Agostino Gambino

Agostino Gambino
Minister of Communications
In office
17 January 1995 – 17 May 1996
PresidentLamberto Dini
Preceded byGiuseppe Tatarella
Succeeded byAntonio Maccanico
Personal details
Born6 July 1933
Genoa, Italy
Died2 October 2021(2021-10-02) (aged 88)
Rome, Italy
Political partyIndependent

Agostino Gambino (6 July 1933 – 2 October 2021) was an Italian jurist and politician.[1] He served as Minister of Communications[2] and President of the Associazione Internazionale di Diritto delle Assicurazioni [it].

Biography

Gambino was Minister of Communications under the leadership of Lamberto Dini from 17 January 1995 to 17 May 1996.[3] He held a Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.[4]

A graduate of Heidelberg University and the University of Hamburg, he became a lawyer in 1958. He became a professor in 1965 and taught commercial and bankruptcy law at the University of Sassari, the Ca' Foscari University of Venice, and the Sapienza University of Rome.[5] He became a professor emeritus in 2005.

Gambino became co-director of the Rivista di diritto commerciale[6] and President of the Associazione Internazionale di Diritto delle Assicurazioni.[7] He served on the board of directors of the Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura, MEIE [it], and Fata Assicurazioni [it]. He was government commissioner of Consorzi agrari d'Italia [it]. Following the collapse of Banco Ambrosiano, he was appointed by the Vatican and Italian governments to co-chair the international commission to manage relations between the bank and the Institute for the Works of Religion.[8]

Gambino also worked for the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of State Participations [it], and the Ministry of State Participations. In 1994, he became a part of a government commission nicknamed the "three wise men". The commission was placed in charge of mitigating conflicts between the private sector and properties of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.[9]

Agostino Gambino died in Rome on 2 October 2021 at the age of 88.[10]

Works

  • L'assicurazione nella teoria dei contratti aleatori
  • Fondamenti di diritto commerciale
  • Impresa e società di persone
  • Società di capitali

References

  1. ^ "E' morto Gambino: aveva 88 anni, fu ministro legge Par Condicio". Adnkronos (in Italian). 2 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Agostino GAMBINO". Senato della Repubblica (in Italian).
  3. ^ "Ecco il governo dei professori". la Repubblica (in Italian). 18 January 1995.
  4. ^ "Segretariato generale della Presidenza della Repubblica-Servizio sistemi informatici". Presidenza della Repubblica (in Italian). 21 May 1995.
  5. ^ "Presentazione". Studio legale Gambino (in Italian).
  6. ^ "Rivista del Diritto Commerciale". Piccin Nuova Libraria (in Italian).
  7. ^ "Agostino Gambino". AIDA (in Italian). Piccin Nuova Libraria.
  8. ^ Tamburini, Fabio (6 May 1994). "L'Avvocato delle cause ricche". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  9. ^ Mazzocchi, Silvana (27 July 1994). "I saggi ' c' e' conflitto di interessi'". la Repubblica (in Italian). Rome. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Agostino Gambino è morto: era stato Ministro della Repubblica nel 1995-1996. Fu l'artefice della legge sulla Par Condicio". Il Messaggero (in Italian). 2 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.