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{{Infobox Prime Minister 
| name              =  Alcide De Gasperi
| image             = De_Gasperi.JPG
| order           = Interim <br> [[President of the Italian Republic]]
| term_start	= [[June 12]], [[1946]]
| term_end	= [[July 1]], [[1946]]
| predecessor	= King [[Umberto II of Italy|Umberto II]]
| successor          = [[Enrico De Nicola]] 
(contracted; show full)954]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[statesman]] and [[politician]] and founder of the [[Democrazia Cristiana|Christian Democratic Party]]. From 1945 to 1953 he was the [[prime minister]] of eight successive coalition governments. His eight-year rule remains a landmark of political longevity for a leader in modern Italian politics. He is considered to be one of the [[Founding fathers of the European Union]], along with the [[France|Frenchman]] [[Robert Schuman]] and the [[Germany|German]] [[Konrad Adenauer]].
 He made up the European Union.

==Biography==
===Early years===
De Gasperi was born in [[Pieve Tesino]] in Trentino, at that time belonging to [[Austria-Hungary]], now part of the [[Province of Trento]] in [[Italy]]. His father was a local police officer of limited financial means. From 1896 De Gasperi was active in the Social Christian movement. In 1900 he joined the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy in [[Vienna]], where he played an important role in the inception of the Christian student movement. He was very much inspired by the (contracted; show full)[[ru:Гаспери, Альчиде де]]
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