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	Profile: Giorgio Napolitano - Giorgio Napolitano, Italy, president - Europe - International Herald Tribune
		ROME Giorgio Napolitano is the first former Communist to ascend to Italy's 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 Italy's Parliament on Wednesday in the fourth round of voting.
		Napolitano was then the first former communist at the helm of the Interior Ministry, a post that commands the country's police forces and had been traditionally held by Christian Democrats.
	www.iht.com /articles/2006/05/10/europe/web.0510giorgio.php (729 words)

	Giorgio Napolitano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Giorgio Napolitano (born June 29, 1925 in Naples, Italy), an Italian politician and former lifetime senator, is the eleventh and current President of the Italian Republic.
		In 1942 Napolitano matriculated to the University of Naples Federico II, at the early age of seventeen.
		Giorgio Napolitano at the Festa de l'Unità, in Milan, 1975.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Giorgio_Napolitano (1508 words)

	Ask Us A Question - Giorgio Napolitano (born June 29, 1925 in Naples, Italy), an Italian politician and former lifetime ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Napolitano then became secretary of federation in Naples and Caserta and later, between 1966 and 1969, he was coordinator of the secretary's office and of the political office.
		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 [who] will carry out his office with impartiality and fairness".
		Napolitano was the second proposal of 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.
	yigo.guamus.com /topic/Giorgio_Napolitano (1519 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Giorgio Napolitano: From fighter to fixer
		Eighty-year-old Giorgio Napolitano may be a former communist - he is the first to be elected president - but during decades in parliament he earned the respect of conservative opponents.
		Mr Napolitano quickly became a prime mover in the reformist wing of the party and on the collapse of the Soviet Union advocated losing the party's name and hammer and sickle emblem.
		Mr Napolitano was forced through in a tight vote at the fourth attempt, in what became the latest example of the hostility between left and right.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/4758935.stm (464 words)

	FirstCoast News.com - Print Article
		Giorgio Napolitano, a widely respected senator-for-life, was chosen during the fourth round of voting by some 1,000 electors, including lawmakers from the two houses of parliament and regional representatives.
		Napolitano's credentials include stints as parliament speaker - between 1992-94 - and minister of interior in the first government headed by Prodi between 1996-98.
		Napolitano also was optimistic before the vote, saying that as president he would be above the political fray.
	www.firstcoastnews.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=57339 (415 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Profile: Giorgio Napolitano, Italy's new president
		Giorgio Napolitano, an Italian life Senator, was elected Italy's 11th postwar president in the fourth round of voting becoming the first former Communist to fill the country's highest institutional post.
		Napolitano, a former interior minister and the House speaker, is the second-oldest president to take office after Sandro Pertini who was 82 when he was elected in 1978.
		Napolitano was born in Naples on June 29, 1925, and studied law at Naples University.
	english.people.com.cn /200605/11/eng20060511_264562.html (421 words)

	Napolitano elected Italy's president: vote count - Boston.com
		Lawmakers applauded as the votes for Napolitano, read by the lower house speaker, passed the 505-vote mark, the minimum required for the centre left's candidate to be elected head of state.
		Napolitano, an 80-year-old life senator from the Democrats of the Left, heir to Italy's former communist party, was put forward by incoming Prime Minister Romano Prodi despite opposition from most of Silvio Berlusconi's conservative bloc.
		Napolitano is a former lower house speaker and interior minister.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/05/10/napolitano_elected_italys_president_vote_count?mode=PF (225 words)

	Ex-communist Napolitano elected Italy president - Europe
		Giorgio Napolitano (C) greets the crowds as he leaves Palazzo Giustiniani after being elected new Italian President of the Republic, in Rome, Wednesday 10 May 2006.
		Napolitano failed to gain the required two-thirds majority during the first three rounds, but breezed through Wednesday's vote, in which only an absolute majority was needed.
		Napolitano was to play an influential role in transforming the party into a social-democratic force, in 1991.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /europe/article_1162853.php/Ex-communist_Napolitano_elected_Italy_president (751 words)

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		Napolitano was eventually chosen by Prodi's camp in a bid to win over support from the right after its previous candidate, Left Democrats chairman Massimo D'Alema, was flatly rejected.
		While the centre-left has appeared united in backing Napolitano, divisions have emerged within Berlusconi's conservative alliance, with some, like the centrist UDC party, insisting they should not be erecting barricades and others, like the Northern League, dismissing any talk of electing a former communist.
		Napolitano played a key role in transforming the now defunct Italian Communist Party into a social-democratic force after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
	portal.tds.net /news.php?story=8868 (550 words)

	Prodi's choice is elected as Italian president - Italy, Giorgio Napolitano, Romano Prodi - Europe - International ...
		Giorgio Napolitano, a widely respected senator-for-life, was elected during the fourth round of voting by some 1,000 electors - lawmakers from the two houses of parliament and regional representatives.
		Napolitano was the center-left's choice, and Berlusconi had repeatedly spoken against any candidate coming from the center-left coalition, even a well-respected one as Napolitano.
		Napolitano is the first former Communist to become president.
	www.iht.com /articles/2006/05/10/europe/web.0510italy.php (554 words)

	CNN.com - Ex-communist elected Italian president - May 10, 2006
		The parliament approved 80-year-old Giorgio Napolitano to be the first member of the former Communist Party to serve as Italy's new president.
		Napolitano served as interior minister under Prodi's previous government in the late 1990s and is well respected by the center-left.
		Napolitano will meet the coalition's party leaders over the next few days, and Prodi is expected to form a government and present it to parliament for approval next week.
	www.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/europe/05/10/italy.president (707 words)

	Profile: Napolitano, the 'red prince' of Italian politics - Europe
		Giorgio Napolitano (C), the new Italian republic president with speaker of the Italian Lower House, Fausto Bertinotti (L) and Franco Marini (R) Speaker of the Senate at Palazzo Giustiniani in Rome, Wednesday 10 May 2006.
		Giorgio Napolitano, 80, is the first former communist to be elected President of the Italian Republic.
		Napolitano's candidacy is thought to have received a tacit nod from the Vatican - a key endorsement in overwhelmingly Catholic Italy.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /europe/article_1162871.php/Profile_Napolitano_the_red_prince_of_Italian_politics (624 words)

	Radio Netherlands Worldwide - Independent thinking, independent voice - English - Experienced and respected - ...
		Mr Napolitano was elected with 543 of the 990 votes cast by Italy's parliamentarians and regional representatives; the other 347 ballots were left blank.
		Giorgio Napolitano, born in 1925 and the first former communist to occupy Italy's highest office, is a true political veteran.
		Mr Berlusconi also says he was not consulted properly about the choice of Mr Napolitano for the presidency, and that Mr Prodi (photo) has now grabbed the highest post in the country as well as the chairs of both the parliament's lower house and the senate.
	www.radionetherlands.nl /currentaffairs/ita060511 (629 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Napolitano elected Italy's leader
		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.
		Mr Napolitano, a life senator, was interior minister in Mr Prodi's 1996 government, which are largely the reasons outgoing PM Silvio Berlusconi has refused to endorse his candidacy.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/4757895.stm (334 words)

	Italy swears in new president, paving way for government
		Napolitano was sworn in as Italy's new president to a 21-gun salute, succeeding Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and paving the way for left-winger Romano Prodi to form a government.
		Former communist Giorgio Napolitano was sworn in as Italy's new president to a 21-gun salute, succeeding Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and paving the way for left-winger Romano Prodi to form a government.
		Napolitano, Berlusconi and Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni were then due to pay homage at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier memorial before the new president is driven to the Quirinale, where Ciampi will formally hand over the reins of office.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=123735 (813 words)

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		Napolitano, a former interior minister and House speaker, is the second-oldest president to take office after Sandro Pertini, who was elected in 1978 at the age of 82.
		The Democratic Left, of which Napolitano is also a member, is the largest party in Premier-elect Romano Prodi's coalition and the main heir to the PCI.
		Napolitano was elected on the fourth round of voting on the votes of the centre-left coalition led by incoming premier Romano Prodi.
	www.italystl.com /ra/2540.htm (912 words)

	Napolitano Rises to Presidency in Italy - CBS News
		Napolitano was elected president by Italy's Parliament in a vote that cleared the way for center-left leader Romano Prodi to take power after a monthlong limbo that followed bitterly disputed national elections.
		Napolitano was supported by the center-left coalition, and one of his first acts as head of state will be to give Prodi the mandate to form a government.
		The 80-year-old Napolitano, who has served as senator-for-life, is known for his understatement, gentle manners and moral rigor.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/05/10/ap/world/mainD8HH2K7O0.shtml (724 words)

	Giorgio Napolitano elected Italian president
		The Italian Parlament in unified session elected Giorgio Napolitano the new President of the Italian Republic on May 10th.
		Napolitano, 80, was elected on the fourth ballot with 543 valid votes (the threshold to win the elction was 505).
		Napolitano is the first person to be elected President of the Republic who previously was a member of the Italian Communist Party.
	www.bloggernews.net /2006/05/giorgio-napolitano-elected-italian_12.html (452 words)

	ABC News: Napolitano Rises to Presidency in Italy
		The Italian Parliament elected center-left candidate Napolitano, an 80-year-old former Communist, as the country's next president, paving the way for a government headed by center-left leader Romano Prodi to be formed within days.
		Giorgio Napolitano, a widely respected senator-for-life, was elected during the fourth round of voting by some 1,000 electors lawmakers from the two houses of parliament and regional representatives.
		ROME May 10, 2006 (AP)— Giorgio Napolitano on Wednesday became the first former communist to ascend to Italy's presidency, crowning a political life spanning a half-century and marked by moderation.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1946049 (430 words)

	Giorgio Napolitano named new Italian president
		Giorgio Napolitano, a distinguished lifetime senator and former reformist communist, was elected president of Italy on Wednesday in a vote that clears the way for the formation of a centre-left government led by Romano Prodi.
		Mr Napolitano, 80, was elected on the fourth ballot by a special assembly of parliamentarians and representatives of Italy’s 20 regions.
		Mr Napolitano is the oldest man ever to be elected Italy’s president and the first with a background in the nation’s once mighty communist party.
	www.mondoshoes.com /en/notizie/newsdeteil.asp?ID=2368 (497 words)

	General and senatorial elections in Italy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A month after the much disputed general and senatorial elections won by a narrow margin by the leftwing forces led by Romano Prodi Italy was again the focus of attention with the election of its President by a college of grand electors rallying MPs, senators and representatives from the country's regions.
		Finally on 10th May the leftwing candidate Giorgio Napolitano was elected by a simple majority winning 542 votes ie one vote more than those of the 541 representatives of the Unione.
		The election of Giorgio Napolitano was however applauded by the members of the Union of Centre Democrats and some of those from the National Alliance.
	www.robert-schuman.org /anglais/oee/italie/legislatives/resultat2.htm (1382 words)

	Giorgio Napolitano - Wikipedia
		In questo periodo si forma tuttavia il gruppo di amici storico di Napolitano che seppur militando ufficialmente nel fascismo guardava alle prospettive dell'antifascismo.
		Alla morte di Enrico Berlinguer, Napolitano è tra i possibili successori alla segreteria del partito; gli viene tuttavia preferito Alessandro Natta.
		Napolitano inoltre si adopera per tenere aperta la possibilità di un confronto e di una possibile convergenza con il PSI.
	it.wikipedia.org /wiki/Giorgio_Napolitano (2171 words)

	From one extreme to the other extreme - Forum on Democracy :::::: Safe Democracy Foundation
		Martin Varsavsky comments on the recent nomination of Giorgio Napolitano as the new Italian President, and stating that Italy went from the corrupt media tycoon Prime Minister Berlusconi to the reformed pro-Soviet Communist presidency of Giorgio Napolitano.
		I suspect most of their members would be happier to deal with Napolitano than with Berlusconi, who spent the last electoral season accusing the Chinese of "burning babies" for fertilizer.
		Napolitano is as respected a figure in italian political life he was a moderate Communist when the PCI was a critical component of Italian political life.
	english.safe-democracy.org /2006/05/11/berlusconi-and-napolitano (512 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Prodi's candidate, Giorgio Napolitano, an ex-communist 80-year-old life senator, secured 543 votes from the "grand electors" parliamentarians and regional representatives -- 38 more than the absolute majority needed.
		Napolitano is the first former Communist to ascend to Italy's 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 Italy's Parliament yesterday in the fourth round of voting.
	www.kuwaittimes.net /international.asp?dismode=article&artid=1753518214 (854 words)

	New Italian president 'elected' \| The Agonist
		Giorgio Napolitano was elected Italy's new president on Wednesday.
		Napolitano, 80, who had been serving as Senator-for-life, was elected by the parliament in the fourth round of voting to become the 11th head of state since 1945.
		In 1953, Napolitano was elected to the Italian parliament and remained for there for 10 consecutive legislatures.
	agonist.org /20060510/new_italian_president_elected (831 words)

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