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Bettino Craxi

1934 - 2000

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Benedetto "Bettino" Craxi (UK: KRAK-see, Italian: [betˈtiːno ˈkraksi], Sicilian: [ˈkɾaʃʃɪ]; 24 February 1934 – 19 January 2000) was an Italian politician and statesman, leader of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) from 1976 to 1993, and the 45th prime minister of Italy from 1983 to 1987. He was the first PSI member to become prime minister and the second from a socialist party to hold the office. He led the third-longest government in the Italian Republic and he is considered one of the most powerful and prominent politicians of the First Italian Republic. Craxi was involved in investigations conducted by Mani pulite judges in Milan, eventually being convicted for political corruption and illicit financing of the PSI. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bettino Craxi has received more than 659,314 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Bettino Craxi is the 3,300th most popular politician (up from 3,534th in 2019), the 1,058th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,113th in 2019) and the 221st most popular Italian Politician.

Bettino Craxi was the Prime Minister of Italy from 1983 to 1987 and from 1989 to 1992. He is most famous for his corruption.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bettino Craxi ranks 3,300 out of 19,576Before him are Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, Deodoro da Fonseca, Apepi, Florian Geyer, Sundiata Keita, and Saloninus. After him are Victor, Prince Napoléon, Empress Kōgyoku, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Philip William, Elector Palatine, Algirdas Brazauskas, and Saliha Sultan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Bettino Craxi ranks 54Before him are John L. Hall, Georges Moustaki, Brian Epstein, Wole Soyinka, Louise Fletcher, and Bengt I. Samuelsson. After him are John Surtees, Giovanni Battista Re, Jan Švankmajer, Rudolf Schuster, Alfred Schnittke, and Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Among people deceased in 2000, Bettino Craxi ranks 29Before him are Tommaso Buscetta, Carl Barks, Empress Kōjun, Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Jason Robards, and Ofra Haza. After him are Gino Bartali, Anatoly Sobchak, Steve Reeves, Rudolf Kirchschläger, John Gielgud, and Richard Farnsworth.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Bettino Craxi ranks 1,058 out of 5,161Before him are Roberto Cavalli (1940), Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti (1774), Constance of Sicily, Queen of Aragon (1249), Charles Felix of Sardinia (1765), Bruttia Crispina (164), and Lucius Accius (-170). After him are Gaspare Spontini (1774), Francesco Primaticcio (1504), Giacomo Matteotti (1885), Gerard of Csanád (980), Sergio Corbucci (1926), and Ferdinand, Duke of Parma (1751).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Bettino Craxi ranks 221Before him are Marcomer (400), Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1634), Milonia Caesonia (7), Concino Concini (1575), Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918), and Charles Felix of Sardinia (1765). After him are Giacomo Matteotti (1885), Ferdinand, Duke of Parma (1751), Eleonora Gonzaga (1598), Guy III of Spoleto (900), Maria Pia of Savoy (1847), and Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (1943).