Clio Maria Bittoni (born 10 November 1934) is an
Italian jurist and the wife of
Giorgio Napolitano
Giorgio Napolitano (; born 29 June 1925) is an Italian politician who served as president of Italy from 2006 to 2015, the first Italian president to be re-elected to the presidency. Due to his dominant position in Italian politics, some critics ...
, former
President of Italy
The president of Italy, officially denoted as president of the Italian Republic ( it, Presidente della Repubblica Italiana) is the head of state of Italy. In that role, the president represents national unity, and guarantees that Italian poli ...
.
Biography
Clio Maria Bittoni was born in
Chiaravalle,
Ancona
Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic S ...
in 1934.
Her parents were Diva Campanella and Amleto Bittoni.
She received a degree in law from the
University of Naples
The University of Naples Federico II ( it, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) is a public university in Naples, Italy. Founded in 1224, it is the oldest public non-sectarian university in the world, and is now organized into 26 depar ...
in 1958.
[
She met her future husband, Giorgio Napolitano, in Naples while attending the university.][ Following her graduation they married in 1959] and settled in Rome. They have two sons:[ Giovanni (born 1961) and Giulio (born 1969).][
]
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20th-century Italian jurists
20th-century Italian women
21st-century Italian women
1934 births
Living people
People from Ancona
Spouses of presidents of Italy
University of Naples Federico II alumni
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