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6 unusual facts about Giovanni Gronchi


Giovanni Gronchi

It was marked by the ambition to bring about a gradual “opening to the left”, whereby the Socialists and the (still Stalinist) Communist Party would be brought back into the national government, and Italy would abandon NATO, becoming a non-aligned country.

He was born at Pontedera, Tuscany, and was an early member of the Christian Movement founded by the Catholic priest don Romolo Murri in 1902.

He obtained his first degree in literature and philosophy at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa.

Gronchi Rosa

It was part of a 1961 issue for the voyage of president Giovanni Gronchi to three South American countries.

Lancia Flaminia

When in 1960 Queen Elizabeth II announced her visit to Italy the then President Giovanni Gronchi commissioned Pininfarina to deliver four stretched Lancia Flaminia limousines to appropriately service the visit, and also renew the dated presidential fleet.

Quartu Sant'Elena

In 1956 Quartu Sant’Elena was upgraded to the status of “city” by the President of Italy Giovanni Gronchi.


Pino Rauti

However Rauti became disillusioned with the MSI, particularly after the party supported the presidency bid of Giovanni Gronchi and the premiership of Giuseppe Pella, and so his group split off at the 1956 party conference, with Rauti launching a tirade of abuse at the MSI leadership as he left.


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