Manlio Giovanni Brosio (July 10, 1897 - March 14, 1980) was an
Italian lawyer,
diplomat,
politician and the
fourth Secretary General of NATO between 1964 and 1971.
Biography
Brosio was born in
Turin and studied law in the
local university. During the
World War I, he served in
Alpine regiment as an artillery officer. After the war, he graduated and in 1920 he entered politics. Later his political activity was barred because of his opposition of
Fascism.
During
World War II, after Allied invasion of
Italy in 1943; Brosio went underground and later became a member of the National Liberation Committee. After the war he re-entered politics, and became a deputy
prime minister and in 1945, a
minister of Defense.
In January 1947, Brosio became the Italian
ambassador to
Soviet Union and got involved with the
peace treaty negotiations between the countries. In 1952 he became ambassador to the
UK, to the
USA in 1955 and from 1961-1964 to
France.
On May 12, 1964 the NATO council chose Brosio to succeed
Dirk Stikker as a secretary general. He resigned September 3, 1971. On September 29, 1971,
U.S. President Richard Nixon awarded him the
Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Manlio Brosio died in Torino in 1980.
References
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