Aldo Moro
Aldo Moro | |
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 A photo of Moro during his kidnapping from March through May 1978 | |
| 38th Prime Minister of Italy | |
| In office December 4, 1963 – June 24, 1968 | |
| President | Antonio Segni Giuseppe Saragat |
| 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 |
| Italian Minister of Justice | |
| In office July 6, 1955 – May 15, 1957 | |
| Prime Minister | Antonio Segni |
| Preceded by | Michele De Pietro |
| Succeeded by | Guido Gonella |
| Italian Minister of Education | |
| In office May 19, 1957 – February 15, 1959 | |
| Prime Minister | Adone Zoli Amintore Fanfani |
| Preceded by | Paolo Rossi |
| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Medici |
| Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office December 28, 1964 – March 5, 1965 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Giuseppe Saragat |
| Succeeded by | Amintore Fanfani |
| In office May 5, 1969 – July 29, 1972 | |
| Prime Minister | Mariano Rumor Emilio Colombo Giulio Andreotti |
| 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 |
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.
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 never married and had no 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].
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
- Banca dati della memoria: Moro's letters and +
- Memorial Moro 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
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