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Giovanni Goria

Giovanni Goria
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46th Prime Minister of Italy
In office
28 July 1987 – 13 April 1988
President Francesco Cossiga
Deputy Giuliano Amato
Preceded by Amintore Fanfani
Succeeded by Ciriaco De Mita
Italian Minister of Finances
In office
28 June 1992 – 21 February 1993
Prime Minister Giuliano Amato
Preceded by Rino Formica
Succeeded by Vincenzo Visco
Italian Minister of Treasury
In office
1 December 1982 – 28 July 1987
Prime Minister Amintore Fanfani
Bettino Craxi
Preceded by Beniamino Andreatta
Succeeded by Giuliano Amato
Italian Minister of Agriculture
In office
12 April 1991 – 28 June 1992
Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti
Preceded by Vito Saccomandi
Succeeded by Giovanni Angelo Fontana
Personal details
Born Giovanni Giuseppe Goria
(1943-07-30)30 July 1943
Asti, Piedmont, Italy
Died 21 May 1994(1994-05-21) (aged 50)
Asti, Piedmont, Italy
Nationality Italian
Political party Christian Democracy

Giovanni Giuseppe Goria (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni dʒuˈzɛppe ɡoˈriːa]; 30 July 1943 – 21 May 1994) was a right-wingItalian politician. He served as the 46th Prime Minister of Italy from 1987 until 1988.

Goria was born in Asti (Piedmont).

Goria joined the Democrazia Cristiana in 1960 and entered local politics. He was elected to the chamber of deputies in 1976. He was undersecretary of the budget from 1981 until 1983 and then became treasury minister. He became known for his easygoing style and his adeptness at television appearances.

Following the elections of 1987, in which his party did well, Goria became Prime Minister (the youngest his country had seen since World War II), as a protégé of party chairman (and prime ministerial successor) Ciriaco de Mita. He was forced to resign in 1988 after the Parliament refused to pass his budget.

Goria was elected to the European Parliament in 1989. He resigned in 1991 to become Italian minister of agriculture. He remained in that position until 1992 when he became finance minister.

He resigned in 1993 during a corruption scandal which ruined his party. Goria himself was charged with corruption. His trial began in early 1994. He was acquitted of one charge, but his trial was still in progress when he died suddenly of lung cancer in his native Asti.



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