Giorgio Napolitano died on 22 September 2023 in Rome, aged 98. An Italian politician, Napolitano was a member of the Communist Party for much of his career and later moved toward the social-democratic mainstream. He served as a member of parliament for decades, as President of the Chamber of Deputies and as interior minister, before being elected President of Italy in 2006. In 2013 he became the first president to be re-elected to a second term, accepting after parliament failed to agree on a successor. He steered the country through the 2011 sovereign-debt crisis, which saw Silvio Berlusconi replaced by the technocratic government of Mario Monti.
Before and after
- 8 September 20232023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake
- 13 September 20232023 North Korea–Russia summit
- from 19 September 2023 to 20 September 20232023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh
- 20 September 20232023 killing of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh
- 22 September 2023Death of Giorgio Napolitano
- 22 September 2023Missile strike on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters
- from 24 September 2023 to 3 October 2023Expulsion of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians
- October 2023October 7 attacks
- from October 2023 to January 2026Gaza Strip famine
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