Antonio Martino
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Antonio Martino | |
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.jpg) Antonio Martino at The Pentagon in July 2005 | |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 11 June 2001 – 17 May 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Sergio Mattarella |
| Succeeded by | Arturo Parisi |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 10 May 1994 – 17 January 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Leopoldo Elia |
| Succeeded by | Susanna Agnelli |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 April 1994 – 22 March 2018 | |
| Constituency | Sicily |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 December 1942 Messina, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 5 March 2022 (aged 79) Rome, Italy |
| Political party | PLI (1968–1994) FI (1994–2009) PdL (2009–2013) FI (2013–2022) |
| Spouse | Carol Erickson |
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| Alma mater | University of Messina University of Chicago |
| Profession | Teacher, economist |
Antonio Martino (22 December 1942 – 5 March 2022) was an Italian politician. A founding member of Forza Italia, he served as the minister of foreign affairs in 1994 and minister of defense from 2001 to 2006.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Messina, he was the son of Gaetano Martino (1900–1967), the Foreign Minister of Italy from 1954 to 1957 and prominent member of the Italian Liberal Party (PLI).[1]
Martino earned a J.D. in Jurisprudence from the University of Messina Law School in 1964, then went on to the University of Chicago for postgraduate studies in Economics from 1966 to 1968, where he was a student of Milton Friedman.[1] After graduation he started his career as visiting professor at the Rome Center of Loyola University Chicago.[1] After becoming a professor in 1976 Martino worked at the University of Messina, University of Bari, University of Naples and Sapienza University of Rome.[1]
A member of the Italian Parliament, he was first elected in 1994 and then re-elected in 1996 and 2001.[1] He ran for PLI secretary in the mid-1980s but was unsuccessful.[2]
From 1992, Martino was a professor of economics in the political science department at the LUISS University of Rome.[1][3] Since 1978 he was the Adjunct Scholar at The Heritage Foundation and an editorial board member of the Cato Journal from 1990.[1] He wrote 11 books and over 150 papers and articles in the fields of economic theory and policy.[1] He was a regular contributor to a variety of Italian and foreign periodicals and newspapers as well as Italian and international television and radio programmes.[2] He worked as an editorial writer for a number of Italian newspapers (La Stampa, Il Sole 24 Ore, Mondo economico, L'Opinione, Il Giornale, Quotidiano Nazionale Nazione-Giorno-Carlino), and his bi-line has appeared in international publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The Times, Le Figaro, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, The American Spectator, Economic Affairs, and others.[1]
In 1988–1990, Martino was President of the Mont Pelerin Society.[4] During the 1990s, he wrote a book in Italian, Stato Padrone, in which he set out his free-market ideas.[2]
He was one of the founders of Forza Italia.[5][1] He was the minister of Foreign Affairs in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (1994–95) and the minister of Defense when Berlusconi returned to power (2001–2006).[2]
In 2004 he was the main promoter for the suspending compulsory military service, already formally decided in 2001, but which was to begin in 2007: consequently the suspension came into effect indefinitely on 1 January 2005 (Martino Law), and furthermore granted exemption to all those who had in the past obtained postponements of service on grounds such as study.[citation needed] Additionally, he backed the a speedier transformation of the armed forces into a body of professional volunteers.[citation needed]
Martino was also the Secretary of the Italy-USA Foundation's Scientific Committee.[2] In 2005, he was awarded the Medal for Distinguished Public Service by the United States Department of Defense.[1]
Martino was married and had two daughters.[1] He died in Rome on 5 March 2022, at the age of 79.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Senator Antonio Martino". Atlantic Partnership. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Martino tapped FI president candidate". ANSA. 21 January 2015. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Farewell to former minister Antonio Martino, he was 79 years old". The Observational. 5 March 2022. Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Past Presidents | MPS". Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Morto l'ex ministro e fondatore di Forza Italia Antonio Martino". HuffPost Italia (in Italian). 5 March 2022. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
Further reading
[edit]- A. Martino, Stato Padrone, Sperling&Kupfer, Milan 1997. [ISBN missing]
External links
[edit]- Antonio Martino bio at History Commons Archived 1 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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