Oscar Luigi Scalfaro

Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Official portrait, 1992
President of Italy
In office 28 May 1992 – 15 May 1999
Prime Minister	Giulio Andreotti Giuliano Amato Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Silvio Berlusconi Lamberto Dini Romano Prodi Massimo D'Alema
Preceded by	Francesco Cossiga
Succeeded by	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 24 April 1992 – 25 May 1992
Preceded by	Nilde Iotti
Succeeded by	Giorgio Napolitano
Ministerial offices Minister of the Interior In office 4 August 1983 – 28 July 1987 Prime Minister Bettino Craxi Amintore Fanfani Preceded by Virginio Rognoni Succeeded by Amintore Fanfani Minister of Public Education In office 26 July 1972 – 7 July 1973 Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti Preceded by Riccardo Misasi Succeeded by Franco Maria Malfatti Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation In office 12 February 1972 – 26 July 1972 Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti Preceded by Italo Viglianesi Succeeded by Aldo Bozzi In office 23 February 1966 – 12 December 1968 Prime Minister Aldo Moro Giovanni Leone Preceded by Angelo Raffaele Jervolino Succeeded by Luigi Mariotti Secretary of the Council of Ministers In office 10 February 1954 – 6 July 1955 Prime Minister Mario Scelba Preceded by Mariano Rumor Succeeded by Carlo Russa
Parliamentary offices Member of the Senate of the Republic Ex officio Life tenure 16 May 1999 – 29 January 2012 Member of the Chamber of Deputies In office 8 May 1948 – 25 May 1992 Constituency Turin–Novara–Vercelli Member of the Constituent Assembly In office 25 June 1946 – 31 January 1948 Constituency Turin
Personal details
Born	(1918-09-09)9 September 1918 Novara, Italy
Died	29 January 2012(2012-01-29) (aged 93) Rome, Italy
Political party	DC (1946–1992) Independent (from 1992)
Spouse	Maria Inzitari ​ ​ (m. 1943; died 1944)​
Children	1
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Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɔskar luˈiːdʒi ˈskalfaro]; 9 September 1918 – 29 January 2012)^[1] was the president of Italy from 1992 to 1999. A member of Christian Democracy (DC), he became an independent politician after the DC's dissolution in 1992, and was close to the centre-left Democratic Party when it was founded in 2007.