Cesare Merzagora was an Italian

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 politician

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 from Milan

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. He was President of the Italian Senate

Italian Senate

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 from 1953 to 1967, and was also temporarily acting as President of Italy in 1964, in the period between the resignation of Antonio Segni

Antonio Segni

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 and the election of Giuseppe Saragat

Giuseppe Saragat

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. Merzagora was named senator for life

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 in 1963.

Despite being an outspoken atheist, he was run as a candidate of the Italian Christian Democracy

Christian Democracy (Italy)

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, and was affiliated to this party during his whole political career, although he never became its official member.

He died in Rome.