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{{Infobox Prime Minister 
| name               = Alcide De Gasperi
| image              = Alcide de Gasperi 2.jpg
| order              = [[List of Prime Ministers of Italy|30th]] <br> [[Prime Minister of Italy]]
| monarch            = [[Victor Emmanuel III of Italy|Victor Emmanuel III]]<br>[[Umberto II of Italy|Umberto II]]
| president    	     = [[Enrico De Nicola]] <br> [[Luigi Einaudi]]
| term_start         = 10 December 1945 
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One his most striking achievements in foreign policy was the [[Gruber-De Gasperi Agreement]] with Austria in September 1946 that established his home region, southern Tirol, as an autonomous region.


In domestic policy, a number of social security reforms were carried out. A law of 29 July 1947established a Fund For Social Solidarity within INPS in order to pay graduated supplementary allowances to all pensions, compensating for inflation. A law of 28 July 1950 extended compulsory pension insurance to employees earning over Lit. 1,500 per month or approximately 6%of the average gross industrial wage for 1950 (previously, social insurance was compulsory only for employees earning less than this amount). A law of July 1949 introduced broad tax exemptions and increased state subsidies for the construction of economic housing. A law of 10 August 1950 established a fund for the increase of housing stock, known as the “Fondo per l’Incremento Edilizio, which grants cheap loans to private builders. A law of 12 August 1947 extended earnings replacement benefits to cover temporary unemployment. A law of 29 April 1949 introduced new provisions for unemployment insurance and labour policy. A Central Commission for Work Training and Assistance for the Unemployed was established with the task of monitoring the state of the labour market and the conditions of the unemployed. A law of 15 November 1952 increased the number of occupational diseases for which insurance benefits were payable. A law of 8 July 1952 introduced “aggiunte di famiglia, a monthly flat-rate sum for all categories of state employees. A law of 23 March 1948 established the National Institute For Assistance Of The Orphans Of Italian Workers. A law of 23 March 1948 established the National Institute For Italian Pensioners, providing benefits and services for needy pensioners.⏎
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===American support===
De Gasperi enjoyed considerable support in the US, where he was seen as the man who could oppose the rising tide of Communism – in particular the PCI, which was the biggest communist party in a Western European democracy. In January 1947 he visited the US. The chief goals of the trip were to soften the terms of the pending peace treaty with Italy, and to obtain immediate economic assistance. His ten-day tour, engineered by media mogul [[Henry Luce]] – the owner of [[Time Magazine]] – (contracted; show full)[[Category:Italian journalists]]
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