De Berti was born in
Pago,
Austria-Hungary, which is in the present-day
Croatia, into an
Italian family of
Lombard descent. He started his studies in Zara; however, the untimely death of his father Antonio forced his family to move away from the city. They first resettled in
Trieste, and later in
Pola. De Berti was very active in parliament, fighting to solve the problems of the irredent lands, particularly of his city of adoption, Pola, endeavouring to build a shipyard at the city's
Scoglio Olivi. He was in conflict with the
Italian fascists, who challenged his ''L'Azione
with their Il Nuovo Giornale
and L'Istria nuova''. His newspaper was forced to close and De Berti to ask to be dismissed as a deputy. The newspaper's closure lasted one week, and the
Kingdom of Italy's
Chamber of Deputies rejected his resignation. He was with
Alcide De Gasperi at the 1945
Council of Foreign Ministers in London and at the
1947 Paris Peace Conference as an expert of the irredent lands. He supported the annexation of the
Venezia Giulia, and later opposed the ratification of the
Treaty of Paris between Italy and the Allied Powers. He later joined the
Socialist Party of Italian Workers, which became the
Italian Democratic Socialist Party. He was later nominated counselor of the state, and joined the superior board of the armed forces. In 1951, he became head of cabinet under Saragat, and minister of the merchant navy. De Berti died in Rome on 2 May 1952. His funerals were held in Rome and Trieste. == See also ==