Giulio Andreotti, the seven-time Italian prime minister whose legacy was marred by an indictment for collusion with the Mafia, has died. He was 94. ...
In a political career that spanned six decades, Andreotti came to embody the highs and lows of Italian postwar politics. He was named a senator-for-life in 1991, before being implicated in the so-called Clean Hands corruption investigation and prior to standing trial for allegedly getting friends in the Sicilian Mafia to murder a journalist who wanted to discredit him. ...
A devout Catholic and former altar boy, Andreotti's career was inextricably linked to the Christian Democrats, the party that played a role in every post-World War II government until dissolving in July 1993 amid the Clean Hands probe. Milan prosecutors uncovered a network of illegal party financing that led to the demise of the Christian Democrats and Italy's Socialists, the other dominant party of the day. ...
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