Antonio Segni
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Senator for life Antonio Segni |
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| 4th President of Italy | |
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In office 11 May 1962 – 6 December 1964 |
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| Prime Minister |
Amintore Fanfani Giovanni Leone Aldo Moro |
| Preceded by | Giovanni Gronchi |
| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Saragat |
| 34th Prime Minister of Italy | |
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In office 15 February 1959 – 25 March 1960 |
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| President | Giovanni Gronchi |
| Preceded by | Amintore Fanfani |
| Succeeded by | Fernando Tambroni |
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In office 6 July 1955 – 19 May 1957 |
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| President | Giovanni Gronchi |
| Deputy | Giuseppe Saragat |
| Preceded by | Mario Scelba |
| Succeeded by | Adone Zoli |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Italy | |
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In office 1 July 1958 – 15 February 1959 |
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| Prime Minister | Amintore Fanfani |
| Preceded by | Giuseppe Pella |
| Succeeded by | Attilio Piccioni |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 25 March 1960 – 7 May 1962 |
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| Prime Minister |
Fernando Tambroni Amintore Fanfani |
| Preceded by | Giuseppe Pella |
| Succeeded by | Amintore Fanfani |
| Minister of the Interior | |
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In office 15 February 1959 – 25 March 1960 |
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| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Fernando Tambroni |
| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Spataro |
| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 1 July 1958 – 15 February 1959 |
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| Prime Minister | Amintore Fanfani |
| Preceded by | Paolo Emilio Taviani |
| Succeeded by | Giulio Andreotti |
| Minister of Education | |
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In office 17 August 1953 – 18 January 1954 |
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| Prime Minister | Giuseppe Pella |
| Preceded by | Giovanni Bettiol |
| Succeeded by | Egidio Tosato |
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In office 26 July 1951 – 16 July 1953 |
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| Prime Minister | Alcide De Gasperi |
| Preceded by | Guido Gonnella |
| Succeeded by | Giovanni Bettiol |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
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In office 13 July 1946 – 26 July 1951 |
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| Prime Minister | Alcide De Gasperi |
| Preceded by | Fausto Gullo |
| Succeeded by | Amintore Fanfani |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
2 February 1891 Sassari, Sardinia, Italy |
| Died | 1 December 1972 (aged 81) Rome, Latium, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party | Christian Democracy |
| Spouse(s) | Laura Carta Camprino (died 1977) |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Antonio Segni (Italian pronunciation: [anˈtɔnjo ˈseɲɲi]; 2 February 1891 – 1 December 1972) was an Italian politician who was the 34th Prime Minister of Italy (1955–1957, 1959–1960), and the fourth President of the Italian Republic from 1962 to 1964. Adhering to the centrist Christian Democratic party (Italian: Democrazia Cristiana – DC), he was the first Sardinian ever to become Prime Minister of Italy.
The son of a Sardinian landowning family, born in Sassari, Sardinia, he studied to become a lawyer with a degree in agricultural and commercial law. Segni joined the Italian People's Party (Italian: Partito Popolare Italiano) – the predecessor of the Christian Democratic Party – in 1919. In 1924 he was a member of the party’s national council, until all political organizations were dissolved by Benito Mussolini two years later in 1926. For the next 17 years Segni taught Agrarian Law for at the Universities of Pavia, Perugia, and Cagliari; he was also rector of Sassari University.
In 1943 Segni was one of the organizers of the new Christian Democratic Party in Sardinia. He held ministerial positions in many Christian Democrat governments from 1944 onward, despite his frail physique. Time Magazine once quoted a friend: "He is like the Colosseum; he looks like a ruin but he'll be around for a long time." In 1946, he was elected to the Constituent Assembly after World War II and then to parliament in 1948.
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