Antonio Malito

Antonio Raffaelle Malito
Malito in 1978
President of Adamantina
Preceded by	Brancaleone Polino
Succeeded by	Ginevra Malito
Vice President of Adamantina
President	Brancaleone Polino
Preceded by	Sosteneo Neglia
Succeeded by	Ginevra Malito
Chairman of the Solidarista Party
Deputy	Domezio Bartone
Succeeded by	Ginevra Malito
President of the CLA–AIO
Preceded by	Corbiniano Aresco
Succeeded by	Gianluigi Pierotti
Personal details
Born	Antonio Raffaelle Malito (1910-09-08) September 8, 1910 Porto Pellegrini
Citizenship	Adamantina
Political party	Solidarista Party
Spouse	Ginevra Malito (m. 1935)
Children	7
Alma mater	Military Academy of the Adamantine Army
Occupation	Soldier, politican

Antonio Raffaelle Malito (born 8 September 1910 – August 21 1989) was Adamantine general and politican. Serving as the Secretary of the Interior and as the Vice President of Adamantina from 1944 to 1948 he was elected President of Adamantina two times, serving from 1949 to 1953, when he was deposed by the Cabala delle Ombre. Malito was reelected in 1976 during the Asterian Spring, serving until his death in August 1989.  

During his presidential terms, Malito was supported by his life-long wife Ginevra Malito, who served as his vice president and succeeded him after his death. Both were popular among the Adamantine working class. Malito worked to dignify labor and alleviate poverty throughout the country, and was widely supported by the institutionalized power of organized labor. From 1977 to 1989 he served as the President of the Confederation of Labor and Assembly of Industrial Organizations (CLA–AIO), and from 1949 to 1989 served as the Chairman of the Solidarista Party. During the military Junta of the Cabala delle Ombre, his party and supporters were banned from government, forcing many into exile. Throughout his term as president, the country saw periods of increased industrialization and prosperity, although during his last term the economy began to decline into recession.

Considered by many within political academia as a controversial figure, he and his wife are regarded as icons by those within the Solidarista Party.

Early life and education

Antonio Raffaelle Malito was born in Porto Pellegrini, Federal District of Porto Pellegrini, on 8 September 1910. He was the son of Edgardo Malito and Liviana Malito. The Malito family descends from Carvagna in central Etruria, from which is great-grandfather emigrated in the 1840s. Malito also had ancestral connections with Carinthia, Novalia and Gaullica. His parents, both came from a long lineage of stevedores, who worked in the ports of Etruria and later Adamantina. Antonio grew up with three bothers and four sisters in a small home in the neighborhood of Aventijn, Porto Pellegrini.

Malito's father worked at the Port of Pellegrini, the predecessor of the Port of Pellegrini and Prosperita. Malito attended one of Porto Pellegrini's most prestigious public schools, Sangermano Polytechnic where he excelled in mathematics. He was not among the more popular Sangermano students, who were considered more gifted academically and was considered by his instructors as rebellious. Around the age of 14 he was enrolled into the Junior Military Academy of Porto Pellegrini, which secured him a path to attend the Military Academy of the Adamantine Army in Salination. Malito's discipline improved and was inducted into the Order of the Crisantemo, a exclusive military fraternity at the academy. During his junior year he became the editor-in-chief of the school's daily newspaper, the Academy Daily. During his time as editor-in-chief, Malito maintained a strong nationalistic and conservative outlook in relation to domestic and foreign affairs. Antonio graduated from the Military Academy in 1931 with B.A in history and was commissioned into the Adamantine Army at the age of 21.