What is Francesco Cossiga?
{{Infobox president | name = Francesco Cossiga | image = Cossiga Francesco.jpg | caption = Cossiga in 1990 | order = 8th [[President of Italy]] | primeminister = [[Bettino Craxi]]<br>[[Amintore Fanfani]]<br>[[Giovanni Goria]]<br>[[Ciriaco De Mita]]<br>[[Giulio Andreotti]] | term_start = 3 July 1985 | term_end = 28 April 1992 | predecessor = [[Sandro Pertini]] | successor = [[Oscar Luigi Scalfaro]] | order3 = 42nd [[Prime Minister of Italy]] | president3 = [[Alessandro Pertini]] | term_start3 = 4 August 1979 | term_end3 = 18 October 1980 | predecessor3 = [[Giulio Andreotti]] | successor3 = [[Arnaldo Forlani]] | order4 = [[List of Presidents of the Senate of Italy|President of the Italian Senate]] | term_start4 = 12 July 1983 | term_end4 = 3 July 1985 | predecessor4 = Vittorino Colombo | successor4 = [[Amintore Fanfani]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|7|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Sassari]], [[Sardinia]], [[Kingdom of Italy]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|8|17|1928|7|26|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic]], [[Rome]], [[Lazio]], [[Italy]] | party = [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|DC]] {{small|(1945–1992)}}<br>[[Democratic Union for the Republic|UDR]] {{small|(1998–1999)}}<br>[[Union for the Republic (Italy)|UpR]] {{small|(1999–2001)}}<br>[[Independent politician|Independent]] {{small|(2001–2010)}} | spouse = {{marriage|Giuseppa Sigurani|1960|1998|end=divorced}} | children = 2, including Giuseppe | alma_mater = University of Sassari | occupation = {{Hlist|[[Professor]]|[[politician]]}} }} '''Francesco Cossiga''' (26 July 1928 – 17 August 2010) was an [[Italians|Italian]] politician. He was the 8th [[President of Italy]], serving from July 1985 to April 1992. He was the 42nd [[Prime Minister of Italy]], serving from August 1979 to 1980. Cossiga was born in [[Sassari]], [[Sardin