List of presidents of Italy

This is a list of presidents of Italy since the monarchy ended and Enrico de Nicola became president.

• Top left: Enrico De Nicola was the first president of the Italian Republic.
• Top right: Giorgio Napolitano was the longest-serving president in Italian history.
• Bottom left: Antonio Segni was the first president to resign from office.
• Bottom right: Sergio Mattarella is the serving president of the Italian Republic.

Under the Italian Constitution, the first constitution of the Republic of Italy, the President replaced the monarch as ceremonial head of state. The President was elected by the Italian Parliament and regional governments for a seven-year term. In the event of a vacancy the President of the Senate served as Acting President.^[source?]

Parties

Traditionally, Presidents have not been members of any political party during their tenure, in order to be considered above partisan interests. The parties shown are those to which the President belonged at the time they took office.

• 1946–1993:

  Christian Democracy   Democratic Party   Democratic Socialist Party   Liberal Party   Socialist Party

• Since 1994:

  Democrats of the Left   Democratic Party   Independent

Status

  Denotes President of the Senate acting as President

Presidents

No.	Portrait	Name	Term	Tenure
1		Alcide De Gasperi (1881–1954)	12 June 1946	1 July 1946
2		Enrico De Nicola (1877–1959)	1 July 1946	25 June 1947
3			26 June 1947	1 January 1948
4		Enrico De Nicola (1877–1959)	1 January 1948	12 May 1948
5		Luigi Einaudi (1874–1961)	12 May 1948	11 May 1955
6		Giovanni Gronchi (1887–1978)	11 May 1955	11 May 1962
7		Antonio Segni (1891–1972)	11 May 1962	6 December 1964
8		Cesare Merzagora (1898–1991)	6 December 1964	29 December 1964
9		Giuseppe Saragat (1898–1988)	29 December 1964	29 December 1971
10		Giovanni Leone (1908–2001)	29 December 1971	15 June 1978
11		Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999)	15 June 1978	9 July 1978
12		Sandro Pertini (1896–1990)	9 July 1978	29 June 1985
13		Francesco Cossiga (1928–2010)	29 June 1985	3 July 1985
14			3 July 1985	28 April 1992
15		Giovanni Spadolini (1925–1994)	28 April 1992	28 May 1992
16		Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918–2012)	28 May 1992	15 May 1999
17		Nicola Mancino (1931–)	15 May 1999	18 May 1999
18		Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920–2016)	18 May 1999	15 May 2006
19		Giorgio Napolitano (1925–2023)	15 May 2006	20 April 2013
20			20 April 2013	14 January 2015
21		Pietro Grasso (1945–)	14 January 2015	3 February 2015
22		Sergio Mattarella (1941–)	3 February 2015	Incumbent

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