biography
| name: |
Scalfaro, Oscar (Luigi)
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pronunciation:
[skalfahroh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1918– )
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| biography:
| Italian politician and president (1992–9), born in Novara, Piedmont, Italy. He was a leader of the Azione Cattolica (Catholic Action) movement, a member of the Constituent Assembly (1946), then a deputy. He served as minister for transport (1966–8, 1972), education (1972–3), and the interior (1983–7), before becoming president. |
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