Giacomo Ferrari

Giacomo Ferrari (1887–1974) was an Italian industrial engineer and communist politician. He served as a minister of transport between 1946 and 1947. He was a member of the Italian Senate and was the mayor of Parma from 1951 to 1953.

Early life and education Ferrari was born in Langhirano, Province of Parma, on 5 November 1887 into a wealthy bourgeois family. He studied mathematics in Parma for two years and then attended the Polytechnic University of Turin. He was appointed minister of transport to the second De Gasperi government on 13 June and held the post also in the third De Gasperi government until 31 May 1947.

On 28 April 1963 Ferrari was re-elected to the Senate from the Parma constituency, receiving 51,537 votes. He died in Bosco di Corniglio on 22 August 1974. He was buried at the Villetta cemetery.

Legacy A foundation was established in Parma to honour his memory. Another book was published in 2022 entitled L' ingegnere delle barricate: Autobiografia di Giacomo Ferrari il nobile rivoluzionari (Italian: The engineer of the barricades. Autobiography of Giacomo Ferrari the noble revolutionary) which features articles about his struggle against Fascists in Parma in 1922.