Giuseppe Saragat (; 19 September 1898 – 11 June 1988) was an Italian politician who served as the president of Italy from 1964 to 1971.

Early life

Born to

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n parents, he was a member of the Unitary Socialist Party (''Partito Socialista Unitario''; PSU) from 1922. He moved to

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in 1926 and to

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in 1929.

Political career

Following the dissolution of the PSU in 1930, Saragat joined the

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(''Partito Socialista Italiano''; PSI). He was a reformist

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who left the PSI in 1947 out of concern over its then-close alliance with the Italian Communist Party. He subsequently founded the Socialist Party of Italian Workers (''Partito Socialista dei Lavoratori Italiani''; PSLI), which in 1952 became the

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(''Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano''; PSDI). He was to be the paramount leader of the PSDI for the rest of his life.Saragat, Giuseppe: “Dizionario di Storia” – Treccani
(in Italian) Retrieved 20 April 2013. Saragat had been minister without portfolio in 1944 and ambassador in

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from 1945 to 1946, before his appointment as President of the Constituent Assembly of Italy that same year. He was

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in the

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and second cabinet of Aldo Moro from 1963 to late 1964, when he was chosen as President of the Italian Republic. His election demonstrated a rare instance of unity among the Italian left and followed rumours of a possible neo-fascist coup during Antonio Segni's presidency. Saragat is said to have been an atheist,Bruno Vespa, ''L'amore e il potere. da Rachele a Veronica, un secolo di storia italiana'', Mondadori, Milano, 2009, p. 120. but after that he became a

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and had a religious funeral.From ''Padre Rotondi e la "conversione" di Saragat''

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