biography
pronunciation:
[sfaw(r)tsa]
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| lived:
| (1872–1952)
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| biography:
| Italian politician, born in Montignoso, NW Italy. He was foreign affairs minister under Giolitti (1920–1) and signed the Rapallo Treaty with Yugoslavia in 1920. When Fascism came to power he resigned as ambassador to France and remained abroad until 1943. Foreign affairs minister again (1947–51), he strove to promote Italy's entry into NATO and the European cause. |
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