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Giovanni Leone

Giovanni Leone
Official portrait, c. 1976
President of Italy
In office
29 December 1971 – 15 June 1978
Prime MinisterEmilio Colombo
Giulio Andreotti
Mariano Rumor
Aldo Moro
Giulio Andreotti
Preceded byGiuseppe Saragat
Succeeded bySandro Pertini
Prime Minister of Italy
In office
25 June 1968 – 13 December 1968
PresidentGiuseppe Saragat
Preceded byAldo Moro
Succeeded byMariano Rumor
In office
22 June 1963 – 5 December 1963
PresidentAntonio Segni
DeputyAttilio Piccioni
Preceded byAmintore Fanfani
Succeeded byAldo Moro
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
10 May 1955 – 21 June 1963
Preceded byGiovanni Gronchi
Succeeded byBrunetto Bucciarelli-Ducci
Parliamentary offices
Member of the Senate of the Republic
Life tenure
15 June 1978 – 9 November 2001
Life tenure
27 August 1967 – 29 December 1971
Appointed byGiuseppe Saragat
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
8 May 1948 – 26 August 1967
ConstituencyNaples–Caserta
Member of the Constituent Assembly
In office
25 June 1946 – 31 January 1948
ConstituencyNaples–Caserta
Personal details
Born(1908-11-03)3 November 1908
Naples, Kingdom of Italy
Died9 November 2001(2001-11-09) (aged 93)
Rome, Italy
Political partyDC (1944–1994)
Independent (1994–2001)
Height1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)[1]
Spouse
Vittoria Michitto
(m. 1946)
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Naples Federico II
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Giovanni Leone (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni leˈoːne]; 3 November 1908 – 9 November 2001) was an Italian politician, jurist and university professor who was President of Italy from 1971 to 1978.[2] [3] A founding member of Christian Democracy (DC), Leone briefly served as Prime Minister of Italy from June to December 1963 and again from June to December 1968.[4] He was also President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1955 to 1963.[5]

Leone was the first Italian president to resign because of a scandal. In 1978, he was accused of bribery amid the Lockheed bribery scandals; the allegations were later declared false, and he was rehabilitated.[6]

  1. ^ "Come fu eletto presidente Giovanni Leone, che sconfisse Moro coi voti fascisti"
  2. ^ Tito Lucrezio Rizzo (2012). Parla il Capo dello Stato: sessanta anni di vita repubblicana attraverso il Quirinale 1946–2006. Gangemi Editore spa. p. 123. ISBN 978-88-492-7460-8.
  3. ^ Giovanni Leone, il sesto presidente della Repubblica, Archivio Luce
  4. ^ I Governo Leone, Camera dei Deputati
  5. ^ Giovanni Leone, Camera dei Deputati
  6. ^ Giovanni Leone: travolto da accuse infondate, il 15 giugno 1978 si dimette il 6° Presidente della Repubblica, Periodico Daily

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