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Sandro Pertini

Senator for life
Alessandro Pertini
OMCA
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7th President of Italy
In office
9 July 1978 – 29 June 1985
Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti
Francesco Cossiga
Arnaldo Forlani
Giovanni Spadolini
Amintore Fanfani
Bettino Craxi
Preceded by Giovanni Leone
Succeeded by Francesco Cossiga
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
5 July 1968 – 4 June 1976
Preceded by Brunetto Bucciarelli-Ducci
Succeeded by Pietro Ingrao
Secretary of the Italian Socialist Party
In office
2 August 1945 – 18 December 1945
Preceded by Pietro Nenni
Succeeded by Rodolfo Morandi
Personal details
Born (1896-09-25)25 September 1896
Stella, Italy
Died 24 February 1990(1990-02-24) (aged 93)
Rome, Italy
Nationality Italian
Political party PSU (1922–1930)
PdA (1930–1945)
PSI (1945–1990)
Spouse(s) Carla Voltolina
Alma mater University of Genoa
Religion Atheist
Signature
Website Sandro Pertini Foundation

Alessandro "Sandro" Pertini, OMCA (Italian: [alesˈsandro (ˈsandro) perˈtiːni]; 25 September 1896 – 24 February 1990) was an Italian journalist and socialist politician, who served as the seventh President of the Italian Republic, from 1978 to 1985.

Born in Stella (Province of Savona) as the son of a wealthy landowner, Alberto, he studied at a Salesian college in Varazze, and completed his schooling at the "Chiabrera" lyceum (high school) in Savona.

His philosophy teacher was Adelchi Baratono, a reformist socialist who contributed to his approach to socialism and probably introduced him to the inner circles of the Ligurian labour movements. Pertini obtained a Law degree from the University of Genoa.

Aged 19 when Italy entered World War I on the side of the Entente, Pertini opposed the war, but nonetheless enlisted in the army where he served as a lieutenant and was decorated for bravery. After the armistice in 1918, he joined the Unitary Socialist Party, PSU, then he settled in Florence where he also graduated in political science with a thesis entitled La Cooperazione ("Cooperation"; 1924). While in the city, Pertini also came into contact with people such as Gaetano Salvemini, the brothers Carlo and Nello Rosselli, and Ernesto Rossi. Pertini was physically beaten by Fascist squads on several occasions, but never lost faith in his ideals.


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