Salvatore Valitutti

Salvatore Valitutti (1907–1992) was an educator and liberal politician who served as the minister of public education in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Francesco Cossiga in the period 1979–1980. He was one of the proponents of the Montessori education movement.

Early life and education Valitutti was born in Bellosguardo, near Salerno, on 30 September 1907. His parents were Giuseppe and Amalia Macchiaroli, and he was the fifth of twelve siblings.

In 1963 Valitutti was elected as a deputy and began to serve at the Italian Parliament. In 1971 Valitutti launched a magazine entitled Nuovi Studi Politici and published several articles in the magazine. He was named as the minister of public education in the cabinet of Francesco Cossiga and was in office between 5 August 1979 and 4 April 1980. He was buried in the Bellosguardo cemetery next to his wife.

In memory of him a prize was established, Salvatore Valitutti International Prize.