Giovanni Leone

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Giovanni Leone was an Italian Christian Democratic politician who served as President of Italy from 1971 to 1978, resigning amid controversy linked to the Lockheed bribery scandals.

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Giovanni Leone canonical 2
Vincenzo Leone 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian Democrat politician
Italian politician
human
causeOfResignation controversy related to Lockheed bribery scandals
countryOfBirth Italy
countryOfCitizenship Italy
dateOfBirth 1908-11-03
dateOfDeath 2001-11-09
educatedAt University of Naples Federico II
endTime (term as President of Italy) 1978
era 20th-century Italian politics
fieldOfWork law
headOfGovernmentOf Italy
headOfStateOf Italy
honorificTitle Professor
involvedIn Lockheed bribery scandals
surface form: Lockheed bribery scandals (political controversy)
legalSpecialization criminal law
memberOf Christian Democracy (Italy)
Chamber of Deputies of Italy
surface form: Italian Chamber of Deputies

Senate of the Republic of Italy
surface form: Italian Senate
nativeLanguage Italian
notableWork writings on criminal law
numberOfChildren 3
occupation jurist
politician
university professor
parliamentaryRole President of the Chamber of Deputies
placeOfBirth Naples
placeOfDeath Rome
politicalAlignment Christian democracy
positionHeld President of Italy
President of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy
Prime Minister of Italy
precededBy (President of Italy) Giuseppe Saragat
precededBy (Prime Minister of Italy, first term) Alcide De Gasperi
precededBy (Prime Minister of Italy, second term) Mariano Rumor
reasonForEndOfTerm (President of Italy) resignation
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Vittoria Michitto
startTime (term as President of Italy) 1971
succeededBy (President of Italy) Sandro Pertini
succeededBy (Prime Minister of Italy, first term) Giuseppe Pella
succeededBy (Prime Minister of Italy, second term) Aldo Moro
taughtAt University of Naples Federico II
termEnd (President of the Chamber of Deputies, first term) 1963
termEnd (President of the Chamber of Deputies, second term) 1970
termStart (President of the Chamber of Deputies, first term) 1955
termStart (President of the Chamber of Deputies, second term) 1968

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Sandro Pertini precededBy Giovanni Leone
Sergio Leone parent Giovanni Leone
this entity surface form: Vincenzo Leone