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Benedetto "Bettino" Craxi (UK: / ˈ k r æ k s i / KRAK-see, [1] Italian: [betˈtiːno ˈkraksi], Sicilian: [ˈkɾaʃʃɪ]; [2] 24 February 1934 – 19 January 2000) [3] was an Italian politician, leader of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) from 1976 to 1993, and the 45th prime minister of Italy from 1983 to 1987.
Bettino Craxi, vero nome Benedetto Craxi (IPA: [betˈtiːno ˈkraksi]; Milano, 24 febbraio 1934 – Hammamet, 19 gennaio 2000), è stato un politico italiano, Presidente del Consiglio dei ministri dal 4 agosto 1983 al 18 aprile 1987 e segretario del Partito Socialista Italiano dal 16 luglio 1976 all'11 febbraio 1993.
Bettino Craxi (born February 24, 1934, Milan, Italy—died January 19, 2000, Al-Hammamet, Tunisia) was an Italian politician who became his country’s first Socialist prime minister (1983–87). Craxi joined the Socialist Youth Movement in his late teens and became a member of the Italian Socialist Party’s central committee in 1957.
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May 14, 2018 · The Italian statesman Bettino Craxi (born 1934) was the youngest person and the first socialist to become prime minister of the Italian republic. He resigned after three and a half years in office due to problems with his coalition government.
Jan 20, 2000 · Former Italian prime minister Bettino Craxi, who has died in Tunisia aged 65, was a key figure in post-war Italian politics and the upheaval of the bribery scandals of the early 1990s which...
Jan 20, 2000 · Bettino Craxi, the first Socialist to serve as prime minister in postwar Italy, who ended his career in disgrace and self-imposed exile as an emblem of political corruption, died...
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Bettino Craxi. (1934—2000) Quick Reference. (b. 24 Feb. 1934, d. 19 Jan 2000). Prime Minister of Italy 1983–7 Born in Milan, he joined the Socialist Party at the age of 18 and became so involved in politics that he never finished his law degree at university.
