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Francesco Cossiga

1928 - 2010

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Francesco Maurizio Cossiga (Italian: [franˈtʃesko kosˈsiːɡa] ; Sardinian: Frantziscu Maurìtziu Còssiga, IPA: [ˈkosiɣa]; 26 July 1928 – 17 August 2010) was an Italian politician who served as President of Italy from 1985 to 1992. A member of Christian Democracy, he was Prime Minister of Italy from 1979 to 1980. Cossiga is widely considered one of the most prominent and influential politicians of the First Italian Republic. Cossiga served as a minister on several occasions, most notably as Italian Minister of the Interior. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francesco Cossiga is the 2,893rd most popular politician (down from 2,448th in 2019), the 950th most popular biography from Italy (down from 849th in 2019) and the 204th most popular Italian Politician.

Francesco Cossiga was an Italian politician who served as the 41st Prime Minister of Italy from 1979 to 1980 and as the President of Italy from 1985 to 1992.

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Among politicians, Francesco Cossiga ranks 2,893 out of 19,576. Before him are Elizabeth of Portugal, Victor Lustig, Adolfo Suárez, Merneith, Francisco I. Madero, and Yazid III. After him are James III of Scotland, Petronilla of Aragon, Ladislaus III of Hungary, Albert, King of Sweden, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Francesco Cossiga ranks 51. Before him are Alberto Korda, Alvin Toffler, Carlos Fuentes, Vera Rubin, Manfred Gerlach, and Li Ka-shing. After him are Li Peng, Alfonso de Portago, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, Peyo, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and Daniel Nathans. Among people deceased in 2010, Francesco Cossiga ranks 27. Before him are Néstor Kirchner, Vasily Smyslov, Marshall Warren Nirenberg, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Zecharia Sitchin, and Ali Hassan al-Majid. After him are Harry Mulisch, Algirdas Brazauskas, Gennady Yanayev, Bruno Cremer, Viktor Chernomyrdin, and Jean Simmons.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco Cossiga ranks 950 out of 5,161. Before him are Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus (-84), Francesco Primaticcio (1504), Maximilian Sforza (1493), Clementia of Hungary (1293), Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus (-3), and Maurus Servius Honoratus (363). After him are Giovanni Gentile (1875), Niccolò Piccinni (1728), Fausta (289), Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1810), John William Waterhouse (1849), and Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (-2).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Francesco Cossiga ranks 204. Before him are Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases (1569), Teia (550), Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo (5), Dionysius II of Syracuse (-397), Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus (-84), and Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus (-3). After him are Fausta (289), Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1810), Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (-2), Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este (1787), William I of Sicily (1126), and Alfonso II of Naples (1448).

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