BETTINO CRAXI - ITALY

Approved for Release: 2018/08/28 C06746637 � Bettino CRAXI (Phonetic: KRAHKsee) Prime Minister-Designate (since July 1983) Widely known as an ambitious, aggressive, and calculating politician, Bettino Craxi is the first member of the Socialist Party (PSI) and only the second non-Christian Democrat (DC) to head an Italian Cabinet since World War II. (He leads a five-party coalition government, which includes the PSI, the DC, the Republican Party [PRI], th.:. Liberals, and the Social Democrats.) H...