What is Manlio Brosio?
{{Infobox Officeholder | name = Manlio Giovanni Brosio | image =Manlio Brosio.PNG | order = 4th [[Secretary General of NATO]] | term_start = 1 August 1964 | term_end = 1 October 1971 | predecessor = [[Dirk Stikker]] | successor = [[Joseph Luns]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1897|07|10}} | birth_place = [[Turin]], Italy | death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|03|14|1897|07|10}} | death_place = [[Turin]], Italy | party = [[Italian Liberal Party]] | spouse = }} '''Manlio Giovanni Brosio''' (July 10, 1897 – March 14, 1980) was an Italian lawyer, diplomat, politician and the [[List of NATO Secretaries General#Secretaries General|fourth]] [[Secretary General of NATO]] between 1964 and 1971. In January 1947, Brosio became the Italian ambassador to [[Soviet Union]] and got involved with the [[peace treaty]] negotiations between the countries. In 1952 he became ambassador to the UK, to the USA in 1955 and from 1961–1964 to France. On May 12, 1964 the NATO council chose Brosio to replae [[Dirk Stikker]] as a secretary general. He resigned September 3, 1971. On September 29, 1971, U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] awarded him the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]. ==Other websites== * [http://nato.int/cps/en/natohq/declassified_137966.htm NATO Declassified - Manlio Brosio (biography)] {{DEFAULTSORT:Brosio, Manlio}} [[Category:1897 births]] [[Category:1980 deaths]] [[Category:Italian lawyers]] [[Category:Politicians from Turin]] [[Category:Ambassadors]] [[Category:Secretaries General of NATO]] [[Category:Italian diplomats]] {{NATOSecGen}} {{bio-stub}}