Ludovico D'Aragona

Ludovico D'Aragona (23 May 1876 – 17 June 1961) was an Italian socialist politician who held several government posts. He also served at the Italian Parliament and Senate.

Biography D'Aragona was born in Cernusco sul Naviglio, Milan, on 23 May 1876. In 1892 he joined the Socialist Party of Italian Workers. He was sentenced several times and was forced into exile. He settled in France in 1895 and in Switzerland in 1898.

D'Aragona served as the minister of labor and social security in the second government of Alcide De Gasperi between 1946 and 1947. Giuseppe Romita succeeded him as minister of labor and social security. D'Aragona was the minister of posts and communications in the fourth cabinet of De Gasperi and minister of transport in the sixth cabinet of De Gasperi.

In addition, D'Aragona was the director of the weekly magazine Il Lavoro socialista in 1946, of the fortnightly magazine Battaglie sindacali in the period 1947–1948, and of the weekly magazine Democrazia socialista in 1949. He died in Rome on 17 June 1961.