Giorgio Napolitano

**Giorgio Napolitano** (29 June 1925 – 22 September 2023) was an Italian politician who was the 11th President of Italy from 2006 to 2015. He was the first Italian president to be re-elected to the office. From 1992 to 1994, he was the President of the Chamber of Deputies. From 1996 to 1998, he was the Minister of the Interior during the Romano Prodi government.

Before becoming president, Napolitano was a member of the Chamber of Deputies, Senate and European Parliament.

In office for 8 years and 244 days, he was the longest-serving president, until the record was passed by Sergio Mattarella in 2023. He also was the longest-lived president in the history of the Italian Republic.

He was elected on 10 May 2006 on the fourth ballot, with 543 votes out of 1009 (the required number was 505), but he took office as president only on 15 May 2006, after Carlo Azeglio Ciampi's time was finished.

He was voted mostly by the left-wing coalition led by Prime Minister Romano Prodi, head of the Italian Government. Napolitano was preceded at his job by Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. He was nicknamed King George by his critics.

Napolitano resigned as President of Italy on 14 January 2015 due to his old age.

Napolitano was born in Naples. He studied at University of Naples Federico II. In 1959, he married Clio Maria Bittoni. They had two children.

Napolitano was hospitalized in Rome on 29 June 2023, shortly after his 98th birthday. He died on 22 September 2023 at the age of 98.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Giorgio Napolitano
- **image**: Presidente Napolitano.jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2006
- **office1**: 11th President of Italy
- **primeminister1**: Romano Prodi
Silvio Berlusconi
Mario Monti
Enrico Letta
Matteo Renzi
- **term start1**: 15 May 2006
- **term end1**: 14 January 2015
- **predecessor1**: Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
- **successor1**: Sergio Mattarella
- **office2**: President of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy), President of the Chamber of Deputies
- **term start2**: 3 June 1992
- **term end2**: 14 April 1994
- **predecessor2**: Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
- **successor2**: Irene Pivetti
- **office3**: Italian Minister of the Interior, Minister of the Interior
- **primeminister3**: Romano Prodi
- **term start3**: 18 May 1996
- **term end3**: 21 October 1998
- **predecessor3**: Giovanni Rinaldo Coronas
- **successor3**: Rosa Russo Iervolino
- **office4**: Member of the Senate of the Republic (Italy), Senate
- **term start4**: 14 January 2015
- **term end4**: 22 September 2023

- **term start5**: 23 September 2005
- **term end5**: 15 May 2006
**Senators for life in Italy, For life**
- **office6**: Member of the European Parliament
- **term start7**: 25 July 1989
- **term end7**: 10 June 1992
- **constituency7**: Southern Italy (European Parliament constituency), Southern Italy
- **term start6**: 20 July 1999
- **term end6**: 19 July 2004
- **constituency6**: Southern Italy (European Parliament constituency), Southern Italy
- **office8**: Member of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy), Chamber of Deputies
- **term start8**: 5 June 1968
- **term end8**: 8 May 1996
- **constituency8**: List of Italian constituencies#Naples–Caserta, Naples
- **term start9**: 25 June 1953
- **term end9**: 15 May 1963
- **constituency9**: List of Italian constituencies#Naples–Caserta, Naples
- **birth place**: Naples, Campania, Kingdom of Italy
- **death place**: Rome, Italy
- **party**: Independent politician, Independent (2006–2023)
- **children**: 2
- **alma mater**: University of Naples Federico II
- **signature**: Giorgio Napolitano signature.svg