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Sergio Mattarella: from the Quirinale to the new house for rent

BIS? No thank you. The president of the Republic Sergio Mattarella is to greetings and it seems impossible at this point to be able to keep him at the Colle for a second term. He has already rented the apartment where he will go to live as a senator for life. The house he rented is located in i Parioli, 120 square meters well distributed, very bright, large living room, a welcoming study. Previously, the head of state had lived in the guesthouse of the Constitutional Court, as a judge of the Consulta, and before that in an apartment in the historic center of the capital.

Highlights

During Mattarella’s mandate, 5 different executives took place. It wasn’t all simple transitions. The birth of the yellow-green government, for example, has created more than a headache for the head of state: Mattarella opposed the appointment of the anti-euro Paolo Savona as Minister of the Economy. Cinquestelle and Lega, on that occasion, even asked for the impeachment of Mattarella. Another delicate step was the one that led to the birth of the government at the beginning of 2021 Draghi. Mattarella had initially given an exploratory mandate to the Speaker of the House, Roberto Fico. Having failed this experiment, Mattarella turned to Mario Draghi.

The hairdresser

During the pandemic, the head of state tried several times to reassure the Italians. The off the air in the March 2020 speech, in which Mattarella remembered not having had the opportunity to go to the hairdresser due to the lockdown. But the President of the Republic has faced various emergencies during his mandate, including the earthquake in Central Italy. Mattarella attended the funeral of the victims of Amatrice, Accumoli and Arquata del Tronto. In 2018 the collapse of the Morandi bridge in Genoa. Also in this case Mattarella wanted to be in the front row during the funeral.

The numbers

The public interventions carried out by Mattarella during his mandate, based on the diary kept by the Quirinale, were over 3,800. Forty-eight visits abroad, 235 meetings with high representatives of the state or international institutions, 108 meetings with representatives of the government, senior public officials and party leaders. The interventions as president of the High Council of the Judiciary should also be noted: 22. Finally, he chaired the Supreme Defense Council on 9 occasions. During the Italian presidency of the G20, which was held just this year, Mattarella then met several world leaders, including the new president of the United States Joe Biden.

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