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Fanfani

Senator for life
Amintore Fanfani
Amintore Fanfani 1983-04-14.jpg
32nd Prime Minister of Italy
In office
17 April 1987 – 28 July 1987
President Francesco Cossiga
Preceded by Bettino Craxi
Succeeded by Giovanni Goria
In office
1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983
President Sandro Pertini
Preceded by Giovanni Spadolini
Succeeded by Bettino Craxi
In office
26 July 1960 – 21 June 1963
President Giovanni Gronchi
Antonio Segni
Deputy Attilio Piccioni
Preceded by Fernando Tambroni
Succeeded by Giovanni Leone
In office
1 July 1958 – 15 February 1959
President Giovanni Gronchi
Deputy Antonio Segni
Preceded by Adone Zoli
Succeeded by Antonio Segni
In office
18 January 1954 – 10 February 1954
President Luigi Einaudi
Preceded by Giuseppe Pella
Succeeded by Mario Scelba
President of the Italian Senate
In office
9 July 1985 – 17 April 1987
Preceded by Francesco Cossiga
Succeeded by Giovanni Francesco Malagodi
In office
5 July 1976 – 1 December 1982
Preceded by Giovanni Spagnolli
Succeeded by Tommaso Morlino
In office
5 June 1968 – 26 June 1973
Preceded by Ennio Zelioli-Lanzini
Succeeded by Giovanni Spagnolli
Minister of the Interior
In office
28 July 1987 – 13 April 1988
Prime Minister Giovanni Goria
Preceded by Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Succeeded by Antonio Gava
In office
16 July 1953 – 12 January 1954
Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi
Giuseppe Pella
Preceded by Mario Scelba
Succeeded by Giulio Andreotti
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
23 February 1966 – 5 June 1968
Prime Minister Aldo Moro
Preceded by Aldo Moro
Succeeded by Giuseppe Medici
In office
5 March 1965 – 30 December 1965
Prime Minister Aldo Moro
Preceded by Aldo Moro
Succeeded by Aldo Moro
In office
1 July 1958 – 15 February 1959
Prime Minister Himself
Preceded by Giuseppe Pella
Succeeded by Giuseppe Pella
Minister of Agriculture
In office
26 July 1951 – 16 July 1953
Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi
Preceded by Antonio Segni
Succeeded by Rocco Salomone
Minister of Labour
In office
31 May 1947 – 21 January 1950
Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi
Preceded by Giuseppe Romita
Succeeded by Achille Marazza
Personal details
Born (1908-02-06)6 February 1908
Pieve Santo Stefano, Tuscany, Kingdom of Italy
Died 20 November 1999(1999-11-20) (aged 91)
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Political party National Fascist Party
(until 1943)
Christian Democracy
(1943–1994)
People's Party
(1994–1999)
Spouse(s) Biancarosa Provasoli
(1939–1968)
Maria Pia Tavazzani
(1975–1999)
Alma mater Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Occupation

Amintore Fanfani (Italian pronunciation: [aˈmintore faɱˈfaːni]; 6 February 1908 – 20 November 1999) was an Italian politician and the Prime Minister of Italy for five separate runs. He was one of the best-known Italian politicians after the Second World War, and a historical figure of the left-wing section (pro-socialist) of the Christian Democracy; he is also considered to have been one of the founders of the Italian centre-left.

Fanfani and the long-time liberal leader Giovanni Giolitti still hold the record as the only statesmen to have served as Prime Minister of Italy in five non-consecutive periods of office. Fanfani was one of the dominant figures of the Italian Christian Democrats for over three decades and he is widely considered one of the most important and influential politicians in Italian history.

Fanfani was sometimes nicknamed "Cavallo di Razza" ("Purebred Horse"), thanks to his innate political ability; however his detractors simply called him "Pony", due to his small size.

Fanfani was born in Pieve Santo Stefano, in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, to a large and humble family. He graduated in economics and business in 1932 at the Università Cattolica in Milan. He was the author of a number of important works on economic history dealing with religion and the development of capitalism in the Renaissance and Reformation in Europe. His thesis was published in Italian and then in English as Catholicism, Capitalism and Protestantism in 1935.

He joined the National Fascist Party supporting the corporatist ideas of the regime promoting collaboration between the classes, which he defended in many articles. "Some day," he once wrote, "the European continent will be organized into a vast supranational area guided by Italy and Germany. Those areas will take authoritarian governments and synchronize their constitutions with Fascist principles."


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