Alberto Ronchey

Alberto Ronchey   ( journalist,  politician)
Born	27 September 1926  Rome,  Italy
Died	5 March 2010 (Age 83)  Rome,  Italy
Nationality	Italian
Alma mater	Sapienza University of Rome
Italian journalist, Moscow correspondent and and editor who attended the 1968 and 1974 Bilderbergs.  Italy/Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities In office 28 April 1993 - 10 May 1994 Preceded by Alberto Ronchey  Italy/Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities In office 28 April 1992 - 28 April 1993 Succeeded by Alberto Ronchey  Op-ed writer In office 1988 - 1989 Employer La Repubblica Preceded by Alberto Ronchey  Op-ed writer In office 1984 - 1988 Employer Corriere della Sera Preceded by Alberto Ronchey Succeeded by Alberto Ronchey  Op-ed writer In office 1981 - 1984 Employer La Repubblica Preceded by Alberto Ronchey Succeeded by Alberto Ronchey  Op-ed writer In office 1974 - 1981 Employer Corriere della Sera Succeeded by Alberto Ronchey  Director In office 1968 - 1973 Employer La Stampa Preceded by H. F. van Walsem Attended Bilderberg/1968 and Bilderberg/1974  Moscow Correspondent In office 1959 - 1968 Employer La Stampa Attended Bilderberg/1968 and Bilderberg/1974

Alberto Ronchey was an Italian journalist, essayist and politician. He was selected to attend the 1968 and 1974 Bilderberg meetings.

Background

He was born in Rome in 1926, and graduated in law from the Sapienza University of Rome

career

Alberto Ronchey began his journalistic career at a very young age in the newspaper La Voce Repubblicana (organ of the liberal Italian Republican Party), of which he then became director. He also worked on il Mondo and Resto del Carlino. He was sent toMoscow for Alfio Russo's Corriere della Sera, to later moved to La Stampa, where he was first special correspondent and then director from 1968 to 1973.

Later he carried out an intense activity as columnist for Corriere della Sera and la Repubblica, as well as for some weekly newspapers. In those years he also collaborated with Rai.

Ronchey became Minister for Cultural and Environmental Heritage in the first Amato government (1992-1993) and in the Ciampi Government (1993-1994).

After his government time, Ronchey was appointed president of the company Rizzoli Corriere della Sera (1994-1998).

He coined the phrase fattore K (factor K) - from the Russian Kommunizm (communism) - first used in an editorial in the Corriere della Sera of 30 March 1979, to explain the lack of turnover of government political forces in the first fifty years the Republic of Italy. The reason was that the Communist Party (PCI) was forbidden from participating in the government because of it close ties with the Soviet Union. Secondly, in Italy the PCI was the second biggest political force in Parliament: this prevented the Socialists or Social Democrats from reaching enough consensus to become the government alternative.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1968	26 April 1968	28 April 1968	Canada Mont Tremblant	The 17th Bilderberg and the 2nd in Canada
Bilderberg/1974	19 April 1974	21 April 1974	France Hotel Mont d' Arbois Megève	The 23rd Bilderberg, held in France

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