Giuseppe Saragat

Giuseppe Saragat
5th President of Italy
In office 29 December 1964 – 29 December 1971
Prime Minister	Aldo Moro Giovanni Leone Mariano Rumor Emilio Colombo
Preceded by	Antonio Segni
Succeeded by	Giovanni Leone
President of the Costituent Assembly
In office 25 June 1946 – 6 February 1947
Preceded by	Carlo Sforza
Succeeded by	Umberto Terracini
Lifetime Senator
In office 29 December 1971 – 11 June 1988
Constituency	Former President
Personal details
Born	19 September 1898(1898-09-19) Turin, Italy
Died	11 June 1988(1988-06-11) (aged 89) Rome, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	Democratic Socialist Party
Spouse(s)	Giuseppina Bollani
Religion	None (atheist)

Giuseppe Saragat (Italian pronunciation: [ʤuˈzɛppe ˈsaːraɡat]; 19 September 1898 – 11 June 1988) was an Italian politician who was the fifth President of the Italian Republic from 1964 to 1971.

Saragat was born in Turin, from Sardinian parents.

He was a reformist socialist, who split from the Italian Socialist Party in 1947, out of concern over its close (at the time) alliance with the Communists, to found the Italian Socialist Workers' Party, which would soon become the Italian Democratic Socialist Party. He was to be the latter's paramount leader for the rest of his life.

Saragat was the foreign minister of Italy from 1963 to 1964, and the President of the Italian Republic from 1964. Its election was the result of one of the rare cases of unity of Italian left, threatened by rumors of a possible neo-fascist coup during Antonio Segni's presidency.

He died in Rome on 11 June 1988.

He was an atheist.

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Political offices Preceded by Carlo Sforza (National Consult) President of the Italian Constituent Assembly 1946-1947 Succeeded by Umberto Terracini Preceded by Attilio Piccioni Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs 1963–1964 Succeeded by Aldo Moro Preceded by Antonio Segni President of the Italian Republic 1964–1971 Succeeded by Giovanni Leone Party political offices Preceded by New Party Secretary of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party 1947 - 1948 Succeeded by Alberto Simonini Preceded by Ludvico D'Aragona Secretary of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party 1949 - 1952 Succeeded by Elio Vigorelli Preceded by Giuseppe Romita Secretary of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party 1952 - 1954 Succeeded by Gian Matteo Matteotti Preceded by Gian Matteo Matteotti Secretary of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party 1957 - 1964 Succeeded by Mario Tanassi Preceded by Mario Tanassi Secretary of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party 1976 Succeeded by Pier Luigi Romita