Aldo Moro

Aldo Moro (September 23, 1916 – May 9, 1978) was an Italian politician who was the 38th Prime Minister of Italy from December 4, 1963 through June 24, 1968. He was also the Italian Minister of Justice, the Italian Minister of Education, and the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs. His political career would last from 1963 from 1974. He was a Roman Catholic.

Moro was born on September 23, 1916 in Maglie, Apulia, Italy. He studied at the University of Bari and at Sapienza University of Rome. Moro was married and had 4 children.

He was kidnapped on March 16, 1978 by the Red Brigades (BR), a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization. On May 9, 1978, the Red Brigades said that Moro would go free so they sent him to a car. As he began to enter the car, he was shot and killed after 55 days of captivity, aged 61. In fact, Pope Paul VI "offered himself in exchange … for Aldo Moro …".

Other websites

 * Banca dati della memoria: Moro's letters and +
 * Memorial Moro on strategy of tension
 * Buongiorno, notte, 2003 film about the kidnapping
 * Piazza Delle Cinque Lune, 2003 film about the kidnapping
 * Italian document March 2, 1987