Segni, Antonio (1891–1965)

Italian politician. A Christian Democrat, he was Italian premier 1955–57 and from 1959–60, and foreign secretary 1960–62, when he became president of Italy. He resigned in December 1964 on the grounds of ill-health, shortly after the revelation of a projected coup d'état in which members of the secret service were implicated. Segni was educated at Rome University; he held several law professorships.