May 08, 2020· Alcide De Gasperi, (born April 3, 1881, Pieve Tesino, near Trento, Tyrol, Austria-Hungary [now in Italy]—died August 19, 1954, Sella di Valsugana, Italy), politician and prime minister of Italy (1945–53) who contributed to the material and moral reconstruction of his nation after World War II.. From the age of 24 De Gasperi directed the journal Il Nuovo Trentino, in which he defended ...