President of the Chamber of Deputies of the First Parliament of the Republic from 8 May 1948 to 24 June 1953, and of the Second Parliament (from 25 June 1953 to 29 April 1955). First President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Republic, his second term was interrupted in 1955 when he was elected President of the Republic. Previously, he had served as Minister of Industry and Trade under the Bonomi and De Gasperi governments. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly, which spent nearly two years drafting the Republican Constitution.