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{{short description|Italian politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder
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|name              = Giovanni Rinaldo Coronas
|honorific-suffix  = {{small|[[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|OMRI]]}}
|image             = Giovanni_Coronas.jpg
|office            = [[Italian Minister of the Interior|Minister of the Interior]]
|primeminister     = [[Lamberto Dini]]
|term_start        = 9 June 1995
|term_end          = 17 May 1996
|predecessor       = [[Antonio Brancaccio]]
|successor         = [[Giorgio Napolitano]]
|office1           = [[List of Chiefs of the Polizia di Stato|Chief of the Police]]
|term_start1       = 19 January 1979 
|term_end1         = 27 April 1984
|predecessor1      = [[Giuseppe Parlato]]
|successor1        = [[Giuseppe Porpora]]
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|birth_date       = {{Birth date|df=y|1919|4|10}}
|birth_place      = [[Castelvetrano]], Italy
|death_date       = {{Death date and age|df=y|2008|1|5|1919|4|10}}
|death_place      = [[Rome]], Italy
|nationality      = Italian
|profession       = Prefect
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'''Giovanni Rinaldo Coronas''' (10 April 1919 &ndash; 5 January 2008) was an Italian [[prefect]].

== Biography ==
Giovanni Rinaldo Coronas was born in [[Castelvetrano]] ([[Sicily]]) on 10 April 1919, from a family originally from [[Siniscola]]. After graduating in law, his career started from the [[Turin]] Police Headquarters, but in 1943 Coronas passed to the Civil Administration of the Interior. He carried out the duties of head of cabinet at the prefectures of [[Nuoro]] and [[Forlì]].

In 1954 he was in service in Rome at the General Directorate of Civil Administration. Appointed prefect in 1967, he was deputy police chief until 1974. On 19 January 1979 he was appointed [[Chief of police]]. He remained in office until 27 April 1984.

From 9 June 1995 to 17 May 1996 he served as Minister of the Interior in the [[Dini Cabinet]].

He died on 5 January 2008 in Rome.<ref>[https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/cronaca/articoli/articolo394829.shtml Morto ex capo della polizia Coronas]</ref>

== Honours and awards ==
* {{Flag|Italy}}: [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|Grand Cross Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]] (27 December 1977)
* {{Flag|Italy}}: [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]] (27 December 1970)

==References==
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{{Italian Ministers of the Interiors}}
{{Dini Cabinet}}

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[[Category:1919 births]]
[[Category:2008 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Castelvetrano]]
[[Category:Ministers of the interior of Italy]]


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