Aldo Moro
| Aldo Moro | |
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| 38th Prime Minister of Italy | |
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In office 23 November 1974 – 29 July 1976 |
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| President | Giovanni Leone |
| Deputy | Ugo La Malfa |
| Preceded by | Mariano Rumor |
| Succeeded by | Giulio Andreotti |
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In office 4 December 1963 – 24 June 1968 |
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| President | |
| Deputy | Pietro Nenni |
| Preceded by | Giovanni Leone |
| Succeeded by | Giovanni Leone |
| Minister of Justice | |
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In office 6 July 1955 – 15 May 1957 |
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| Prime Minister | Antonio Segni |
| Preceded by | Michele De Pietro |
| Succeeded by | Guido Gonella |
| Minister of Public Education | |
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In office 19 May 1957 – 15 February 1959 |
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| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Paolo Rossi |
| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Medici |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 7 July 1973 – 23 November 1974 |
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| Prime Minister | Mariano Rumor |
| Preceded by | Giuseppe Medici |
| Succeeded by | Mariano Rumor |
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In office 5 May 1969 – 29 July 1972 |
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| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Pietro Nenni |
| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Medici |
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In office 30 December 1965 – 28 February 1966 Acting |
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| Preceded by | Amintore Fanfani |
| Succeeded by | Amintore Fanfani |
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In office 28 December 1964 – 5 March 1965 Acting |
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| Preceded by | Giuseppe Saragat |
| Succeeded by | Amintore Fanfani |
| Personal details | |
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Aldo Romeo Luigi Moro 23 September 1916 Maglie, Apulia, Italy |
| Died | 9 May 1978 (aged 61) Rome, Lazio, Italy (assassinated) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party | Christian Democracy |
| Spouse(s) | Eleonora Chiavarelli (m. 1945–78); his death |
| Children | Maria Fida Anna Agnese Giovanni |
| Alma mater | University of Bari |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Aldo Romeo Luigi Moro (Italian pronunciation: [ˈaldo ˈmɔːro]; 23 September 1916 – 9 May 1978) was an Italian statesman and politician, and a prominent member of the Christian Democracy party. He served as 38th Prime Minister of Italy, from 1963 to 1968, and then from 1974 to 1976. He was one of Italy's longest-serving post-war Prime Ministers, holding power for a combined total of more than seven years.
A leader of Christian Democracy (Democrazia Cristiana, DC), Moro was considered an intellectual and a patient mediator, especially in the internal life of his party. He was kidnapped on 16 March 1978 by the Red Brigades and killed after 55 days of captivity.
Moro was born in Maglie, in the province of Lecce (Apulia), into a family from Ugento. At age 4, he moved with his family to Milan, but they soon moved back to Apulia, where he gained a classical high school degree at Archita lyceum in Taranto. Until 1939, he studied Law at the University of Bari, an institution where he was later to hold the post of ordinary professor (equivalent to a tenured, full professor in the U.S. academic system) of philosophy of Law and Colonial Policy (1941) and of Criminal Law (1942).
In 1935, he joined the Catholic university students' association (Federazione Universitaria Cattolica Italiana) of Bari. In 1939, under approval of Giovanni Battista Montini whom he had befriended, Moro was chosen as president of the association; he kept the post till 1942, succeeded by Giulio Andreotti. During his university years, Italy was under the Fascist government, and he took part in students competitions (Littoriali della cultura e dell'arte) organised by local fascist students' organisation (Gioventù Universitaria Fascista). He then founded the periodical La Rassegna, published in 1943–1945.
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