Giorgio Napolitano facts for kids

Giorgio Napolitano
Quick facts for kids Giorgio Napolitano
11th President of Italy
	In office; 15 May 2006 – 14 January 2015
Preceded by	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Succeeded by	Sergio Mattarella
Personal details
Born	June 29, 1925 (age 95); Naples, Italy
Political party	Democratic Party of the Left
Spouse(s)	Clio Maria Bittoni
Profession	lawyer and politician

Giorgio Napolitano (born in Naples, Italy on June 29, 1925) was the 11th President of the Italian Republic.

He was elected on May 10, 2006 on the fourth ballot, with 543 votes out of 1009 (the required number was 505), but he took office as President only on May 15, 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. His nickname is King George.

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

Images for kids

Napolitano with Romanian President Nicolae Ceaușescu in 1974.
Napolitano with Enrico Berlinguer.
Napolitano as President of the Chamber of Deputies in 1992.
Giorgio Napolitano with Prime Minister Romano Prodi, in 2006.
Napolitano attending to the Army Parade of the Republic Day, 2 June 2006.
Barack Obama and Napolitano at Quirinale Palace in Rome, 2009.
Napolitano with Silvio Berlusconi, in 2008.
Napolitano with Prime Minister Mario Monti and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
President Napolitano with the President of the Chamber of Deputies Laura Boldrini and President of the Senate Pietro Grasso.
President Giorgio Napolitano with Prime Minister Enrico Letta, in 2013.
Napolitano with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, in 2014.