Editing List of presidents of Italy (section)

== Presidents of the Italian Republic (1948–present) ==
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!colspan="9"|{{Legend2|{{party color|Italian Liberal Party}}|[[Italian Liberal Party|PLI]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{nb5}}{{Legend2|{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}|[[Christian Democracy (Italy)|DC]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{nb5}}{{Legend2|{{party color|Italian Democratic Socialist Party}}|[[Italian Democratic Socialist Party|PSDI]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{nb5}}{{Legend2|{{party color|Italian Socialist Party}}|[[Italian Socialist Party|PSI]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{nb5}}{{Legend2|{{party color|Democrats of the Left}}|[[Democrats of the Left|DS]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{nb5}}{{Legend2|{{party color|Independent politician}}|[[Independent politician|Independent]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
|-
! width=1% rowspan="2"| Portrait
! width=15% rowspan="2"| Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! width=20% colspan="2"| Term of office
! width=15% rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Party
! width=5% rowspan="2"|Election
! width=1% rowspan="2"|{{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
|- style="text-align:center;"
! width=10%|Took office
! width=10%|Left office

|- style="height:9em;"
!rowspan="2"|[[File:Enrico De Nicola (cropped).jpg|110px]]
!rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |'''[[Enrico De Nicola]]'''<br />{{small|(1877–1959)}}
|class="nowrap"|1 January 1948{{efn|De Nicola was already [[List of presidents of Italy#Substitute of the head of state|provisional head of state]] since 1 July 1946.}}
|class="nowrap"|12 May 1948
|width="1" rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Italian Liberal Party}};"|
|rowspan="2"|[[Italian Liberal Party]]
!rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |[[1947 Italian presidential election|1947]]
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://presidenti.quirinale.it/Denicola/den-biografia.htm|title=La biografia del Presidente De Nicola|publisher=Presidenza della Repubblica italiana}}</ref>
|- style="height:4em;"
|colspan="2"|{{age in years and days|1948|1|1|1948|5|12}}

|- style="height:9em;"
!rowspan="2"|[[File:Luigi Einaudi official portrait.jpg|110px]]
!rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |'''[[Luigi Einaudi]]'''<br />{{small|(1874–1961)}}
|class="nowrap"|12 May 1948
|class="nowrap"|11 May 1955
|width="1" rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Italian Liberal Party}};"|
|rowspan="2"|[[Italian Liberal Party]]
!rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |[[1948 Italian presidential election|1948]]
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://presidenti.quirinale.it/Einaudi/ein-biografia.htm|title=La biografia del Presidente Einaudi|publisher=Presidenza della Repubblica italiana}}</ref>
|- style="height:4em;"
|colspan="2"|{{age in years and days|1948|5|12|1955|5|11}}

|- style="height:9em;"
!rowspan="2"|[[File:Giovanni Gronchi Official.jpg|110px]]
!rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |'''[[Giovanni Gronchi]]'''<br />{{small|(1887–1978)}}
|class="nowrap"|11 May 1955
|class="nowrap"|11 May 1962
|width="1" rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|[[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy]]
!rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |[[1955 Italian presidential election|1955]]
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://presidenti.quirinale.it/Gronchi/gro-biografia.htm|title=La biografia del Presidente Gronchi|publisher=Presidenza della Repubblica italiana}}</ref>
|- style="height:4em;"
|colspan="2"|{{age in years and days|1955|5|11|1962|5|11}}

|- style="height:9em;"
!rowspan="2"|[[File:Antonio Segni Official 1962.jpg|110px]]
!rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |'''[[Antonio Segni]]'''<br />{{small|(1891–1972)}}
|class="nowrap"|11 May 1962
|class="nowrap"|6 December 1964{{efn|After suffering a serious cerebral hemorrhage, Segni resigned for health reasons, becoming the first president to do so.}}
|width="1" rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};"|
|rowspan="2| [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy]]
!rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |[[1962 Italian presidential election|1962]]
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://presidenti.quirinale.it/Segni/seg-biografia.htm|title=La biografia del Presidente Segni|publisher=Presidenza della Repubblica italiana}}</ref>
|- style="height:4em;"
|colspan="2"|{{age in years and days|1962|5|11|1964|12|6}}

|- style="height:9em;"
!rowspan="2"|[[File:Giuseppe Saragat (cropped).jpg|110px]]
!rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |'''[[Giuseppe Saragat]]'''<br />{{small|(1898–1988)}}
|class="nowrap"|29 December 1964
|class="nowrap"|29 December 1971
|width="1" rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Italian Democratic Socialist Party}};"|
|rowspan="2"|[[Italian Democratic Socialist Party]]
!rowspan="2"style="font-weight:normal" |[[1964 Italian presidential election|1964]]
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://presidenti.quirinale.it/Saragat/sar-biografia.htm|title=La biografia del Presidente Saragat|publisher=Presidenza della Repubblica italiana}}</ref>
|- style="height:4em;"
|colspan="2"|{{age in years and days|1964|12|29|1971|12|29}}

|- style="height:9em;"
!rowspan="2"|[[File:Presidente Leone.jpg|110px]]
!rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |'''[[Giovanni Leone]]'''<br />{{small|(1908–2001)}}
|class="nowrap"|29 December 1971
|class="nowrap"|15 June 1978{{efn|After being involved in a [[Lockheed bribery scandals|bribery scandal]], Leone resigned.}}
|width="2" rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|[[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy]]
!rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |[[1971 Italian presidential election|1971]]
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://presidenti.quirinale.it/Leone/leo-biografia.htm|title=La biografia del Presidente Leone|publisher=Presidenza della Repubblica italiana}}</ref>
|- style="height:4em;"
|colspan="2"|{{age in years and days|1971|12|29|1978|6|15}}

|- style="height:9em;"
!rowspan="2"|[[File:Sandro Pertini Official.jpg|110px]]
!rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |'''[[Sandro Pertini]]'''<br />{{small|(1896–1990)}}
|class="nowrap"|9 July 1978
|class="nowrap"|29 June 1985{{efn|name=speed|Resigned in order to bring forward the inauguration ceremony of the President-elect.}}
|width="2" rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Italian Socialist Party}};"|
|rowspan="2"|[[Italian Socialist Party]]
!rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |[[1978 Italian presidential election|1978]]
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://presidenti.quirinale.it/Pertini/per-biografia.htm|title=La biografia del Presidente Pertini|publisher=Presidenza della Repubblica italiana}}</ref>
|- style="height:4em;"
|colspan="2"|{{age in years and days|1978|7|9|1985|6|29}}

|- style="height:9em;"
!rowspan="2"|[[File:Cossiga Francesco.jpg|110px]]
!rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |'''[[Francesco Cossiga]]'''<br />{{small|(1928–2010)}}
|class="nowrap"|3 July 1985
|class="nowrap"|28 April 1992{{efn|Cossiga resigned in order to favor the resolution of the political crisis after the [[1992 Italian general election|1992 general election]].}}
|width="1" rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|[[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy]]
!rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |[[1985 Italian presidential election|1985]]
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://presidenti.quirinale.it/Cossiga/cos-biografia.htm|title=La biografia del Presidente Cossiga|publisher=Presidenza della Repubblica italiana}}</ref>
|- style="height:4em;"
|colspan="2"|{{age in years and days|1985|7|3|1992|4|28}}

|- style="height:9em;"
!rowspan="2"|[[File:Oscar Luigi Scalfaro portrait.jpg|110px]]
!rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |'''[[Oscar Luigi Scalfaro]]'''<br />{{small|(1918–2012)}}
|class="nowrap"|28 May 1992
|class="nowrap"|15 May 1999{{efn|name=speed}}
|width="1" rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|[[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy]]{{efn|Scalfaro left the [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy]] in 1992, when he was elected president. In 1994 the DC was disbanded and Scalfaro would never re-join a party.}}
!rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |[[1992 Italian presidential election|1992]]
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://presidenti.quirinale.it/Scalfaro/sca-biografia.htm|title=La biografia del Presidente Scalfaro|publisher=Presidenza della Repubblica italiana}}</ref>
|- style="height:4em;"
|colspan="2"|{{age in years and days|1992|5|28|1999|5|15}}

|- style="height:9em;"
!rowspan="2"|[[File:Ciampi ritratto.jpg|110px]]
!rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |'''[[Carlo Azeglio Ciampi]]'''<br />{{small|(1920–2016)}}
|class="nowrap"|18 May 1999
|class="nowrap"|15 May 2006{{efn|name=speed}}
|width="1" rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"|
|rowspan="2"|[[Independent politician|Independent]]{{efn|Ciampi was a member of the [[Action Party (Italy)|Action Party]], which was dissolved in 1947.}}
!rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |[[1999 Italian presidential election|1999]]
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://presidenti.quirinale.it/Ciampi/cia-biografia.htm|title=La biografia del Presidente Ciampi|publisher=Presidenza della Repubblica italiana}}</ref>
|- style="height:4em;"
|colspan="2"|{{age in years and days|1999|5|18|2006|5|15}}

|- style="height:9em;"
!rowspan="2"|[[File:Presidente Napolitano.jpg|110px]]
!rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |'''[[Giorgio Napolitano]]'''<br />{{small|(1925–2023)}}
|class="nowrap"|15 May 2006
|class="nowrap"|14 January 2015{{efn|At 89 years old, Napolitano resigned due to age reasons.}}
|rowspan="2" width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democrats of the Left}};"|
|rowspan="2"|[[Democrats of the Left]] /<br />[[Independent politician|Independent]]{{efn|Napolitano was a member of the [[Italian Communist Party]], of the [[Democratic Party of the Left]] and of the [[Democrats of the Left]] until his election as President in 2006.}}
!rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |[[2006 Italian presidential election|2006]] <hr> [[2013 Italian presidential election|2013]]
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://presidenti.quirinale.it/Napolitano/nap-biografia.htm|title=La biografia del Presidente Napolitano|publisher=Presidenza della Repubblica italiana}}</ref>
|- style="height:4em;"
|colspan="2"|{{age in years and days|2006|5|15|2015|1|14}}

|- style="height:9em;"
!rowspan="2"|[[File:Sergio Mattarella Official (cropped).jpg|110px]]
!rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |'''[[Sergio Mattarella]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1941)}}
|class="nowrap"|3 February 2015
|class="nowrap"|Incumbent
|width="1" rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"|
|rowspan="2"|[[Independent politician|Independent]]{{efn|Mattarella was a member of the [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy]], of the [[Italian People's Party (1994)|Italian People's Party]], of [[Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy|The Daisy]] and of the [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]], but he quit political commitment when he left the Parliament in 2008.}}
!rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |[[2015 Italian presidential election|2015]] <hr> [[2022 Italian presidential election|2022]]
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.quirinale.it/page/biografia|title=La biografia del Presidente Mattarella|publisher=Presidenza della Repubblica italiana}}</ref>
|- style="height:4em;"
|colspan="2"|{{age in years and days|2015|2|3}}
|}

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