Giovanni Spadolini
| Giovanni Spadolini | |
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| 44th Prime Minister of Italy | |
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In office 28 June 1981 – 1 December 1982 |
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| President | Alessandro Pertini |
| Preceded by | Arnaldo Forlani |
| Succeeded by | Amintore Fanfani |
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President of the Italian Senate Acting President of the Republic from 28 April 1992 to 28 May 1992 |
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In office 2 July 1987 – 14 April 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Giovanni Francesco Malagodi |
| Succeeded by | Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini |
| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 4 August 1983 – 17 April 1987 |
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| Prime Minister | Bettino Craxi |
| Preceded by | Lelio Lagorio |
| Succeeded by | Remo Gaspari |
| Minister of Public Education | |
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In office 20 March 1979 – 4 August 1979 |
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| Prime Minister | Giulio Andreotti |
| Preceded by | Mario Pedini |
| Succeeded by | Salvatore Valitutti |
| Minister of Culture | |
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In office 23 November 1974 – 12 February 1976 |
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| Prime Minister | Aldo Moro |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Mario Pedini |
| Personal details | |
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21 June 1925 Florence, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 4 August 1994 (aged 69) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party |
Republican Fascist Party (1943–1945) Italian Republican Party (1959-1994) |
| Alma mater | University of Florence |
| Profession | Teacher, journalist, historian |
Giovanni Spadolini (21 June 1925 – 4 August 1994) was a Republican Italian politician, the 44th Prime Minister of Italy, newspaper editor, journalist and a historian.
Spadolini was born in Florence in 1925. In his youth, working in a public library, Spadolini was a republican and fascist-aligned activist, and wrote for the periodical Italia e Civiltà ("Italy and Civilization"), near to Giovanni Gentile, and in a number, Spadolini explicited his anti-Masonry, anti-liberalism and anti-semitism. In 1944, during the Italian Civil War, he joined in to the Italian Social Republic.
In the post-war time (1945–1950), Spadolini revised the majority of his old ideas, and became a moderate conservative to liberal. He also rejected his old anti-semitism for the Zionism. He studied law at the University of Florence and shortly after graduation, was appointed professor of contemporary history in the faculty of political science. He also became a political columnist for several newspapers, like Il Borghese, Il Messaggero and Il Mondo, becoming editor-in-chief of the Bologna paper Il Resto del Carlino in 1955, doubling its circulation during his tenure. In 1968, Spadolini moved to Milan where he took over the editorship of Italy's largest newspaper, Corriere della Sera, which job he held until leaving journalism to enter politics. In 1972, he was elected as a senator, going on to serve as minister of the environment and then minister of education. Then in 1979, he was appointed secretary of the small but powerful Italian Republican Party (PRI).
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