List of presidents of Italy

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.

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

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PLI DC PSDI PSI DS Independent
N.	Portrait	Name (Born?Died)	Term of office			Party		Election	Prime Ministers
N.	Portrait	Name (Born?Died)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		Election	Prime Ministers
1		Enrico De Nicola (1877?1959)	1 January 1948 ^[a]	12 May 1948	132 days		Italian Liberal Party	?	De Gasperi
2		Luigi Einaudi (1874?1961)	12 May 1948	11 May 1955	6 years, 364 days		Italian Liberal Party	1948	De Gasperi Pella Fanfani Scelba
3		Giovanni Gronchi (1887?1978)	11 May 1955	11 May 1962	7 years, 0 days		Christian Democracy	1955	Scelba Segni Zoli Fanfani Segni Tambroni Fanfani
4		Antonio Segni (1891?1972)	11 May 1962	6 December 1964 ^[b]	2 years, 209 days		Christian Democracy	1962	Fanfani Leone Moro
5		Giuseppe Saragat (1898?1988)	29 December 1964	29 December 1971	7 years, 0 days		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	1964	Moro Leone Rumor Colombo
6		Giovanni Leone (1908?2001)	29 December 1971	15 June 1978 ^[c]	6 years, 168 days		Christian Democracy	1971	Colombo Andreotti Rumor Moro Andreotti
7		Sandro Pertini (1896?1990)	9 July 1978	29 June 1985 ^[d]	6 years, 355 days		Italian Socialist Party	1978	Andreotti Cossiga Forlani Spadolini Fanfani Craxi
8		Francesco Cossiga (1928?2010)	3 July 1985	28 April 1992 ^[e]	6 years, 300 days		Christian Democracy	1985	Craxi Fanfani Goria De Mita Andreotti
9		Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918?2012)	28 May 1992	15 May 1999 ^[d]	6 years, 352 days		Christian Democracy	1992	Andreotti Amato Ciampi Berlusconi Dini Prodi D'Alema
10		Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920?2016)	18 May 1999	15 May 2006 ^[d]	6 years, 362 days		Independent ^[f]	1999	D'Alema Amato Berlusconi
11		Giorgio Napolitano (1925?2023)	15 May 2006	14 January 2015 ^[g]	8 years, 244 days		Democrats of the Left / Independent	2006	Prodi Berlusconi Monti Letta Renzi
11		Giorgio Napolitano (1925?2023)	15 May 2006	14 January 2015 ^[g]	8 years, 244 days		Democrats of the Left / Independent	2013	Prodi Berlusconi Monti Letta Renzi
12		Sergio Mattarella (born 1941)	3 February 2015	Incumbent	9 years, 106 days		Independent ^[h]	2015	Renzi Gentiloni Conte Draghi Meloni
12		Sergio Mattarella (born 1941)	3 February 2015	Incumbent	9 years, 106 days		Independent ^[h]	2022	Renzi Gentiloni Conte Draghi Meloni

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↑ He was already provisional Chief of state it:Capo provvisorio dello Stato since 1 July 1946.
↑ Resigned due to health reasons.
↑ Resigned due to a bribery scandal .
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Resigned in order to bring forward the inauguration ceremony of the President-elect.
↑ Resigned in order to favor the resolution of the political crisis after the 1992 general election .
↑ Ciampi was a member of the Action Party , which was dissolved in 1947.
↑ Resigned due to age reasons.
↑ Mattarella was a member of the Christian Democracy , of the Italian People's Party , of The Daisy and of the Democratic Party , but he quit political commitment when he left the Parliament in 2008.

[1] He was already provisional Chief of state it:Capo provvisorio dello Stato since 1 July 1946.

[2] Resigned due to health reasons.

[3] Resigned due to a bribery scandal .

[speed-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Resigned in order to bring forward the inauguration ceremony of the President-elect.

[5] Resigned in order to favor the resolution of the political crisis after the 1992 general election .

[6] Ciampi was a member of the Action Party , which was dissolved in 1947.

[7] Resigned due to age reasons.

[8] Mattarella was a member of the Christian Democracy , of the Italian People's Party , of The Daisy and of the Democratic Party , but he quit political commitment when he left the Parliament in 2008.

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