Sergio Mattarella OMRI OMCA |
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12th President of Italy | |
Assumed office 3 February 2015 |
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Prime Minister |
Matteo Renzi Paolo Gentiloni |
Preceded by | Giorgio Napolitano |
Judge of the Constitutional Court | |
In office 11 October 2011 – 2 February 2015 |
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Preceded by | Paolo Maddalena |
Succeeded by | Augusto Barbera |
Minister of Defence | |
In office 22 December 1999 – 11 June 2001 |
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Prime Minister |
Massimo D'Alema Giuliano Amato |
Preceded by | Carlo Scognamiglio |
Succeeded by | Antonio Martino |
Deputy Prime Minister of Italy | |
In office 21 October 1998 – 21 December 1999 |
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Prime Minister | Massimo D'Alema |
Preceded by | Walter Veltroni |
Succeeded by | Gianfranco Fini |
Minister of Education | |
In office 22 July 1989 – 27 July 1990 |
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Prime Minister | Giulio Andreotti |
Preceded by | Giovanni Galloni |
Succeeded by | Gerardo Bianco |
Minister of Parliamentary Relations | |
In office 28 July 1987 – 22 July 1989 |
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Prime Minister |
Giovanni Goria Ciriaco De Mita |
Preceded by | Gaetano Gifuni |
Succeeded by | Egidio Sterpa |
Personal details | |
Born |
Palermo, Italy |
23 July 1941
Political party |
Christian Democracy (Before 1994) People's Party (1994–2002) Daisy (2002–2007) Democratic Party (2007–2009) Independent (2009–present) |
Spouse(s) | Marisa Chiazzese (deceased 2012) |
Children | 3 |
Residence | Quirinal Palace |
Alma mater | Sapienza University |
Sergio Mattarella, OMRI, OMCA (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsɛrdʒo mattaˈrɛlla]; born 23 July 1941) is an Italian politician, lawyer and judge who is the 12th and current President of Italy since 2015. He was a member of Parliament from 1983 to 2008, serving as Minister of Education from 1989 to 1990 and as Minister of Defence from 1999 to 2001. In 2011, he became an elected judge on the Constitutional Court. On 31 January 2015, he was elected by parliament to be the 12th President of the Italian Republic. He is the first Sicilian to have held the post.
Sergio Mattarella was born in Palermo of a prominent Sicilian family. His father, Bernardo Mattarella, was an anti-fascist who, alongside Alcide De Gasperi and other prominent Catholic politicians, helped found the Christian Democracy (DC) party, which dominated the Italian political scene for almost fifty years, with Bernardo serving as a minister several times. Sergio Mattarella's brother, Piersanti Mattarella, was also a Christian Democratic politician and President of Sicily from 1978 until his death in 1980, when he was killed by the Sicilian Mafia.