Mauro Ferri (15 March 1920 – 29 September 2015) was an Italian politician and judge. He was a member of the

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from 1944 to 1969, when he switched affiliations to the

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(PSDI). He was the

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from 1972 to 1973 in

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's second cabinet. Ferri was elected as a

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in 1979 and served until 1984. He then served as President of the

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from 1995 to 1996. Ferri died in his hometown of Rome on 29 September 2015.

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