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Giuseppe Saragat
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Official portrait, 1971
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| President of Italy | |
| In office 29 December 1964 – 29 December 1971 |
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| Prime Minister | Aldo Moro Giovanni Leone Mariano Rumor Emilio Colombo |
| Preceded by | Antonio Segni |
| Succeeded by | Giovanni Leone |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 4 December 1963 – 22 July 1964 |
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| Prime Minister | Aldo Moro |
| Preceded by | Attilio Piccioni |
| Succeeded by | Aldo Moro |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Italy | |
| In office 10 February 1954 – 19 May 1957 |
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| Prime Minister | Mario Scelba Antonio Segni |
| Preceded by | Attilio Piccioni |
| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Pella |
| In office 1 June 1947 – 27 January 1950 |
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| Prime Minister | Alcide De Gasperi |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Attilio Piccioni |
| President of the Constituent Assembly | |
| In office 25 June 1946 – 6 February 1947 |
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| Preceded by | Carlo Sforza |
| Succeeded by | Umberto Terracini |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 September 1898 Turin, Italy |
| Died | 11 June 1988 (aged 89) Rome, Italy |
| Political party | PSU (1922–1930) PSI (1930–1947) PSDI (1947–1988) |
| Spouse |
Giuseppina Bollani
(died 1961) |
| Alma mater | University of Turin |
Giuseppe Saragat (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈsaːraɡat]; 19 September 1898 – 11 June 1988) was an Italian politician who served as the president of Italy from 1964 to 1971.
Early life
Saragat was born on 19 September 1898 in Turin, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy, to Sardinian parents. He was a member of the Unitary Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Unitario; PSU) from 1922. He moved to Vienna in 1926 and to France in 1929.
Political career
Following the dissolution of the PSU in 1930, Saragat joined the Italian Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Italiano, PSI). A reformist, he was a democratic socialist who left the PSI in 1947 out of concern over its then-close alliance with the Italian Communist Party. He subsequently founded the Socialist Party of Italian Workers (Partito Socialista dei Lavoratori Italiani, PSLI), which in 1952 became the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano; PSDI). He was to be the paramount leader of the PSDI for the rest of his life.
In 1944, Saragat had been a minister without portfolio and ambassador in Paris from 1945 to 1946, before his appointment as president of the Constituent Assembly of Italy that same year upon the establishment of the Italian Republic. He was minister of foreign affairs in the Moro I Cabinet and Moro II Cabinet, headed by Christian Democracy leader Aldo Moro from 1963 to late 1964, when he was chosen as President of the Italian Republic. His election demonstrated a rare instance of unity among the Italian left and followed rumours of a possible neo-fascist coup, Piano Solo, during Antonio Segni's presidency.
Saragat died in Rome, Lazio, on 11 June 1988. An atheist, he is said to have become a Catholic and had a religious funeral.
See also
In Spanish: Giuseppe Saragat para niños
