Former Italian president Napolitano dies aged 98

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ROME: Former Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, a former communist who helped to steer his country through a debt crisis in 2011, has died at the age of 98, the prime minister's office said on Friday (Sep 22). Napolitano also forged a close relationship with the late Pope Benedict XVI, and was one of th

ROME: Former Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, a former communist who helped to steer his country through a debt crisis in 2011, has died at the age of 98, the prime minister's office said on Friday .

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's office expressed the Italian government's condolences to Napolitano's family. Two years later, he broke another impasse when he installed a grand coalition under centre-left politician Enrico Letta after an inconclusive parliamentary election.

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