# Mario Martinelli > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mario_Martinelli > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mario_Martinelli.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Martinelli > Source revision: 1280886917 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Mario Martinelli** (12 May 1906 – 21 May 2001) was an Italian resistance member during the [Fascist Italy](/source/Fascist_Italy_(1922%E2%80%931943)) and a conservative politician who was a member of [Christian Democracy](/source/Christian_Democracy_(Italy)). He was the undisputed leader of the party in the Como region. He held several government posts and was a long-term member of the [Italian Parliament](/source/Italian_Parliament), [Italian Senate](/source/Italian_Senate) and the [European Parliament](/source/European_Parliament). ## Biography Martinelli was born in [Como](/source/Como) on 12 May 1906.[1] His father, Abbondio, was a dyer worker and trade unionist and was among the founders of [Italian People's Party](/source/Italian_People's_Party_(1919)) which was established in 1919.[2][3] Mario Martinelli was an [accountant](/source/Accountant) by profession.[4] He was a member of the [resistance movement](/source/Italian_partisan_brigades) during the Fascist Italy.[1] Martinelli was arrested by the political police at his home in Como in August 1944 due to his resistance activities and released in April 1945.[5] Following the end of [World War II](/source/World_War_II) he joined the Christian Democrat Party and founded its Como branch.[3] He served as the party secretary for the Como region between 1945 and 1946.[1] Then he elected to the Italian parliament in 1946 and became a member of the national council of the Christian Democrat Party in 1948.[6] His tenure at the parliament lasted for three consecutive terms, and the last and fourth one was at the end of the 1970s.[4] After serving as undersecretary of state for treasury and for foreign trade and minister of finance he was appointed minister of foreign trade which he held from 1954 to 1955.[1] He served in the same post between 1960 and 1962.[1] From 1958 Martinelli served in the European Parliament as part of the Christian Democrat group and was the head of the transport committee.[6] He was also a member of the committee on the internal market of the community at the European Parliament.[6] Martinelli also served at the Italian Senate from 1963 for three consecutive terms representing [Lombardy](/source/Lombardy).[4] Martinelli was married and had nine children.[5][7] He died on 21 May 2001.[7] ## Legacy In Como a square was named after him, Mario Martinelli Square.[8] In 2004 Giovanni Di Capua published a biography of Mario Martinelli entitled *Mario Martinelli nel secolo delle contraddizioni* (Italian: *Mario Martinelli in the century of contradictions*).[2][3] ## References 1. [*Nuclear Order and Human Values, London, 1977: Report on the Eleventh Meeting of Members of Congress and of the European Parliament, July 11-13, 1977*](https://books.google.com/books?id=cTpBNwsfoGgC&pg=PA78). U.S. Government Printing Office. 1977. p. 78. 1. Guido Formigoni. ["Mario Martinelli nel secolo delle contraddizioni"](https://www.sissco.it/recensione-annale/giovanni-di-capua-mario-martinelli-nel-secolo-delle-contraddizioni-2004/) (in Italian). SISSCO. Retrieved 24 July 2021. 1. ["Mario Martinelli nel secolo delle contraddizioni di Di Capua Giovanni edito da Rubbettino, 2004"](https://www.unilibro.it/libro/di-capua-giovanni/mario-martinelli-secolo-contraddizioni/9788849808957) (in Italian). Unilibro Regala la Spedizione. Retrieved 24 July 2021. 1. ["Mario Martinelli"](http://www.senato.it/leg/06/BGT/Schede/Attsen/00009665.htm) (in Italian). Italian Senate. Retrieved 24 July 2021. 1. Giuseppe Leoni (11 October 2018). ["L'ultimo figlio ricorda la figura e l'opera del senatore Mario Martinelli (1906-2001)"](https://www.ticinonotizie.it/lultimo-figlio-ricorda-la-figura-e-lopera-del-senatore-mario-martinelli-1906-2001/) (in Italian). *Ticino Notizie*. Retrieved 24 July 2021. 1. ["The European Parliament. 50 Years Ago"](http://www.epgencms.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/upload/0fb8bde6-b9d4-4be8-bf97-6cfba6a1221a/0688%20EP%2050%20YEARS%20EN.pdf). Luxembourg: European Parliament. 2008. pp. 47, 72. Retrieved 24 July 2021. 1. Marco Guggiari (17 May 2011). [""Mio papà, Mario Martinelli, aveva il senso della missione""](https://web.archive.org/web/20210724083455/https://www.corrieredicomo.it/lmio-papa-mario-martinelli-aveva-il-senso-della-missioner/) (in Italian). *Corriere di Como*. Archived from [the original](https://www.corrieredicomo.it/lmio-papa-mario-martinelli-aveva-il-senso-della-missioner/) on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021. 1. ["Como. Piazza Mario Martinelli"](https://www.tuttocitta.it/mappa/como/piazza-mario-martinelli) (in Italian). Tutto Citta. Retrieved 24 July 2021. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mario Martinelli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Martinelli) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Martinelli?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.