Aldo Moro

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Aldo Moro
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Servant of God Aldo Moro TOSD
	Moro in 1972
Prime Minister of Italy
	In office; 23 November 1974 – 30 July 1976
President	Giovanni Leone
Deputy	Ugo La Malfa
Preceded by	Mariano Rumor
Succeeded by	Giulio Andreotti
	In office; 5 December 1963 – 25 June 1968
President	Antonio Segni; Giuseppe Saragat;
Deputy	Pietro Nenni
Preceded by	Giovanni Leone
Succeeded by	Giovanni Leone
Prime Minister
Ministerial offices
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 8 July 1973 – 23 November 1974
Prime Minister	Mariano Rumor
Preceded by	Giuseppe Medici
Succeeded by	Mariano Rumor
	In office; 5 May 1969 – 29 July 1972
Prime Minister	Mariano Rumor; Emilio Colombo; Giulio Andreotti;
Preceded by	Pietro Nenni
Succeeded by	Giuseppe Medici
Minister of Public Education
	In office; 20 May 1957 – 16 February 1959
Prime Minister	Adone Zoli; Amintore Fanfani;
Preceded by	Paolo Rossi
Succeeded by	Giuseppe Medici
Minister of Grace and Justice
	In office; 6 July 1955 – 20 May 1957
Prime Minister	Antonio Segni
Preceded by	Michele De Pietro
Succeeded by	Guido Gonella
Preceded by
Party's offices
President of Christian Democracy
	In office; 14 October 1974 – 8 May 1976
Preceded by	Amintore Fanfani
Succeeded by	Flaminio Piccoli
Secretary of Christian Democracy
	In office; 26 March 1959 – 27 January 1964
Preceded by	Amintore Fanfani
Succeeded by	Mariano Rumor
Constituency
Parliamentary offices
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
	In office; 8 May 1948 – 9 May 1978
Constituency	Bari–Foggia
Member of the Constituent Assembly
	In office; 25 June 1946 – 31 January 1948
Constituency	Bari–Foggia
Personal details
Born	Aldo Romeo Luigi Moro; 23 September 1916; Maglie, Kingdom of Italy
Died	9 May 1978 (aged 61); Rome, Italy
Manner of death	Assassination by gunshots
Political party	Christian Democracy
Spouse	Eleonora Chiavarelli (m. 1945)
Children	4, including Maria Fida Moro
Alma mater	University of Bari
Occupation	Professor
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Aldo Moro (Italian: [ˈaldo ˈmɔːro] ^ⓘ; 23 September 1916 – 9 May 1978) was an Italian statesman and prominent member of Christian Democracy (DC) and its centre-left wing. He served as prime minister of Italy for five terms from December 1963 to June 1968 and from November 1974 to July 1976.

Moro served as Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs from May 1969 to July 1972 and again from July 1973 to November 1974. During his ministry, he implemented a pro-Arab policy. He was Italy's Minister of Justice and of Public Education during the 1950s. From March 1959 until January 1964, he served as secretary of the DC. On 16 March 1978, he was kidnapped by the far-left terrorist group Red Brigades; he was killed after 55 days of captivity.

Moro was one of Italy's longest-serving post-war prime ministers, leading the country for more than six years. Moro implemented a series of social and economic reforms that modernized the country. Due to his accommodation with the Italian Communist Party leader Enrico Berlinguer, known as the Historic Compromise, Moro is widely considered to be one of the most prominent fathers of the modern Italian centre-left.