Aldo Moro

Biografia

• 1916

  Aldo Moro was born on September, 23 in Maglie, near Lecce, the son of Renato Moro, a school inspector, and Fida Stinchi, a school teacher from Cosenza. They had five children: Alberto, Aldo, Salvatore, Maria Rosaria, Alfredo Carlo.

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• 1934

  He obtained his high school diploma in classical studies at the Liceo Classico «Archita» in Taranto. Later that year, the Moro family moved to Bari.

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• 1938

  He graduated in law from Bari University with a thesis called «La capacità giuridica penale». Later that year he was appointed volunteer assistant lecturer of Law and Criminal Procedure. In 1939 he was elected national president of FUCI. He held the office until 1942, when he received his call up. He published his thesis. On February, 15 his mother Fida Stinchi died at 59.

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• 1941

  He was appointed professor of Philosophy of law and Colonial history and politics at Bari University. He held such office until 1963, when he moved to the Faculty of Politics at University La Sapienza in Rome. Here he was given the chair of Institutes in Law and Criminal Procedure.

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• 1942

  He published «La subiettivazione della norma penale» and became university lecturer in Criminal law.

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• 1943

  He started «La Rassegna», in Bari, together with Antonio Amendola, Pasquale De Prete, Armando Regina. The review was published until 1945. In October 1943 he worked with «Radio Bari». He published «Lo Stato», containing his lessons on Philosophy of Law of the academic year 1942-1943.

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• 1944

  He joined the DC. His eldest brother Alberto, a judge, died at 30.

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• 1945

  He was appointed president of the Movement of graduated students in Azione cattolica – he would leave the office in 1946. From January 1945 to December 1948 he was the editor of the review “Studium”. He married Eleonora Chiavarelli – the couple had four children: Maria Fida (1946), Anna Maria (1949), Maria Agnese (1952), Giovanni (1958). He published “Il Diritto”, containing his lessons on Philosophy of Law of the academic year 1943-1944.

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• 1946

  He was elected in the Constituent Assembly (June 2, 1946 – January 31, 1948) with 27,801 preferential votes. He worked in the Commission of the 75 in charge of drafting the project for the Constitution of the Italian Republic and worked in the first subcommittee: he was the editor of the part relating to “the right of men and citizens”. He was appointed vice-president of the DC group in the Constituent Assembly.

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• 1947

  He published «Appunti sull’esperienza giuridica: lo Stato» and «L’antigiuridicità penale». He was appointed Professore Straordinario of Criminal law at Bari University.

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• 1948

  In the 1^st legislature (May 8, 1948 – June 24, 1953) he was elected a deputy in the constituency Bari-Foggia (his constituency during his lifetime) with 62,971 preferential votes. He was appointed undersecretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in De Gasperi’s fifth government (May 23, 1948 – January 14, 1950).

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• 1951

  He published «Unità e pluralità di reati». He was appointed Professore Ordinario of Criminal law.

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• 1953

  In the 2^nd legislature (June 25, 1953 – June 11, 1958) he was again elected a deputy in the constituency Bari-Foggia with 39,007 preferential votes. He joined the Commission on Justice of the Chamber of Deputies. He was elected president of the Parliament group of Christian Democrats (he would remain in charge until 1955).

  In 1954 he published «Osservazione sulla natura giuridica della exceptio veritatis».

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• 1955

  He was appointed Minister of Grace and Justice in Segni’s first government (July 6, 1955 – May 15, 1957).

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• 1956

  He was appointed National Councillor in DC’s 6^th Congress.

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• 1957

  He was appointed Minister of Public Education in the single-party DC government chaired by Adone Zoli (May 19, 1957 – July 1, 1958).

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• 1958

  In the 3^rd legislature (June 12, 1958 – May 15, 1963) his name was the first of the DC list of candidates in the Bari-Foggia constituency for the Chamber of Deputies. He was reappointed Minister of Public Education in Fanfani’s second government (July 1, 1958 – February 15, 1959).

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• 1959

  In February, he was elected DC’s Political secretary. In October, he won the majority in the Congress of Florence and was reappointed DC’s Political secretary (he would remain in charge until the end of 1963).

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• 1962

  His report at DC’s Congress of Naples ratified the end of centrism and DC’s opening to programmatic contents of the centre-left. He was reappointed Secretary of the Party.

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• 1963

  In the 4^th legislature (May 16, 1963 – June 4, 1968) he was again elected a deputy in the Bari-Foggia constituency with 225,991 preferential votes. He formed his first government (December 4, 1963 – July 22, 1964), a centre-left government, with the participation of DC, PSI, PSDI, PRI. Vice-President was Pietro Nenni.

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• 1964

  He formed his second government (July 22, 1964 – February 23, 1966). Political forces were the same of the previous government, and Vice-President was again Pietro Nenni. He performed the role of Interim Foreign Minister, once (December 28, 1964 – March 5, 1965) after Giuseppe Saragat’s resignation (he had been elected President of the Republic), later after Amintore Fanfani’s resignation (December 30, 1965 – February 23, 1966).

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• 1966

  He formed the third four-party, centre-left government (February 23, 1966 – June 24, 1968. Once again, Vice-President was Pietro Nenni.

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• 1968

  In the 5^th legislature (June 5, 1968 – May 24, 1972) he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies with 293,167 preferential votes.

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• 1969

  He formed his current, which in the Rome DC 11^th Congress won 8% of the votes. He was appointed Minister of Foreign affairs in Rumor’s second government (August 5, 1969 – March 27 – 1970).

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• 1970

  He failed in his attempt to form a four-party, centre-left government, after the crisis of Rumor’s second government. He was again appointed Minister of Foreign affairs in Rumor’s third government (March 27, 1970 – August 6, 1970), and also in Colombo’s first government (August 6, 1970 – February 17, 1972).

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• 1972

  He remained in his role of Minister of Foreign affairs in Andreotti’s first government as well (February 17, 1972 – June 26, 1972). In the political elections for the 6^th legislature (May 25, 1972 – July 4, 1976) he got 178,475 preferential votes. He was elected president of the Commission on Foreign affairs of the Chamber of Deputies.

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• 1973

  He was reappointed Minister of Foreign affairs in Rumor’s fourth (July 7, 1973 – March 14, 1974) and fifth ( March 14, 1974 – November 23, 1974) governments.

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• 1974

  After a long crisis, he formed his fourth government (DC-PRI) (November 27, 1974 – February 12, 1976). La Malfa was Vice-President of the Council. The government was supported by a majority from all the centre-left parties.

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• 1976

  He formed his fifth single-party DC government (February 12, 1976 – July 29, 1976). In July he was elected President of the DC National Council.

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• 1978

  On February 28, during a joint meeting between DC parliamentary groups of Chamber and Senate, he gave a decisive speech to obtain the necessary agreement for the birth of the new Andreotti’s government, which would benefit from the programmatic and parliamentary, albeit not governmental, support of the PCI. On March, 16, while he was going to the Chamber of Deputies to vote the new government, he was kidnapped by the BR who murdered all his bodyguards: Oreste Leonardi, Domenico Ricci, Francesco Zizzi, Raffaele Iozzino, Giulio Rivera. On May 9, after 55 days of captivity, he was killed by the BR. He was 61.

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