Carmelo Conte | |
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Minister for Urban Problems | |
In office 22 July 1989 –28 April 1993 | |
Prime Minister | |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 20 June 1979 –14 April 1994 | |
Constituency | Benevento |
Personal details | |
Born | Piaggine,Salerno | 9 November 1938
Nationality | Italian |
Political party | Italian Socialist Party |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Carmelo Conte (born 1938) is an Italian retired lawyer and socialist politician who served as the minister for urban areas problems for three terms.
Conte was born in Piaggine,Salerno,on 9 November 1938. [1] [2] He has a bachelor's degree in law. [1] He was a member of the Italian Socialist Party. [3] Conte was one of the close allies of Bettino Craxi,leader of the party. [4]
Conte was first elected to the Italian Parliament in 1979 for the Italian Socialist Party from Benevento. [1] He served in the Parliament for three more terms until 1994. [2] [3] Patrick McCarthy,an American scholar,argues that Conte created a nepotic network in his election region based in Salerno like other leading socialist politicians of the period. [5]
Conte was appointed minister without portfolio for urban problems on 22 July 1989 to the sixth cabinet of Giulio Andreotti. [3] He also held the post in the next cabinet of Giulio Andreotti and in the first cabinet of Giuliano Amato. [6] Conte's term ended on 28 April 1993. [6]
Conte has been the author of several books [2] last of which was published in 2019. [7]
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