Puzzi in 1997
Mario Alessandro Puzzi Caragianni (1915-2002) was a prominent Violan politician and president.
Life[]
Puzzi was born in 1921 in Rodenia Inferiore. He became involved in politics at an early age, joining the communist party in 1944. He left the party in 1969, since he had become less radical. Upon Violas transition to democracy in 1972, he joined the SDP party. In 1976, he became the SDP chairman. He was elected president in the 1984 Violan Presidential Elections, and he was re-elected in 1989, 1994 and 1999. He died in 2002 while serving his fourth term.