List of Presidents of the Italian Republic

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This is the list of Presidents of the Italian Republic with the title Presidente della Repubblica since 1948.

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[edit] Presidents of the Italian Republic

Number Name Picture Born-Died Took Office Left Office Party
I Enrico De Nicola[1] 1877-1959 1 July 1946 12 May 1948 Italian Liberal Party
II Luigi Einaudi 1874-1961 12 May 1948 11 May 1955 Italian Liberal Party
III Giovanni Gronchi 1887-1978 11 May 1955 11 May 1962 Christian Democracy
IV Antonio Segni 1891-1972 11 May 1962 6 December 1964[2] Christian Democracy
V Giuseppe Saragat 1898-1988 29 December 1964 29 December 1971 Italian Democratic Socialist Party
VI Giovanni Leone 1908-2001 29 December 1971 15 June 1978[3] Christian Democracy
VII Alessandro Pertini 1896-1990 9 July 1978 29 June 1985[4] Italian Socialist Party
VIII Francesco Cossiga 1928- 3 July 1985 28 April 1992[5] Christian Democracy
IX Oscar Luigi Scalfaro 1918- 28 May 1992 15 May 1999[6] Christian Democracy
X Carlo Azeglio Ciampi 1920- 18 May 1999 15 May 2006 [6] No party affiliation [7]
XI Giorgio Napolitano 1925- 15 May 2006 Present Democrats of the Left

[edit] Temporary Heads of State

Name Picture Born-Died Took Office Left Office Party
Alcide De Gasperi[8] 1881-1954 12 June 1946 1 July 1946 Christian Democracy
Enrico De Nicola[1] 1877-1959 1 July 1946 1 January 1948 Italian Liberal Party
Cesare Merzagora[9] 1898-1991 10 August 1964 29 December 1964 Christian Democracy
Amintore Fanfani[9] 1908-1999 15 June 1978 9 July 1978 Christian Democracy
Francesco Cossiga[9] 1928- 29 June 1985 3 July 1985 Christian Democracy
Giovanni Spadolini[9] 1925-1994 28 April 1992 28 May 1992 Italian Republican Party
Nicola Mancino[9] 1931- 15 May 1999 18 May 1999 Italian People's Party

The Quirinal Palace (known in Italian as the Quirinale) in Rome is the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Did not want to be called President of the Italian Republic, only Temporary Chief of State, as he had not been elected by the Republican Parliament that would to be first elected in 1948. Nevertheless, according to the Italian Constitution, approved in 1947, he assumed the title of President on January 1, 1948.
  2. ^ Resigned for illness.
  3. ^ Resigned after a bribery scandal.
  4. ^ Resigned to speed the election of the successor.
  5. ^ Resigned.
  6. ^ a b Resigned to speed the swear-in ceremony of the successor, who had already been elected.
  7. ^ He was a member of the Action Party, but the party ended its existence in 1947.
  8. ^ Interim, as Prime Minister.
  9. ^ a b c d e Interim, as President of Senate of the Republic.

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