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summary: "Francesco Cossiga was Italy's Interior Minister during the Aldo Moro kidnapping in 1978 who resigned after Moro's murder, Prime Minister during the Bologna railway station bombing in 1980, and President of the Republic from 1985 to 1992, who became an increasingly outspoken whistleblower on Gladio and Italian intelligence secrets in his final years."
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Francesco Cossiga was born on July 26, 1928, in Sassari, Sardinia - a birthplace shared with Enrico Berlinguer, his PCI counterpart. A Democrazia Cristiana politician and close personal friend of [[Aldo Moro]], he served as Interior Minister (1976-1978), Prime Minister (1979-1980), President of the Senate (1983-1985), and President of the Italian Republic (1985-1992). He died in Rome on August 17, 2010.[^1]
Francesco Cossiga was born on July 26, 1928, in Sassari, Sardinia - a birthplace shared with [[Enrico Berlinguer]], his PCI counterpart. A [[Democrazia Cristiana]] politician and close personal friend of [[Aldo Moro]], he served as Interior Minister (1976-1978), Prime Minister (1979-1980), President of the Senate (1983-1985), and President of the Italian Republic (1985-1992). He died in Rome on August 17, 2010.[^1]
### Interior Minister and the Moro Kidnapping
Cossiga was Interior Minister - and therefore directly responsible for the police and security services - when Moro was kidnapped on March 16, 1978. The catastrophic failure of the investigation, including the notorious non-search of the Via Gradoli safe house where the Red Brigades held operational facilities, occurred under his authority. The address of Via Gradoli - which had been specifically suggested to investigators - was not searched through conventional police work; it was eventually disclosed after a medium at a seance reportedly provided the address.
Cossiga was Interior Minister - and therefore directly responsible for the police and security services - when Moro was kidnapped on March 16, 1978. The catastrophic failure of the investigation, including the notorious non-search of the Via Gradoli safe house where the [[Brigate Rosse|Red Brigades]] held operational facilities, occurred under his authority. The address of Via Gradoli - which had been specifically suggested to investigators - was not searched through conventional police work; it was eventually disclosed after a medium at a seance reportedly provided the address.
Cossiga was a personal friend of Moro and a member of the government that maintained the refusal to negotiate for his release. When Moro's body was found on May 9, 1978, Cossiga resigned as Interior Minister, accepting personal responsibility for the investigation's failures. His resignation, genuinely painful rather than tactical, was the act that established his subsequent reputation as a person who accepted accountability in Italian politics in a way most of his colleagues did not.[^1]
Cossiga was a personal friend of Moro and a member of [[Giulio Andreotti]]'s government that maintained the refusal to negotiate for his release. When Moro's body was found on May 9, 1978, Cossiga resigned as Interior Minister, accepting personal responsibility for the investigation's failures. His resignation, genuinely painful rather than tactical, was the act that established his subsequent reputation as a person who accepted accountability in Italian politics in a way most of his colleagues did not.[^1]
### Prime Minister and Bologna