MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to Ansa news agency, Ciampi has been hospitalized for several days at the Pio XI hospital in Rome after his health condition had worsened.
Italy Ciampi: former president who championed euro dies at 95 — https://t.co/mhzZhFlDyg
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Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi expressed condolences to Ciampi's wife, Franca Pilla, and stressed that the former president had served the country with passion.
Ciampi, who is said to play a major role in the country's adoption of the euro as its currency, served as prime minister from 1993 to 1994 and as president from 1999 to 2006.
