We have a new President
mercoledì, maggio 10, 2006
Giorgio Napolitano (born June 29, 1925 in Naples), an Italian politician and lifetime senator, is the president-elect of the Italian Republic. He was elected as the eleventh President of the Italian Republic on May 10, 2006. A graduate in law, Napolitano was active in the opposition against the nazi-fascist troops, founding in 1942 an anti-fascist and communist group which took part in several actions against the occupying forces. In 1945, after the end of the World War II, Napolitano joined the Italian Communist Party and was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1953. Subsequently, Napolitano was elected to the National Committee of the party, becoming one of its most influential leaders until its disbandment in 1991; his political ideas were somewhat right-leaning in the context of the party, as Napolitano, leader of the so-called "meliorist wing" (corrente migliorista), was more in favour of social democracy and collaboration with the Italian Socialist Party. After the dissolution of the Italian Communist Party, Napolitano joined the Democratic Party of the Left, which later became Democrats of the Left. Successively, he served as President of the Chamber of Deputies (1992?1994) and Minister of the Interior (1996?1998). From 1999 to 2004 he was a Member of the European Parliament. In October 2005 he was named by President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi as a life Senator, together with Sergio Pininfarina. In 2006 his name was frequently suggested for the office of President of the Italian Republic. On May 7, 2006, the centre-left majority coalition, The Union, officially endorsed Giorgio Napolitano as its candidate in the special election that began on May 8. The Vatican endorsed him as President through its official newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, just after the Union named him as its candidate. Napolitano was elected on May 10 at the fourth ballot with 543 votes (the required majority was 505) and will be the first former-communist President of Italy.
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