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| Italian politician from Milan. he was the Prime Minister of ] from ] to ], and head of the ] from ] to ]. He revitalized the party, which had been troubled by factionalism, and tried to distance it from the communists so that it could participate in coalitions with Christian democrats and other parties. The party reached its height when it won the general election of 1983, after abandoning the coalition with the Christian democrats. Though he was one of the longest-serving prime ministers in Italian history, he was discredited by corruption charges during the '']'' (clean hands) investigation. His party was utterly destroyed, falling from 20% to almost 0% of votes. | Italian politician from ]. he was the Prime Minister of ] from ] to ], and head of the ] from ] to ]. He revitalized the party, which had been troubled by factionalism, and tried to distance it from the communists so that it could participate in coalitions with Christian democrats and other parties. The party reached its height when it won the general election of 1983, after abandoning the coalition with the Christian democrats. Though he was one of the longest-serving prime ministers in Italian history, he was discredited by corruption charges during the '']'' (clean hands) investigation. His party was utterly destroyed, falling from 20% to almost 0% of votes. | ||
| He fled to ] in 1994, and there lived until his death from ] complications, continuing to declare himself innocent, but never returning to Italy where an arrest warrant was waiting for him. | He fled to ] in 1994, and there lived until his death from ] complications, continuing to declare himself innocent, but never returning to Italy where an arrest warrant was waiting for him. | ||
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February 24, 1934 January 19 2000, Italian politician from Milan. he was the Prime Minister of Italy from 1983 to 1987, and head of the Italian Socialist Party from 1976 to 1993. He revitalized the party, which had been troubled by factionalism, and tried to distance it from the communists so that it could participate in coalitions with Christian democrats and other parties. The party reached its height when it won the general election of 1983, after abandoning the coalition with the Christian democrats. Though he was one of the longest-serving prime ministers in Italian history, he was discredited by corruption charges during the mani pulite (clean hands) investigation. His party was utterly destroyed, falling from 20% to almost 0% of votes.
He fled to Tunisia in 1994, and there lived until his death from diabetes complications, continuing to declare himself innocent, but never returning to Italy where an arrest warrant was waiting for him.