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Aldo Romeo Luigi Moro (Italian pronunciation: [ˈaldo ˈmɔːro] ⓘ; 23 September 1916 – 9 May 1978) was an Italian statesman and prominent member of Christian Democracy (DC) and its centre-left wing.
The kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro, also referred to in Italy as the Moro case (Italian: caso Moro), was a seminal event in Italian political history.
Aldo Moro was a law professor, Italian statesman, and leader of the Christian Democratic Party, who served five times as premier of Italy (1963–64, 1964–66, 1966–68, 1974–76, and 1976). In 1978 he was kidnapped and subsequently murdered by left-wing terrorists.
Jan 27, 2022 · Moro, the former leader of Italy's Christian Democrats, was the dominant figure in Italian politics when he was attacked by Red Brigades guerrillas as he travelled in his...
Aug 17, 2023 · As the noise of the machine guns echoed through Via Fani, Aldo Moro, head of Italy’s main political party, the Christian Democrats (DC), was bundled into a waiting car that screeched away. The...
May 9, 2024 · On 16 March 1978, Aldo Moro, former Italian prime minister and president of the Christian Democracy, was kidnapped. The kidnapping occurred in Via Mario Fani in Rome, by far-left terrorist organisation the Red Brigades. The attackers gunned down Moro's five personal bodyguards before taking him hostage.
May 9, 2022 · Aldo Moro dying, despite all his historical responsibilities, acquired an innocence that makes us all guilty, even me […]. By dying, Aldo Moro stripped himself, so to speak, of his Christian Democratic tunic. His body does not belong to anyone, but his death puts us all under accusation.
Jan 1, 2006 · On 16 March 1978, the Marxist-Leninist Red Brigades kidnapped Aldo Moro, Italy's paramount political figure of the time. The Italian government steadfastly refused to negotiate with the Red Brigades for Moro's life, and on 9 May the terrorists executed him.
Aug 15, 2002 · No event in modern Italy has provided as much material for conspiratorialists as the kidnap and murder in 1978 of the leader of the Christian Democrats, Aldo Moro, by the Red Brigades, a far-left...
Dec 15, 1995 · Aldo Moro’s kidnapping and violent death in 1978 shocked Italy as no other event has during the entire history of the Republic. It had much the same effect in Italy as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy had in the United States, with both cases giving rise to endless conspiracy theories.
