Franca Pilla

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Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
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(m. 1946;died 2016)​
Franca Pilla
Franca Pilla Ciampi in 2001 (cropped and AI upscaled).jpg
Pilla in 2001
Companion of the President of Italy
In role
18 May 1999 –15 May 2006
Children2
Residence(s) Rome, Lazio, Italy

Franca Pilla (born 18 December 1920) is the widow of Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, who was the president of Italy from 1999 until 2006.

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Biography

Pilla was born in Reggio Emilia on 18 December 1920. [1] At the age of 18, she met her future husband, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa. They met at a "dancing tea" which at the time was a respectable way for youth to meet. The tea was organised by mothers, and boys and girls would be allowed to practise dancing with each other. [2]

After World War II, in which Ciampi had been a soldier and then a resistance fighter, they had a year's engagement and then married in Bologna when she was 25. They spent over seventy years together, [1] during which time her husband was prime minister, leader of Italy's central bank, minister of finance, and later president. [3]

During a tour of Naples, in the south of Italy, she was quoted as saying that the Italians in the south were better and more intelligent. [1] She was known for her openness, giving the pope advice when they met. She encouraged people to read and to ignore the TV. [1]

Pilla and Ciampi were married until his death on 16 September 2016. [3] She turned 100 on 18 December 2020. [4] She is now the oldest living former first lady in the world and also the oldest-living spouse of a president of Italy. [5]

Re-erences

  1. 1 2 3 4 Redazione Politica (19 December 2020). "I 100 anni di Franca Ciampi, la first lady che conquistò l'Italia". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "la Repubblica/politica: Franca Ciampi racconta Ottant'anni di felicita". www.repubblica.it. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 Emsden, Christopher (16 September 2016). "Italy's Former President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Dies Aged 95". Wall Street Journal. ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  4. ↑ Fiori, Simonetta (18 December 2020). "Auguri Franca, la nostra First Lady". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  5. ↑ Breda, Marzio (19 December 2021). "Franca Ciampi compie 101 anni: «Bene Mattarella, fa come Carlo Azeglio»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2021.

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Unofficial roles
Preceded by
Marianna Scalfaro
Acting
 Companion of the President of Italy
1999–2006		Succeeded by

and also the oldest-living spouse of a president of Italy. [1] [2] [3]

  1. ↑ Breda, Marzio (19 December 2021). "Franca Ciampi: «Bene Mattarella, fa come Carlo Azeglio. Se Draghi è un patriota? Certo»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  2. ↑ Breda, Marzio (19 December 2021). "Franca Ciampi compie 101 anni: «Bene Mattarella, fa come Carlo Azeglio»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  3. ↑ Breda, Marzio (19 December 2021). "Franca Ciampi compie 101 anni: «Bene Mattarella, fa come Carlo Azeglio»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2021.
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