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Article: The sixth coming of Andreotti. (prime minister of Italy, Giulio Andreotti) (Europe)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- July 29, 1989
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The sixth coming of Andreotti
THE man who has collected more nicknames--"Machiavelli", "Mephistopheles", "the fox"--than any other Italian politician can now once again call himself prime minister. After three unsuccessful bids for the job in two years, Mr Giulio Andreotti was sworn in on July 23rd. The 70-year-old Mr Andreotti is his Christian Democratic party's most expert man of government. Already five times prime minister, he has held a senior cabinet post in 27 out of Italy's 48 previous postwar governments. His last stint as prime minister ended almost exactly ten years ago. He evidently thought it was high time he was back in the top job.
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