Giulio Andreotti

Giulio Andreotti

Giulio Andreotti (US: AHN-dray-OT-ee, Italian: [ˈdʒuːljo andreˈɔtti]; 14 January 1919 – 6 May 2013) was an Italian politician and statesman who served as the 41st prime minister of Italy in seven governments (1972–1973, 1976–1979, and 1989–1992), and was leader of the Christian Democracy party and its right-wing; he was the sixth-longest-serving prime minister since the Italian unification and the second-longest-serving post-war prime minister. Andreotti is widely considered the most powerful and prominent politician of the First Republic.Beginning as a protégé of Alcide De Gasperi, Andreotti achieved cabinet rank at a young age and occupied all the major offices of state over the course of a 40-year political career, being seen as a reassuring figure by the civil service, business community, and Vatican. In foreign policy, he guided Italy's European Union integration and established closer relations with the Arab world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giulio Andreotti has received more than 952,880 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Giulio Andreotti is the 1,673rd most popular politician (down from 1,492nd in 2019), the 615th most popular biography from Italy (down from 593rd in 2019) and the 105th most popular Italian Politician.

Giulio Andreotti was a Christian Democrat who served as Prime Minister of Italy seven times. He is most famous for being the longest-serving prime minister of Italy.