Francesco Maurizio Cossiga, (, ; 1928 – 2010) was an Italian politician.
Cossiga was Prime Minister during the Bologna station bombing in 1980. Before his political career, Cossiga was a professor of constitutional law at the University of Sassari. ==Early life== Francesco Cossiga was born in Sassari on 26 July 1928, from a republican and anti-fascist middle-bourgeois family.
In this role he had to face the aftermath of Piano Solo, an envisaged plot for an Italian coup d'état requested by then President Antonio Segni, two years before. From November 1974 to February 1976 Cossiga was Minister of Public Administration in Moro's fourth government. ==Minister of the Interior== On 12 February 1976, Cossiga was appointed Minister of the Interior, by Prime Minister Moro.
In this role he had to face the aftermath of Piano Solo, an envisaged plot for an Italian coup d'état requested by then President Antonio Segni, two years before. From November 1974 to February 1976 Cossiga was Minister of Public Administration in Moro's fourth government. ==Minister of the Interior== On 12 February 1976, Cossiga was appointed Minister of the Interior, by Prime Minister Moro.
Moreover, during his tenure his surname was often stylized as "Koiga", using the SS symbol. ===1977 protests and riots=== In 1977 the city of Bologna was the scene of violent street clashes.
On 1 October 1977, after a procession had started with an attack on the headquarters of the Italian Social Movement (MSI), a group of militants of Lotta Continua reached a downtown bar, L'angelo azzurro (The Blue Angel), frequented by young right-wing activists.
He was in office at the time of the kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro by the Red Brigades, and resigned as Minister of the Interior when Moro was found dead in 1978.
On the morning of 16 March 1978, the day on which the new cabinet led by Giulio Andreotti was supposed to have undergone a confidence vote in the Italian Parliament, the car of Moro, former prime minister and then president of DC, was assaulted by a group of Red Brigades terrorists in Via Fani in Rome.
Pieczenik later declared that there were numerous leaks about the discussions made at the committee, and accused Cossiga. However, on 9 May 1978 Moro's body was found in the trunk of a Renault 4 in Via Caetani after 55 days of imprisonment, during which Moro was submitted to a political trial by the so-called "people's court" set up by the Brigate Rosse and the Italian government was asked for an exchange of prisoners.
A member of the Christian Democratic Party of Italy, he was the prime minister of Italy from 1979 to 1980 and the eighth president of Italy from 1985 to 1992.
A member of the Christian Democratic Party of Italy, he was the prime minister of Italy from 1979 to 1980 and the eighth president of Italy from 1985 to 1992.
Cossiga was Prime Minister during the Bologna station bombing in 1980. Before his political career, Cossiga was a professor of constitutional law at the University of Sassari. ==Early life== Francesco Cossiga was born in Sassari on 26 July 1928, from a republican and anti-fascist middle-bourgeois family.
He led a government's coalition composed by Christian Democrats, Socialists, Democratic Socialists, Republicans and Liberals. ===Bologna massacre=== Cossiga was head of the government during the Bologna massacre, a terrorist bombing of the Bologna Central Station on the morning of 2 August 1980, which killed 85 people and wounded more than 200.
The PFLP has always denied responsibility. ===Resignation=== In October 1980, Cossiga resigned as Prime Minister after the rejection of the annual budget bill by the Italian Parliament. ==President of Italy== Following the 1983 general election, Cossiga became a member of the Italian Senate; on 12 July, he was elected President of the Senate. In the 1985 presidential election, Cossiga was elected as President of Italy with 752 votes out of 977.
Its existence was not disclosed until 1981, by Cossiga himself, in his interrogation by the Italian Parliament's Commission about the Moro affair.
The PFLP has always denied responsibility. ===Resignation=== In October 1980, Cossiga resigned as Prime Minister after the rejection of the annual budget bill by the Italian Parliament. ==President of Italy== Following the 1983 general election, Cossiga became a member of the Italian Senate; on 12 July, he was elected President of the Senate. In the 1985 presidential election, Cossiga was elected as President of Italy with 752 votes out of 977.
A member of the Christian Democratic Party of Italy, he was the prime minister of Italy from 1979 to 1980 and the eighth president of Italy from 1985 to 1992.
The PFLP has always denied responsibility. ===Resignation=== In October 1980, Cossiga resigned as Prime Minister after the rejection of the annual budget bill by the Italian Parliament. ==President of Italy== Following the 1983 general election, Cossiga became a member of the Italian Senate; on 12 July, he was elected President of the Senate. In the 1985 presidential election, Cossiga was elected as President of Italy with 752 votes out of 977.
He took office on 29 June 1985 on an interim basis after the resignation of Outgoing President Sandro Pertini, but was not sworn in until a few days later, on 3 July. The Cossiga presidency was essentially divided into two phases related to the attitudes of the head of state.
A member of the Christian Democratic Party of Italy, he was the prime minister of Italy from 1979 to 1980 and the eighth president of Italy from 1985 to 1992.
Although he threatened to prevent the impeachment procedure by dissolving Parliament, the impeachment request was ultimately dismissed. Cossiga resigned two months before the end of his term, on 25 April 1992.
The UDR was a crucial component of the majority that supported the Massimo D'Alema cabinet in October 1998, after the fall of the Romano Prodi's government which lost a vote of confidence.
Cossiga declared that his support for D'Alema was intended to end the conventional exclusion of the former communist leaders from the premiership in Italy. In 1999 UDR was dissolved and Cossiga returned to his activities as a Senator, with competences in the Military Affairs' Commission. In May 2006, Cossiga gave his support to the formation of Prodi's second government.
Cossiga declared that his support for D'Alema was intended to end the conventional exclusion of the former communist leaders from the premiership in Italy. In 1999 UDR was dissolved and Cossiga returned to his activities as a Senator, with competences in the Military Affairs' Commission. In May 2006, Cossiga gave his support to the formation of Prodi's second government.
In the same month, he brought in a bill that would allow the region of South Tyrol to hold a referendum, where the local electorate could decide whether to remain within the Republic of Italy, take independence, or become part of Austria again. On 27 November 2006, he resigned from his position as a lifetime senator.
His resignation was, however, rejected on 31 January 2007 by a vote of the Senate. In May 2008, Cossiga voted in favor of the government of Silvio Berlusconi. ==Death and legacy== Cossiga died on 17 August 2010 from respiratory problems at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic.
In addition, in 2008 Cossiga gave an interview to BBC in which it reaffirmed his belief that the massacre would not be attributable to black terrorism, but to an "incident" of Palestinian resistance groups operating in Italy.
His resignation was, however, rejected on 31 January 2007 by a vote of the Senate. In May 2008, Cossiga voted in favor of the government of Silvio Berlusconi. ==Death and legacy== Cossiga died on 17 August 2010 from respiratory problems at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic.
Francesco Maurizio Cossiga, (, ; 1928 – 2010) was an Italian politician.
His resignation was, however, rejected on 31 January 2007 by a vote of the Senate. In May 2008, Cossiga voted in favor of the government of Silvio Berlusconi. ==Death and legacy== Cossiga died on 17 August 2010 from respiratory problems at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic.
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