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Antonio Segni was an Italian politician and statesman who served as the president of Italy from 1962 to 1964, and as Prime Minister of Italy from 1955 to 1957 and again from 1959 to 1960.
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Born 2 February 1891 · Died 1 December 1972 · Q1240
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“The events of Hungary are unfortunately subjected to repressive political speculation. I refuse to speculate on them.”
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L'Unione Sarda: Cinquant’anni fa moriva Antonio Segni: «Era profondamente legato alla Sardegna»
L'Unione Sarda: Antonio Segni, il ricordo di Mattarella: "Artefice della ricostruzione e dello sviluppo del Paese"
Panorama: Corsa al Colle: L’elezione di Antonio Segni (1962)
Died 1972-12-01.
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When the journalists Eugenio Scalfari and Lino Jannuzzi published the plan in the Italian news magazine L'Espresso in May 1967
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Awarded Charlemagne Prize (1964).
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Career landmark: member of the Senate of the Italian Republic (1964–1968).
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Career landmark: Italian senator for life (1964–1972).
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Career landmark: Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (1962–1962).
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Career landmark: President of Italy (1962–1964).
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Career landmark: Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (1960–1962).
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Career landmark: Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (1960–1960).
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Career landmark: Italian Minister of the Interior (1959–1960).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Italy (1959–1960).
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Career landmark: Vice President of the Council of Ministers of Italy (1958–1959).
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Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic (1958–1962).
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Career landmark: Italian Minister of Defence (1958–1959).
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Political tensions arose between the Italian president Gronchi and foreign affairs minister Gaetano Martino, regarding government's foreign policy
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Italy became a member of the United Nations (UN) in 1955
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Italy (1955–1957).
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Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic (1953–1958).
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Career landmark: Italian Minister of Education (1953–1954).
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Career landmark: Italian Minister of Education (1951–1953).
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Career landmark: Italian Minister of Agriculture (1950–1951).
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Career landmark: Italian Minister of Agriculture (1948–1950).
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Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic (1948–1953).
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Career landmark: Italian Minister of Agriculture (1947–1947).
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And considered by some scholars as the most important reform of the entire post-war period
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After the fall of Mussolini's Fascist regime, Segni was one of the founders of Christian Democracy (DC), the heir of the PPI
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Was appointed in party's national council
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Married Laura Carta Caprino (18 April 1896 – 21 July 1977) daughter of a rich landowner, with whom he had four children, including Mario, who would become a prominent politician during the early 1990s
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Started his academic career as law professor at the University of Perugia
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Joined the Italian People's Party (PPI), a Christian democratic party, led by Don Luigi Sturzo
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Segni graduated with merit at the University of Sassari, with the thesis Il vadimonium on civil procedure in Roman law
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Born 1891-02-02.
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