Biography
Giovanni Gronchi
Effective period / Period of releases: 1966
Giovanni Gronchi (Pontedera, September 10, 1887 - Rome, 17 October 1978) was a Christian Democratic Italian politician who became the third President of the Italian Republic in 1955, after Luigi Einaudi. His presidency lasted until 1962 and was marked by a controversial and failed attempt to bring about an “opening to the left” in Italian politics.