Luigi Gui (26 September 1914 – 26 April 2010) was an Italian

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and philosopher.

Biography

Gui was born in

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(

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). He graduated in philosophy at the Catholic University in Milan. He was an officer of the Alpini corps of the Italian Army, and fought in

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during

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. Later, he was a member of the Italian

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which later became the modern

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. He was deputy and

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from 1948 to 1983. He served as Minister of labour and social security, Minister of education, Minister of health,

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, Minister of Defense and Minister of Public Administration. He died on 26 April 2010, at the age of 95.E' morto Luigi Gui, aveva 95 anni Nella Costituente, fu più volte ministro
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