Oronzo Reale | |
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Minister of Justice | |
In office 23 November 1974 – 12 February 1976 |
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Personal details | |
Born | 1902 Lecce |
Died | 1988 (aged 85-86) |
Nationality | Italian |
Political party | Italian Republican Party |
Oronzo Reale (1902 – 1988) was an Italian politician, who served as justice minister in the 1960s and 1970s.
Reale was born in 1902.
Reale was a member and the head of the Republican Party. He served as the secretary of the party. In the 1970s he tried the French model to reorganize the party for which he set up a committee.
Reale also assumed cabinet posts. On 4 December 1963, he became justice minister of Italy. He was reappointed justice minister to the coalition government led by prime minister Aldo Moro on 24 February 1966. His term lasted until 24 June 1968. Then Reale served as finance minister from 12 December 1968 to 5 August 1969.
He was secondly appointed justice minister on 27 March 1970. His term ended in March 1971. His third and last term as justice minister was from 23 November 1974 to 12 February 1976. During his third term as justice minister, Reale developed a public law order, called Legge Reale or more formally public law order 152, and introduced it on 22 May 1975 as a response to bombings organized by right-wing groups in Brescia. It expanded the powers of Italian security forces.
Reale died in 1988.