Giorgio Napolitano

Giorgio Napolitano
Giorgio Napolitano
	Official portrait, 2006
11th President of Italy
	In office; 15 May 2006 – 14 January 2015
Prime Minister	Romano Prodi; Silvio Berlusconi; Mario Monti; Enrico Letta; Matteo Renzi
Preceded by	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Succeeded by	Sergio Mattarella
President of the Chamber of Deputies
	In office; 3 June 1992 – 14 April 1994
Preceded by	Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Succeeded by	Irene Pivetti
Minister of the Interior
	In office; 18 May 1996 – 21 October 1998
Prime Minister	Romano Prodi
Preceded by	Giovanni Rinaldo Coronas
Succeeded by	Rosa Russo Iervolino
Constituency	In office; 14 January 2015 – 22 September 2023; For life; Ex officio;
Additional offices
Member of the Senate
	In office; 14 January 2015 – 22 September 2023; For life; Ex officio;
	In office; 23 September 2005 – 15 May 2006; For life
Member of the European Parliament
	In office; 20 July 1999 – 19 July 2004
Constituency	Southern Italy
	In office; 25 July 1989 – 10 June 1992
Constituency	Southern Italy
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
	In office; 5 June 1968 – 8 May 1996
Constituency	Naples
	In office; 25 June 1953 – 15 May 1963
Constituency	Naples
Personal details
Born	29 June 1925; Naples, Campania, Kingdom of Italy
Died	22 September 2023 (aged 98); Rome, Italy
Political party	Independent (2006–2023)
Other political; affiliations	PCI (1945–1991); PDS (1991–1998); DS (1998–2006)
Spouse(s)	Clio Maria Bittoni (m. 1959)
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Naples Federico II
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Giorgio Napolitano (29 June 1925 – 22 September 2023) was an Italian politician who was the 11th President of Italy from 2006 to 2015.^[1] He was the first Italian president to be re-elected to the office.^[2]^[3] From 1992 to 1994, he was the President of the Chamber of Deputies. From 1996 to 1998, he was the Minister of the Interior during the Romano Prodi government.

Before becoming president, Napolitano was a member of the Chamber of Deputies, Senate and European Parliament.

In office for 8 years and 244 days, he was the longest-serving president, until the record was passed by Sergio Mattarella in 2023. He also was the longest-lived president in the history of the Italian Republic.^[4]

He was elected on May 10, 2006 on the fourth ballot, with 543 votes out of 1009 (the required number was 505), but he took office as president only on May 15, 2006, after Carlo Azeglio Ciampi's time was finished.

He was voted mostly by the left-wing coalition led by Prime Minister Romano Prodi, head of the Italian Government. Napolitano was preceded at his job by Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. He was nicknamed King George by his critics.^[5]

Napolitano resigned as President of Italy on January 14, 2015 due to his old age.

Napolitano was born in Naples. He studied at University of Naples Federico II. In 1959, he married Clio Maria Bittoni. They had two children.

Napolitano was hospitalized in Rome on 29 June 2023, shortly after his 98th birthday.^[6] He died on 22 September 2023 at the age of 98.^[7]