Aldo Romeo Luigi Moro ( ; 23 September 1916 – 9 May 1978 ) was an Italian statesman and a prominent member of the Christian Democracy party . He served as 38th Prime Minister of Italy , from 1963 to 1968 , and then from 1974 to 1976 . He was one of Italy 's longest-serving post-war Prime Ministers , holding power for a combined total of more than six years . Due to his accommodation with the Communist leader Enrico Berlinguer , known as the Historic Compromise , Moro is widely considered one of the most prominent fathers of the Italian centre-left and one of the greatest and most popular leaders in the history of the Italian Republic . Moro was considered an intellectual and a patient mediator , especially in the internal life of his party . He was kidnapped on 16 March 1978 by the Red Brigades and killed after 55 days of captivity
He was kidnapped
Kidnapping of Aldo Moro
Aldo Moro