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Giovanni Leone

1908 - 2001

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Giovanni Leone (Italian: [dʒoˈvanni leˈoːne]; 3 November 1908 – 9 November 2001) was an Italian politician, jurist and university professor who was President of Italy from 1971 to 1978. A founding member of Christian Democracy (DC), Leone briefly served as Prime Minister of Italy from June to December 1963 and again from June to December 1968. He was also President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1955 to 1963. Leone was the first Italian president to resign because of a scandal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Leone is the 4,462nd most popular politician (down from 3,705th in 2019), the 1,292nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,157th in 2019) and the 294th most popular Italian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Giovanni Leone ranks 4,462 out of 19,576Before him are Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria, Hans Modrow, Thomas of Bosnia, Emperor Qianshao of Han, Adela of France, and Hisham II. After him are José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Sobhuza II, Rodney Williams, Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse, Zoe Karbonopsina, and Alberic II of Spoleto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Giovanni Leone ranks 59Before him are Balthus, Stéphane Grappelli, Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, Günther Prien, John Kenneth Galbraith, and Dmitry Ustinov. After him are Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Amintore Fanfani, Valentin Glushko, Victor Ambartsumian, and Masaru Ibuka. Among people deceased in 2001, Giovanni Leone ranks 48Before him are Ashok Kumar, W. G. Sebald, Isaac Stern, Charles Trenet, Anna Mani, and Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark. After him are Seishiro Shimatani, Dương Văn Minh, Chung Ju-yung, Victor Wong, Stanley Kramer, and Michele Alboreto.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Leone ranks 1,292 out of 5,161Before him are Niccolò Jommelli (1714), Lucilio Vanini (1585), Fede Galizia (1578), Ildibad (450), Chiara Lubich (1920), and Zucchero Fornaciari (1955). After him are Alberic II of Spoleto (911), Girolamo Fracastoro (1476), Julius Paulus Prudentissimus (190), Antonio Lotti (1667), Publius Licinius Crassus (-86), and Quintus Servilius Caepio (-200).

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