Guido Cortese

Guido Cortese (1908–1964) was an Italian lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Italian Liberal Party. He served at the Constituent Assembly after the end of Fascist rule and was a member of the Parliament for three terms. He was also minister of industry and commerce in the first Segni Government between 1955 and 1957.

Early life and education
Cortese was born in Naples on 3 August 1908. He received a degree in law in 1930.

Career
Following his graduation Cortese formed a law company and worked as a lawyer specializing in criminal law. He started his political career after the end of Fascist rule. He worked for a Naples-based weekly publication Libertà in 1944. The same year he began to wrote for Il Giornale and was its deputy director until 1957.

Cortese was a member of the Italian Liberal Party and was elected as a deputy to the Constituent Assembly on the list of the National Democratic Union on 2 June 1946. He became a deputy in June 1953, from the constituency of Naples. He was re-elected as a deputy in the 1958 and 1963 elections. His term at the Parliament lasted until his death in September 1964.

Cortese was appointed minister of industry and commerce on 6 July 1955 to the cabinet of Antonio Segni which he held until 19 May 1957. He was elected as a councilor of Naples in 1960 and 1962.

Personal life, death and legacy
Cortese married Amelia Ardias in Naples in 1943. They had four children. He died in Cortina d'Ampezzo at the age of 54 on 3 September 1964 after a brief illness.

A foundation, Guido and Roberto Cortese Foundation, was established in memory of him and his son in Naples in 1990.