biography
| name: |
Spadolini, Giovanni
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pronunciation:
[spadohleenee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1925–94)
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| biography:
| Italian politician, prime minister (1981–2), and historian, born in Florence, Tuscany, NC Italy. He edited the Resto del Carlino (1955–68) and Corriere della Sera (1968–72) newspapers, and became a Republican Party senator (1972) and party leader (1979–87). He held various ministerial posts, was prime minister, and then became president of the senate (1987–94). As a historian he was an expert on the Risorgimento. |
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