Piero Mentasti

Piero Mentasti
Italian Senator
from Lombardy
In office
8 May 1948 – 24 June 1953
Preceded byNone
Succeeded byTitle jointly held
ConstituencyTreviglio
Personal details
Born
Piero Mentasti

(1897-05-15)15 May 1897
Treviglio, Bergamo
Died24 September 1958(1958-09-24) (aged 61)
NationalityItalian
Political partyChristian Democracy
ProfessionTax advisor

Piero Mentasti (15 May 1897 – 24 September 1958) was a member of the Italian Christian Democracy, and was an Italian Senator from Lombardy. He did not seek re-election in 1953. 35 of his essays on liberalism are compiled in On Liberal Revolution.[1]

Political career

Mentasti was appointed to the Provisional National Council of Italy in 1945, and he was elected to the Constituent Assembly in 1946. He obtained the election to the Italian Senate in 1948, serving until 1953.

Role in the Senate

Committee assignments

  • Committee on Trade and Industry
    • Legislature I

Electoral history

1948 election for the Italian Senate

  • Direct mandate for Treviglio (72.7%) obtaining the landslide victory required by law (more than 2/3 of votes)

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Gobetti, Piero (2008-10-01). On Liberal Revolution. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300132960.
Italian Senate
Preceded by
None
 Italian Senator for Lombardy
1948–1953
Direct mandate for Treviglio 1948–1953 		Succeeded by
Title jointly held