Giovanni Spadolini

Giovanni Spadolini
45th Prime Minister of Italy
In office 28 June 1981 – 1 December 1982
President	Alessandro Pertini
Preceded by	Arnaldo Forlani
Succeeded by	Amintore Fanfani
President of the Italian Senate
In office 2 July 1987 – 14 April 1994
Preceded by	Giovanni Francesco Malagodi
Succeeded by	Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini
Italian Minister of Defense
In office 4 August 1983 – 17 April 1987
Prime Minister	Bettino Craxi
Preceded by	Lelio Lagorio
Succeeded by	Remo Gaspari
Italian Minister of Education
In office 20 March 1979 – 4 August 1979
Prime Minister	Giulio Andreotti
Preceded by	Mario Pedini
Succeeded by	Salvatore Valitutti
Italian Minister of Culture
In office 23 November 1974 – 12 February 1976
Prime Minister	Aldo Moro
Preceded by	none
Succeeded by	Mario Pedini
Personal details
Born	(1925-06-21)21 June 1925 Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Died	4 August 1994(1994-08-04) (aged 69) Rome, Latium, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	Italian Republican Party

Giovanni Spadolini (21 June 1925 –, 4 August 1994) was a liberal Italian politician, the 45th Prime Minister of Italy, newspaper editor, journalist and a noted historian.

Biography

Spadolini was born in Florence.

As a journalist, he sometimes used the pseudonym Giovanni dalle Bande Nere. Before entering politics, he was editor of Il Corriere della Sera from 1968 to 1972.

Giovanni Spadolini served as Ministro dei Beni e delle Attività culturali (Minister for Cultural Assets and Activities) from 1974 to 1976.

He was leader of the Italian Republican Party (PRI) from 1979 to 1987, during both the 10th and the 11th Legislatures.

He served as Prime Minister of Italy from 1981 to 1982, the first in the post-1945 Republic to do so who was not a member of the Christian Democrat party.

From 1987 to April 1994 he was President of the Italian Senate. Following the electoral success of Silvio Berlusconi's House of Freedoms, he lost the chairmanship of the Senate to Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini by a single vote. He died four months later in Rome, on 4 August 1994.

Political offices
Preceded by None, office established	Italian Minister of Culture 1974–1976	Succeeded by Mario Pedini
Preceded by Mario Pedini	Italian Minister of Public Instruction 1979	Succeeded by Salvatore Valitutti
Preceded by Arnaldo Forlani	Prime Minister of Italy 1981–1982	Succeeded by Amintore Fanfani
Preceded by Lelio Lagorio	Italian Minister of Defense 1983–1987	Succeeded by Remo Gaspari
Italian Senate
Preceded by Title jointly held	Italian Senator for Lombardy Legislatures: VI, VII, VIII, IX, X 1972 – 1991	Succeeded by Title jointly held
Preceded by Title jointly held	Italian Lifetime Senator Legislatures: X, XI, XII 1991 – 1994	Succeeded by Title jointly held
Preceded by Giovanni Francesco Malagodi	President of the Italian Senate 1987 – 1994	Succeeded by Carlo Scognamiglio
Party political offices
Preceded by Oddo Biasini	Secretary of the Italian Republican Party 1979 - 1987	Succeeded by Giorgio La Malfa
Preceded by None, group established	Chairman of the Republican Group in the House 1977 – 1979	Succeeded by Biagio Pinto