Luigi Gui was an Italian

Italy

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 politician

Politician

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 and philosopher.

Gui was born in Padua

Padua

Padua is a city and comune in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 . The city is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area, having...

 (Veneto

Veneto

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). He graduated in philosophy at The Catholic University in Milan. He was an officer of the Alpini

Alpini

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 corps of the Italian Army, and fought in USSR during World War II

World War II

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. Later, he was a member of the Italian Assemblea Costituente which later became the modern Italian Parliament. He was deputy and senator

Italian Senate

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 from 1948 to 1983.

He has been Minister of Education, Minister of health

Italian Minister of Health

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, Minister of the Interior

Italian Minister of the Interior

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 and Minister of Defense

Italian Minister of Defense

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.

External links

• Luigi Gui at Italian Chamber of Deputies
  Italian Chamber of Deputies
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  , VI Legislature