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Encyclopedia > Francesco Cossiga
Senatore
 Francesco Cossiga
Francesco Cossiga

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In office
June 29, 1985 – April 28, 1992
Preceded by Himself acting
Alessandro Pertini
Succeeded by Giovanni Spadolini acting
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro

In office
4 August 1979 – 18 October 1980
President Alessandro Pertini
Preceded by Giulio Andreotti
Succeeded by Arnaldo Forlani

Incumbent
Assumed office 
April 28, 1992
Preceded by New Constituency
Succeeded by None

Born July 26, 1928 (1928-07-26) (age 79)
Sassari, Italy
Nationality Flag of Italy Italian
Political party Christian Democracy
Spouse Giuseppa Sigurani

Francesco Cossiga (born July 26, 1928) is an Italian politician and former President of the Italian Republic. He was also a professor of law at University of Sassari. The President of the Italian Republic is the head of State of Italy, and represents national unity. ... is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Alessandro (Sandro) Pertini (September 25, 1896 - February 24, Italian politician. ... Giovanni Spadolini (Florence, June 21, 1925-[august 6[1994]]) was a liberal Italian politician, member of Italian Republican Party (PRI), who served as Prime Minister of Italy from 1981-1982, the first in the 1st Republic not from Christian Democracy. ... Baron Oscar Luigi Scàlfaro [skalfaro] (born in Novara, September 9, 1918) is an Italian politician and magistrate, member of the Christian Democracy, President of the Italian Republic from 1992 to 1999 and senator for life. ... In Italy, the President of the Council of Ministers (Italian: Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri) is the countrys prime minister or head of government, and occupies the fourth-most important state office. ... is the 216th day of the year (217th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Alessandro (Sandro) Pertini (September 25, 1896 - February 24, Italian politician. ... Giulio Andreotti (born 14 January 1919 in Rome) is an Italian politician who served seven times as Prime Minister of Italy. ... Arnaldo Forlani (born December 8, 1925) is an Italian statesman who served as Prime Minister of Italy from October 18, 1980 through May 26, 1981. ... Palazzo Madama house of the Senate of the Republic. ... For the ecclesiastical office, see Incumbent (ecclesiastical). ... is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 207th day of the year (208th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Sassari (in Italian and Sassarese, a Corsican dialect; either Sassari or Tathari in southern Sardinian), is a town and a province in Sardinia, Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Christian Democracy, (Democrazia Cristiana), the Christian democratic party of Italy, commonly called the democristiani or DC, dominated government for nearly half a century until its demise amid a welter of corruption allegations in 1992-94. ... is the 207th day of the year (208th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The President of the Italian Republic is the head of State of Italy, and represents national unity. ... For other uses, see Law (disambiguation). ... The University of Sassari (Italian: Università degli Studi di Sassari, UNISS) is a university located in Sassari, Italy. ...

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Early career

Cossiga was born in Sassari in the north of Sardinia. He started his political career during World War II in groups of Catholic reference. He is commonly called kos'siːga, but actually the original pronunciation of his surname is ['kɔssiga], with the stress on the first syllable, which means "Corsica". He is the cousin of Enrico Berlinguer. Sassari (in Italian and Sassarese, a Corsican dialect; either Sassari or Tathari in southern Sardinian), is a town and a province in Sardinia, Italy. ... For the place in the United States, see Sardinia, Ohio. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... For other uses, see Corsica (disambiguation). ... Enrico Berlinguer. ...


He has been several times a minister for Democrazia Cristiana (DC); notably during his stay at Viminale (Ministry for internal affairs) he re-structured Italian police, civil protection and secret services organisations. He was in charge during the kidnapping and murdering of Aldo Moro by Red Brigades and resigned when Moro was found dead in 1978. Christian Democracy, (Democrazia Cristiana), the christian democratic party of Italy, commonly called the democristiani or DC, dominated government for nearly half a century until its demise amid a welter of corruption allegations in 1992-94. ... The Viminal Hill (Latin Collis Viminalis, Italian Viminale) is the smallest of the famous seven hills of Rome. ... This article is about the form of government policing. ... Aldo Moro (September 23, 1916 in Maglie – May 9, 1978 in Rome) was an Italian politician and five time Prime Minister of Italy, from 1963 to 1968, and then from 1974 to 1976. ... The Red Brigades (Brigate Rosse in Italian, often abbreviated as the BR) were a terrorist group[1] located in Italy and active during the Years of Lead. Formed in 1970, the Marxist-Leninist Red Brigades sought to create a revolutionary state through armed struggle and to separate Italy from the... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ...


Election as President of Italian Senate of Republic

During the ninth republican legislature, he was elected President of Italian Senate 12th of July 1983 and he was until 24th of June 1985, when he became President of Italian Republic Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the year. ...


Election as President of Italy

Resigning from his post, he earned the respect of the opposition (in particular of the Italian Communist Party) because he appeared as the only member of the government who took responsibility for the tragic conclusion of the events. This led to his election in 1985 as President of the Republic (Head of State), in which for the first time ever a candidate won at the first ballot (where a majority of over ⅔ is necessary, which would subsequently decrease in later ballots). The only other president of the Italian Republic elected at the first ballot was Carlo Azeglio Ciampi in 1999. The Partito Comunista Italiano (PCI) or Italian Communist Party emerged as Partito Comunista dItalia or Communist Party of Italy from a secession by the Leninist comunisti puri tendency from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) during that bodys congress on 21 January 1921 at Livorno. ... This article is about the year. ... Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (born 9 December 1920 in Livorno) is an Italian politician and banker who has been both Prime Minister of Italy and President of the Italian Republic. ... This article is about the year. ...


The Cossiga Presidency

Cossiga's presidency was unremarkable for its first five years, as most presidents until then refrained entering the open political debate in order to remain figures of reference for the whole nation.


However, in his last two years as a President, Cossiga began to express opinions, at times virulent, against the Italian political system. In his opinion, Italian parties, and especially DC and PCI, had to take into account the deep change that the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War would have brought. East German construction workers building the Berlin Wall, November 20, 1961. ... For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ...


These declarations, soon dubbed "esternazioni", or "mattock blows" (picconate), were considered by many inappropriate for a President. Some even suggested he was somewhat mentally unstable. Cossiga declared he was just "taking pleasure in removing some sand from my shoes". Cossiga was supported by the secretary of the Italian Socialist Party, Bettino Craxi. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Benedetto (Bettino) Craxi (February 24, 1934 – January 19, 2000) was an Italian politician, head of the Italian Socialist Party from 1976 to 1993, the first socialist President of the Council of Ministers of Italy from 1983 to 1987. ...


A strong tension with the President of the Council of Ministers Giulio Andreotti emerged when Andreotti revealed the existence of Gladio, a Stay-behind organization with the official aim of countering a possible Soviet invasion through sabotage and guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines. Cossiga declared his involvement in the setup of the organization. The Communist party started a procedure for impeachment (Presidents of Italy can be impeached only for high treason against the State or Attempt against the Constitution). The request of impeachment was subsequently withdrawn. Giulio Andreotti (born 14 January 1919 in Rome) is an Italian politician who served seven times as Prime Minister of Italy. ... Operation Gladio Operation Gladio was a clandestine stay-behind operation sponsored by the CIA and NATO to counter communist influence in Italy, as well as in other European countries. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Depiction of the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, then President of the United States, in 1868. ... {{main|Treason}} High treason, broadly defined, is an action which is grossly disloyal to ones country or sovereign. ... The crime of attempt occurs when a person does an act amounting to more than mere preparation for a criminal offense, with specific intent to commit a crime, if that act tends but fails to effect the commission of the offense intended. ...


Cossiga resigned two months before the end of his term, on April 28 1992. He was voted again for president by the post-fascist Italian Social Movement, that had supported him in his campaigns. Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Fascism is an authoritarian political ideology (generally tied to a mass movement) that considers individual and other societal interests subordinate to the interests of the state. ... The Italian Social Movement (Movimento sociale italiano ) (MSI) was a neo-Fascist party formed 1946 in the post-World War II period by supporters of the executed dictator Benito Mussolini under the lead of Giorgio Almirante. ...


Life senator

After his resignation from Quirinale (the Roman hill in which is the office of the Head of State), he is a lifetime senator, like all the former Presidents of the Republic, since 1992. His current title is President Emeritus of the Italian Republic. The Quirinal Palace once housed popes, then kings, and now presidents. ... A senator for life is a member of the Italian Senate appointed by the President of the Italian Republic for outstanding merits in the social, scientific, artistic or literary field. Former Presidents of the Republic are ex officio life senators. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...


In February 1998 Cossiga created the UDR party (Unione Democratica per la Repubblica), declarately a centrist political formation. The UDR was a crucial component of the majority that supported the D'Alema government in October 1998, after the fall of the Prodi government which lost a confidence vote. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Massimo DAlema (born April 20, 1949) is an Italian politician, currently Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vice President of the Council of Ministers of Italy. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...   (born 9 August 1939) is an Italian politician. ...


Cossiga declared that his support for D'Alema was meant to end the conventional exclusion of the former Communist Party (PCI) leaders from the premiership in Italy. The Partito Comunista Italiano (PCI) or Italian Communist Party emerged as Partito Comunista dItalia or Communist Party of Italy from a secession by the Leninist comunisti puri tendency from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) during that bodys congress on 21 January 1921 at Livorno. ...


In 1999 UDR was dissolved. Cossiga returned to his senator for life activity, with a prominent interest in security matters, as his parliamentary record shows (see [1]). This article is about the year. ... UDR may refer to: the Ulster Defence Regiment the Union des Démocrates pour la République, a French political party. ...


He remains a vocal commentator of Italian politics, and has acquired a reputation for rapidly shifting positions, possibly because as a lifetime senator he does not need to be loyal to any party to be re-elected. He does no longer play a major political role. He is a collaborator of several newspapers.


On 27 November 2006, he resigned from his position as lifetime senator. His resignation was however rejected on 31 January 2007 by a vote of the Senate. is the 331st day of the year (332nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...


Province of Bolzano-Bozen independence controversy

In June 2006 he brought in a bill that would allow the autonomous province of Bolzano-Bozen to hold a referendum, where voters could decide whether to stay with Italy, return to Austria, or become fully independent [2]. The proposed bill was immediately rejected in the Italian parliament, and also the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) rejected the proposal, saying this would just create ethnic tensions again. Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Autonomous Province of Bolzano-Bozen[1][2] (Italian: ; German: ; Ladin: Provinzia autonòma de Balsan), also called Alto Adige (Italian: Alto Adige; German: Hochetsch or Oberetsch; Ladin: Adesc Aut[3] ) or South Tyrol (Italian: Sudtirolo; German: Südtirol; Ladin: Sudtirol), is an autonomous province of Italy. ... Elections Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita, originally a decree of the Concilium Plebis) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ... The South Tyrolese Peoples Party (German: Südtiroler Volkspartei) was founded 1945 and is a political party in the South Tyrol region of Italy. ...


References

  • "Le confessioni di Cossiga: 'Io, Gelli e la massoneria'", La Repubblica, October 11, 2003.  (on links between Cossiga, Licio Gelli and Propaganda Due masonic lodge; Massera, part of Videla's junta in Argentina, is also named)
Political offices
Preceded by
Aldo Moro
Italian Minister of the Interior
1976 – 1978
Succeeded by
Giulio Andreotti
Preceded by
Giulio Andreotti
Prime Minister of Italy
1979 – 1980
Succeeded by
Arnaldo Forlani
Preceded by
Vittorino Colombo
President of the Italian Senate
1983 – 1985
Succeeded by
Amintore Fanfani
Preceded by
Sandro Pertini
President of the Italian Republic
1985 - 1992
Succeeded by
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Order of precedence
Preceded by
Franco Bile
President of the italian Constitutional Court
Italian order of precedence
Former President of the Italian Republic
Succeeded by
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Former President of the italian Republic
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Masayoshi Ohira
Chair of the G8
1980
Succeeded by
Pierre E. Trudeau

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Francesco Cossiga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (721 words)
Francesco Cossiga (born July 26, 1928) is an Italian politician and former President of the Italian Republic.
Cossiga's presidency was unremarkable for its first five years, as most presidents until then refrained entering the open political debate in order to remain figures of reference for the whole nation.
Cossiga declared that his support for D'Alema was meant to end the conventional exclusion of the former Communist Party PCI leaders from the premiership in Italy.
Francesco Cossiga (120 words)
Born in Sassari, Sardinia, on July 26, 1928, Cossiga is a professor of law in Sassari university.
Cossiga started his political career during WWII in groups of catholic reference.
In 1985 Cossiga was elected President of the Republic (Head of State).
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