Giorgio Napolitano
Giorgio Napolitano served as the President of the Republic of Italy from 2006 until his resignation in January 2015. He was a Member of the Italian Parliament (1953 – 1963 and 1968 – 1996), MEP (1989 – 1992) and President of the Italian Council of the European Movement (1995 – 2006). He served as Minister of the Interior and for the Coordination of Civil Protection (1996 – 1998). He has also chaired the Constitutional Affairs Committee of the EP from 1999 – 2004. In 2005 Giorgio Napolitano was appointed life Senator.