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Oscar Luigi Scalfaro

1918 - 2012

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Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (Italian: [ˈɔskar luˈiːdʒi ˈskalfaro]; 9 September 1918 – 29 January 2012) was an Italian politician who served as President of Italy from 1992 to 1999. A member of Christian Democracy (DC), he became an independent politician after the DC's dissolution in 1992, and was close to the centre-left Democratic Party when it was founded in 2007. Before his election to the Presidency, he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies for Turin for 44 years from 1948 to 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oscar Luigi Scalfaro is the 3,581st most popular politician (down from 3,256th in 2019), the 1,102nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,049th in 2019) and the 242nd most popular Italian Politician.

Oscar Luigi Scalfaro was an Italian politician who served as the seventh President of the Italian Republic from 1992 to 1999. He was a member of the Christian Democracy party.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro ranks 3,581 out of 19,576Before him are Pompeius Strabo, Maria of Alania, Kim Jae-gyu, Aga Khan III, Thessalonike of Macedon, and Stephen IV of Hungary. After him are Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep, Reynaldo Bignone, Kais Saied, Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, Choummaly Sayasone, and Paul Kruger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro ranks 49Before him are James Tobin, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Kenichi Fukui, Edward B. Lewis, Betty Ford, and Maurice Druon. After him are Birgit Nilsson, Yasuhiro Nakasone, François Tombalbaye, Hans Scholl, Pavlik Morozov, and Robert Walker. Among people deceased in 2012, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro ranks 50Before him are Ravi Shankar, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Stephen Covey, Sven Hassel, Jean Giraud, and Albert O. Hirschman. After him are Dick Clark, Rodney King, Rauf Denktaş, Renato Dulbecco, Erland Josephson, and Carlo Maria Martini.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro ranks 1,102 out of 5,161Before him are Marcomer (400), Vito Volterra (1860), Gaspare Spontini (1774), Bettino Craxi (1934), Antipope Ursicinus (400), and Pompeius Strabo (-135). After him are Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598), Antipope Boniface VII (1000), Alessandro Allori (1535), Beatrice of Naples (1457), Enrico De Nicola (1877), and John Singer Sargent (1856).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro ranks 242Before him are Gelon (-600), Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons (1638), Luigi Einaudi (1874), Marcomer (400), Bettino Craxi (1934), and Pompeius Strabo (-135). After him are Beatrice of Naples (1457), Enrico De Nicola (1877), Joannes (400), Milonia Caesonia (7), Ferdinand II of Naples (1467), and Drusus Julius Caesar (-13).