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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]] [[Prime Minister of Italy]]
| monarch            = [[Victor Emmanuel III of Italy|Victor Emmanuel III]]<br>[[Umberto II of Italy|Umberto II]]
| 1blankname1        = Lieutenant
| 1namedata1         = [[Umberto II of Italy|Prince Umberto]]
(contracted; show full)| predecessor8       = [[Paul Henri Spaak]]
| successor8         = [[Giuseppe Pella]]
| birth_name         = Alcide Amedeo Francesco De Gasperi
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1881|4|3|df=y}}
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1954|8|19|1881|4|3|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Pieve Tesino]], [[County of Tyrol|Tyrol]], [[Austria-Hungary]]
| death_place        = [[Borgo Valsugana]], [[Trentino]], Italy
| spouse             = Francesca Romani 
{{small|(1894-–1954)}}
| children           = Maria Romana De Gasperi <br> ''other 3 daughters''
| nationality        = [[Italians|Italian]]
| party              = Popular Political Union of Trentine<br>{{small|(1906–1920)}}<br>[[Italian People's Party (1919)|Italian People's Party]]<br>{{small|(1920–1926)}}<br>[[Independent politician|Independent]]<br>{{small|(1926–1943)}}<br>[[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy]]<br>{{small|(1943–1954)}}(contracted; show full)ormick]]. "He seems to be feeling his way among the explosive problems he has to deal with, but perhaps this wary mine-detecting method is the stabilizing force that holds the country in balance."<ref>New York Times, 16 February 1949, quoted in [http://www.arts.mun.ca/congrips/newsletter/61%20-%20Fall%202005.pdf De Gasperi through American Eyes: Media and Public Opinion, 1945–53], by Steven F. White, in: Italian Politics and Society, No.61 Fall/Winter 2005</ref>

==Death and legacy==

[[File:Alcide De Gasperi burial in San Lorenzo.jpg|thumb|180px|ight|Alcide De Gasperi burial in [[San Lorenzo fuori le Mura|San Lorenzo Basilica, Rome]]]]⏎
In 1952, the party overwhelmingly endorsed his authority over the government and over the party. However, it was also the start of his decline. He came under increasing criticism from the emerging left wing in the party. Their main accusations were that he was too cautious in social and economic reform, that he stifled debate, and that he subordinated the party to the interests of government.

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* The [http://archives.eui.eu/en/fonds/1444?item=ADG private papers] of Alcide De Gasperi are deposited at the [http://www.eui.eu/Research/HistoricalArchivesOfEU/Index.aspx Historical Archives of the European Union] in Florence
* {{it icon}} [http://www.centrostudimalfatti.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=11&Itemid=12 De Gasperi: un politico europeo venuto dal futuro], Centro Studi Malfatti


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File:Alcide De Gasperi burial in San Lorenzo.jpg|Alcide De Gasperi burial in [[San Lorenzo fuori le Mura|San Lorenzo Basilica, Rome]]
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