Adone Zoli was an Italian

Italy

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 politician and member of the Christian Democratic Party. He served as the 36th Prime Minister of Italy

Prime minister of Italy

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 from 1957-1958.

Biography

Zoli was born in Cesena

Cesena

Cesena is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, south of Ravenna and west of Rimini, on the Savio River, co-chief of the Province of Forlì-Cesena. It is at the foot of the Apennines, and about 15 km from the Adriatic Sea.-History:Cesena was originally an Umbrian...

, in the province of Forlì-Cesena

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He was elected to the Italian Senate

Italian Senate

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 from 1948 to 1960. He was Minister of Justice in 1951 in Alcide De Gasperi

Alcide De Gasperi

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's 7th government, Minister of Taxation in 1954 under Amintore Fanfani

Amintore Fanfani

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 and Minister of Economical Balance under the first government led by Antonio Segni

Antonio Segni

Antonio Segni was an Italian politician who was the 35th Prime Minister of Italy , and the fourth President of the Italian Republic from 1962 to 1964...

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Zoli, an anti-fascist, resigned the post of Prime Minister soon after it became clear that he would have needed to rely on the votes of the neo-fascist Italian Social Movement

Italian Social Movement

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 to form a majority in the Parliament. He was then convinced by President of the Republic, Giovanni Gronchi

Giovanni Gronchi

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, to remain in the post until the natural dissolution of the Italian Parliament in 1958. Zoli was the sole Italian Senator in office to become Prime Minister.