Enrico De Nicola

Enrico De Nicola OMRI
Official portrait, 1948
1st 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
Provisional Head of State 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 of the Republic
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
Preceded by	Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
Succeeded by	Alfredo Rocco
Parliamentary offices Member of the Senate of the Republic Ex officio Life tenure 12 May 1948 – 1 October 1959 Member of the Senate of the Kingdom In office 2 March 1939 – 3 August 1943 Appointed by Victor Emmanuel III Member of the Chamber of Deputies In office 24 March 1909 – 25 January 1924 Constituency Afragola (1909–1919) Naples (1919–1924)
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
Political party	Italian Liberal Party
Alma mater	University of Naples Federico II
Profession	Lawyer
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Enrico De Nicola, OMRI (Italian: [enˈriːko de niˈkɔːla] ^ⓘ; 9 November 1877 – 1 October 1959)^[1] was an Italian jurist, journalist, politician, statesman, and provisional head of state of republican Italy from 1946 to 1948. Afterwards, he became the first president of Italy on 1 January 1948.^[2]

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