This is a list of presidents of Italy since the monarchy ended and Enrico de Nicola became president.
PLI DC PSDI PSI DS Independent |
N. | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Term of office | Party | Election | Prime Ministers |
Took office | Left office | Time in office |
1 | | Enrico De Nicola (1877–1959) | 1 January 1948[a] | 12 May 1948 | 132 days | | Italian Liberal Party | — | De Gasperi |
2 | | Luigi Einaudi (1874–1961) | 12 May 1948 | 11 May 1955 | 6 years, 364 days | | Italian Liberal Party | 1948 | De Gasperi Pella Fanfani Scelba |
3 | | Giovanni Gronchi (1887–1978) | 11 May 1955 | 11 May 1962 | 7 years, 0 days | | Christian Democracy | 1955 | Scelba Segni Zoli Fanfani Segni Tambroni Fanfani |
4 | | Antonio Segni (1891–1972) | 11 May 1962 | 6 December 1964[b] | 2 years, 209 days | | Christian Democracy | 1962 | Fanfani Leone Moro |
5 | | Giuseppe Saragat (1898–1988) | 29 December 1964 | 29 December 1971 | 7 years, 0 days | | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | 1964 | Moro Leone Rumor Colombo |
6 | | Giovanni Leone (1908–2001) | 29 December 1971 | 15 June 1978[c] | 6 years, 168 days | | Christian Democracy | 1971 | Colombo Andreotti Rumor Moro Andreotti |
7 | | Sandro Pertini (1896–1990) | 9 July 1978 | 29 June 1985[d] | 6 years, 355 days | | Italian Socialist Party | 1978 | Andreotti Cossiga Forlani Spadolini Fanfani Craxi |
8 | | Francesco Cossiga (1928–2010) | 3 July 1985 | 28 April 1992[e] | 6 years, 300 days | | Christian Democracy | 1985 | Craxi Fanfani Goria De Mita Andreotti |
9 | | Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918–2012) | 28 May 1992 | 15 May 1999[d] | 6 years, 352 days | | Christian Democracy | 1992 | Andreotti Amato Ciampi Berlusconi Dini Prodi D'Alema |
10 | | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920–2016) | 18 May 1999 | 15 May 2006[d] | 6 years, 362 days | | Independent[f] | 1999 | D'Alema Amato Berlusconi |
11 | | Giorgio Napolitano (1925–2023) | 15 May 2006 | 14 January 2015[g] | 8 years, 244 days | | Democrats of the Left / Independent | 2006 | Prodi Berlusconi Monti Letta Renzi |
2013 |
12 | | Sergio Mattarella (born 1941) | 3 February 2015 | Incumbent | 9 years, 78 days | | Independent[h] | 2015 | Renzi Gentiloni Conte Draghi Meloni |
2022 |