Francesco Compagna
Francesco Compagna was an Italian politician, journalist and academic.
He founded the magazine "Nord e Sud" in 1954 and also collaborated with Il Mondo directed by Mario Pannunzio.
Former member of the Italian Liberal Party and the Radical Party, Compagna was elected MP with the Italian Republican Party in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth legislature.
He served as Minister of Public Works in the Andreotti V and in the Cossiga II governments and as Minister of Merchant Navy in the Forlani government.
He also held the position of Undersecretary of State for Extraordinary Interventions in Southern Italy in the Moro IV government and of Secretary of the Council of Ministers in the Spadolini I government.
He died on Capri in 1982 due to a heart attack.Publications
A principally political writer, he published the following volumes:
