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Palazzo Madama house of the Senate of the Republic.
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Palazzo Madama house of the Senate of the Republic.

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 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.

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.

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[edit] Presidents

Image:Marini 01.jpg
Senator Franco Marini president of the Senate of the Republic.

[edit] Presidents of the Senate - Kingdom of Sardinia 1848 - 1860

  • 1st Legislature
    • Gaspare Coller 1848
  • 2nd Legislature
    • Giuseppe Manno 1849
  • 3rd Legislature
    • Giuseppe Manno 1849
  • 4th Legislature
  • 5th Legislature
  • 6th Legislature
    • Cesare Alfieri di Sostegno 1857 - 1860
  • 7th Legislature
    • Cesare Alfieri di Sostegno 1860

[edit] Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)

  • 9th Legislature
  • 10th Legislature
  • 11th Legislature
    • Vincenzo Fardella di Torrearsa 1870 - 1874
  • 12th Legislature
  • 13th Legislature
  • 14th Legislature
  • 17th Legislature
  • 18th Legislature
  • 19th Legislature
  • 23rd Legislature
  • 28th Legislature
  • 29th Legislature

Notes:

  • 1 died during mandate

[edit] National Consult (1945-1946)

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

[edit] Constituent Assembly (1946-1948)

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Vice Presidents of the Senate of the Republic

[edit] Latest election

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Breakdown of the 9–10 April 2006 Italian Senate election results (percentages and votes exclude overseas ballots)
Coalitions Votes % Seats Parties inside coalitions Votes % Seats
The Union
(L'Unione)		 17,118,364 49.18 158 Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra) 5,977,313 17.17 62
Daisy-Democracy is Freedom (Margherita - Democrazia è Libertà) 3,664,622 10.53 39
Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista) 2,518,624 7.24 27
Together with the Union (Insieme con L'Unione) 1,423,226 4.09 11
Italy of Values (Italia dei Valori) 986,046 2.83 4
Rose in the Fist (Rosa nel Pugno) 851,875 2.45 0
Popular-UDEUR (Popolari-UDEUR) 476,938 1.37 3
Pensioners' Party (Partito dei Pensionati) 357,731 1.03 0
The Union-South Tyrolese People's Party [1] 198,153 0.57 3
The Socialists (I Socialisti) 126,625 0.36 0
League for Autonomy-Lombard Alliance (Lega Alleanza Lombarda) [2] 90,943 0.26 0
South Tyrolese People's Party (Südtiroler Volkspartei) [1] 117,500 0.34 2
Consumers' List (Lista Consumatori) 72,139 0.21 1
Olive Tree (L'Ulivo) [3] 59,499 0.17 1
Italian Democratic Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano) 57,339 0.16 0
European Republican Movement (Movimento Repubblicani Europei) 51,001 0.15 0
Autonomy Liberty Democracy (Autonomie Liberté Démocratie) [4] 32,553 0.09 1
The Union (L'Unione) [5] 27,629 0.07 0
abroad: 4
Veneto Front League (Liga Fronte Veneto) [6] 23,209 0.07 0
United Democratic Christians (Democratici Cristiani Uniti) 5,399 0.02 0
House of Freedoms
(Casa delle Libertà)		 17,359,754 49.87 156 Forza Italia 8,201,688 23.56 78
abroad: 1
National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) 4,234,693 12.17 41
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e dei Democratici di Centro) 2,311,448 6.64 21
Northern League-Movement for Autonomy 1,531,939 4.40 13
Social Alternative (Alternativa Sociale) 215,668 0.62 0
Tricolour Flame (Fiamma Tricolore) 219,707 0.63 0
Christian Democracy-New PSI (DC-Nuovo PSI) 190,724 0.55 0
House of Freedoms (Casa delle Libertà) [1] 175,137 0.50 2
United Pensioners (Pensionati Uniti) 61,824 0.18 0
Italian Republican Party (Partito Repubblicano Italiano) 45,133 0.13 0
Environmental List-Ecological Democrats (Ambienta-Lista - Ecologisti Democratici) 37,656 0.11 0
New Sicily (Nuova Sicilia) [7] 33,437 0.10 0
No Euro Movement (No Euro) 30,515 0.09 0
Pact for Sicily (Patto per la Sicilia) [7] 20,833 0.06 0
Italian Liberal Party (Partito Liberale Italiano) 15,762 0.05 0
Forza Italia-National Alliance (Forza Italia-Alleanza Nazionale) [4] 11,505 0.03 0
Christian Extended Pact (Patto Cristiano Esteso) 9,730 0.03 0
Liberal Reformers (Riformatori Liberali) 7,668 0.02 0
S.O.S. Italy (S.O.S. Italia) 4,963 0.01 0
Other parties 1 Italian Association in South America (Associazioni Italiane in Sud America) [8] abroad: 1
North-East Project (Progetto Nordest) [6] 93,159 0.27 0
Sicilian Alliance (Alleanza Siciliana) [7] 36,160 0.10 0
Marxist-Leninist Italian Communist Party (Partito Comunista Italiano Marxista-Leninista) [9] 26,029 0.08 0
Aosta Valley (Vallèe d'Aoste) [4] 23,573 0.07 0
Pensions and Labour (Pensioni e Lavoro)[2] 19,765 0.06 0
All other parties 132,231 0.38 0
Total     315     315

Source: Interior Ministry of Italy, Votes, Seats

  1. ^ a b c Present only in Trentino-South Tyrol
  2. ^ a b Present only in Lombardy
  3. ^ Present only in Molise
  4. ^ a b c Present only in Aosta Valley
  5. ^ Present only abroad and in Trentino-South Tyrol
  6. ^ a b Present only in Veneto
  7. ^ a b c Present only in Sicily
  8. ^ Present only abroad
  9. ^ Present only in Campania


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