Sandro Pertini

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Sandro Pertini was an Italian socialist politician and anti-fascist partisan who served as President of Italy from 1978 to 1985 and became a widely respected symbol of democratic values and moral integrity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian politician
President of Italy
anti-fascist partisan
human
socialist
awardReceived Gold Medal of Military Valor
surface form: Gold Medal of Military Valour

Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Order of the Elephant
Royal Order of the Seraphim
surface form: Order of the Seraphim

Order of the White Lion
birthDate 1896-09-25
birthPlace Stella, Liguria, Italy
burialPlace Stella, Liguria, Italy
countryOfCitizenship Italy
deathDate 1990-02-24
deathPlace Rome
surface form: Rome, Italy
educatedAt University of Genoa
University of Turin
familyName Pertini
fieldOfStudy law
givenName Alessandro
honorificTitle 7th President of the Italian Republic
knownFor moral integrity in public life
strong anti-fascist stance
symbol of democratic values in Italy
languageSpoken Italian language
surface form: Italian
memberOfPoliticalParty Italian Socialist Party
militaryBranch Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy)
surface form: Italian Army
movement Italian Resistance
nickname Sandro
notableWork La mia vita per la libertà
officeEndTime 1985-06-29
officeStartTime 1978-07-09
opposedTo Fascist Italy
surface form: Italian Fascism
participatedIn World War I
politicalIdeology socialism
positionHeld Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy
Member of the Constituent Assembly of Italy
President of Italy
President of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy
precededBy Giovanni Leone
religion atheism
residence Quirinal Palace
signature Sandro Pertini signature
spouse Carla Voltolina
succeededBy Francesco Cossiga

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Turin Airport namedAfter Sandro Pertini
Italian Socialist Party notableMember Sandro Pertini