Enrico De Nicola

President of Italy

9 November 1877 Naples, Campania, Kingdom of Italy

1 October 1959(1959-10-01) (81) Torre del Greco, Campania, Italy

1 January 1948 – 12 May 1948

1st president of Italy This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Enrico De Nicola" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2020 ) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Enrico De Nicola, OMRI (Italian pronunciation:  ( listen ) ; 9 November 1877 – 1 October 1959) was an Italian jurist, journalist, politician, and provisional head of state of republican Italy from 1946 to 1948. Afterwards, he became the first president of Italy on 1 January 1948.