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Senator Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
10th President of Italy
In office 18 May 1999 – 15 May 2006
Prime Minister	Massimo D'Alema Giuliano Amato Silvio Berlusconi
Preceded by	Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Succeeded by	Giorgio Napolitano
49th Prime Minister of Italy
In office 28 April 1993 – 10 May 1994
President	Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Preceded by	Giuliano Amato
Succeeded by	Silvio Berlusconi
Italian Minister of Tourism
In office 28 April 1993 – 10 May 1994
Prime Minister	himself
Preceded by	Margherita Boniver
Succeeded by	Domenico Fisichella
Italian Minister of the Interior
In office 19 April 1994 – 10 May 1994
Prime Minister	himself
Preceded by	Nicola Mancino
Succeeded by	Roberto Maroni
Italian Minister of Exchequer, Budget and Economy Programming
In office 17 July 1996 – 13 May 1999
Prime Minister	Romano Prodi Massimo D'Alema
Preceded by	Lamberto Dini as Minister of exchequer Mario Arcelli as Minister of budget and economy programming
Succeeded by	Giuliano Amato
Governor of Banca d'Italia
In office 1979–1993
Preceded by	Paolo Baffi
Succeeded by	Antonio Fazio
Senator for Life
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 May 2006
Constituency	Former president
Personal details
Born	(1920-12-09) 9 December 1920 (age 91) Livorno, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	Democratic Party Action Party (1943-1947)
Spouse(s)	Franca Pilla
Residence	Rome, Italy
Alma mater	Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa University of Pisa
Profession	Economist Politician
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkarlo adˈdzɛʎʎo ˈtʃampi] ( listen); born 9 December 1920) is an Italian politician and banker. He was the 49th Prime Minister of Italy from 1993 to 1994 and was the tenth President of the Italian Republic from 1999 to 2006. He is currently a Senator for life in the Italian Senate.

Biography[link]

Education[link]

Ciampi was born in Livorno (Province of Livorno).^[1]

After receiving a doctorate in literature in 1941 from the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, one of the country's most prestigious universities, he was called to military duty in Albania as a lieutenant. On 8 September 1943, on the date of the armistice with the Allies, he refused to remain in the Fascist Italian Social Republic, and took refuge in Abruzzo, in Scanno. He subsequently managed to pass the lines and reach Bari, where he joined the Partito d'Azione (and thus the Italian resistance movement).

In 1946 he married Franca Pila. That same year, he obtained a doctorate in law from the University of Pisa and began working at the Banca d'Italia. He also joined the CGIL (Trade Union), which he left in 1980.

Oxford University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree in March 2005.

Career in the Banca d'Italia[link]

In 1960, he was called to work in the central administration of the Banca d'Italia, where he became Secretary General in 1973, Vice Director General in 1976, and Director General in 1978. In October 1979, he was nominated Governor of the Banca d'Italia and President of the Ufficio Italiano Cambi, positions he filled until 1993.

Prime Minister[link]

From April 1993 to May 1994, he was the Italian Prime Minister overseeing a technical government. Later, as Treasury Minister from 1996 to May 1999 in the governments of Romano Prodi and Massimo D'Alema, he was credited with adopting the euro currency. He personally chose the Italian design for the 1-euro coin, whereas all others were left to a television vote among some candidates the ministry had prepared. (See also: Italian euro coins)

Ciampi chose the Vitruvian man of Leonardo da Vinci, on the symbolic grounds that it represented man as a measure of all things, and in particular of the coin: in this perspective, money was at the service of man, instead of its opposite. The design also fitted very well on the bimetallic material of the coin.

President of Italy[link]

Ciampi was elected with a broad majority, and was the second president ever to be elected at the first ballot (when there is a requirement of a two-thirds majority) in a joint session of the Chamber of Deputies, the Italian Senate and representatives of the Regions.

He usually refrained from intervening directly into the political debate while serving as President. However, he often addressed general issues, without mentioning their connection to the current political debate, in order to state his opinion without being too intrusive. His interventions have frequently stressed the need for all parties to respect the constitution and observe the proprieties of political debate. He was generally held in high regard by all political forces represented in the parliament. The possibility of persuading Ciampi to stand for a second term as President – the so-called Ciampi-bis – was widely discussed, despite his advancing age, but it was officially dismissed by Ciampi himself on 3 May 2006, just a few days before his mandate expired. Ciampi resigned as President before the swearing-in ceremony of his successor, Giorgio Napolitano.

As President, Ciampi was not considered to be close to the positions of the Vatican and the Catholic Church, in a sort of alternance after the devout Oscar Luigi Scalfaro. He has often praised patriotism, not always a common feeling in Italy because of its abuse by the fascist regime; Ciampi, however, seems to want to stress self-confidence rather than nationalism.

On 5 May 2005, he received the Charlemagne Award of the city of Aachen. On 15 June 2005, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the École Normale Supérieure of Paris.

On 1 May 2008, he attended Charlemagne Award of the city of Aachen.

Awards and honours[link]

• Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Sacred Military Order of Malta
• Collar of the Order of Pius IX
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (United Kingdom – 16 October 2000)
• Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (Estonia)
• Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
• Knight Grand Cross of the Grand Order of King Tomislav ("For outstanding contribution to the promotion of friendship and development co-operation between the Republic of Croatia and the Italian Republic." – Zagreb, 19 October 2001)
• Commander Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of Three Stars (Latvia)
• 1985: Commander of the Legion of Honour (France
• 1986: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1993: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (Japan)
• 1995: Freeman of the City of Naples
• 2001: Honorary doctorate from the University of Leipzig Faculty of Economics
• 2002: Great Star of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
• 2002:  Slovakia - Grand Cross (or 1st Class) of the Order of the White Double Cross^[2]
• 2003: Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania
• 2005: Charlemagne Prize
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross
• 2008: Honorary doctorate from the Economics Faculty of the University of Augsburg

Awarded honorary doctorates of various universities, including University of Oxford (2005)

References[link]

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Azeglio
—  Comune  —
Comune di Azeglio
Azeglio Location of Azeglio in Italy
Coordinates: 45°25′N 8°0′E / 45.417°N 8°E / 45.417; 8Coordinates: 45°25′N 8°0′E / 45.417°N 8°E / 45.417; 8
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Province	Province of Turin (TO)
Frazioni	Piane, Pobbia
Government
• Mayor	?
Area
• Total	9.9 km2 (3.8 sq mi)
Elevation	260 m (850 ft)
Population (2004)
• Total	1,303
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Demonym	Azegliesi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	10010
Dialing code	0125

Azeglio is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km northeast of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,303 and an area of 9.9 km².^[1]

The municipality of Azeglio contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Piane and Pobbia.

Azeglio borders the following municipalities: Bollengo, Palazzo Canavese, Piverone, Albiano d'Ivrea, Viverone, Caravino, Settimo Rottaro, and Borgo d'Ale.

Demographic evolution[link]

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  Il Palazzo Comunale

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  Il "castello"

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  La chiesa parrocchiale di San Martino

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  La torre campanaria

World heritage site[link]

It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.^[2]

References[link]

1. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
2. ^ UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps

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