Vincenzo Monaldi
Minister of Health
In office
14 August 1958  15 February 1959
Prime MinisterAmintore Fanfani
Succeeded byCamillo Giardina
Senator of the Republic
In office
8 May 1948  4 June 1968
ConstituencyCampania
Personal details
Born(1899-04-16)16 April 1899
Monte Vidon Combatte, Italy
Died7 November 1969(1969-11-07) (aged 70)
Naples, Italy
Political partyChristian Democracy
Alma materSapienza University of Rome
Professionphysician and physiologist

Vincenzo Monaldi (16 April 1899, in Monte Vidon Combatte, Province of Fermo – 7 November 1969)[1] was an Italian physician and physiologist. His family lived in Grottazzolina, some of his relatives still live there, two brothers Giulio and Francesco Monaldi emigrated to Argentina.

Biography

He fought in the First World War, while he studied, obtaining a military award, the Croce di Guerra. In 1925 he obtained his medicine degree and specialized in treating Tuberculosis and illness of the respiratory system. He established the academic journal "Archivio di fisiologia", which is still one of the top journals in the field, now called "Monaldi Archives of Chest Disease." He gathered international fame and was named member of the Royal Society of Medicine in London and others in Italy and Germany. He was assistant at the Physiology Institute of Rome, then he went on to Naples as professor and director of "Principe di Piemonte" sanatorium (now "Ospedale Monaldi").[2]

Political life

He was Mayor of his home town Grottazzolina when he was just 20 years old, the youngest mayor in Italy. He joined the Italian People's Party of Don Luigi Sturzo then the Democrazia Cristiana. He was elected senator in 1948, holding important positions in government until he became High Commissioner for Hygiene and then became the first Italian Minister of Health in the Fanfani II Cabinet.[3]

Last years

When Vincenzo Monaldi left political activity, he returned to practice as a doctor and teacher. He died in Naples in 1969. Today, the "Principe di Piemonte" sanatorium is named after him.

References

  1. "MONALDI, Vincenzo in "Dizionario Biografico"".
  2. "Storia della Medicina: Napoli, una Vita da Medico: VINCENZO MONALDI". 2009.
  3. "Senato.it - Scheda di attività di Vincenzo MONALDI - III Legislatura".
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