Cesare Merzagora (; 9 November 1898 – 1 May 1991) was an

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politician from

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Biography

Merzagora was born in

on 9 November 1898. Between 1947 and 1949, Merzagora served as Italy's Minister of Foreign Trade. He was President of

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from 1950 to 1952,

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of the

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from 1953 to 1967, and was also temporarily acting head of State, in the period between the resignation of

Antonio Segni Antonio Segni (; 2 February 1891 – 1 December 1972) was an Italian politician and statesman who served as President of Italy from 1962 to 1964, and as Prime Minister of Italy from 1955 to 1957 and again from 1959 to 1960. A member of the Chris ...

and the election of

Giuseppe Saragat Giuseppe Saragat (; 19 September 1898 – 11 June 1988) was an Italian politician and statesman who served as President of Italy from 1964 to 1971. Early life Saragat was born on 19 September 1898 in Turin, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy, to Sard ...

in 1964. Merzagora was named

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in March of 1963. He ran as a candidate of the Italian Christian Democracy Party, and was affiliated with this party for most of his whole political career and then as an

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. He died in

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on 1 May 1991.

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