President Giorgio Napolitano of Italy
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Giorgio Napolitano was born in Naples, Province of Naples.
Napolitano is a member of the Democratic Left, the largest party in Prodi's coalition.
Napolitano was born in Naples on June 29, 1925, and studied law at Naples University.
In the early 1990s, Napolitano took on a new role as the head of international relations for the PCI and subsequently as the shadow foreign minister for the Democratic Party of the Left.
So when Italian President Giorgio Napolitano came to Israel for a visit last month, to see first-hand how the restoration project is going, he used the opportunity to announce that many Dead Sea scrolls would soon be on display in Rome, telling Israel Antiquities Authority spokespeople, I am extremely pleased with the cooperation and scientific ties that have been formed between our representatives in Italy and the IAA.
We are sure that the scrolls will arouse great interest in the Italian public, Schwartz said, adding that Napolitano had pledged to be the first visitor to the show.
Former communist Giorgio Napolitano has been elected president of Italy, clearing the way for the creation of a new government.
Mr Napolitano was the chosen candidate of incoming PM Romano Prodi, but faced opposition from the conservatives.
Mr Napolitano is the country's 11th post-war president and a well-respected figure from the Democrats of the Left, the biggest party in Mr Prodi's coalition, says the BBC's Christian Fraser in Rome.
Octogenarian Giorgio Napolitano is the first former communist to be elected Italy's president.
Mr Napolitano was eventually elected in a tight vote at the fourth attempt, indicative of the hostility between left and right that he would come up against as president.
Napolitano was preceded at his job by Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.
Italy's president Giorgio Napolitano is holding crisis talks with political leaders to see if Romano Prodi, who resigned as prime minister after nine months in power, can continue to lead a government or must be replaced.
President Giorgio Napolitano took the action after political factions failed to agree on a plan to revise the countrys flawed electoral law.
Napolitano was born in Naples on June 29, 1925.
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Octogenarian Giorgio Napolitano is the first former communist to be elected Italy.
BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Napolitano elected Italy's leaderEx-communist Giorgio Napolitano is elected president, clearing the way for the creation of a new government.
Biography before presidency Early years and World War II Giorgio Napolitano was born in NaplesNaples Naples is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of Campania region and the Province of Naples.
From post-war years to the Hungarian revolution Following the end of the war in 1945, Napolitano joined the PCI (Partito Comunista Italiano, Italian Communist PartyItalian Communist Party The Partito Comunista Italiano or Italian Communist Party emerged as Partito Comunista d'Italia or Communist Party.
In the mid-seventies, Napolitano was invited by the Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is a private world-leading research university in Cambridge, Massac.
Between 1977 and 1981 Napolitano had some secret meetings with the United States ambassador Richard Gardner, at a time when the PCI was seeking contact with the US administration, in the context of its definitive break with its past relationship with the Communist Party of the Soviet UnionCommunist Party of the Soviet Union The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the name used by the successors of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social.
In 2006, when Napolitano was elected President of the Italian Republic, Gardner stated to AP Television NewsAssociated Press SummaryAssociated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the world's largest such organization.
in the 1980s Napolitano was able to travel to the United States and give lectures at Aspen, ColoradoAspen, Colorado OverviewAspen is the largest city and county seat of Pitkin County, Colorado.
After the dissolution After the dissolution of the Italian Communist Party, in 1991, Napolitano joined the Democratic Party of the LeftDemocratic Party of the Left The Democratic Party of the Left was the evolution in a social-democratic direction of the Italian Communist Party, or PCI.
Napolitano was the second person proposed by the centre-left majority coalition, The UnionThe Union (political coalition) The Union is an Italian centre-left political party coalition.
Tenure On July 9, 2006, Napolitano was present at the FIFA World Cup2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th staging of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international association football world.
Trivia In his youth, Napolitano was an actor.
In 1945, after the end of World War II, Napolitano joined the Italian Communist Party (Partito Comunista Italiano, or PCI.
In his youth, Napolitano was a theatrical actor.
In February, the Italian president Giorgio Napolitano said in a speech for the remembrance of the massacre, that they were the consequence of the bloodthirsty Slavic hatred and plan of annex that ruled over the 1947 peace process that.
Napolitano is the first person to be elected President of the Republic who previously was a member of the Italian Communist Party.
Napolitano said this when he and Horst Köhler, the President of Germany, addressed a group of students at the University of Siena.
A reason for this is Italy's election law, which President Napolitano has been trying to reform and many blame for the continual breakdown of the nation's governments.
Until now, Napolitano has rejected a demand from former Prime Minister Berlusconi, Italy's richest man, that he call new elections.
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has even called on the Catholic Church to help Italians overcome racism.
Born in Naples on June 29, 1925, Napolitano is a Senator for Life and has worked closely in the past with incoming prime minister Romano Prodi, having been interior minister in his first government in 1996.
Questioned by reporters this morning, Napolitano said he would be an 'impartial' president as guarantor of the country's constitution.
With the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was officially disbanded in 1991, whereupon like many other communists, Napolitano joined the current Democrats of the Left.
ROME: Giorgio Napolitano is the first former Communist to ascend to Italys top job - president of the republic - crowning a political life that has spanned half a century and been marked by a moderate stance.
Napolitano was elected president by Italys Parliament on Wednesday in the fourth round of voting.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, when Italian communists embarked on a course that would eventually lead to changing the partys name and dropping the hammer-and-sickle symbol, Napolitano was among the strongest supporters of the reform.
An expert in international relations with an interest for European affairs, Napolitano was considered his partys foreign minister.
Napolitano was then the first former communist at the helm of the Interior Ministry, a post that commands the countrys police forces and had been traditionally held by Christian Democrats.
A well-respected intellectual and lecturer, Napolitano has held conferences at US.
Napolitano was born in Naples, Campania.
Following the end of the war in 1945, Napolitano joined the PCI (Partito Comunista Italiano, Italian Communist Party.
In the mid-seventies, Napolitano was invited by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to give a lecture, but the then United States ambassador to Italy, John A.
Between 1977 and 1981 Napolitano had some secret meetings with the United States ambassador Richard Gardner, at a time when the PCI was seeking contact with the US administration, in the context of its definitive break with its past relationship with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the beginning of eurocommunism, the attempt to develop a theory and practice more adequate to the democratic countries of Western Europe.
In 2006, when Napolitano was elected President of the Italian Republic, Gardner stated to AP Television News that he considered Napolitano "a real statesman", "a true believer in democracy" and "a friend of the United States will carry out his office with impartiality and fairness.
Thanks to this role and in part by the good offices of Giulio Andreotti, in the 1980s Napolitano was able to travel to the United States and give lectures at Aspen, Colorado and at Harvard University.
After the dissolution of the Italian Communist Party, in 1991, Napolitano joined the Democratic Party of the Left, later Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra, or DS.
Napolitano was the second person proposed by the centre-left majority coalition, The Union, in place of Massimo D'Alema, after the chance of a joint vote on D'Alema had been rejected by leaders of the centre-right coalition The House of Freedoms.
Napolitano was elected on May 10, in the fourth round of votingthe first round which required only an absolute majority, unlike the former three which required two-thirds of the voteswith 543 votes (out of a possible 1009.
On July 9, 2006, Napolitano was present at the FIFA World Cup final, in which the Italian team defeated France and won its fourth World Cup, and afterwards he joined the players' celebrations.
In his youth, Napolitano was an actor.
After the party disbanded, Napolitano joined the Democratic Party of the Left, now the Partito Democratico, or Democratic Party.
Napolitano has been a strong supporter of European integration.
During his tenure, Napolitano has faced many challenges, but the biggest has involved Romano Prodi.
When Prodi lost a confidence vote in early 2008, Napolitano was forced to dissolve the Italian Parliament on February 6.
Napolitano is scheduled to be sworn in Monday afternoon, after the resignation by the current head of state, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.
Napolitano is the first former Communist to become president.
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Giorgio Napolitano was born in Naples on June 29th, 1925.
Rome, December 10 - There is still a ''deep chasm'' between statutes set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and reality, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano said Wednesday during Italy's.
President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday will stop in Bari, in southern Italy, where Italian President Giorgio Napolitano is expected to hand over the keys to a Russian Orthodox Church complex that has belonged to.
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano said that he will open an exhibition of the famed Dead Sea Scrolls in Rome next year.
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano is scheduled to arrive Monday night for a three-day visit during which Iran is expected to figure prominently in discussions.
ROME, Dec 5 (UPI) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says he has canceled a trip to Italy because of the death of Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Alexy II.
President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano had a cordial telephone conversation with Shimon Peres, President of the State of Israel, which allowed for a.
President Giorgio Napolitano is the head of state for Italy.