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Benedetto "Bettino" Craxi (UK: / ˈ k r æ k s i / KRAK-see, Italian: [betˈtiːno ˈkraksi], Sicilian: [ˈkɾaʃʃɪ]; 24 February 1934 – 19 January 2000) was an Italian politician, leader of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) from 1976 to 1993, and the 45th prime minister of Italy from 1983 to 1987.
Bettino Craxi, vero nome Benedetto Craxi (IPA: [betˈtiːno ˈkraksi]; Milano, 24 febbraio 1934 – Hammamet, 19 gennaio 2000), è stato un politico italiano, Presidente del Consiglio dei ministri dal 4 agosto 1983 al 18 aprile 1987 e segretario del Partito Socialista Italiano dal 16 luglio 1976 all'11 febbraio 1993.
Bettino Craxi (born February 24, 1934, Milan, Italy—died January 19, 2000, Al-Hammamet, Tunisia) was an Italian politician who became his country’s first Socialist prime minister (1983–87). Craxi joined the Socialist Youth Movement in his late teens and became a member of the Italian Socialist Party’s central committee in 1957.
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Jan 20, 2000 · Bettino Craxi, the first Socialist to serve as prime minister in postwar Italy, who ended his career in disgrace and self-imposed exile as an emblem of political corruption,...
Jan 20, 2000 · Bettino Craxi, a Socialist who defied Washington and stood up to Italy’s powerful Communists during a record term as premier, died Wednesday in Tunisia, where he had fled to avoid a prison ...
May 14, 2018 · Learn about the life and career of Bettino Craxi, the youngest and first socialist to become prime minister of Italy. Find out how he revitalized his party, cooperated with the Communists, and faced corruption charges.
Jan 19, 2010 · A decade after his death, Italians are split over whether to commemorate Prime Minister Bettino Craxi as a great statesman or a Machiavellian master of corruption who died in exile as a fugitive.
