Bettino Craxi

Bettino Craxi

Benedetto "Bettino" Craxi (UK: KRAK-see, Italian: [betˈtiːno ˈkraksi], Sicilian: [ˈkɾaʃʃɪ]; 24 February 1934 – 19 January 2000) was an Italian politician, leader of the Italian Socialist Party from 1976 to 1993 and the 45th prime minister of Italy from 1983 to 1987. He was the first Italian Socialist Party member to become prime minister and the third 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 so-called First Republic.Craxi was involved in investigations conducted by Mani Pulite judges in Milan, eventually being convicted for corruption and illicit financing of the PSI. He always rejected the charges of corruption while admitting to the illegal funding which permitted costly political activity, the PSI being less financially powerful than the two larger parties, Christian Democracy and the Communists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bettino Craxi has received more than 491,778 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Bettino Craxi is the 3,584th most popular politician (down from 3,325th in 2019), the 1,116th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,092nd in 2019) and the 249th most popular 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.