Enrico De Nicola

Enrico De Nicola, OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [enˈriːko de niˈkɔːla] (listen); 9 November 1877 – 1 October 1959)^[1] was an Italian jurist, journalist, politician. He was the head of state of republican Italy from 1946 to 1948. He became the first president of Italy on 1 January 1948.^[2]

Enrico De Nicola OMRI
Official portrait
President of Italy
In office 1 January 1948 – 12 May 1948
Prime Minister	Alcide De Gasperi
Preceded by	Position established[a]
Succeeded by	Luigi Einaudi
Head of State of the Provisional Government of Italy
In office 28 June 1946 – 1 January 1948
Prime Minister	Alcide De Gasperi
Preceded by	Alcide De Gasperi
Succeeded by	Position abolished
President of the Constitutional Court
In office 23 January 1956 – 26 March 1957
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Gaetano Azzariti
President of the Senate
In office 28 April 1951 – 24 June 1952
Preceded by	Ivanoe Bonomi
Succeeded by	Giuseppe Paratore
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 26 June 1920 – 25 January 1924
Monarch	Vittorio Emanuele III
Preceded by	Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
Succeeded by	Alfredo Rocco
Personal details
Born	(1877-11-09)9 November 1877 Naples, Campania, Kingdom of Italy
Died	1 October 1959(1959-10-01) (aged 81) Torre del Greco, Campania, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	Italian Liberal Party
Alma mater	University of Naples Federico II
Profession	Lawyer
Signature

Notes

1. Title last held by Napoleon Bonaparte under the Italian Republic (Napoleonic).