ITALIAN SENATE

The 'Italian Senate' (Italian: 'Senato della Repubblica', 'Senate of the Republic') is the upper house of the Parliament of Italy. It was established in its current form on 8 May 1948, but it existed during the monarchy as 'Senato del Regno', ('Senate of the Kingdom'), continuing from the Subalpine Parliament of Piedmont established on 8 May 1848.
The Senate consists of 315 elected members (''senatori''), elected for a maximum of 5 years, of whom six represent Italians residing overseas. Senators must be 40 or older, and are elected by citizens 25 years of age or over. According to special constitutional provisions, 'life senators' may exist, either former presidents, as ''ex officio'' life senators, or those appointed by the president "for outstanding merits in the social, scientific, artistic or literary field". As of 2006, there are seven life senators: Francesco Cossiga (former President), Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (former President), Giulio Andreotti (former Prime Minister), Rita Levi Montalcini (Nobel Prize winner for Medicine 1986), Emilio Colombo (former Prime Minister), Sergio Pininfarina (Designer), Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (former President). Giorgio Napolitano (former President of the Chamber of Deputies and former leader of the Communist Party), currently President of the Republic, is not anymore a member of the Senate, but is able to resume his duties as a senator after 2013, if not later still.
Senate members meet at the Palazzo Madama in Rome.
The Senate may be dissolved before the expiration of its normal term by the President of the Republic, when no government can obtain a majority.
See also Parliament of Italy.

Contents

Latest election

Presidents

Kingdom of Sardinia (1848-1860)

Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)

Italian Republic (1948-2006)

Vice Presidents of the Senate of the Republic

See also

External links

Latest election

Presidents

Kingdom of Sardinia (1848-1860)

President	From	To	Notes
'1st Legislature'
'Gaspare Coller'	1848	1848
'2nd Legislature'
'Giuseppe Manno'	1849	1849
'3rd Legislature'
'Giuseppe Manno'	1849	1849
'4th Legislature'
'Giuseppe Manno'	1849	1853
'5th Legislature'
'Giuseppe Manno'	1853	1855
'Cesare Alfieri di Sostegno'	1855	1857
'6th Legislature'
'Cesare Alfieri di Sostegno'	1857	1860
'7th Legislature'
'Cesare Alfieri di Sostegno'	1860	1860

Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)

President	From	To	Notes
'8th Legislature'
'Ruggero Settimo'	1861	1863	Died during mandate
'Federico Sclopis'	1863	1864
'Giuseppe Manno'	1864	1865
'9th Legislature'
'Gabrio Casati'	1865	1867
'10th Legislature'
'Gabrio Casati'	1867	1870
'11th Legislature'
'Vincenzo Fardella di Torrearsa'	1870	1874
'12th Legislature'
'Luigi Des Ambrois'	1874	1874	Died during mandate
'Giuseppe Pasolini'	1874	1876
'13th Legislature'
'Sebastiano Tecchio'	1876	1880
'14th Legislature'
'Sebastiano Tecchio'	1880	1882
'15th Legislature'
'Sebastiano Tecchio'	1882	1884
'Giacomo Durando'	1884	1886
'16th Legislature'
'Giacomo Durando'	1886	1887
'Domenico Farini'	1887	1890
'17th Legislature'
'Domenico Farini'	1890	1892
'18th Legislature'
'Domenico Farini'	1892	1895
'19th Legislature'
'Domenico Farini'	1895	1897
'20th Legislature'
'Domenico Farini'	1897	1898
'Giuseppe Saracco'	1898	1900
'21st Legislature'
'Giuseppe Saracco'	1900	1904
'22nd Legislature'
'Tancredi Canonico'	1904	1908	Died during mandate
'Giuseppe Manfredi'	1908	1909
'23rd Legislature'
'Giuseppe Manfredi'	1909	1913
'24th Legislature'
'Giuseppe Manfredi'	1913	1918	Died during mandate
'Adeodato Bonasi'	1918	1919
'25th Legislature'
'Tommaso Tittoni'	1919	1921
'26th Legislature'
'Tommaso Tittoni'	1921	1924
'27th Legislature'
'Tommaso Tittoni'	1924	1929
'28th Legislature'
'Luigi Federzoni'	1929	1934
'29th Legislature'
'Luigi Federzoni'	1934	1939
'30th Legislature'
'Giacomo Suardo'	1939	1943
'Paolo Thaon di Revel	1943	1944
'Pietro Tomasi Della Torretta	1944	1946

===National Consult (1945-1946) ===

President	From	To	Notes
'Carlo Sforza'	25 September 1945	1 June 1946

===Constituent Assembly (1946-1948) ===

President	From	To	Notes
'Giuseppe Saragat'	25 June 1946	6 February 1947
'Umberto Terracini'	8 February 1947	31 January 1948

Italian Republic (1948-2006)

President	From	To	Notes
'1st Legislature'
'Ivanoe Bonomi'	8 May 1948	20 April 1951	died during mandate
'Enrico De Nicola'	28 April 1951	24 June 1952	resigned
'Giuseppe Paratore'	26 June 1952	23 March 1953	resigned
'Luigi Gasparotto'	24 March 1953	25 March 1953	renounced
'Meuccio Ruini'	25 March 1953	24 June 1953
'2nd Legislature'
'Cesare Merzagora'	25 June 1953	11 June 1958
'3rd Legislature'
'Cesare Merzagora'	12 June 1958	15 May 1963
'4th Legislature'
'Cesare Merzagora'	16 May 1963	7 November 1967	resigned
'Ennio Zelioli-Lanzini'	8 November 1967	4 June 1968
'5th Legislature'
'Amintore Fanfani'	5 June 1968	24 May 1972
'6th Legislature'
'Amintore Fanfani'	25 May 1972	26 June 1973	resigned
'Giovanni Spagnolli'	27 June 1973	4 July 1976
'7th Legislature'
'Amintore Fanfani'	5 July 1976	19 June 1979
'8th Legislature'
'Amintore Fanfani'	20 June 1979	1 December 1982	resigned once elected Prime Minister
'Tommaso Morlino'	9 December 1982	6 May 1983	died during mandate
'Vittorino Colombo'	12 May 1983	11 July 1983
'9th Legislature'
'Francesco Cossiga'	12 July 1983	24 June 1985	elected President of the Italian Republic
'Amintore Fanfani'	9 July 1985	17 April 1987	resigned once elected Prime Minister
'Giovanni Francesco Malagodi'	22 April 1987	1 July 1987
'10th Legislature'
'Giovanni Spadolini'	2 July 1987	22 April 1992
'11th Legislature'
'Giovanni Spadolini'	24 April 1992	14 April 1994
'12th Legislature'
'Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini'	16 April 1994	8 May 1996
'13th Legislature'
'Nicola Mancino'	9 May 1996	29 May 2001
'14th Legislature'
'Marcello Pera'	30 May 2001	27 April 2006
'15th Legislature'
'Franco Marini'	29 April 2006

Vice Presidents of the Senate of the Republic

★ '15th Legislature'

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★ Gavino Angius

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★ Roberto Calderoli

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★ Milziade Caprili

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★ Mario Baccini

See also

★ Senate

★ Roman Senate

External links

★ Official website (in Italian)

★ Official website (in English)