Giacinto Bosco (25 January 1905 – 11 October 1997) was an Italian jurist, academic and politician from the Christian Democrats. He held various ministerial posts from 1960 to 1972. After retiring from politics he served as a judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union between 1976 and 1988.
Giacinto Bosco | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 January 1905 |
| Died | 11 October 1997 (aged 92) Rome |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Alma mater | University of Naples |
| Occupation | Jurist |
| Years active | 1927–1988 |
| Political party | Christian Democracy |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Law |
| Sub-discipline | International law |
| Institutions | University of Urbino University of Florence University of Rome |
Early life and education
editBorn on 25 January 1905 in Caserta Bosco obtained a PhD in law from the University of Naples in 1925.[1]
Career
editBosco worked as a deputy secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the period 1927–1932.[1] He became a professor of international law at the University of Rome and the dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Urbino in 1932.[1] He worked as a full professor of international law at the University of Florence (1933–1940) and at the University of Rome (1940–1975).[1][2]
Bosco was a member of the Christian Democrats and was a close ally of Amintore Fanfani.[3] In the 1960s they were part of the same faction within the party.[3] Bosco served as a senator in the period 1948–1972 for the Christian Democrats.[4] He was the state secretary at the Ministry of Defense (1953–1958), vice president of the Senate (1958–1960).[1] From 1960 Bosco held several cabinet posts: minister of education (1960–1962); minister of justice (1962–1963); minister of labor and social security (1963–1964 and 1966–1968); minister without portfolio for United Nations affairs (1968–1969 and 1970); minister of finance (1969–1970) and minister of posts and telecommunications (1970–1972).[4] He served as a judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union from 7 October 1976 to 6 October 1988.[1]
Death
editBosco died in Rome at the age of 92 on 11 October 1997.[1][4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Corte di giustizia". EU Court of Justice. Archived from the original on 31 December 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ Rodolfo De Nova (Autumn 1963). "New Trends in Italian Private International Law". Law and Contemporary Problems. 28 (4): 814. doi:10.2307/1190566. JSTOR 1190566.
- ^ a b Carla Meneguzzi Rostagni (2017). "The China Question in Italian Foreign Policy". Modern Asian Studies. 51 (1): 126–127. doi:10.1017/S0026749X16000342. S2CID 151821736.
- ^ a b c "Bòsco, Giacinto" (in Italian). Treccani. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
External links
editMedia related to Giacinto Bosco at Wikimedia Commons