Aldo Moro

Aldo Moro TOSD
Prime Minister of Italy
In office 23 November 1974 – 30 July 1976
President	Giovanni Leone
Deputy	Ugo La Malfa
Preceded by	Mariano Rumor
Succeeded by	Giulio Andreotti
In office 5 December 1963 – 25 June 1968
President	Antonio Segni Giuseppe Saragat
Deputy	Pietro Nenni
Preceded by	Giovanni Leone
Succeeded by	Giovanni Leone
Ministerial offices Minister of Foreign Affairs In office 8 July 1973 – 23 November 1974 Prime Minister Mariano Rumor Preceded by Giuseppe Medici Succeeded by Mariano Rumor In office 5 May 1969 – 29 July 1972 Prime Minister Mariano Rumor Emilio Colombo Giulio Andreotti Preceded by Pietro Nenni Succeeded by Giuseppe Medici Minister of Public Education In office 20 May 1957 – 16 February 1959 Prime Minister Adone Zoli Amintore Fanfani Preceded by Paolo Rossi Succeeded by Giuseppe Medici Minister of Grace and Justice In office 6 July 1955 – 20 May 1957 Prime Minister Antonio Segni Preceded by Michele De Pietro Succeeded by Guido Gonella
Party's offices President of Christian Democracy In office 14 October 1974 – 8 May 1976 Preceded by Amintore Fanfani Succeeded by Flaminio Piccoli Secretary of Christian Democracy In office 26 March 1959 – 27 January 1964 Preceded by Amintore Fanfani Succeeded by Mariano Rumor
Parliamentary offices Member of the Chamber of Deputies In office 8 May 1948 – 9 May 1978 Constituency Bari–Foggia Member of the Constituent Assembly In office 25 June 1946 – 31 January 1948 Constituency Bari–Foggia
Personal details
Born	Aldo Romeo Luigi Moro (1916-09-23)23 September 1916 Maglie, Kingdom of Italy
Died	9 May 1978(1978-05-09) (aged 61) Rome, Italy
Manner of death	Assassination
Political party	Christian Democracy
Spouse	Eleonora Chiavarelli ​ ​ (m. 1945⁠–⁠1978)​
Children	4, including Maria Fida Moro
Alma mater	University of Bari
Occupation	Professor
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Aldo Romeo Luigi Moro (Italian pronunciation: [ˈaldo ˈmɔːro]; 23 September 1916 – 9 May 1978) was an Italian statesman and prominent member of Christian Democracy (DC) and its centre-left wing.^[1] He served as prime minister of Italy in five terms from December 1963 to June 1968 and from November 1974 to July 1976.^[2][3]

Moro served as Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs from May 1969 to July 1972 and again from July 1973 to November 1974. During his ministry, he implemented a pro-Arab policy. Moreover, he was appointed Italy's Minister of Justice and of Public Education during the 1950s. From March 1959 until January 1964, he served as secretary of the DC.^[4] On 16 March 1978, the kidnapping of Moro by the far-left armed group Red Brigades took place; he was killed after 55 days of captivity.^[5]

Moro was one of Italy's longest-serving post-war prime ministers, leading the country for more than six years. Moro implemented a series of social and economic reforms that modernized the country.^[6] Due to his accommodation with the Italian Communist Party leader Enrico Berlinguer, known as the Historic Compromise,^[7] Moro is widely considered to be one of the most prominent fathers of the modern Italian centre-left. He governed Italy through the Organic centre-left.^[8][9]