Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
President of Italy from 1999 to 2006
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (9 December 1920 in Livorno, Italy – 16 September 2016 in Rome, Italy) was the 10th President of the Italian Republic. His work started in 1999 and ended in 2006. He was followed by Giorgio Napolitano
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | |
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10th President of Italy | |
In office 18 May 1999 – 15 May 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Massimo D'Alema Giuliano Amato Silvio Berlusconi |
Preceded by | Oscar Luigi Scalfaro |
Succeeded by | Giorgio Napolitano |
49th Prime Minister of Italy | |
In office 28 April 1993 – 10 May 1994 | |
President | Oscar Luigi Scalfaro |
Preceded by | Giuliano Amato |
Succeeded by | Silvio Berlusconi |
Italian Minister of Culture and Tourism | |
In office 28 April 1993 – 10 May 1994 | |
Prime Minister | himself |
Preceded by | Margherita Boniver |
Succeeded by | Domenico Fisichella |
Italian Minister of the Interior | |
In office 19 April 1994 – 10 May 1994 | |
Prime Minister | himself |
Preceded by | Nicola Mancino |
Succeeded by | Roberto Maroni |
Italian Minister of Exchequer, Budget and Economy Programming | |
In office 17 July 1996 – 13 May 1999 | |
Prime Minister | Romano Prodi Massimo D'Alema |
Preceded by | Lamberto Dini as Minister of exchequer Mario Arcelli as Minister of budget and economy programming |
Succeeded by | Giuliano Amato |
Governor of Banca d'Italia | |
In office 1979–1993 | |
Preceded by | Paolo Baffi |
Succeeded by | Antonio Fazio |
Senator for Life | |
In office 18 May 2006 – 16 September 2016 | |
Constituency | Former president |
Personal details | |
Born | Livorno, Italy | December 9, 1920
Died | September 16, 2016 Rome, Italy | (aged 95)
Nationality | Italian |
Political party | Democratic Party(2007-2016) |
Spouse(s) | Franca Pilla |
Residence | Rome, Italy |
Alma mater | Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa University of Pisa |
Profession | Economist Politician |
He is appreciated very much by the Italian people because of his equality and rightness.
Since 1979 he had been President of the Bank of Italy, but his task ended in 1993.
He was also Prime Minister of the Italian government, but his task lasted just a few months, because it was just a technical government,which purpose was to lead the country in a moment of difficulties.
Ciampi died at a hospital in Rome from multiple organ failure caused by pneumonia, aged 95.[1]
References
change- ↑ Former Italian president, prime minister Ciampi dies Archived September 17, 2016, at the Wayback Machine