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Giovanni Spadolini
Giovanni Spadolini was an Italian politician and statesman, who served as the 44th prime minister of Italy. He had been a leading figure in the Republican Party and the first head of a government to not be a member of Christian Democrats since 1945. He was also a newspaper editor, journalist and historian. He is considered a highly respected intellectual for his literary works and his cultural dim…
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Born 21 June 1925 · Died 4 August 1994 · Q332709
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2026· 2 entries
Corriere: L’Italia di Giovanni Spadolini: oltre vent’anni di storia politica e istituzionale in mostra a Firenze
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2025· 5 entries
Il Resto del Carlino: Giovanni Spadolini faro del giornalismo: targa a Bologna
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Blitz quotidiano: Borse di studio “Giovanni Spadolini”, i vincitori del concorso promosso dal Grande Oriente d’Italia e dalla Fondazione Spadolini Nuova Antologia
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Corriere: Rosignano, il premio Giovanni Spadolini assegnato allo scienziato Giorgio Parisi
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Corriere della Sera: Giovanni Spadolini, le vocazioni di un laico
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La Nazione: Firenze, al via le celebrazioni per i 100 anni dalla nascita di Giovanni Spadolini
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2024· 3 entries
Movieplayer.it: A Pupi Avati il Premio Cultura Politica Giovanni Spadolini 2024, la consegna a Castiglioncello il 25 agosto
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La Nazione: Nasce il Centro Internazionale "Giovanni Spadolini", avrà sede in villa Pian de Giullari
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Blitz quotidiano: La Fondazione Grande Oriente d’Italia e la Fondazione Spadolini Nuova Antologia bandiscono una Borsa di studio intitolata a “Giovanni Spadolini”
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2014· 1 entry
Il Foglio: Giovanni Spadolini, lo Stato d’Israele, l’ebraismo
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1994· 2 entries
Died 1994-08-04.
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Awarded honorary doctor of the Peking University (1994).
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1993· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (1993).
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1992· 2 entries
Career landmark: Substitute President of Italy (1992–1992).
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Career landmark: President of the Italian Senate (1992–1994).
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1991· 2 entries
Career landmark: Italian senator for life (1991–1994).
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Spadolini was appointed Lifetime Senator by President Francesco Cossiga
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1989· 1 entry
Awarded Ischia International Journalism Award (1989).
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1987· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the Italian Senate (1987–1992).
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1986· 1 entry
Career landmark: Italian Minister of Defence (1986–1987).
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1983· 1 entry
Career landmark: Italian Minister of Defence (1983–1986).
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1982· 2 entries
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Italy (1982–1982).
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After a political crisis between the Minister of the Treasury Beniamino Andreatta (DC) and the Minister of Finance Rino Formica (PSI), Spadolini resigned and formed a new cabinet identical to the former, which collapsed
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1981· 2 entries
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Italy (1981–1982).
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And he led two successive cabinets which were supported by a coalition of parties in Parliament but this only lasted a few months
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1980· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic (1980–1980).
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1979· 2 entries
Career landmark: Italian Minister of Education (1979–1979).
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Was appointed secretary of the small but powerful Italian Republican Party (PRI)
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1974· 1 entry
Career landmark: שר המורשת התרבותית והסביבתית (1974–1976).
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1972· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Senate of the Italian Republic (1972–1976).
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1968· 1 entry
Spadolini moved to Milan where he took over the editorship of Italy's largest newspaper, Corriere della Sera, a position he held until 1972
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1955· 1 entry
Doubling its circulation during his tenure
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1944· 1 entry
In Italia e Civiltà ("Italy and Civilisation"), a fascist periodical critical of the excesses of fascism in which the idealist philosopher Giovanni Gentile also collaborated
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1925· 1 entry
Born 1925-06-21.
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