Presidents of the Italian Republic by:Holy May Faral

Presidents of the Italian Republic (1946-present)

Enrico De Nicola ( 9 November 1877 – 1 October 1959) was an Italian jurist, journalist, politician, and provisional Head of State of the newborn republic of Italy from 1946 to 1948.

Enrico De Nicola was born in Naples and became famous as one of the most esteemed penal lawyers in Italy. As a Liberal he was elected adeputy for the first time in 1909 and, from 1913 to 1921, he filled minor governmental posts until the advent of fascism, when he retired from political life.

    Luigi Einaudi (March 24, 1874 – October 30, 1961) was an Italian politician and economist. He served as the second President of the Italian Republic between 1948 and 1955.

On May 11, 1948 he was elected the second President of the Italian Republic. At the end of the seven year term of office in 1955 he becameLife Senator. Einaudi was a member of numerous cultural, economic and university institutions. 

Giovanni Gronchi (10 September 1887 – 17 October 1978) was a Christian Democratic Italianpolitician who became the third President of the Italian Republic in 1955, after Luigi Einaudi. His presidency lasted until 1962 and was marked by a controversial and failed attempt to bring about an “opening toHe was born at Pontedera, Tuscany, and was an early member of the Christian Movement founded by the Catholic priest don Romolo Murriin 1902.

          Antonio Segni (2 February 1891 – 1 December 1972) was an Italian politician who was the 35th Prime Minister of Italy (1955–1957, 1959–1960), and the fourth President of the Italian Republic from 1962 to 1964. Adhering to the centristChristian Democratic party (Italian: Democrazia Cristiana – DC), he was the first Sardinian ever to become Prime Minister of ItaSegni was elected President of the Italian Republic on 6 May 1962 (854 to 443 votes).

Giuseppe Saragat ( 19 September 1898 – 11 June 1988) was an Italian politician who was the fifthPresident of the Italian Republic from 1964 to 1971.

Saragat was born in Turin, from Sardinian parents.

He was a reformist socialist, who split from the Italian Socialist Party in 1947, out of concern over its close (at the time) alliance with the Communists, to found the Italian Socialist Workers' Party, which would soon become the Italian Democratic Socialist Party. He was to be the latter's paramount leader for the rest of his life. He died in Rome on 11 June 1988. He was an atheist.

       Giovanni Leone (3 November 1908 – 9 November 2001) was an Italian politician. He was the 38thPrime Minister of Italy from 21 June 1963 to 4 December 1963 and again from 24 June 1968 to 12 December 1968. He also served as thesixth President of the Republic from 1971 to 1978.

Leone was born in Naples.

He graduated in law in 1929. His father was one of the founders of Democrazia Cristiana in his native city, and he was elected to the Italian Constituent Assembly in 1946.

        Alessandro (Sandro) Pertini ( 25 September 1896 – 24 February 1990) was an Italian socialist, who was the seventh President of the Italian Republic from 1978 to 1985. Born in Stella (Province of Savona) as the son of a well to do landowner, Alberto, he studied at a Salesian college in Varazze, and completed his schooling at the "Chiabrera" lyceum (high school) in Savona.

His philosophy teacher was Adelchi Baratono, a reformist socialist who contributed to his approach to Socialism and probably introduced him to the inner circles of the Ligurian labour movements. Pertini obtained a Law degree from the University of Genoa.

Francesco Cossiga (26 July 1928 – 17 August 2010) was an Italian politician, the 43rd Prime Minister and the eighth President of the Italian Republic. He was also a professor of constitutional law at the University of Sassari.

Cossiga was born in Sassari in the north of Sardinia. He started his political career during World War II. His name is now usually pronounced Italian pronunciation: [kosˈsiːɡa], but it was originally pronounced Italian pronunciation: [ˈkɔssiɡa], with the stress on the first syllable, meaning "Corsica". He was the cousin of Enrico Berlinguer.

Oscar Luigi Scalfaro ( 9 September 1918 – 29 January 2012) was an Italian politician and magistrate, the ninth President of the Italian Republic from 1992 to 1999, and subsequently a senator for life. Formerly a member of Christian Democracy, he belonged to the centre-left Democratic party. Scalfaro was born in Novara, Province of Novara.

Scalfaro graduated in Law from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (”Catholic University of the Sacred Heart“) in Milan on July 30, 1941 . On October 21, 1942 he entered the magistrature.

                                                               Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (born 9 December 1920) is an Italian politician and banker. He was the 73rd Prime Minister of Italy from 1993 to 1994 and was the tenth President of the Italian Republic from 1999 to 2006. He is currently a Senator for life in the Italian Senate. Ciampi was born in Livorno (Province of Livorno).After receiving a doctorate in literature in 1941 from the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, one of the country's most prestigious universities, he was called to military duty in Albania as a lieutenant.

Giorgio Napolitano (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒordʒo napoliˈtaːno]; born 29 June 1925) is an Italian politician who has been the 11th President of Italy since 2006. A long-time member of the Italian Communist Party and later the Democrats of the Left, he served as President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1992 to 1994 and as Minister of the Interior from 1996 to 1998.

Appointed as a Senator for life in 2005, he was subsequently elected as President of Italy on 10 May 2006; his term started with the swearing-in ceremony held on 15 May 2006. He is the first President of Italy to have been a member of the Italian Communist Party.