Politician. He gained recognition as an Italian academic and politician. After having attended the Azione Cattolica association, he joined the Italian Catholic Federation of University Students and graduated in Law at the Sapienza University of Rome, where he later taught. He also taught in other Universities in Pavia and Trieste. In 1959, he was appointed vice president of Azione Cattolica by Pope John XXIII, while in 1964 he was appointed President by Pope Paul VI. He joined Christian Democracy, being very close to Aldo Moro, and in 1976 was elected vice president of the High Council of the Judiciary , being elected by all the political parties in the Parliament, after having been for a few months a city councilor in Rome. On February 12, 1980, at the end of his classroom lesson, while talking with his assistant Rosy Bindi, Bachelet was shot and killed by an armed group of the Red Brigades, on the mezzanine of the staircase of the Faculty of Political Sciences of La Sapienza. His funeral took place two days later at the San Roberto Bellarmino Church and was attended by President Sandro Pertini and Prime Minister Francesco Cossiga. He published the text "Vittorio Bachelet: Un uomo usci a smeinare".
Politician. He gained recognition as an Italian academic and politician. After having attended the Azione Cattolica association, he joined the Italian Catholic Federation of University Students and graduated in Law at the Sapienza University of Rome, where he later taught. He also taught in other Universities in Pavia and Trieste. In 1959, he was appointed vice president of Azione Cattolica by Pope John XXIII, while in 1964 he was appointed President by Pope Paul VI. He joined Christian Democracy, being very close to Aldo Moro, and in 1976 was elected vice president of the High Council of the Judiciary , being elected by all the political parties in the Parliament, after having been for a few months a city councilor in Rome. On February 12, 1980, at the end of his classroom lesson, while talking with his assistant Rosy Bindi, Bachelet was shot and killed by an armed group of the Red Brigades, on the mezzanine of the staircase of the Faculty of Political Sciences of La Sapienza. His funeral took place two days later at the San Roberto Bellarmino Church and was attended by President Sandro Pertini and Prime Minister Francesco Cossiga. He published the text "Vittorio Bachelet: Un uomo usci a smeinare".
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