Giuseppe Caron

Giuseppe Caron (24 February 1904 – 3 March 1998) was an Italian Christian Democratic Party (CDP) politician who was a Minister in successive governments from the 1950s to the 1970s, and a European Commissioner.

Caron trained as a chemist and worked in the pharmaceutical industry and as a lobbyist.

Later, in 1952, he became vice-president of the Italian Chamber of Commerce During World War II Caron became involved in the resistance against the German Army and was a member of the CDP Committee for National Release in Treviso.

He became active in European politics as one of the Italian delegates at the Council of Europe.

He then joined the governments of Aldo Moro from 1963 to 1968 where he served as under-secretary to the Budget minister.