Sandro Pertini

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Sandro Pertini OMCA
Official portrait, 1978
7th President of Italy
In office 9 July 1978 – 29 June 1985
Prime Minister	Giulio Andreotti Francesco Cossiga Arnaldo Forlani Giovanni Spadolini Amintore Fanfani Bettino Craxi
Preceded by	Giovanni Leone
Succeeded by	Francesco Cossiga
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 5 June 1968 – 4 July 1976
Preceded by	Brunetto Bucciarelli-Ducci
Succeeded by	Pietro Ingrao
Secretary of the Italian Socialist Party
In office 1 August 1945 – 18 December 1945
Preceded by	Pietro Nenni
Succeeded by	Rodolfo Morandi
Parliamentary offices Member of the Senate of the Republic Ex officio Life tenure 29 June 1985 – 24 February 1990 In office 8 May 1948 – 24 June 1953 (Ex officio)[1] Member of the Chamber of Deputies In office 25 June 1953 – 7 July 1978 Constituency Genoa–Imperia–La Spezia–Savona Member of the Constituent Assembly In office 25 June 1946 – 31 January 1948 Constituency Genoa–Imperia–La Spezia–Savona
Personal details
Born	Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Pertini (1896-09-25)25 September 1896 Stella, Kingdom of Italy
Died	24 February 1990(1990-02-24) (aged 93) Rome, Italy
Political party	PSU (1924–1930) PSI (1930–1990)
Spouse	Carla Voltolina ​ (m. 1946)​
Alma mater	University of Genoa University of Modena and Reggio Emilia University of Florence
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Alessandro "Sandro" Pertini OMCA (Italian: [(ales)ˈsandro perˈtiːni]; 25 September 1896 – 24 February 1990)^[2] was an Italian socialist politician and statesman who served as the president of Italy from 1978 to 1985.^[3]