Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ugo La Malfa (May 16, 1903 March 26, 1979) was an Italian politician, and an important leader in the Italian Republican Party, of which his son, Giorgio La Malfa, is now president.La Malfa was born in Palermo, Sicily. After completing his secondary schooling, he enrolled in the Ca' Foscari University of Venice in the Department of Diplomatic Sciences with professors Silvio Trentin and Gino Luzzatto. During his years at the University, he had contacts within the republican movement of Treviso and other anti-fascist groups. In 1924 he moved to Rome, and participated in the foundation of the Goliardic Union for Freedom. On June 14, 1925 he took part in the first conference of the National Democratic Union, founded by Giovanni Amendola. The movement was later declared illegal under Mussolini's fascist government.