Presidents of Italy

President of the Italian Republic Presidente della Repubblica Italiana
Standard of the President
Incumbent Sergio Mattarella since 3 February 2015
Style	President (reference and spoken) His Excellency (diplomatic, outside Italy)
Residence	Quirinal Palace, Rome
Appointer	Italian Parliament & Regional Representatives
Term length	Seven years renewable optional
Inaugural holder	Enrico De Nicola First President of the Italian Republic under current constitution, 1948 Napoleon First to use the title President of the Italian Republic (1802–1805)
Formation	Constitution of Italy
Salary	230.000 €
Website	Il sito ufficiale della Presidenza della Repubblica

The President of the Italian Republic (Italian: Presidente della Repubblica Italiana) is the head of state of Italy and, in that role, represents national unity and guarantees that Italian politics comply with the Constitution. The president's term of office lasts for seven years. The 11th President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, was elected on 10 May 2006, and elected to a second term for the first time in Italian Republic history, on 20 April 2013. On 31 January 2015, the incumbent President, former Constitutional judge Sergio Mattarella, was elected at the fourth ballot with 665 votes out of 1,009.

The framers of the Constitution of Italy intended for the President to be an elder statesman of some stature. Article 84 states that any citizen who is fifty or older on election day and enjoys civil and political rights can be elected President. The article also states that the presidency is incompatible with any other office, therefore the President-elect must resign any other position before being sworn in.

The 1948 Constitution does not put any term limit on the presidency, although until 2013 no President ever ran for a second term. On 20 April 2013 President Giorgio Napolitano agreed to run for a second term in an attempt to break the parliamentary deadlock in the 2013 presidential elections and was duly re-elected that same day. He made it clear, however, that he would not serve his full term, and retired in January 2015.