Aldo Moro
Aldo Moro (September 23, 1916 – May 9, 1978) was an Italian politician who was the 38th Prime Minister of Italy from December 4, 1963 through June 24, 1968. He was also the Italian Minister of Justice, the Italian Minister of Education, and the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs. His political career would last from 1963 from 1974. He was a Roman Catholic.
Aldo Moro | |
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| 38th Prime Minister of Italy | |
| In office December 4, 1963 – June 24, 1968 | |
| President | |
| Deputy | Pietro Nenni |
| Preceded by | Giovanni Leone |
| Succeeded by | Giovanni Leone |
| In office November 23, 1974 – July 29, 1976 | |
| President | Giovanni Leone |
| Deputy | Ugo La Malfa |
| Preceded by | Mariano Rumor |
| Succeeded by | Giulio Andreotti |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office July 6, 1955 – May 15, 1957 | |
| Prime Minister | Antonio Segni |
| Preceded by | Michele De Pietro |
| Succeeded by | uido Gonella |
| Minister of Public Instruction | |
| In office May 19, 1957 – February 15, 1959 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Paolo Rossi |
| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Medici |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office December 28, 1964 – March 5, 1965 | |
| Preceded by | Giuseppe Saragat |
| Succeeded by | Amintore Fanfani |
| In office December 30, 1965 – February 28, 1966 | |
| Preceded by | Amintore Fanfani |
| Succeeded by | Amintore Fanfani |
| In office May 5, 1969 – July 29, 1972 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Pietro Nenni |
| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Medici |
| In office July 7, 1973 – November 23, 1974 | |
| Prime Minister | Mariano Rumor |
| Preceded by | Giuseppe Medici |
| Succeeded by | Mariano Rumor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 23, 1916 Maglie, Apulia, Italy |
| Died | May 9, 1978 (aged 61) Rome, Latium, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party | Christian Democracy |
Moro was born on September 23, 1916 in Maglie, Apulia, Italy. He studied at the University of Bari and at Sapienza University of Rome. Moro was married and had 4 children.
He was kidnapped on March 16, 1978 by the Red Brigades (BR), a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization. On May 9, 1978, the Red Brigades said that Moro would go free so they sent him to a car. As he began to enter the car, he was shot and killed after 55 days of captivity, aged 61.[1] In fact, Pope Paul VI "offered himself in exchange … for Aldo Moro …".[2]
Aldo Moro Media
Aldo Moro appena eletto segretario nazionale della Democrazia Cristiana
Moro speaking to the Chamber of Deputies in 1963
The destroyed town of Longarone after the megatsunami
Moro with the PSI leader Pietro Nenni
Moro with Richard Nixon in October 1969
Map of the Free Territory of Trieste and its division after the treaty
- AldoMoroAnefo
Moro photographed during his kidnapping by the Red Brigades
Moro and his family in the Vatican with Pope Paul VI
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References
- ↑ 1978: Aldo Moro snatched at gunpoint, "On This Day", BBC
- ↑ Holmes, J. Derek, and Bernard W. Bickers. A Short History of the Catholic Church. London: Burns and Oates, 1983. 291.
Other websites
Media related to Aldo Moro at Wikimedia Commons
- Banca dati della memoria: Moro's letters and +
- Memorial Moro Archived 2005-10-23 at the Wayback Machine on strategy of tension
- Buongiorno, notte, 2003 film about the kidnapping
- Piazza Delle Cinque Lune, 2003 film about the kidnapping
- Italian document March 2, 1987 Archived February 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine