Giorgio Napolitano, Italian journalist and politician, 11th President of Italy (died 2023)

Giorgio Napolitano was an Italian politician who served as President of Italy from 2006 to 2015. At the time the longest-serving president in Italian history and the first to win re-election, he played a dominant role in Italian politics, leading some critics to derisively refer to him as Re Giorgio.

The president of Italy, officially titled President of the Italian Republic, is the head of state of Italy. In that role, the president represents national unity and guarantees that Italian politics comply with the Constitution. The president is the commander-in-chief of the Italian Armed Forces and chairs the High Council of the Judiciary. The president serves a seven-year term, with no term limits. The incumbent president is former constitutional judge Sergio Mattarella, who was elected on 31 January 2015, and re-elected on 29 January 2022.