List of presidents of Italy
This is a list of presidents of Italy since the monarchy ended and Enrico de Nicola became president.
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- 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
Presidents
change| 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 |