Enrico letta giorgio napolitano biography
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The death of Giorgio Napolitano, former communist and Italian president
Giorgio Napolitano, the 11th president of the Italian Republic from 15 May to 14 January , born on 29 June in Naples, died on September 22, He was 98 years old. From the heights of the Quirinal, the seat of the presidency, he dominated both the city of Rome and the country's political life. He accompanied, and sometimes led, its transformations as five presidents of the Council succeeded each other in the Chigi Palace, the seat of the presidency of the Council: Romano Prodi (), Silvio Berlusconi (), Mario Monti (), Enrico Letta () and Matteo Renzi ().
He managed to turn an institutional mandate with a more symbolic than real power into a moral magisterium at a time when the financial crisis that began in and Silvio Berlusconi's sexual escapades were threatening to ruin Italy's reputation for good.
A man with an old-fashioned and sometimes pompous language, an intellectual respected bygd his peers, a theater
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Giorgio Napolitano
President of Italy from to
Giorgio Napolitano (Italian:[ˈdʒordʒonapoliˈtaːno]; 29 June – 22 September ) was an Italian politician who served as President of Italy from to , the first to be re-elected to the office.[1][2] In office for 8 years and days, he was the longest-serving president, until the record was surpassed by Sergio Mattarella in He also was the longest-lived president in the history of the Italian Republic,[3] which has been in existence since Although he was a prominent figure of the First Italian Republic, he did not take part in the Constituent Assembly of Italy that drafted the Italian constitution;[3] he is considered one of the symbols of the Second Italian Republic, which came about after the Tangentopoli scandal of the s.[3] Due to his dominant position in Italian politics, some critics have sometimes referred to him as Re Giorgio ("King Giorgio").[4]
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Letta invited to be Italy PM
Napolitano, who was inaugurated for a surprise second term on Monday after having been broadly endorsed by Italy's political parties, summoned Enrico Letta, the Democratic Party's (DP) No. 2. leader to the Quirinale Palace in Rome on Wednesday.
His spokesman Donato Marra told reporters: "The president has given the nomination to Enrico Letta."
Letta, who speaks fluent English, is widely considered a moderate who could be acceptable to Italy's centre-right, including former premier Silvio Berlusconi and his People of Freedom party. He would be the second youngest prime minister in Italian history.
Enrico Letta asked to form Italian Government
Recession-hit Italy has been paralyzed since its inconclusive parliamentary election in February delivered no clear winner.
Assuming Letta quickly forms a new cabinet, he could go to parliament to seek a vote of confidence by this weekend.
Letta had remained the DP's most senior figure following