Arnaldo Forlani

Arnaldo Forlani
Forlani in 1979
Prime Minister of Italy
In office 18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981
President	Sandro Pertini
Preceded by	Francesco Cossiga
Succeeded by	Giovanni Spadolini
Deputy Prime Minister of Italy
In office 4 August 1983 – 18 April 1987
Prime Minister	Bettino Craxi
Preceded by	Ugo La Malfa
Succeeded by	Giuliano Amato
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 30 July 1976 – 5 August 1979
Prime Minister	Giulio Andreotti
Preceded by	Mariano Rumor
Succeeded by	Franco Maria Malfatti
Minister of Defence
In office 23 November 1974 – 30 July 1976
Prime Minister	Aldo Moro
Preceded by	Giulio Andreotti
Succeeded by	Vittorio Lattanzio
Secretary of the Christian Democracy
In office 22 February 1989 – 12 October 1992
Preceded by	Ciriaco De Mita
Succeeded by	Mino Martinazzoli
In office 9 November 1969 – 17 June 1973
Preceded by	Flaminio Piccoli
Succeeded by	Amintore Fanfani
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 12 June 1958 – 14 April 1994
Constituency	Ancona
Personal details
Born	(1925-12-08)8 December 1925 Pesaro, Kingdom of Italy
Died	6 July 2023(2023-07-06) (aged 97) Rome, Italy
Political party	DC (1946–1994) Independent (1994–2023)
Spouse	Alma Maria ​ (died 2015)​ [1]
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Urbino
Profession	Journalist politician

Arnaldo Forlani (Italian: [arˈnaldo forˈlaːni] ^ⓘ; 8 December 1925 – 6 July 2023) was an Italian politician who served as the prime minister of Italy from 1980 to 1981. He also held the office of deputy prime minister, minister of foreign affairs, and minister of defence.

A member of the right-wing faction of the Christian Democracy (DC) party, Forlani was one of the most prominent Italian politicians from the 1970s to early 1990s. He led the DC party on two occasions: between 1969 and 1973, and between 1989 and 1992. Forlani's permiership, which lasted less than a year, was strongly marked by the 1980 Irpinia earthquake and the P2 lodge scandal, the latter causing his resignation in June 1981.

In 1981, together with Bettino Craxi and Giulio Andreotti, he promoted the Pentapartito, the political coalition between the three major Italian parties that ruled Italy between 1981 and 1991. At the time of his death in 2023, he was both the oldest living and the longest-lived Italian prime minister.