Alberto Jacometti

Alberto Jacometti (10 March 1902 – 10 January 1985) was an Italian journalist and socialist politician. He served as a deputy at the Italian Parliament and as a secretary general of the Italian Socialist Party for a short period between 1948 and 1949. He resigned from the party one year before his death in 1985.

Biography Jacometti was born in San Pietro Mosezzo, Province of Novara, on 10 March 1902. He joined the Italian Socialist Party and participated in World War I. There he edited a publication entitled L'iniziativa. From 1941 he became part of the National Committee of Liberation for the Novara province. Before the election Jacometti, Riccardo Lombardi and Giuseppe Romita led the opposition group against Basso's leadership. Jacometti's term as the secretary general was brief and ended in 1949 when he was forced to resign from the office due to the opposition of Pietro Nenni and Lelio Basso.

Jacometti served at the Italian Parliament until 1963. He left the Italian Socialist Party in 1984 due to conflict with the party leader Bettino Craxi. Jacometti died in his hometown, Novara, 10 January 1985.