{{Short description|Italian academic and politician (1926–1980)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Vittorio Bachelet | image = Vittorio-Bachelet.jpg | office1 = [[High Council of the Judiciary (Italy)|Vice-President of the Superior Council of Magistracy]] | president1 = [[Giovanni Leone]]<br>[[Sandro Pertini]] | term_start1 = 21 December 1976 | term_end1 = 12 February 1980 | predecessor1 = [[Giacinto Bosco]] | successor1 = Ugo Ziletti | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1926|2|20}} | birth_place = [[Rome]], Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1980|02|12|1926|02|20}} | death_place = Rome, Italy | death_cause = [[Murder]] by [[shooting]] | party = [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy]] | occupation = Academic, politician }}
'''Vittorio Bachelet''' ({{IPA|it|vitˈtɔːrjo baʃʃeˈlɛ}}; 20 February 1926 – 12 February 1980) was an Italian academic and [[politician]], former [[vice president]] of the [[High Council of the Judiciary (Italy)|High Council of the Judiciary]].
On 12 February 1980, he was ambushed and murdered by the [[Red Brigades]].<ref name=rappr>{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/online/album/ottanta/pansa/pansa.html|title=Sette proiettili per il professore|work=[[La Repubblica]]|date=13 February 1980|access-date=22 October 2018}}</ref>
== Biography == After having attended the [[Azione Cattolica|Azione Cattolica association]], Bachelet joined the [[Italian Catholic Federation of University Students]] and graduated in Law at the [[Sapienza University of Rome]], where he later taught.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://azionecattolica.it/bachelet/profilo-biografico|title=Profilo biografico di Vittorio Bachelet|work=AzioneCattolica.it|date=16 February 2012|access-date=22 October 2018}}</ref> He also taught in other Universities in [[University of Pavia|Pavia]] and [[University of Trieste|Trieste]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/articoli/Chi-era-Vittorio-Bachelet-Il-ritratto-del-dirigente-di-Azione-Cattolicaa-35-anni-omicidio-a4a4bf1d-bc41-4f18-8132-562023375222.html|title=Chi era Vittorio Bachelet, ritratto del vicepresidente del Csm ucciso dalle Br|work=[[Rai News 24]]|date=12 February 2015|access-date=22 October 2018}}</ref>
In 1959, Bachelet was appointed vice president of [[Azione Cattolica]] by [[Pope John XXIII]], while in 1964 he was appointed President by [[Pope Paul VI]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://azionecattolica.it/bachelet/vittorio-bachelet-e-lazione-cattolica|title=Vittorio Bachelet e l'Azione Cattolica|work=AzioneCattolica.it|date=16 February 2012|access-date=22 October 2018}}</ref>
Bachelet joined [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy]], being very close to [[Aldo Moro]], and in 1976 was elected vice president of the [[High Council of the Judiciary (Italy)|High Council of the Judiciary]] (elected by all the political parties in the [[Italian Parliament|Parliament]]), after having been for a few months a city councilor in [[Rome]].
On 12 February 1980, at the end of a lesson, while talking with his assistant [[Rosy Bindi]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertaegiustizia.it/2005/02/08/25-anni-fa-vittorio-bachelet-un-ricordo-di-rosy-bindi/|title=25 anni fa, Vittorio Bachelet. Un ricordo di Rosy Bindi|work=LibertaeGiustizia.it|date=8 February 2005|access-date=22 October 2018}}</ref> Bachelet was shot and [[Murder|killed]] by an armed group of the [[Red Brigades]], on the mezzanine of the staircase of the Faculty of Political Sciences of [[Sapienza University of Rome|La Sapienza]].<ref name=rappr/> His funeral took place two days later at the [[San Roberto Bellarmino, Rome|San Roberto Bellarmino Church]] and was attended by [[President of Italy|President]] [[Sandro Pertini]] and [[Prime minister of Italy|Prime minister]] [[Francesco Cossiga]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinquantamila.it/storyTellerArticolo.php?storyId=4eca6f0b97e7f|title="Prego per quelli che hanno colpito il mio papà"|work=Cinquantamila.it|date=14 February 1980|access-date=22 October 2018}}</ref>
He was the father of {{ill|Giovanni Battista Bachelet|it}}, teacher of Physics at [[Sapienza University of Rome|La Sapienza]] and [[Italian Chamber of Deputies|Deputy]] for the [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]] from 2008 to 2013.
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