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Amintore Fanfani

Italian statesman and prime minister (1954, 1958–9, 1960–3, 1982–3), born in Pieve Santo Stefano, NWC Italy. A former professor of political economics, he was prime minister on five occasions. Nominated a life senator in 1972, he became president of the Italian Senate in 1968–73 and 1976–82. He was a member (and former secretary and chairman) of the Christian Democratic Party.

Preceded by:
Mario Scelba
Italian Minister of the Interior
1953–1954
Succeeded by:
Giulio Andreotti
Preceded by:
Giuseppe Pella
Prime Minister of Italy
1954
Succeeded by:
Mario Scelba
Preceded by:
Adone Zoli
Prime Minister of Italy
1958–1959
Succeeded by:
Antonio Segni
Preceded by:
Giuseppe Pella
Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1958–1959
Succeeded by:
Giuseppe Pella
Preceded by:
Fernando Tambroni
Prime Minister of Italy
1960–1963
Succeeded by:
Giovanni Leone
Preceded by:
Antonio Segni
Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1962
Succeeded by:
Attilio Piccioni
Preceded by:
Aldo Moro
Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1965
Succeeded by:
Aldo Moro
Preceded by:
Alex Quaison-Sackey
President of the United Nations General Assembly
1965–1966
Succeeded by:
Abdul Rahman Pazhwak
Preceded by:
Aldo Moro
Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1966–1968
Succeeded by:
Giuseppe Medici
Preceded by:
Ennio Zelioli-Lanzini
President of the Italian Senate
1968-1973
Succeeded by:
Giovanni Spagnoli
Preceded by:
Giovanni Spagnolli
President of the Italian Senate
1976-1982
Succeeded by:
Tommaso Morlino
Preceded by:
Giovanni Leone
President of the Italian Republic (ad interim)
1978
Succeeded by:
Alessandro Pertini
Preceded by:
Giovanni Spadolini
Prime Minister of Italy
1982–1983
Succeeded by:
Bettino Craxi
Preceded by:
Francesco Cossiga
President of the Italian Senate
1985-1987
Succeeded by:
Giovanni Francesco Malagodi
Preceded by:
Bettino Craxi
Prime Minister of Italy
1987
Succeeded by:
Giovanni Goria
Preceded by:
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Italian Minister of the Interior
1987–1988
Succeeded by:
Antonio Gava
Preceded by:
Alcide De Gasperi
Secretary of the Italian Christian Democracy
1954-1959
Succeeded by:
Aldo Moro
Preceded by:
Arnaldo Forlani
Secretary of the Italian Christian Democracy
1973-1975
Succeeded by:
Benigno Zaccagnini
Preceded by:
Bettino Craxi
Chair of the G8
1987
Succeeded by:
Brian Mulroney

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