Giuseppe Pella

Infobox Prime Minister
name = Giuseppe Pella

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order = 45th
President of the Council of Ministers of Italy
president = Luigi Einaudi
term_start = August 17, 1953
term_end = January 12, 1954
predecessor = Alcide De Gasperi
successor = Amintore Fanfani
order2 = Minister of Foreign Affairs
primeminister2 = "Himself"
term_start2 = August 17, 1953
term_end2 = January 12, 1954
predecessor2 = Alcide De Gasperi
successor2 = Attilio Piccioni
primeminister3 = Adone Zoli
term_start3 = May 19, 1957
term_end3 = July 1, 1958
predecessor3 = Gaetano Martino
successor3 = Amintore Fanfani
primeminister4 = Antonio Segni
term_start4 = February 15, 1959
term_end4 = March 23, 1960
predecessor4 = Amintore Fanfani
successor4 = Antonio Segni
order5 = 3^rdPresident of the European Parliament
term_start5 = 1954
term_end5 = 1956
predecessor5 = Alcide De Gasperi
successor5 = Hans Furler
birth_date = birth date|1902|4|18|mf=y
death_date = death date and age|1981|5|31|1902|4|18|mf=y
birth_place = Valdengo, Italy
death_place = Rome, Italy
nationality = Italian
party = Christian Democracy

Giuseppe Pella (April 18 1902 – May 31, 1981) was an Italian Christian Democratic politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy from 1953 to 1954. He was also President of the European Parliament from 1954 to 1956 after the death of Alcide De Gasperi.

He was born in Valdengo, Piedmont. After graduation in Economy and Commerce, he adhered to the Christian Democracy (DC), in the right wing of the party. His first government position was as under-secretary of Finances in the II and III De Gasperi cabinets. In the IV De Gasperi he was Minister of Finances.

Pella was Minister of Treasure in 1948-1953, gaining the enmity of the Communist and Socialist Parties, as well as some DC members due to his liberal and monetarist policies. After the political crisis caused by the failure of the Cheat Law, Pella was appointed Prime Minister in a deliberately provisional government. Pella gained further critics when, by issuing nationalistic declarations, he created strife with Tito regarding the Free Territory of Trieste. Pella resigned on January 12 1954.

Later he was Minister of Foreign Affairs under Adone Zoli (1957-1958) and Antonio Segni (1959-1960), and Minister of Balance under Amintore Fanfani (1960-1962). Hostile to the alliance between DC and the Socialist Party, he retreated from frontline politics until 1972, when he became minister of Finances in the short-lived government led by Giulio Andreotti.

Pella was Senator until 1976. He died in Rome in 1981.