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Italian journalist and politician (1873–1936)

Angelo Mauri (1873–1936) was an Italian journalist, economist, academic and anti-Fascist politician. He briefly served as the minister of agriculture between 1921 and 1922. Due to his anti-Fascist views and activities he resigned from his teaching post in 1933.

Early life and education[edit]

Mauri was born in Milan on 21 December 1873.^[1] His father was a school director, and his mother, Maria Tentorio, was from Como region.^[1] He obtained a degree in law from the University of Genoa.^[1] He also received a degree in philosophy in 1896.^[1] He was part of the Catholic movement and worked for Catholic publications during his university studies.^[1]

Mauri started his career as a journalist and established a magazine Italia nuova in 1900.^[1] He was elected to the provincial council in Milan in 1902.^[1] He moved to Turin in October 1903 to run a Catholic newspaper Il Momento which he held until 1906.^[1] He was elected to the Parliament in 1904 becoming one of the first Catholic deputies.^[2] Mauri became a member of the People’s Party and elected as a deputy the same year.^[2]

Mauri was appointed minister of agriculture in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Ivanoe Bonomi in July 1921.^[2] The cabinet resigned in February 1922, and his tenure ended.^[2] He and other two anti-Fascist members of the Parliament were removed from office in October 1926.^[3] He worked as a professor of economics at different higher education institutions until his resignation in 1933 when the Fascist government required all university lecturers to join the National Fascist Party.^[1][3]

Personal life and death[edit]

Mauri married Lisa Meda on 12 December 1900.^[1] They had a son, and his wife died in 1903.^[1] He married Maria Cappa Legora in Turin on 14 November 1904, and they had ten children.^[1]

Mauri died in Candia Lomellina on 17 November 1936.^[1]

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