Francesco Cossiga
1928 – 2010 · aged 82
8th President of Italy (1928-2010)
- Born
- 26 Jul 1928 · Sassari
- Died
- 17 Aug 2010 · Rome
Life timeline
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- 26 Jul 1928BornBorn in Sassari
- 1958 – 1963RoleMember of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic
- 1963 – 1968RoleMember of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic
- 1968 – 1972RoleMember of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic
- 1972 – 1976RoleMember of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic
- 1976RoleItalian Minister of the Interior
- 1976 – 1979RoleMember of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic
- 1978RoleItalian Minister of the Interior
- 1979 – 1983RoleMember of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic
- 1979 – 1980RolePrime Minister of Italy
- 1979RoleItalian Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1980RolePrime Minister of Italy
- 1985RoleSubstitute President of Italy
- 1985 – 1992RolePresident of Italy
- 1987AwardOrder of the 7th November 1987
- 1988AwardHonorary doctor of the Paul Cézanne University
- 1990AwardGrand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry
- 1990AwardHonorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
- 1991AwardHonorary doctorate at the University of Iceland
- 1992 – 2010RoleItalian senator for life
- 2001AwardLagun Onari
- 2008 – 2010RoleMember of the Senate of the Italian Republic
- 17 Aug 2010DiedDied in Rome
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1928 – 2010).
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
Biography
Francesco Maurizio Cossiga (26 July 1928 – 17 August 2010) was an Italian politician who served as the president of Italy from 1985 to 1992. A member of Christian Democracy, he was Prime Minister of Italy from 1979 to 1980; leading a centre-right government. Cossiga is widely considered one of the most prominent and influential politicians of the First Italian Republic.
Cossiga served as a minister on several occasions, most notably as Italian Minister of the Interior. In that position, he re-structured the Italian police, civil protection and secret services. Due to his repressive approach to public protests, he was described as a strongman and labelled "Iron Minister". He was in office at the time of the kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro by the Red Brigades, and resigned as the interior minister when Aldo Moro was found dead in May 1978. Cossiga was the prime minister during the 1980 Bologna station massacre. Before his political career, he was also a professor of constitutional law at the University of Sassari.
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