Italian Senate
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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 over 25 years of age. 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 Italian President), Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (Former Italian President), Giulio Andreotti (Former Italian Prime Minister), Rita Levi Montalcini (Nobel Prize winner for Medicine 1986), Emilio Colombo (Former Italian Prime Minister), Sergio Pininfarina (Designer), Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (Former Italian President). Giorgio Napolitano (Former President of Italian Chamber of Deputies and Former Leader of Communist Party), currently President of the Republic, is not anymore a member of the Senate.
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.
Presidents
Presidents of the Senate - Kingdom of Sardinia 1848 - 1860
- 1st Legislature
- *Gaspare Coller 1848
- 2nd Legislature
- *Giuseppe Manno 1849
- 3rd Legislature
- *Giuseppe Manno 1849
- 7th Legislature
- *Cesare Alfieri di Sostegno 1860
Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)
- 8th Legislature
- *Ruggero Settimo 1861 - 18631
- *Federico Sclopis 1863 - 1864
- *Giuseppe Manno 1864 - 1865
- 15th Legislature
- *Sebastiano Tecchio 1882 - 1884
- *Giacomo Durando 1884 - 1886
- 16th Legislature
- *Giacomo Durando 1886 - 1887
- *Domenico Farini 1887 - 1890
- 20th Legislature
- *Domenico Farini 1897 - 1898
- *Giuseppe Saracco 1898 - 1900
- 21st Legislature
- *Giuseppe Saracco 1900 - 1904
- 25th Legislature
- *Tommaso Tittoni 1919 - 1921
- 26th Legislature
- *Tommaso Tittoni 1921 - 1924
- 27th Legislature
- *Tommaso Tittoni 1924 - 1929
- 30th Legislature
- *Giacomo Suardo 1939 - 1943
- *Paolo Thaon di Revel 1943 - 1944
- *Pietro Tomasi Della Torretta 1944 - 1946
- 1 died during mandate
National Consult (1945-1946)
| President | From | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlo Sforza | 25 September 1945 | 1 June 1946 |
| President | From | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giuseppe Saragat | 25 June 1946 | 6 February 1947 | |
| Umberto Terracini | 8 February 1947 | 31 January 1948 |
Italian Republic (1948-2006)
Vice Presidents of the Senate of the Republic
- 15th Legislature
- *Gavino Angius
- *Roberto Calderoli
- *Milziade Caprili
- *Mario Baccini
Latest election
Source: Interior Ministry of Italy, [Votes], [Seats]
See also
External links
- [Official website] (in Italian)
- [Official website] (in English)
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