He held the same position in the first Government of Mariano Rumor from 1968 to 1969 and then became Budget Minister in the second Rumor Government from 1969 to 1970.

A few time later, he was involved in the Lockheed bribery scandal together with Mariano Rumor and Luigi Gui, and therefore he lost the position of the party's secretary.

Mariano Rumor (in an interview, Vincenzo Vinciguerra declared that he was asked to kill Mariano Rumor)

President of the Council of Ministers: Mariano Rumor (DC)

He strongly defended Mariano Rumor during the parliamentary debate on the Lockheed scandal, and a part of the press reported that he might have been Antelope Cobbler, an alleged bribe recipient.

Mariano Rumor, Italian politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1915)

Mariano Rumor, DC Prime Minister five times between 1968 and 1974, died in his northern home town of Vicenza on Jan. 22, 1990, aged 74.

The party was often led by centrist figures unaffiliated to any faction such as Aldo Moro, Mariano Rumor (both closer to the centre-left) and Giulio Andreotti (closer to the centre-right).

A magistrate investigating the assassination attempt of Mariano Rumor found that Bertoli's files were incomplete.

January 22 - Mariano Rumor, Italian politician (b. 1915)