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Luigi Numa Lorenzo Einaudi
b. 24 Mar 1874, Carrù, Cuneo [1]
d. 30 Oct 1961, Rome |
| Title: | Presidente della Repubblica (President of the Republic) |
| Term: |
12 May 1948 - 11 May 1955 |
| Chronology: |
11 May 1948,
elected, joint session of the Parliament (Parlamento), Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome [2] |
|
12 May 1948,
took the oath prescribed by law, joint session of the Parliament, Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome [3] |
|
11 May 1955,
expiration of term |
| Biography: |
| Graduated from the University of Turin (1895); after being engaged by the Saving Bank of Turin, he dismissed quite soon for teaching to secondary schools, among which the Royal Technical Institute "G. Sommeiller" of Turin; received qualification for teaching political economy at the University of Turin (1898); appointed professor of financial science and financial law, at Pisa and then at Turin universities (1902), and in 1904 at the Bocconi University in Milan; in 1903 he began writing for Corriere della Sera; appointed a Senator of the Realm (1919); after the accession of Benito Mussolini he remained faithful to his liberal ideas; participated in the Aventine opposition to fascism (1924-1925); gave up his post at the university (1926); editor of Rivista di storia economica (1936–1943); appointed rector of the Turin University (1943); fled to Switzerland (1943); upon returning to Italy (1944), he was appointed governor of the Bank of Italy (1945-1948); nominated a member of Consulta Nazionale (1945-1946); elected a member of the Constituent Assembly (1946-1948) as a representative of the National Democratic Union (Unione Democratica Nazionale); entered the fourth ministry of Alcide De Gasperi, holding the offices of vice president and minister of the budget (1947-1948); succeeded in economic reforms, curbed inflation and stabilized the currency; elected President of the Republic (1948-1955); lost reelection to Giovanni Gronchi (1955); served as a life member of the Senato (1955-1961). |
| Biographical sources: "Vita di Luigi Einaudi", by Anselmo Bernardino (Padova: CEDAM, 1954) |
| Elections: |
| Candidate |
1st ballot |
2nd ballot |
3rd ballot |
4th ballot |
| |
10 May 1948 |
10 May 1948 |
11 May 1948 |
11 May 1948 |
| voters present |
868 |
867 |
863 |
872 |
| abstained |
15 |
9 |
15 |
1 |
| voted |
853 |
858 |
848 |
871 |
| majority * |
600 |
600 |
600 |
451 |
| Enrico De Nicola |
396 |
336 |
13 |
- |
| Carlo Sforza |
353 |
405 |
9 |
- |
| Luigi Einaudi |
20 |
16 |
462 |
518 |
| Ivanoe Bonomi |
10 |
1 |
4 |
- |
| Cipriano Facchinetti |
10 |
3 |
3 |
- |
| Alessandro Casati |
5 |
5 |
3 |
- |
| Gaetano Pieraccini |
- |
49 |
- |
- |
| Vittorio Emanuele Orlando |
- |
- |
7 |
320 |
| scattered |
2 |
- |
6 |
4 |
| blank |
56 |
40 |
333 |
29 |
| invalid |
1 |
3 |
8 |
- |
|
| * Art. 83 (3) of the Constitution of 1947 requires a two-thirds majority of all the members of the chambers for election in the first three ballots, and a simple majority of all the members for all subsequent ballots. |
| Source of electoral results: Camera dei Deputati - Senato della Repubblica, Discussioni, Seduta Comune di Lunedì 10 Maggio 1948, pp. 1-7; Camera dei Deputati - Senato della Repubblica, Discussioni, Seduta Comune di Martedì 11 Maggio 1948, pp. 9-16. |
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| [1] |
"Vita di Luigi Einaudi", op. cit., p. 14: "A Carrù ebbe i natali il 24 marzo 1874, Luigi Einaudi (*)..." {Footnote} * Per chi abbia vaghezza di saperlo posso soggiungere che nacque all' una pomeridiana e gli furono imposti i nomi di Luigi, Numa e Lorenzo. L'atto di nascita è steso alla pag. 10 del registro ed ha il numero 26." |
| [2] |
Camera dei Deputati - Senato della Repubblica, Discussioni, Seduta Comune di Martedì 11 Maggio 1948, pp. 9-16. |
| [3] |
Camera dei Deputati - Senato della Repubblica, Discussioni, Seduta Comune della Camera dei Deputati e del Senato della Repubblica Mercoledì 12 Maggio 1948, pp. 17-18. |
