Giulio Andreotti
Giulio Andreotti
Giulio Andreotti OMI SMOM OCSG OESSHwas the 41st Prime Minister of Italy and leader of the Christian Democracy party. 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 forty-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...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth14 January 1919
CountryItaly
I thank God, ... I was more than 99 percent certain.
I love Germany so much that I preferred when there were two.
I have some state secrets I will take with me to paradise.
We learn from the Gospel that when they asked Jesus what the truth was, he did not reply.
Gladio had been necessary during the days of the Cold War but, in view of the collapse of the East Block, Italy would suggest to Nato that the organisation was no longer necessary.
In politics, sunny days and rainy days can change very quickly.