Ciriaco de Mita

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Ciriaco Luigi de Mita (born February 2 1928) is an Italian politician. He served as Prime Minister of Italy from 1988 until 1989.

Biography

De Mita was born in Nusco, in the Avellinese hinterland.

As a young man he joined the Democrazia Cristiana and entered politics. He rose through the ranks of the party, becoming a member of its council in 1956, a member of Parliament in 1963 and a member of the Italian cabinet in 1973. During the next decade he served as minister of industry and then as minister of foreign trade.

De Mita became chairman of the party in 1982 at a time when its power was declining. He was reelected in 1986 with 60% support from the party. The Christian Democrats did well in the elections of 1987. De Mita waited a year to become prime minister, and then served as Prime Minister for a year, maintaining the party chairmanship. At the beginning of that service, on April 16 1988, in Forlì, Red Brigades killed Italian senator Roberto Ruffilli, an advisor of de Mita.

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