Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

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Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1999)
Signature of Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi  [ ˈkarlo aˈd͡zːeʎːo ˈt͡ʃampi ] (born December 9, 1920 in Livorno , Tuscany region ; † September 16, 2016 in Rome ) was an Italian politician and from 1999 to 2006 President of Italy . Ciampi decided not to run again because of his age, and was succeeded by Giorgio Napolitano . Please click to listen!Play

Life

Ciampi studied literature and philosophy, then law, including in Leipzig . In 1941 and 1946 he completed his studies. During the Second World War he was active in the Italian resistance movement. From 1963 Ciampi worked at the Italian Central Bank , where he held several important offices. In 1979 he became head of the central bank. Ciampi, who was considered a staunch European, played a major role in Italy's accession to the European Monetary System . He also managed to keep the Italian lira largely stable , despite domestic political crises .

During Italy's domestic political crisis in the early 1990s, President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro Ciampi appointed Prime Minister, who resigned a year later after Silvio Berlusconi had won the early elections. From 1996 to 1999 Ciampi was Minister of Treasury and Minister of Budget and Economic Planning under Prime Ministers Romano Prodi and Massimo D'Alema . Through its strict policy of budget consolidation, Ciampi succeeded in introducing the euro in Italy (“Signor Euro”). He later admitted that Italy would have been on the verge of national bankruptcy in 1998 if it had not been approved to join the euro zone .

On May 13, 1999 Ciampi was elected as the successor to Scalfaro as the tenth president of the Italian Republic. His election took place in the first round with 707 votes. He was very popular with many Italians, was known as the “Presidente con Anima” and was perceived as a serious counterpart to the Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who was in office during his term of office. Ciampi repeatedly refused to sign laws by the then ruling coalition. During his tenure, Ciampi tried to revive national rituals and symbols: For example, he had the "Altare della patria" ("Altar of the Fatherland") reopened at the Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II .

In 2005 he received the Charlemagne Prize of the city of Aachen . The Italian was honored “in recognition of his life's work on European integration progress and as a mediator between the worlds”. Ciampi accepted the award on May 5th in the coronation hall of Aachen city hall . In 2006, despite many requests from all political blocks, he decided to follow the example of his predecessors and not run for a second term as president. Like all former presidents (Art. 59 Para. 1 of the Italian Constitution), Ciampi became a senator for life after the end of his term in 2006 , most recently he was the oldest incumbent senator.

In 2006 he was the patron of the Olympic Winter Games in Turin .

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi was married to Franca Pilla, who was of the same age, since 1946, and they have a son and a daughter.

Honors

Trips abroad

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi carried out the following official trips abroad as President:

Ciampi visited the Pope a total of 14 times in Vatican City (including six private visits ), and there was a visit to the Sovereign Order of Malta in Rome, a subject of international law , in 1999 and 2006.

literature

Web links

Commons : Carlo Azeglio Ciampi  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikiquote: Carlo Azeglio Ciampi  - Quotes (Italian)
Wikisource: Carlo Azeglio Ciampi  - Sources and full texts (Italian)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jörg Bremer: Carlo Azeglio Ciampi died . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of September 17, 2016, p. 6.
  2. ↑ Tobias Piller, Italy goes crazy , in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, December 1, 2018. p. 14.
  3. ↑ Pascal Oswald: A divided nation? - Reflections on the political past and present of Italy as reflected in the celebration of unification in 2011. In: www.risorgimento.info/beitraege4a.pdf, accessed on January 20, 2020, p. 2.
  4. ↑ Appreciation text on the website of the Charlemagne Prize
  5. ↑ AAS 94 (2002), No. 1, p. 85.
  6. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
  7. ↑ Membership database of the academy
  8. ↑ Brief descriptions of the trips on quirinale.it
  9. ↑ List of trips on archivio.quirinale.it
personal data
SURNAME Ciampi, Carlo Azeglio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian politician, President of Italy (1999-2006)
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Livorno
DATE OF DEATH 16th September 2016
Place of death Rome