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Giovanni Gronchi
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Giovanni Gronchi was an Italian politician who served as the third President of Italy from 1955 to 1962. He lived through major periods of Italian history, from the late 19th century through most of the 20th century, and held one of the country's highest offices during the Cold War era.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Giovanni
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Pontedera
- Place of death
- Rome
- Occupation
- politician
- Political party
- Christian Democracy
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Native language
- Italian
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Academic degree
- laurea
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- Royal Italian Army
- Image
- Giovanni Gronchi Official (1).jpg
- Work location
- Rome
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- Giovanni Gronchi
- Commons category
- Giovanni Gronchi
- date of birth
- 1887-00-00
- date of death
- 1978-10-17
- birth name
- Giovanni Gronchi
- writing language
- Italian
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Giovanni Gronchi ( Italian: [dʒoˈvanni ˈɡroŋki]; 10 September 1887 – 17 October 1978) was an Italian politician from Christian Democracy who served as the president of Italy from 1955 to 1962 and was marked by a controversial and failed attempt to bring about an "opening to the left" in Italian politics. He was reputed the real holder of the executive power in Italy from 1955 to 1962, behind the various Prime Ministers of this time. During his term he saw the fall of the Italian Empire in 1960, with the independence of the Somali Republic.
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