Francesco Cossiga
Politician
1928 – 2010
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Who was Francesco Cossiga?
Francesco Cossiga was an Italian politician of the Christian Democracy party. He was the 43rd Prime Minister of Italy from 1979 to 1980 and the eighth President of Italy from 1985 to 1992. He was also a professor of constitutional law at the University of Sassari.
Cossiga was born in Sassari in the north of Sardinia. He started his political career during World War II. His name is now usually pronounced, but it was originally pronounced, with the stress on the first syllable, meaning "Corsica" in Sassarese. He was the cousin of Enrico Berlinguer.
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- Born
- Jul 26, 1928
Sassari - Spouses
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- Italian people
- Nationality
- Italy
- Education
- University of Sassari
- Lived in
- Sassari
- Died
- Aug 17, 2010
Latium
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on July 23, 2013
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