Emilio Colombo

Senator Emilio Colombo
41st Prime Minister of Italy
In office 6 August 1970 – 17 February 1972
President	Giuseppe Saragat Giovanni Leone
Preceded by	Mariano Rumor
Succeeded by	Giulio Andreotti
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 1 August 1992 – 28 April 1993
Prime Minister	Giuliano Amato
Preceded by	Vincenzo Scotti
Succeeded by	Beniamino Andreatta
In office 4 April 1980 – 4 August 1983
Prime Minister	Arnaldo Forlani Giovanni Spadolini Amintore Fanfani
Preceded by	Attilio Ruffini
Succeeded by	Giulio Andreotti
Lifetime Senator
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 February 2003
Constituency	Appointment by President Ciampi
Personal details
Born	11 April 1920 (1920-04-11) Potenza, Basilicata, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	Christian Democracy, later independent

Emilio Colombo (born 11 April 1920) is an Italian politician who was Prime Minister of Italy from 1970 to 1972. In addition to having held top positions in Italian governments, he was also active in European politics.

Biography

Born in Potenza, Basilicata, Colombo entered politics as a member of the Christian Democratic Party. Having held several cabinet posts, he was Prime Minister of Italy from 1970 until his resignation in 1972. Later he became President of the European Parliament (occupying that office from 1977 until 1979) and Foreign Minister of Italy (from 1980 until 1983, and again from 1992 until 1993). A decade after he last held that position, President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi bestowed Italy's highest political honour on him, by nominating him Senator for life.

Shortly after this, in November 2003, he admitted to have used cocaine (for "therapeutic purposes") over a 12- to 18-month period, and to be a homosexual.

References

Political offices
Preceded by Giuseppe Medici	Italian Minister of Agriculture 1955–1958	Succeeded by Mario Ferrari Aggradi
Preceded by Guido Carli	Italian Minister of Foreign Trade 1958–1959	Succeeded by Rinaldo Del Bo
Preceded by Giorgio Bo	Italian Minister of Industry 1959–1963	Succeeded by Giuseppe Togni
Preceded by Roberto Tremelloni	Italian Minister of the Treasury 1963–1970	Succeeded by Mario Ferrari Aggradi
Preceded by Giovanni Pieraccini	Italian Minister of Budget 1968–1968	Succeeded by Luigi Preti
Preceded by Mariano Rumor	Prime Minister of Italy 1970–1972	Succeeded by Giulio Andreotti
Preceded by Oronzo Reale	Italian Minister of Justice 1971–1972	Succeeded by Guido Gonella
Preceded by Mario Ferrari Aggradi	Italian Minister of the Treasury 1972–1972	Succeeded by Giovanni Francesco Malagodi
Preceded by Title jointly held	Italian Minister without portfolio 1972–1973	Succeeded by Title jointly held
Preceded by Athos Valsecchi	Italian Minister of Finance 1973–1974	Succeeded by Mario Tanassi
Preceded by Ugo La Malfa	Italian Minister of the Treasury 1974–1976	Succeeded by Gaetano Stammati
Preceded by Georges Spénale	President of the European Parliament 1977–1979	Succeeded by Simone Veil
Preceded by Attilio Ruffini	Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs 1980–1983	Succeeded by Giulio Andreotti
Preceded by Giovanni Goria	Italian Minister of Budget 1987–1988	Succeeded by Amintore Fanfani
Preceded by Antonio Gava	Italian Minister of Finance 1988–1989	Succeeded by Rino Formica
Preceded by Vincenzo Scotti	Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs 1992–1993	Succeeded by Beniamino Andreatta
Italian Chamber of Deputies
Preceded by None, Parliament re-established	Member of Parliament for Basilicata Legislatures: CA, I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI 1946 – 1992	Succeeded by Title jointly held
Assembly seats
Preceded by Parliament established	Member of European Parliament for Southern Italy Legislatures: I, III 1979 – 1980 1989 – 1992	Succeeded by Title jointly held
Italian Senate
Preceded by Title jointly held	Lifetime Italian Senator Legislatures: XIV, XV, XVI 2003 – in office	Succeeded by in office