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Bettino Craxi, born Benedetto Craxi on February 24, 1934, in Milan, Italy, was a prominent Italian politician and statesman.
The son of Sicilian lawyer and anti-fascist Vittorio Craxi and Maria Ferrari, he grew up in a politically engaged family environment.
He joined the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) as a teenager and rose to become one of the defining figures of Italy’s First Republic.