Background
CAPPUZZO, Dort. Gen. Umberto was born on April 30, 1922 in Gorizia, Italy. Parents: Marino Cappuzzoi and Rosa Gentile Cappuzzo (née Sassaroli).
CAPPUZZO, Dort. Gen. Umberto was born on April 30, 1922 in Gorizia, Italy. Parents: Marino Cappuzzoi and Rosa Gentile Cappuzzo (née Sassaroli).
Doctor of Law; Modena Military Academy. Italian Army Staff College, Civitavecchia. German Army Staff College, Hamburg.
Interservices Staff College, Rome. Italian Centre for High Defence Studies. Rome, specialised in Political Science and American Politics, at the Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, also specialized in Mass-Media communication techniques and organisation and public relations science and techniques.
Spoken languages: English, German, Russian, French.
Head of Special Diplomatic Delegation to the Conference for Negotiating a Mutual and Balanced Reduction of the Armed Forces in Central Europe (MBFR), 1985. Elected Senator, Temnini-ImereseCefalii, 1987. Member Committee on Defence.
Member Committee on the Mafia. Member Italian Delegation to North Atlantic Treaty Organization Assembly. Chairman, Sub-Cttee. on the future of North Atlantic Treaty Organization Armed Forces.
Second Lieutenant, Infantry, 1942. Platoon Commander in North Africa, 2nd World War, in 66th Infantry Regiment of the ‘Trieste’ Division. Commander of 114th Infantry Regiment, ‘Mantua’, 1968-1969, Commander of the ‘Folgore’ Mechanised Division.
1977-1979; Deputy Commander of 8th Territorial Military Command, Central Region, 1979-1980. Commander in Chief, ’Carabinieri’, 1980-1981. Head of 1st Tactical Section, Regulation Office, Army General Staff, 1967-1968, Teacher of Global Strategy, Army Staff College, Civitavecchia, 196970.
Defence Attache to USSR, Moscow, 1970-1973. Head of 4th Division, Defence General Staff, 1973-1975. Head of Cabinet, Defence Chief of Staff, 1975-1976.
Chief of Staff, Italian Army, 1981-1985. Journalist, Writer; Visiting Professor, Pontifical Lateran University.
Roman Catholic
Clubs: member, the trilateral commission.
Spouse Evelina Cappuzzo de Lillis, 1949.