Antonio Segni

Antonio Segni
Official portrait, 1962
4th President of Italy
In office 11 May 1962 – 6 December 1964
Prime Minister	Amintore Fanfani Giovanni Leone Aldo Moro
Preceded by	Giovanni Gronchi
Succeeded by	Giuseppe Saragat
Prime Minister of Italy
In office 16 February 1959 – 26 March 1960
President	Giovanni Gronchi
Preceded by	Amintore Fanfani
Succeeded by	Fernando Tambroni
In office 6 July 1955 – 20 May 1957
President	Giovanni Gronchi
Deputy	Giuseppe Saragat
Preceded by	Mario Scelba
Succeeded by	Adone Zoli
Deputy Prime Minister of Italy
In office 2 July 1958 – 16 February 1959
Prime Minister	Amintore Fanfani
Preceded by	Giuseppe Pella
Succeeded by	Attilio Piccioni
Ministerial offices Minister of Foreign Affairs In office 26 March 1960 – 7 May 1962 Prime Minister Fernando Tambroni Amintore Fanfani Preceded by Giuseppe Pella Succeeded by Amintore Fanfani Minister of the Interior In office 16 February 1959 – 26 March 1960 Prime Minister Himself Preceded by Fernando Tambroni Succeeded by Giuseppe Spataro Minister of Defence In office 2 July 1958 – 16 February 1959 Prime Minister Amintore Fanfani Preceded by Paolo Emilio Taviani Succeeded by Giulio Andreotti Minister of Public Education In office 17 August 1953 – 19 January 1954 Prime Minister Giuseppe Pella Preceded by Giovanni Bettiol Succeeded by Egidio Tosato In office 26 July 1951 – 16 July 1953 Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi Preceded by Guido Gonella Succeeded by Giovanni Bettiol Minister of Agriculture In office 13 July 1946 – 26 July 1951 Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi Preceded by Fausto Gullo Succeeded by Amintore Fanfani
Parliamentary offices Member of the Senate of the Republic Ex officio Life tenure 6 December 1964 – 1 December 1972 Member of the Chamber of Deputies In office 8 May 1948 – 10 May 1962 Constituency Cagliari–Sassari–Nuoro Member of the Constituent Assembly In office 25 June 1946 – 31 January 1948 Constituency Cagliari–Sassari–Nuoro
Personal details
Born	(1891-02-02)2 February 1891 Sassari, Italy
Died	1 December 1972(1972-12-01) (aged 81) Rome, Italy
Political party	PPI (1919–1926) DC (1943–1972)
Spouse	Laura Carta Camprino ​ ​ (m. 1921)​
Children	4 (including Mario)
Awards	Charlemagne Prize
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Antonio Segni (Italian pronunciation: [anˈtɔːnjo ˈseɲɲi] ^ⓘ; 2 February 1891 – 1 December 1972) was an Italian politician and statesman who served as the president of Italy from May 1962 to December 1964, and as the prime minister of Italy in two distinct terms between 1955 and 1960.^[1]

A member of the Christian Democracy party, Segni held numerous prominent offices in Italy's post-war period, serving as the country's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Defence, Agriculture, and Public Education. He was the first Sardinian to become head of state and government. He was also the second shortest-serving president in the history of the Republic and the first to resign from office, due to illness.^[2]