biography
pronunciation:
[layohnay]
| sex:
| male
|
| lived:
| (1908–2001)
|
| biography:
| Italian politician, prime minister (1963, 1968), and president (1971–8), born in Naples, Campania, SW Italy. A lawyer, he joined the DC (Democrazia Cristiana) in 1944 and was a deputy in the Constituent Assembly and president to the chamber of deputies (1955–63). He was twice briefly prime minister, and became president of the republic in 1971. He resigned in 1978 following a number of accusations, which he denied. |
|
|
