

Responsibility of the president comes only in case of treason to the interests of the state or encroachment on the Constitution. A separate article of the Italian Constitution exempts the president from responsibility for the actions he performs while in office. However, the suspensive veto of the head of state in the parliament can be overcome by a simple majority of votes. The constitutional norms provide for two prerogatives of the president in relation to the parliament: he has the right to dissolve one or at once two chambers of parliament and the right to demand a reconsideration of bills. The head of state appoints ministers upon the proposal of the prime minister.

They are appointed and dismissed by the Prime Minister of Italy. The President of Italy appoints a referendum and parliamentary elections Ratifies international agreements Enjoys the right of pardon. Under the constitution, the head of state is entrusted with the functions of the commander of the armed forces, the chairman in the Supreme Council of Defense and the Supreme Council of the Magistracy. The President of Italy heads the state, represents national unity and is the guarantor of the constitution. The law prohibits the combination of the post of president with any other position. Giorgio Napolitano after 6 rounds became the first in Italian history re-elected president.įor the solemn ceremony of taking the oath, a joint meeting of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Italian Republic is specially convened. To win in the first 3 rounds of voting, the candidate for the presidency should score more than 2/3 of the votes of the participants in the meeting, in 4 and subsequent rounds for the election to the presidency of Italy, it is enough to get the majority of votes. Electors participate in a secret ballot: deputies, senators and delegates appointed by the regional councils of all regions of the country.

Since April 20, 2013, he is the 12th president of the country. Giorgio Napolitano, a popular politician at the national level, who has repeatedly led the country out of the political impasse, had to agree to a second presidential term, to the completion of which he will turn 94 years old. For the first time in the 67-year history of the Italian Republic, the incumbent head of state reseated the president's seat.
