Gaetano Martino

Who was Gaetano Martino?

Gaetano Martino was an Italian politician, physician and university teacher.

A native of Messina, Sicily, he was a member of Italian Liberal Party. Gaetano Martino was one of the participants of the Messina Conference in 1955, which would lead to the Treaty of Rome in 1957. He was also President of the European Parliament from 1962 to 1964.

He died in Rome in 1967. His son Antonio Martino would follow in his footseps as Minister of Foreign Affairs, but would distinguish himself from his father, in that he would generally be considered one of Italy's leading Eurosceptics.