Alcide De Gasperi

Alcide De Gasperi (3 April 1881 - 19 August 1954) was an Italian politician, Prime Minister from 1945 until 1953.

Prime Minister
Once being nominated by Victor Emanuel II, he immediately formed a coalition government with opposing parties and approved decrees for preliminary reconstruction of territories affected by the war. He has then overseen the national referendum, which saw monarchists being victorious. He paved the way for economic neoliberalism and confirmed Italy position in the western world.

In 1953, his health began to decline and was slowly replaced as party president by his Minister of Finances, Giuseppe Pella. De Gasperi resigned as Prime Minister on 28 January 1953 to facilitate the transition. He died in 1954.