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Bettino Craxi
Benedetto "Bettino" Craxi was an Italian politician and statesman, leader of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) from 1976 to 1993, and the 45th prime minister of Italy from 1983 to 1987. He was the first PSI member to become prime minister and the second from a socialist party to hold the office. He led the fourth-longest government in the Italian Republic and he is considered one of the most influ…
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politics · Italian politician (1934–2000) · politician · also Bettino Craxi, Benedetto Craxi, Craxi
Born 24 February 1934 · Died 19 January 2000 · Q192818
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 5 entries
Repubblica: Bettino Craxi. Ecco quello che la sinistra può ancora imparare da lui
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Il Sussidiario: Bettino Craxi, chi è: presidente del consiglio e leader del PSI/ Morì in esilio ad Hammamet
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Il Sussidiario: Mattarella ricorda Bettino Craxi “sue riforme cambiarono il Paese”/ “Seppe rinnovare Concordato Stato-Chiesa”
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HuffingtonPost Italia: Bettino Craxi: il sovranista che si muoveva fra i fili spinati
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Sky: Nuova tessera Psi dedicata a Bettino Craxi, Maraio: “Riportarlo a sinistra"
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2024· 2 entries
Il Messaggero: Bettino Craxi, il racconto del suo medico: «Il cameriere lo ha trovato senza vita sul letto. Un arresto cardiaco fulminante. A casa c'era la figlia Stefania»
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Il Giorno: Bettino Craxi: le accuse, i processi e le sentenze. Un libro rilegge la storia di Mani Pulite
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2020· 1 entry
Ansa: Bettino Craxi, 20 anni dopo ritratti e ricordi inediti
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2012· 1 entry
Di Pietro admitted that Craxi was right when during the Enimont trials he accused the PCI to have received illegal funding from the Soviet Union
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2000· 1 entry
Died 2000-01-19.
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1994· 1 entry
But no evidence of any misconduct was ever found
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1992· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic (1992–1994).
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1990· 1 entry
The PSI received a mere 2%, which was not even enough to elect a councillor
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1989· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the European Parliament (1989–1992).
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1987· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic (1987–1992).
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1986· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Italy (1986–1987).
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1985· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III (1985).
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1984· 4 entries
Solidarity contracts (work-sharing arrangements to avoid redundancies) were introduced, while restrictions on part-time employment were relaxed
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Career landmark: Minister of Budget (1984–1984).
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Craxi signed an agreement with the Vatican City State that revised the Lateran Treaty of 1929
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And 1986 that changed the family allowance system "so that people most in need received larger amounts and coverage was progressively reduced to the point of termination once certain income levels were exceeded
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1983· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic (1983–1987).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Italy (1983–1986).
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1979· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic (1979–1983).
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Career landmark: Member of the European Parliament (1979–1983).
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1978· 1 entry
Craxi decided to change the party logo
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1976· 2 entries
The Secretary Francesco De Martino wrote an article in the Socialist newspaper Avanti
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Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic (1976–1979).
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1972· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic (1972–1976).
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With the re-election of Francesco De Martino as National Secretary of the Socialist Party during the Genoa Congress, Craxi was confirmed with Giovanni Mosca in the role of Deputy Secretary, receiving the commission to tr
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1970· 1 entry
After the end of the PSU alliance, Craxi became Vice Secretary of the PSI, as proposed by Giacomo Mancini
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1968· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic (1968–1972).
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General election Craxi was elected for the first time at the Chamber of Deputies with 23,788 votes, in the constituency of Milan–Pavia
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1966· 1 entry
With the formation of the Unified Socialist Party, a political alliance between the Socialist Party and the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI), Craxi became provincial secretary of the PSU in Milan, along with by
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1963· 1 entry
Was appointed leader of the Milan Provincial Secretariat of the PSI and in 1965 Craxi became a member of the National Leadership
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1961· 1 entry
Was excluded from the Central Committee of the Socialist Party by the new Secretary Francesco De Martino
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1958· 1 entry
The party sent him to Sesto San Giovanni as a responsible of the organization; in November 1960 he was elected city councilor in Milan with more than 1,000 preferences and became assessor in the junta of Gino Cassinis
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1957· 1 entry
Was elected to the Central Committee of the PSI representing the autonomist current of Pietro Nenni
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1956· 2 entries
Following the Soviet invasion of Hungary, Craxi with a group of loyalists committed himself to the detachment of the Socialist Party from its pro-Communist policy, but he failed: his proposal to associate the Socialist Y
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Became part of the PSI Provincial Committee in Milan, and leader of the Socialist Youth Federation
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1934· 1 entry
Born 1934-02-24.
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