Sergio Mattarella

President of Italy (2015–present)

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Rank in Italy
#91
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Age
85
Born 1941
Known for
Mafia Is Not What It U…
2019

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Updated 2026-06-21

He's Italy's longest-serving president and the only one still living, a former Christian Democrat who outlasted his own party and now oversees a parade of prime ministers — five so far — while the country lurches from migrant crisis to pandemic to populist surge.

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Sergio Mattarella was born 23 July 1941 and rose through Christian Democracy in the 1980s, serving as minister for parliamentary relations and education before the party dissolved. He co-founded the Italian People's Party in 1994, became deputy prime minister in 1998 and defence minister in 1999, then helped launch the Democratic Party in 2007 before retiring to the Constitutional Court in 2011. Elected president on 31 January 2015 with centre-left backing, he steered Italy through economic malaise, the 2015 migrant crisis, and COVID-19 — the first Western nation to lock down. Re-elected in 20…

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