Alessandro (Sandro) Pertini (September 25, 1896 - February 24, 1990) was an Italian politician and arguably the most popular President of Italy ever, along with Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. Jump to: navigation, search September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search For the Temptations album, see 1990 (Temptations album) MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... This is the List of Presidents of Italy with the title Presidente della Repubblica since 1948. ... Pres. ...

Born in Stella (Province of Savona) as the son of a well to do landowner, Alberto, he studied at a Salesian college in Varazze and did his high school studies at the "Chiabrera" liceo in Savona. Savona (It. ... The Salesians of Don Bosco (or the Salesian Society, originally known as the Society of St. ...

His philosophy teacher was Adelchi Baratono, a socialist reformist who contributed to his approach to socialism probably introduced him to the circles of ligurian working movements. Pertini obtained a law degree from the university of Genova . The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... Jump to: navigation, search Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions. ... Alternate uses, see Genoa (disambiguation). ...

He was not an intervenist during World War I, but he participated as lieutenant and gained some medals as he fought bravely and courageously. In 1918 he joined the PSU (Unitarian Socialist Party), then he established in Florence where he also graduated in political science with a thesis entitled La Cooperazione (Cooperation) in 1924. There he also got into touch with people like Gaetano Salvemini, Rosselli brothers, Ernesto Rossi. Pertini was beaten by Fascist squads on several occasion, but never lost faith in his ideals. Jump to: navigation, search World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machine guns, and poison gas World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, the War... Jump to: navigation, search 1918 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. ... Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ...

After Giacomo Matteotti's assassination in Rome, he enhanced his struggle against fascism. In 1926 he was condemmned to internment but he succeeded in hiding. Later he organized and accompanied the escape to France of Filippo Turati, who was a prominent socialist. Pertini remained there up to 1926 working as a mason. On his return to Italy he was arrested in Pisa and sentenced to ten years of imprisonment. Jump to: navigation, search Giacomo Matteotti (22 May 1885 - 10 June 1924) was an Italian politician. ... Jump to: navigation, search City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost... Jump to: navigation, search 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Pisas coat of arms This article is about Pisa in Italy. ...

In 1935 he was interned in Ponza, an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, where he remained up to 1943, suffering from severe disease — while never applying for mercy — a month after Mussolini's arrest. Once freed, he plunged into the struggle against the Germans, who had invaded Italy in the meantime. Arrested by the Nazis, he was sentenced to death but freed by a partisan blitz. Jump to: navigation, search 1935(MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Ponza and the Pontine Islands. ... Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Jump to: navigation, search Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (Predappio near Forlì, July 29, 1883 – Giulino di Mezzegra near Como, April 28, 1945) led Italy from 1922 to 1943. ... Jump to: navigation, search It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nazism. ... Jump to: navigation, search Partisans parading in Milan The Italian resistance movement was a partisan force during World War II. It became massive after the capitulation of the Italian Royal Army on September 8, 1943. ...

Meanwhile Mussolini had created the RSI (Italian Social Republic) in Northern Italy, where Nazi oppression was prominent. Pertini went north to organize partisan war as a directive member of PSU.

After April 25, 1945 (the end of the war in Italy) he was elected to the first parliament of the Italian Republic(the parliament which created the modern Italian constitution and thus was called La Costituente). In the postwar era he was a prominent member of the directive board of PSU-PSI. Jump to: navigation, search April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In spite of his feeling toward the Communist party, Pertini was ever jealous of independence of PSU. He criticized any kind of colonialism as well as any kind of corruption in the Italian State and within the socialist party, where he kept an independent political position. Jump to: navigation, search Bold textItalic text World map of colonialism at the end of the Second World War in 1945. ...

He was appointed president of the Camera dei Deputati (one of the two Chambers of Parliament) in 1968 and in 1978 President of the Italian Republic, the highest office in the Republic. As President he succeeded in regaining the trust of Italians towards the State and institutions. During the BR terrorism period of anni di piombo (years of lead) Pertini was a strong defender of the institutions he represented. His death in Rome left a big void in the heart of many Italians as he was well loved by the whole population who admired him for his moral texture and outspoken way of treating both moral as well as political questions. According to the 1983 Guinness World Records, he was the world's oldest President. Jump to: navigation, search 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... This is the List of Presidents of Italy with the title Presidente della Repubblica since 1948. ... Red Brigades (Brigate Rosse) is a militant group located in Italy. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Guinness Book of Records (or in recent editions Guinness World Records, and in previous US editions Guinness Book of World Records) is a book published annually, containing an internationally recognized collection of superlatives: both in terms of human achievement and the extrema of the natural world. ...

For all his accomplishments, he will always be remembered as the president who attended soccer's World Cup Final in Spain in 1982 between the italians and Germany. After Italy scored its 3rd goal, he waved his finger to either the German delegation or the Spanish king, seemingly saying that "no one is going to catch us now".

External link

• A biography of Pertini from the Associazione Nazionale Sandro Pertini