Giovanni Goria

Giovanni Giuseppe Goria (Template:IPA; 30 July 1943 – 21 May 1994) was an Italian politician.<ref>West European economic handbook, Euromonitor Publications Limited, 1987, P.38</ref> He served as the 46th prime minister of Italy from 1987 until 1988.

Biography

Background and early life

Goria was born in Asti (Piedmont).

Goria was an accountant by profession.<ref name=cjen>Template:Cite journal</ref> He joined the Christian Democracy in 1960 and entered local politics. He was elected to the chamber of deputies in 1976. He was undersecretary of the budget from 1981 until 1983 and then became treasury minister.<ref name=cjen/> He became known for his easygoing style and his adeptness at television appearances.

Prime Minister of Italy

Following the elections of 1987, in which his party did well, Goria became prime minister (the youngest his country had seen since World War II),<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> as a protégé of party chairman (and prime ministerial successor) Ciriaco De Mita. He was forced to resign in 1988 after the Parliament refused to pass his budget.

Later political roles

Goria was elected to the European Parliament in 1989. He resigned in 1991 to become Italian minister of agriculture. He remained in that position until 1992 when he became finance minister.

He resigned in 1993 during a corruption scandal which ruined his party. Goria himself was charged with corruption. His trial began in early 1994. He was acquitted of one charge, but his trial was still in progress when he died suddenly of lung cancer in his native Asti on 21 May 1994.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref>

Electoral history

Election	House	Constituency	Party		Votes	Result
1976	Chamber of Deputies	Cuneo–Alessandria–Asti	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	DC	22,972	Template:Tick Elected
1979	Chamber of Deputies	Cuneo–Alessandria–Asti	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	DC	25,118	Template:Tick Elected
1983	Chamber of Deputies	Cuneo–Alessandria–Asti	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	DC	54,610	Template:Tick Elected
1987	Chamber of Deputies	Cuneo–Alessandria–Asti	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	DC	61,999	Template:Tick Elected
1989	European Parliament	North-West Italy	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	DC	640,824	Template:Tick Elected
1992	Chamber of Deputies	Cuneo–Alessandria–Asti	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	DC	33,837	Template:Tick Elected

Template:Notelist Source: Ministry of the Interior

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