biography
pronunciation:
[longgoh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1900–80)
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| biography:
| Italian politician, born in Fubine Monferrato, Piedmont, N Italy. A founding member of the Italian Communist Party, he was interned at Ventotene by the Fascists. Freed in 1943, he became commander-general of the Garibaldi brigades during the resistance. He was a deputy from 1946 onwards. He was also deputy leader of the PCI (Partitocomunista Italiano), leader from 1964 to 1972, and then its president. |
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