Salvatore Valitutti
Minister of Public Education
In office
5 August 1979 – 4 April 1980
Prime MinisterFrancesco Cossiga
Preceded byGiovanni Spadolini
Succeeded byAdolfo Sarti
Personal details
Born30 September 1907
Bellosguardo
Died1 October 1992(1992-10-01) (aged 85)
Rome
Resting placeBellosguardo cemetery
NationalityItalian
Political partyItalian Liberal Party

Salvatore Valitutti (1907–1992) was an educator and liberal politician who served as the minister of public education in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Francesco Cossiga in the period 1979–1980. He was one of the proponents of the Montessori education movement.

Early life and education

Valitutti was born in Bellosguardo, near Salerno, on 30 September 1907.[1][2] His parents were Giuseppe and Amalia Macchiaroli, and he was the fifth of twelve siblings.[3]

Following the completion of secondary education in Salerno Valitutti attended the University of Political Sciences in Rome and graduated with a bachelor's degree in political sciences in 1930.[3]

Career

Valitutti was an academic by profession and was the president of the University for Foreigners in Perugia.[2] He was one of the supporters of the Montessori education movement and served as the vice president of the Opera Nazionale Montessori which was established by Maria Montessori to make her method of education widespread in Italy.[4]

In 1963 Valitutti was elected as a deputy and began to serve at the Italian Parliament.[1] He also served at the Italian Senate for the Italian Liberal Party for two terms: from Campania in 1972 and from Lazio in 1983.[2] In 1972 he was appointed undersecretary of the Ministry of Education.[2]

He was the vice president of the Liberal Party from 19 February to 4 July 1976.[2][5] In 1971 Valitutti launched a magazine entitled Nuovi Studi Politici and published several articles in the magazine.[6] He was named as the minister of public education in the cabinet of Francesco Cossiga and was in office between 5 August 1979 and 4 April 1980.[2][5]

Death and legacy

Valitutti died in Rome on 1 October 1992.[3] He was buried in the Bellosguardo cemetery next to his wife.[7]

In memory of him a prize was established, Salvatore Valitutti International Prize.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Stuart J. Hilwig (2009). Italy and 1968: Youthful Unrest and Democratic Culture. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-230-24692-8.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Salvatore Valitutti" (in Italian). Italian Senate. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Enrico Gregori (26 September 2015). "1 ottobre 1992 Muore il liberale Valitutti". Il Messaggero (in Italian). Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  4. ↑ Furio Pesci (2021). "Teaching Ideas Through the Classics". Orbis Idearum. 9 (1). doi:10.26106/bddv-5w59.
  5. 1 2 Geoffrey Pridham (2013). Political Parties and Coalitional Behaviour in Italy (2nd ed.). Abingdon; New York: Routledge. p. 434. ISBN 978-1-135-07768-6.
  6. ↑ Marco Zaganella (2016). "Democratic Corporatism – The Italian debate during the "First Republic" (1948-1992)". Estudos Ibero-Americanos. 42 (2): 433. doi:10.15448/1980-864X.2016.2.22505.
  7. ↑ Paolo Soddu (2020). "Valitutti, Salvatore". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (Volume 98). Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Vittorio Possenti" (PDF). The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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