1. Emilio Colombo served as Minister of Agriculture from 1955 to 1958; Minister of Foreign Trade from 1958 to 1959; Minister of Grace and Justice from 1970 to 1972; Minister of Treasury from 1963 to 1970, in 1962 and from 1974 to 1976; Minister of Budget in 1968 and from 1987 to 1988; Minister of Finance from 1988 to 1989; and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1980 to 1983 and from 1992 to 1993.
Emilio Colombo was born in Potenza, Basilicata, on 11 April 1920.
Emilio Colombo grew up, along with his six brothers, in a middle-class family; his father, Angelo Colombo, was a public administration's official, while his mother, Rosa Tordella, was a housewife.
In 1937, Emilio Colombo became the president of Potenza's Catholic Action and a member of the National Council of Catholic Action's Youth.
In 1941, Emilio Colombo graduated in law at the Sapienza University of Rome, with a thesis on canon law.
In September 1943, after the armistice, Emilio Colombo returned to Basilicata, starting his political commitment based on anti-fascist and Christian democratic principles.
Emilio Colombo entered politics as a member of the Christian Democracy party in 1943.
Emilio Colombo collaborated with minister Antonio Segni in the approval of the agrarian reform.
Between 1977 and 1979, Emilio Colombo was the president of the European Parliament.
Emilio Colombo died in Rome on 24 June 2013 at the age of 93.