Gaetano Martino

Gaetano Martino (25 November 1900 - 21 July 1967) was an Italian politician and university teacher.

A native of Messina, Sicily, he was a member of Italian Liberal Party. Gaetano Martino was one of the participants of the Messina Conference in 1955, which would lead to the Treaty of Rome in 1957. He was also President of the European Parliament from 1962 to 1964.

He died in Rome in 1967. His son Antonio Martino would follow in his footseps as Minister of Foreign Affairs, but would distinguish himself from his father, in that he would generally be considered one of Italy's leading Eurosceptics.

Political offices
Preceded by
Attilio Piccioni
Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1954–1957
Succeeded by
Giuseppe Pella
Preceded by
Egidio Tosato
Italian Minister of Public Instruction
1954–1955
Succeeded by
Giuseppe Ermini
Preceded by
Hans Furler
President of the European Parliament
1962–1964
Succeeded by
Jean Pierre Duvieusart
Italian Ministers of Foreign Affairs
Kingdom of Italy
  • Cavour
  • Ricasoli
  • Rattazzi
  • Pasolini
  • Visconti-Venosta
  • La Marmora
  • Visconti-Venosta
  • Campello
  • Menabrea
  • Visconti-Venosta
  • Melefari
  • Depretis
  • Corti
  • Cairoli
  • Depretis
  • Cairoli
  • Mancini
  • Depretis
  • Robilant
  • Depretis
  • Crispi
  • Starabba di Rudinì
  • Brin
  • De Blanc
  • Caetani
  • Capelli
  • Canevaro
  • Visconti-Venosta
  • Prinetti
  • Tittoni
  • Paternò-Castello
  • Guicciardini
  • Tittoni
  • Guicciardini
  • Paternò-Castello
  • Barone Sidney Sonnino
  • Tittoni
  • Scialoja
  • Sforza
  • Tommasi della Torretta
  • Schanzer
  • Mussolini
  • Grandi
  • Mussolini
  • Ciano
  • Mussolini
  • Guariglia
  • Badoglio
  • Bonomi
  • De Gasperi
Italian Republic
  • De Gasperi
  • Nenni
  • Sforza
  • De Gasperi
  • Pella
  • Piccioni
  • Martino
  • Pella
  • Fanfani
  • Pella
  • Segni
  • Fanfani
  • Piccioni
  • Saragat
  • Moro
  • Fanfani
  • Moro
  • Fanfani
  • Medici
  • Nenni
  • Moro
  • Medici
  • Moro
  • Rumor
  • Forlani
  • Malfatti
  • Ruffini
  • Colombo
  • Andreotti
  • De Michelis
  • Scotti
  • Colombo
  • Andreatta
  • Elia
  • Martino
  • Agnelli
  • Dini
  • Ruggiero
  • Berlusconi
  • Frattini
  • Fini
  • D'Alema
  • Frattini
  • Terzi di Sant'Agata
Presidents of the European Parliament
Common Assembly: 1952–1958
  • Paul-Henri Spaak
  • Alcide De Gasperi
  • Giuseppe Pella
  • Hans Furler
Parliamentary Assembly: 1958–1962
  • Robert Schuman
  • Hans Furler
European Parliament (Appointed): 1962–1979
  • Gaetano Martino
  • Jean Duvieusart
  • Victor Leemans
  • Alain Poher
  • Mario Scelba
  • Walter Behrendt
  • Cornelis Berkhouwer
  • Georges Spénale
  • Emilio Colombo
European Parliament (Elected): 1979–present
  • Simone Veil
  • Piet Dankert
  • Pierre Pflimlin
  • Henry Plumb
  • Enrique Barón Crespo
  • Egon Klepsch
  • Klaus Hänsch
  • José María Gil-Robles
  • Nicole Fontaine
  • Pat Cox
  • Josep Borrell
  • Hans-Gert Pöttering
  • Jerzy Buzek
  • Martin Schulz
  • Commission President
  • President of the European Council
  • Council Presidency
  • President of Parliament
Authority control
  • VIAF: 64819049
Persondata
Name Martino, Gaetano
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth 25 November 1900
Place of birth
Date of death 21 July 1967
Place of death