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Bettino Craxi

1934 - 2000

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Benedetto "Bettino" Craxi (UK: KRAK-see; Italian: [betˈtiːno ˈkraksi]; Sicilian: [ˈkɾaʃʃɪ]; 24 February 1934 – 19 January 2000) was an Italian politician and statesman, leader of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) from 1976 to 1993, and the 45th prime minister of Italy from 1983 to 1987. He was the first PSI member to become prime minister and the second from a socialist party to hold the office. He led the third-longest government in the Italian Republic and he is considered one of the most powerful and prominent politicians of the First Italian Republic. Craxi was involved in investigations conducted by Mani pulite judges in Milan, eventually being convicted for political corruption and illicit financing of the PSI. He always rejected the charges of corruption while admitting to the illegal funding that permitted costly political activity, the PSI being less financially powerful than the two larger parties, Christian Democracy (DC) and the Italian Communist Party (PCI). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bettino Craxi is the 3,560th most popular politician (down from 3,300th in 2019), the 1,099th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,058th in 2019) and the 240th most popular Italian Politician.

Bettino Craxi was the Prime Minister of Italy from 1983 to 1987 and from 1989 to 1992. He is most famous for his corruption.

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Among politicians, Bettino Craxi ranks 3,560 out of 19,576. Before him are Yuri of Goguryeo, Heshen, Philibert II, Duke of Savoy, Emperor Kōgen, Antoinette de Bourbon, and Adam Jerzy Czartoryski. After him are Kevin McCarthy, Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Tufuga Efi, Blanche I of Navarre, Abbas III, and Mursili III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Bettino Craxi ranks 62. Before him are Yasuo Takamori, John Surtees, Masao Uchino, Jonas Savimbi, C. N. R. Rao, and Fujiko Fujio. After him are Howard Martin Temin, Brian Epstein, Alfred Schnittke, Kurt Hamrin, Jan Švankmajer, and Bill Russell. Among people deceased in 2000, Bettino Craxi ranks 34. Before him are Carl Barks, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Ofra Haza, Gino Bartali, and Yasuo Suzuki. After him are Hirokazu Ninomiya, John Gielgud, Rudolf Kirchschläger, Empress Kōjun, Takashi Kano, and Petar Mladenov.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Bettino Craxi ranks 1,099 out of 5,161. Before him are Italo Svevo (1861), Luigi Einaudi (1874), Bernardino Luini (1475), Marcomer (400), Vito Volterra (1860), and Gaspare Spontini (1774). After him are Antipope Ursicinus (400), Pompeius Strabo (-135), Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918), Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598), Antipope Boniface VII (1000), and Alessandro Allori (1535).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Bettino Craxi ranks 240. Before him are Lucius Julius Caesar (-135), Guy III of Spoleto (900), Gelon (-600), Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons (1638), Luigi Einaudi (1874), and Marcomer (400). After him are Pompeius Strabo (-135), Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918), Beatrice of Naples (1457), Enrico De Nicola (1877), Joannes (400), and Milonia Caesonia (7).

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