Gianni Baget Bozzo (8 March 1925 – 8 May 2009) was an Italian Catholic priest and politician.
Gianni Baget Bozzo | |
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In office 17 June 1984 – 12 June 1994 | |
Member of the European Parliament for North-West Italy | |
Personal details | |
Born | Savona, Kingdom of Italy | 8 March 1925
Died | 8 May 2009 Genoa, Italy | (aged 84)
Political party | DC (1943–1978) PSI (1978–1994) FI (1994–2008) |
Alma mater | University of Genoa |
Profession | Priest |
Baget Bozzo was born in Savona, Liguria, and raised in Genoa where he graduated in law. At one-time Christian Democracy activist, in 1984 he was elected at the European Parliament for the Italian Socialist Party and from 1994 he had been a member of Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party. In theology, he was a follower of Joseph Ratzinger's theories.
Bozzo died in Genoa, aged 84.
Milano : Feltrinelli, 1980.