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Giorgio Napolitano

President of Italy from 2006 to 2015 · Italy · Politicians · Lived 1925 to 2023 · aged 98

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Italy's longest-serving president, who came to the office from the old Italian Communist Party and never fully left it behind.

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A life in dates

2023Died22 September 20232015Honorary Doctor of the University of PaviaAward2012Grand Cross of the Legion of HonourAwardOrder of the White EagleAward2011Collar of the Order of the Star of RomaniaAward2010Dan David PrizeAwardNational Maltese Order of MeritAwardOrder of the UmayyadsAward2008Grand Collar of the Order of the Southern CrossAwardHonorary Doctor of the Hebrew University of JerusalemAward2007Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double CrossAwardHonorary Doctor of the University of Madrid ComplutenseAward2004Commander of the Order for Merits to LithuaniaAward1998Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian RepublicAward1997Leibniz-Ring-HannoverAward1989“We have reached the point, a moment that has never been experienced since 1989: we need to reflect on the absolute need for a new, fairer and more sustainable world order.”In their wordsSiamo arrivati al dunque, ad un momento che mai si era vissuto dal 1989: occorre riflettere sull’assoluta esigenza su cosa possa essere un

1925Born29 June 1925

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  1. We have reached the point, a moment that has never been experienced since 1989: we need to reflect on the absolute need for a new, fairer and more sustainable world order.

    1989, Siamo arrivati al dunque, ad un momento che mai si era vissuto dal 1989: occorre riflettere sull’assoluta esigenza su cosa possa essere un, Own words

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Awards

Honorary Doctor of the University of Pavia2015
"Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu" Decoration2014
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour2012
Order of the White Eagle2012
Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania2011
Decoration for Exceptional Merits2011
Dan David Prize2010
Order of the Umayyads2010
Doctor Honoris Causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University2010
Prix de la laïcité2010
National Maltese Order of Merit2010
Grand Order of Mugunghwa2009
Honorary Doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem2008
Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland2008
Grand Collar of the Order of the Southern Cross2008
Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross2007
Honorary Doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense2007
Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria2007
Collar of the Order of Pope Pius IX2006
Commander of the Order for Merits to Lithuania2004
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic1998
Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic1998
Leibniz-Ring-Hannover1997
Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Order of State of Republic of Turkey
Royal Order of the Seraphim
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Presidential Medal of Distinction
Order of Mubarak the Great
Order of Merit
Order of the Star of Palestine
Order of Independence
Order of Saint-Charles
Order of King Abdulaziz al Saud
Order of Stara Planina
Grand Order of King Tomislav
Order of the Star of Ghana
Order of al-Hussein bin Ali
Order of the Redeemer

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Napolitano joined the Italian Communist Party in 1945 after fighting in the resistance, planted himself on its reformist right wing, and entered Parliament in 1953. A close friend of Henry Kissinger, he became the first high-ranking Communist to visit the United States in 1978. He served as president of the Chamber of Deputies from 1992 to 1994 and interior minister under Prodi from 1996 to 1998. Elected president in 2006 - the first ex-Communist to hold the office - he watched governments of left and right come and go, then in 2011 called on Mario Monti to form a cabinet after Berlusconi resigned during the debt crisis. When the 2013 election produced deadlock, he reluctantly ran again at 87, won re-election, and broke the impasse by appointing Enrico Letta to lead a grand coalition; a year later he replaced Letta with Matteo Renzi. He resigned in January 2015 at 89, returned to the Senate, and died in 2023 - still the longest-lived president in the republic's history.

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Italy
Category
Politicians
Type
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Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2023 · aged 98

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