini on 1 July 1924.
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Cesare Nava's tenure was brief and lasted until 10 July 1925 when Mussolini requested his and Alberto De Stefani's resignations.
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Widowed by his first wife, Giuseppa Prina, on 27 November 1895 Cesare Nava married Maria Cesa Bianchi, daughter of the well-known architect Paolo Bianchi.
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Cesare Nava was awarded numerous honors, including the Order of the Crown of Italy and the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus.