Vittorio Bachelet (; 20 February 1926 – 12 February 1980) was an Italian academic and politician, former vice president of the
High Council of the Judiciary.
On 12 February 1980, he was ambushed and murdered by the
Red Brigades
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.
Biography
After having attended the
Azione Cattolica association, Bachelet joined the
Italian Catholic Federation of University Students
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History
On December 8, 1889, it was founded in Rom ...
and graduated in Law at the
Sapienza University of Rome
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, where he later taught. He also taught in other Universities in
Pavia
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and
Trieste
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.
In 1959, Bachelet was appointed vice president of
Azione Cattolica
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History
In Italy in 1905, Azione Cattolica was established as a non-political lay organization under the dir ...
by
Pope John XXIII
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, while in 1964 he was appointed President by
Pope Paul VI
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.
Bachelet joined
Christian Democracy
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, being very close to
Aldo Moro
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, and in 1976 was elected vice president of the
High Council of the Judiciary (elected by all the political parties in the
Parliament
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), after having been for a few months a city councilor in
Rome
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.
On 12 February 1980, at the end of a lesson, while talking with his assistant
Rosy Bindi
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Career
Born in Sinalunga (Tuscany), she graduated in political science. She was standing near the lawyer Vittor ...
, Bachelet was shot and
killed by an armed group of the
Red Brigades
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, on the mezzanine of the staircase of the Faculty of Political Sciences of
La Sapienza
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.
[ His funeral took place two days later at the San Roberto Bellarmino Church and was attended by ]President
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Sandro Pertini
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Born in Stella (Province of Savona) as the son of a wealthy landown ...
and Prime minister
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Francesco Cossiga
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. was an Italian pol ...
.
He was the father of Giovanni Battista Bachelet, teacher of Physics at La Sapienza
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and Deputy
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for the Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
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from 2008 to 2013.
References
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1926 births
1980 deaths
Italian Roman Catholics
Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians
20th-century Italian politicians
Assassinated Italian politicians
Italian terrorism victims
People murdered in Lazio
Deaths by firearm in Italy
1980s assassinated politicians in Europe
Assassinated politicians in 1980