Aldo Moro

Aldo Romeo Luigi Moro (September 23, 1916 – May 9, 1978) was an Italian politician who was the 38th Prime Minister of Italy from December 4, 1963 through June 24, 1968. He was also the Italian Minister of Justice, the Italian Minister of Education, and the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs. His political career would last from 1963 from 1974. He was a Roman Catholic.

Life
Aldo Romeo Luigi Moro was born on September 23, 1916 in Maglie, Apulia, Italy and studied at the University of Bari and at Sapienza University of Rome. Moro was  married and had 4 children.

Death
Moro was kidnapped on March 16, 1978 by the Red Brigades (BR), a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization. On May 9, 1978, the Red Brigades said that he would go free so they sent him to a car. As Moro began to enter the car, he was fatally shot after 55 days of his captivity. He was 61 years old.1978: Aldo Moro snatched at gunpoint, "On This Day", BBC In fact, Pope Paul VI "offered himself in exchange … for Aldo Moro …".Holmes, J. Derek, and Bernard W. Bickers. A Short History of the Catholic Church. London: Burns and Oates, 1983. 291.

References

Other websites

 Banca dati della memoria: Moro's letters and +
 Memorial Moro  on strategy of tension
 Buongiorno, notte, 2003 film about the kidnapping
 Piazza Delle Cinque Lune, 2003 film about the kidnapping
 Italian document March 2, 1987 

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Category:Politicians from Apulia
Category:People murdered in Italy
Category:Prime ministers of Italy