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Encyclopedia > Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Oscar Luigi Scàlfaro
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
In office
May 28, 1992 – May 15, 1999
Preceded by Francesco Cossiga
Succeeded by Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Born September 9, 1918 (age 88)
Novara, Italy
Political party Christian Democracy
Spouse Maria Inzitari (1924-1944)

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. Image File history File links Oscar_Luigi_Scalfaro. ... The President of the Italian Republic is the head of State of Italy, and represents national unity. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Francesco Cossiga (born July 26, 1928) is an Italian politician and former President of the Italian Republic. ... 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. ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... Year 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Novara is a city of Piedmont, in North-west Italy, to the west of Milan. ... 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. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Novara is a city of Piedmont, in North-west Italy, to the west of Milan. ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... Year 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 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 President of the Italian Republic is the head of State of Italy, and represents national unity. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 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. ...


Biography

Scàlfaro was born in Novara, Piedmont. Novara is a city of Piedmont, in North-west Italy, to the west of Milan. ... Piedmont (Italian: Piemonte) is a region of northwestern Italy. ...


He graduated in Law from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (”Catholic University of the Sacred Heart“) in Milan on June 2, 1942. On October 21, 1942 he entered the magistrature. After the end of World War II in 1945 he became a public prosecuting attorney. In 1946 he was elected to the Constituent Assembly and later in 1948 he became a deputy representing the district of Turin. He was re-elected ten times in a row until 1992. In May 25, 1992 he was elected president of the Italian Republic. He ended his mandate in 1999, and automatically became a lifetime Senator. Lady Justice is a personification of the law. ... The Sacro Cuore Catholic University of Milan (Italian: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) is a university located in Milan, Italy. ... Milan (Italian: ; Lombard: Milán (listen)) is one of the biggest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. ... June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... 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... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... A constituent assembly is a body elected with the purpose of drafting, and in some cases, adopting a constitution. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Torino redirects here. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Italian Senate (Italian: Senato della Repubblica, Senate of the Republic) is the upper house of the Parliament of Italy. ...


In recent times, Scàlfaro was the chairman of the committee that advocated the abrogation, in the referendum of June 25th and 26th, 2006, of the constitutional reform that had been passed in parliament the previous year by the former centre-right majority. Along with all the centre-left (and a few centre-right personalities, too), Scàlfaro considered it to be dangerous for national unity and for other reasons. The opposers of the reform won a landslide victory in the referendum. Ballots of the Argentine plebiscite of 1984 on the border treaty with Chile 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. ...


Scalfaro is currently the eldest living Italian President and the second eldest senator in the Italian Senate, after Rita Levi Montalcini. He consequently took the temporary presidency of the newly-elected assembly which followed the 2006 general election, as Levi Montalcini refused the role. This made him the only politician in history to have presided over the three highest-ranked offices in the Italian republic: President of the Republic, President of the Senate and President of the Chamber of Deputies. Rita Levi-Montalcini. ... A general election for the renewal of the two Chambers of the Parliament of Italy was held on April 9 and April 10, 2006. ...


A staunch Catholic, and in the past a rather conservative and anti-communist politician, Scàlfaro is on very bad terms with former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, and supports the centre-left coalition that won the political elections of 2006. Despite his age, he also actively campaigned, for the "no" side, in the June 2006 referendum on a constitutional reform proposed by the House of Freedoms during its stay at the government.   (born September 29, 1936) is an Italian politician, entrepreneur, and media proprietor. ... June 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Extraordinary renditions. ... Casa delle Libertà, or House of Freedoms in English, is an Italian right of center party alliance led by national media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi. ...


During the Second World War, in 1944, he lost his 20-year-old wife Maria Inzitari. Since then, he has not been married. He has a daughter, Marianna. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...


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Preceded by
Riccardo Misasi		 Italian Minister of Public Instruction
1972–1973		 Succeeded by
Franco Maria Malfatti
Preceded by
Virginio Rognoni		 Italian Minister of the Interior
1983–1987		 Succeeded by
Amintore Fanfani
Preceded by
Leonilde Iotti		 President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
1992		 Succeeded by
Giorgio Napolitano
Preceded by
Francesco Cossiga		 President of the Italian Republic
1992–1999		 Succeeded by
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
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Oscar Luigi Scalfaro Summary (1721 words)
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (born 1918) was a prominent Christian Democratic leader for over forty years before becoming the president of the Italian Republic in May 1992 for a seven-year term.
Scalfaro was born September 9, 1918, in Novara in the Piedmont.
Baron Oscar Luigi Scalfaro ['skalfaro] (born in Novara, September 9, 1918) is an Italian politician and magistrate, member of the Catholic Democratic Party and President of the Italian Republic from 1992 to 1999, and senator for life.
President Scalfaro visits President Clinton (1155 words)
Scalfaro’s error is much more grave than it being out of place to criticize the system of government of a country which is offering its hospitality.
Scalfaro’s comments in Mexico were made with the obvious scope of communicating to the people of Italy, that if the center-right were to win the elections, he will do all that is in his power to obstruct the constitutional changes they are proposing concerning the presidency.
The second cause for calling his comments inappropriate is the fact that, although Scalfaro was not elected by the Italian populace, the Mexican and the US presidents were elected by theirs, which means that his accusation that parliament is more representative of the people than the presidency, is, in their case, untrue.
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