Giovanni Cuomo

Giovanni Cuomo (23 December 1874 – 24 March 1948) was an Italian politician, lawyer and teacher.

Life

Born in Salerno in 1874, Cuomo since teenager followed ideals of liberalism and nationalism. He graduated as lawyer in 1905.

He was elected deputy for the first time 16 November 1919. in XXV Legislature of the Kingdom of Italy and was a member of the Standing Committee for Public Education. Re-elected in XXVI Legislature, he was faithful to the liberal line of Giovanni Amendola.

After the onset of Fascism, he decided to retire from active political life to dedicate himself to his lawyer career and to teaching. But, after the fall of Mussolini and the end of the regime, he was called in 1943 first as Secretary and then as Minister of National Education in the first Badoglio government, during the constitutional transition.

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Literary writings

Law & historical books