“In the meantime lacking an agreement, I hope they will agree via a confidence vote to give birth to a neutral government. A government of service.”
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Sergio Mattarella
Sergio Mattarella is an Italian politician who has been serving as the president of Italy since 2015. He is the longest-serving president in the history of the Italian Republic. Since Giorgio Napolitano died in 2023, Mattarella is the only living Italian president.
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politics · President of Italy since 2015 · politician · lawyer · university teacher · judge · jurist · also Sergio Mattarella, Mattarella
Born 23 July 1941 · Q3956186
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2026· 5 entries
“Di Maio and Salvini are responsible for this crisis”
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“Europe and the world must be united to defeat whoever wants to drag us into a new age of terror”
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Mshale: 1/20 CSD 2015 Hamburg - Christopher Street Day - Gay Pride Parade 2015 Piersanti Mattarella (XtKcWLf389)
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Il Sole 24 ORE: Mattarella: the management of migration flows must respect people’s dignity. Meloni: a serious act by the CGIL
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2025· 6 entries
Reported claimRated The claim is Misrepresentation. US President Donald Trump pronounced Italian President Sergio Mattarella correctly and he referenced shared heritage, not alliance. The reaction of the translator is from unrelated moments. · DigitEye India
DigitEye India rated the claim “US President Trump called Italian President Sergio Mattarella, "President Mozzarella” and said the U.S. and Italy have been "allies since Ancient Rome” which left the translator shocked.” The claim is Misrepresentation. US President Donald Trump pronounced Italian President Sergio Mattarella correctly and he referenced shared heritage, not alliance. The reaction of the translator is from unrelated moments..
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Won: United Arab Emirates (February 2025).
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Won: Kazakhstan (September 2025).
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Won: Luxembourg (June 2025).
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Won: Montenegro (February 2025).
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“due to the historical moment that Italy and Europe are experiencing, we need loyalty to the Republic more than ever.”
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2024· 4 entries
Won: Cyprus (February 2024).
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Won: Ivory Coast (April 2024).
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Won: Qatar (October 2024).
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Won: Brazil (July 2024).
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2023· 5 entries
Won: Angola (May 2023).
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Won: Poland (April 2023).
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Won: South Korea (October 2023).
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Won: Paraguay (January 2023).
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Mattarella is the only living Italian president
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2022· 3 entries
“Pauses are not possible at the moment we are going through: energy costs have consequences for families and businesses, economic difficulties must be addressed, there are many obligations to be closed in the interest of Italy.”
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“the best face of the country”
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Campaign: 2022 general election, government formation, and geopolitical tensions.
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2021· 10 entries
Won: Belgium (December 2021).
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Won: Algeria (November 2021).
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Won: France (July 2021).
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Awarded Decoration for Exceptional Merits (2021).
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Awarded honorary doctorate from the University of Parma (2021).
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Awarded Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (2021).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (2021).
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Won: San Marino (October 2021).
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Won: Slovenia (October 2021).
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Italian President Sergio Mattarella arrested for "meddling" in the 2020 US Presidential election” False.
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2020· 1 entry
Being the first country in the Western world to implement a national lockdown to stop the spread of the disease
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2019· 5 entries
Won: Italy (July 2019).
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Awarded Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2019).
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Won: Germany (September 2019).
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Won: Austria (July 2019).
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Revoked his party's support to the government of Conte, who did not resign immediately
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2018· 14 entries
Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Three Stars (2018).
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Won: Armenia (July 2018).
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Won: Azerbaijan (July 2018).
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Won: Estonia (July 2018).
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Won: Latvia (June 2018).
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Won: Lithuania (July 2018).
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Won: Sweden (November 2018).
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Awarded Heydar Aliyev Order presented by Ilham Aliyev (2018).
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Awarded Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (2018).
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Awarded Grand Cross with collar of the Order of Vytautas the Great (2018).
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Awarded Royal Order of the Seraphim (2018).
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Digital Journal: Sergio Mattarella, from quiet academic to steely president
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For her outstanding merits in the social field and for her contribution to keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive
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Campaign: 2018 general election and government formation.
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2017· 10 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Liberator General San Martín (2017).
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Won: Portugal (December 2017).
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Won: Netherlands (June 2017).
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Awarded Grand Collar of the Order of Liberty (2017).
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Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (2017).
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Awarded National Maltese Order of Merit (2017).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion (2017).
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Won: Argentina (May 2017).
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Won: Finland (September 2017).
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Won: Malta (September 2017).
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2016· 12 entries
Won: Sovereign Military Order of Malta (October 2016).
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Awarded Order of Stara Planina (2016).
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Awarded Collar of the Order of the Aztec Eagle (2016).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav (2016).
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Awarded Order of Valour (2016).
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Awarded Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania (2016).
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Won: Romania (June 2016).
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Won: Norway (April 2016).
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Won: Mexico (July 2016).
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Won: Cameroon (March 2016).
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Won: Bulgaria (September 2016).
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And Draghi in 2021) in lieu of calling new elections
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2015· 5 entries
Awarded Collar of the Order of Pope Pius IX (2015).
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Won: Greece (November 2015).
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Won: Italy (February 2015).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer (2015).
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Career landmark: President of Italy (2015).
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2011· 2 entries
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2011).
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Career landmark: judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy (2011–2015).
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2007· 1 entry
Mattarella was one of the founders of the Democratic Party (PD), a big tent centre-left party formed from a merger of left-wing and centrist parties that had been part of The Olive Tree, including The Daisy and the Democ
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2006· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic (2006–2008).
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2002· 1 entry
And was one of the founders of the Democratic Party (PD) in 2007, leaving it when he retired from politics in 2008
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2001· 2 entries
In which the amending law was approved, and in 2006, in which it was rejected
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Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic (2001–2006).
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2000· 2 entries
Mattarella kept his position as Minister of Defence in the second Amato government
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Career landmark: Italian Minister of Defence (2000–2001).
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1999· 1 entry
Career landmark: Italian Minister of Defence (1999–2000).
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1998· 1 entry
Career landmark: Vice President of the Council of Ministers of Italy (1998–1999).
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1996· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic (1996–2001).
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1995· 1 entry
At the height of the internal conflict within the PPI, he addressed Buttiglione, who was stubbornly seeking an alliance with the political right, as "el general coup leader Roquito Butillone" and defined "an irrational n
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1994· 2 entries
Mattarella was among the founders of the Italian People's Party (PPI), serving as the Deputy Prime Minister of Italy from 1998 to 1999, and Minister of Defence from 1999 to 2001
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Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic (1994–1996).
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1992· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic (1992–1994).
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1991· 2 entries
Won Gold medal for merit in school, culture and art (1991).
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Won: Italy (December 1991).
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1990· 2 entries
Of the Mammì Act, liberalising the media in Italy, which they saw as a favour to the media magnate Berlusconi
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Mattarella was elected deputy secretary of the DC
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1989· 1 entry
Career landmark: Italian Minister of Education (1989–1990).
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1988· 1 entry
Career landmark: Italian Minister for Parliamentary Relations (1988–1989).
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1987· 3 entries
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic (1987–1992).
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Career landmark: Italian Minister for Parliamentary Relations (1987–1988).
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Mattarella was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies with more than 143,000 votes, remaining close to the left-leaning faction of the party as well as to its secretary De Mita
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1985· 1 entry
Helped the young lawyer Leoluca Orlando, who had worked alongside his brother Piersanti during his governorship of Sicily, to become the new mayor of Palermo; the two men set out to break the Mafia's hold on the islan
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1983· 2 entries
When he was elected member of the Chamber of Deputies with nearly 120,000 votes in the constituency of Palermo
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Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic (1983–1987).
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1982· 1 entry
Cosa Nostra killed the PCI regional secretary Pio La Torre and the prefect of Palermo Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa
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1981· 1 entry
“War is a voracious monster, never satiated.”
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1980· 1 entry
In Sicily by Cosa Nostra while serving as president of the Regional Government of Sicily
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1967· 1 entry
Became a lawyer in Palermo, becoming particularly involved in administrative law
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1966· 1 entry
Mattarella married Marisa Chiazzese, daughter of Lauro Chiazzese, former rector of the University of Palermo, with whom he had three children: Laura, Francesco, and Bernardo
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1964· 1 entry
Mattarella graduated with merit with the thesis The Function of Political Direction
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1944· 1 entry
The German Nazi occupation troops killed 335 people as a reprisal for an Italian resistance movement attack
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1941· 1 entry
Born 1941-07-23.
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