Carmelo Conte

Carmelo Conte (born 1938) is an Italian retired lawyer and socialist politician who served as the minister for urban areas problems for three terms.

Carmelo Conte
Minister for Urban Problems
In office 22 July 1989 – 28 April 1993
Prime Minister	Giulio Andreotti Giuliano Amato
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 20 June 1979 – 14 April 1994
Constituency	Benevento
Personal details
Born	(1938-11-09) 9 November 1938 (age 85) Piaggine, Salerno
Nationality	Italian
Political party	Italian Socialist Party
Occupation	Lawyer

Biography

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]

References

1. "Conte, Carmelo" (in Italian). Italian Parliament. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
2. "Carmelo Conte" (in Italian). Aracne editrice. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
3. "Carmelo Conti" (in Italian). Italian Senate. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
4. Martin Rhodes (1993). "The 'long wave' subsidies: the PSI and the demise of craxismo". Italian Politics. 8: 77. JSTOR 45132571.
5. Patrick McCarthy (1997). The Crisis of the Italian State: From the Origins of the Cold War to the Fall of Berlusconi and Beyond. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-312-16359-4.
6. "Conte, Carmelo" (in Italian). Italian Parliament. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
7. "Carmelo Conte presenta il suo volume "L'Italia al tempo dei populismi"". Nuova Irpinia (in Italian). 29 June 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

External links

• Media related to Carmelo Conte at Wikimedia Commons