12 Facts About Umberto Terracini

Umberto Elia Terracini was an Italian politician.

Umberto Terracini immediately expressed his opposition to Italy's entry into the war.

Umberto Terracini befriended Antonio Gramsci and Palmiro Togliatti, whom he worked as an aide for; the three of them would found L'Ordine Nuovo in 1919.

In September 1926, Umberto Terracini was arrested as an opponent of the fascist regime and sentenced to 22 years of prison: he spent 11 years in jail and subsequently was held in confinement in Ponza and on Santo Stefano Island.

Umberto Terracini was elected Deputy and vice-president of the Constituent Assembly in 1946 and became president after the resignation of Giuseppe Saragat the following year.

Umberto Terracini signed the Italian Constitution along with the Head of State Enrico De Nicola and the Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi.

Umberto Terracini was favourable to the alliance with the socialists in the Popular Democratic Front, and after the shooting on Togliatti in July 1948, he presented a no-confidence motion to the government led by the Christian Democracy, which he believes has the moral and political responsibility on the attack to the Communist leader.

Umberto Terracini was very critical with Nikita Khrushchev for his report on the war crimes committed by Stalin, which he argued the secretary of the CPSU was too soft with his predecessor.

Umberto Terracini supported the intervention of Soviet troops against the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

Umberto Terracini confirmed his seat in the Senate of the Republic from 1948 until his death.

Umberto Terracini became the party's candidate for President of Italy at the 1962 elections and the 1964 elections, but was defeated by Antonio Segni first and then by Giuseppe Saragat.

Umberto Terracini died in Rome on 6 December 1983, at the age of 88.