Giuseppe Spataro (12 June 1897 – 30 January 1979) was an Italian politician.

Biography

Spataro was born in Vasto, Italy to Anna and Alfonso Nasci, who were a high-class Italian family, in the urban center within the province Chieti. After studying in his birth city of Vasto, Spataro transferred to a boarding school called Montecassino in 1908, the adjustment to this new life made easier by the death of his father in 1910. In 1914, Spataro moved to Rome to study Law and graduated in 1919. During the First World War, Spataro initially served as a "corpo specializzato del Genio" and was later promoted as an official. Already distinguished within the main catholic-roman journalist firms, he became an exponent member of FUCI. In 1919, he was elected vice president, later advanced as president of FUCI in 1920. Following his presidency at FUCI, Spataro was elected vice-president at another organization called Pax Romana. Eventually, Spataro’s close relations with Luigi Sturzo- led to his membership to the Roman sector of the Italian People's Party in 1919. From 1921 to 1925, Spataro served as the sole national vice-secretary. In 1923, Spataro married Letizia De Giorgio. Together, the couple had 3 children: Alfonso, Anna and PierGiorgio. Following his marriage, in June 1925, Spataro became the principal organizer of the international “V” congress of the party. Soon after, from 1945-1946, he became the vice secretary of internal affairs, in 1946, he was elected member of the National council and president of RAI. Through his control of this radio, and then television programming, Spataro was able to create the basis for his future Democratic-Christian control over the media. He held this post, until 1950, when he stepped down as president of RAI, in order to assume the minister of communications role. In 1953, Spataro became minister of public works, and between 1953-1954, Spataro was the vice secretary of Christian Democratic political party. In 1960, he became the minister of Merchant Navy and the minister of internal affairs as well as the minister of transport. In 1959, Spataro resumed his office as minister of telecommunications until 1962. From 1964 until his death in 1979, Spataro served as president of the Istituto Luigi Sturzo, in Rome.