List of presidents of Italy by time in office

This list of presidents of Italy lists each president in order of term length. This is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater.

Of the 12 presidents, only two, Giorgio Napolitano and Sergio Mattarella, served for more than one term.

Rank	President	Political party	Total time in office	Terms	Cause of end of term
1	Sergio Mattarella	Independent^[1]	9 years, 294 days	2	In office
2	Giorgio Napolitano	Democrats of the Left^[2]	8 years, 244 days	2	Resignation^[3]
3	Giuseppe Saragat	Democratic Socialist Party	7 years, 0 days	1	Natural expiration
3	Giovanni Gronchi	Christian Democracy	7 years, 0 days	1	Natural expiration
5	Luigi Einaudi	Italian Liberal Party	6 years, 364 days	1	Natural expiration
6	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	Independent	6 years, 362 days	1	Courtesy resignation
7	Sandro Pertini	Italian Socialist Party	6 years, 355 days	1	Courtesy resignation
8	Oscar Luigi Scalfaro	Christian Democracy	6 years, 352 days	1	Courtesy resignation
9	Francesco Cossiga	Christian Democracy	6 years, 300 days	1	Resignation
10	Giovanni Leone	Christian Democracy	6 years, 168 days	1	Resignation
11	Antonio Segni	Christian Democracy	2 years, 209 days	1	Resignation
12	Enrico De Nicola	Italian Liberal Party	132 days	1	Natural expiration

Notes

^ Former member of the Democratic Party.
^ Until June 2006.
^ Second term.

[1] Former member of the Democratic Party.

[2] Until June 2006.

[3] Second term.

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Enrico De Nicola Luigi Einaudi Giovanni Gronchi Antonio Segni Giuseppe Saragat Giovanni Leone Sandro Pertini Francesco Cossiga Oscar Luigi Scalfaro Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Giorgio Napolitano Sergio Mattarella

List of presidents of Italy by time in office

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