Giuseppe Caron

{{Short description|Italian politician (1904–1998)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Giuseppe Caron | image = Giuseppe Caron datisenato 1963.jpg | office = [[European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services|European Commissioner for Internal Market]] | president = [[Walter Hallstein]] | term_start = 24 November 1959 | term_end = 15 May 1963 | predecessor = [[Piero Malvestiti]] | successor = [[Guido Colonna di Paliano]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1904|2|24|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Treviso]], [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1998|3|3|1904|2|24|df=y}} | death_place = [[Treviso]], [[Italy]] | party = [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy]] | caption = Caron in 1963 }} '''Giuseppe Caron''' (24 February 1904 – 3 March 1998) was an Italian [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democratic Party]] (CDP) politician who was a Minister in successive governments from the 1950s to the 1970s, and a [[European Commissioner]]. He was born in [[Treviso]].

Caron trained as a [[chemist]] and worked in the [[pharmaceutical]] industry and as a lobbyist. Later, in 1952, he became vice-president of the Italian Chamber of Commerce

During [[World War II]] Caron became involved in the [[Italian resistance movement|resistance]] against the [[German Army (Wehrmacht)|German Army]] and was a member of the CDP ''Committee for National Release'' in Treviso.

He was elected to the [[Italian Senate]] in all legislative elections from the [[1948 Italian general election]] to the [[1972 Italian general election]].

Caron's first political office was as under-secretary for Civil Aviation. He served as under-secretary for Public Works in the Government of [[Antonio Segni]] from 1955 to 1957, under-secretary for Defense in the 1957–1958 Governments of [[Adone Zoli]] and 1958–1959 [[Amintore Fanfani]] Government.

He became active in European politics as one of the Italian delegates at the [[Council of Europe]].

In November (or December) 1959 he was appointed as one of the Italian [[European Commissioner]]s on the first [[Hallstein Commission]] to replace [[Piero Malvestiti]] who resigned to become President of the [[European Coal and Steel Community]]. Caron took over Malvestiti's [[European Commissioner for Internal Market & Services|Internal Market]] portfolio.

His seat in the Senate was taken by [[:it:Attilio Venudo|Attilio Venudo]].

Caron was re-appointed to the second Hallstein Commission which served from January 1962 and became a Vice-President of the Commission. He resigned from the commission in May 1963 having been re-elected to the Senate in the elections of April 1963. He was replaced in the commission by [[Guido Colonna di Paliano]].

He then joined the governments of [[Aldo Moro]] from 1963 to 1968 where he served as under-secretary to the [[Budgetminister|Budget minister.]] He held the same position in the first Government of [[Mariano Rumor]] from 1968 to 1969 and became Budget Minister in the second Rumor Government from 1969 to 1970.

==External links== * [http://www.senato.it/leg/03/BGT/Schede/ProcANL/ProcANLscheda10266.htm Italian senate substitution process 1959] {{in lang|it}}

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