1. Fernando Tambroni served as Minister of the Interior from July 1955 until February 1959, Minister of Budget and Treasury from February 1959 to March 1960, and Minister of the Merchant Navy from August 1953 until July 1955.
17 Facts About Fernando Tambroni
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Fernando Tambroni's father, Arturo Tambroni, was the director of a youth re-educational institute, while her mother Amalia Laurenti was a housewife.
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Fernando Tambroni served as vice president of the Italian Catholic Federation of University Students, under the presidency of Giuseppe Spataro.
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In November 1926, after the dissolution of the PPI imposed by the Fascist regime in Italy, Fernando Tambroni published an article on the Corriere Adriatico, in which he declared that he had "abjured [his] previous political ideals" and that he had become uninterested in any activity contrary to the fascist regime.
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Fernando Tambroni described Benito Mussolini as "the man designated by the providence of God".
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The Second World War found Fernando Tambroni serving in the Voluntary Militia for National Security, commonly known as the Blackshirts, the paramilitary wing of the PNF.
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Fernando Tambroni's squad was an anti-aircraft battery in the Ancona area.
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Once the Duce had been overthrown in July 1943, Fernando Tambroni left the PNF and did not follow Mussolini in the Italian Social Republic, returning instead to more moderate political activity and contributing in December 1943 to the foundation of Christian Democracy, the new centrist and Catholic party led by Alcide De Gasperi.
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Fernando Tambroni would remain in office until July 1955, serving in the governments of Amintore Fanfani and Mario Scelba.
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Fernando Tambroni would remain at the Viminale Palace until February 1959, serving in the cabinets of Adone Zoli and Amintore Fanfani.
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Fernando Tambroni created an ad hoc office, with some of his close and trusted advisors.
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Fernando Tambroni approved interventions on municipal laws and local finances, prepared plans for reforming public assistance and Protezione Civile law and reorganized the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian firefighters corp.
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Fernando Tambroni formed a one-party cabinet composed only by DC members, with the sole external support of the neo-fascist Italian Social Movement, a unique case in the history of the Italian Republic.
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However, the neo-fascist vital supported created growing tensions within the DC and with some ministers who threatened their resignations, Fernando Tambroni was forced to resign.
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Fernando Tambroni listed among the main focus of his government's program the institution of regions with a special statute for Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the reform of local finances, the modernization of public administration, a wide program of social and economic interventions, the reorganization of the state railways and a new foreign policy to improve bilateral relations with emerging countries like China, India and Arab countries.
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Since the beginning, Fernando Tambroni's premiership was characterised by a strong social conservatism on social issues, often pursued with authoritarian manners.
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On 18 February 1963, Fernando Tambroni died in Rome due to cardiac arrest.