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This is a list of presidents of
Italy
since the monarchy ended and
Enrico de Nicola
became president.
PLI
DC
PSDI
PSI
DS
Independent
|
N.
|
Portrait
|
Name
(Born?Died)
|
Term of office
|
Party
|
Election
|
Prime Ministers
|
Took office
|
Left office
|
Time in office
|
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
|
2013
|
12
|
|
Sergio Mattarella
(born 1941)
|
3 February 2015
|
Incumbent
|
9 years, 138 days
|
|
Independent
[h]
|
2015
|
Renzi
Gentiloni
Conte
Draghi
Meloni
|
2022
|