Jump to content

List of presidents of the Senate of the Republic (Italy)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

President of the
Senate of the Republic
Presidente del Senato della Repubblica
since 13 October 2022
StylePresident
ResidencePalazzo Giustiniani
AppointerSenate of the Republic
Term lengthLength of the legislature
Inaugural holderRuggero Settimo
Formation17 March 1861
Websitewww.senato.it

This is a list of the presidents of the Senate of Italy from the Kingdom of Sardinia to the present day.

The President of the Senate of the Republic is the presiding officer of the Senate of the Republic. The President of the Senate is the second highest-ranking office of the Italian Republic after the President of the Republic; according to article 86 of the Constitution,[1] the President of the Senate can act as a substitute for the President of the Republic should the latter be objectively be unable to fulfill their duties.[2]

The President of the Senate represents the Senate to external bodies, regulates debates in the Senate chamber by applying its regulations and the rules of the Constitution, and regulates all the activities of its components in order to ensure that it functions correctly.

The President of the Senate, along with the President of the Chamber of Deputies, must be consulted by the President of the Republic before the latter can dissolve one or both the chambers of the Italian Parliament.

Kingdom of Sardinia (1848–1861)

[edit]
Parties
  •   Independent
  •   Moderate Party
Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Term of office Party Legislature Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
President of the Senate of the Kingdom
Gaspare Coller
(1776–1855) 		3 May 1848 30 December 1848 241 days Independent I
(1848)
Giuseppe Manno
(1786–1868) 		13 February 1849 29 May 1855 6 years, 105 days Moderate Party II
(Jan 1849)
III
(Jul 1849)
IV
(Dec 1849)
V
(1853)
Cesare Alfieri di Sostegno
(1799–1869) 		8 November 1855 28 December 1860 5 years, 50 days Moderate Party
VI
(1857)
VII
(1860)

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

[edit]
Parties
Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Term of office Party Legislature Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
President of the Senate of the Kingdom
Ruggero Settimo
(1778–1863) 		18 February 1861 2 May 1863 2 years, 73 days Independent VIII
(1861)
Federico Sclopis
(1798–1888) 		24 May 1863 13 October 1864 142 days Independent
Giuseppe Manno
(1786–1868) 		15 October 1864 7 September 1865 327 days Historical Right
Gabrio Casati
(1798–1873) 		8 November 1865 2 November 1870 4 years, 359 days Historical Right IX
(1865)
X
(1867)
Vincenzo Fardella di Torrearsa
(1808–1889) 		5 December 1870 20 September 1874 3 years, 289 days Historical Right XI
(1870)
Luigi Des Ambrois
(1807–1884) 		15 November 1874 3 December 1874 18 days Independent XII
(1874)
Giuseppe Pasolini
(1815–1876) 		3 December 1874 3 October 1876 1 year, 305 days Historical Right
Sebastiano Tecchio
(1807–1886) 		20 November 1876 27 July 1884 7 years, 250 days Historical Left XIII
(1876)
XIV
(1880)
XV
(1882)
Giacomo Durando
(1807–1894) 		23 November 1884 4 September 1887 2 years, 285 days Historical Right
XVI
(1886)
Domenico Farini
(1834–1900) 		16 November 1887 15 July 1898 10 years, 241 days Historical Left
XVII
(1890)
XVIII
(1892)
XIX
(1895)
XX
(1897)
Giuseppe Saracco
(1821–1907) 		10 November 1898 18 October 1904 5 years, 343 days Historical Left XXI
(1900)
Tancredi Canonico
(1838–1908) 		30 November 1904 20 March 1908 3 years, 154 days Historical Left XXII
(1904)
Giuseppe Manfredi
(1828–1918) 		20 March 1908 6 November 1918 10 years, 231 days Liberal Union XXIII
(1909)
XXIV
(1913)
Adeodato Bonasi
(1838–1920) 		18 November 1918 29 September 1919 315 days Liberal Union
Tommaso Tittoni
(1855–1931) 		1 December 1919 21 January 1929 9 years, 51 days Liberal Union /
Italian Liberal Party /
Independent 		XXV
(1919)
XXVI
(1921)
XXVII
(1924)
Luigi Federzoni
(1878–1967) 		29 April 1929 2 March 1939 9 years, 307 days National Fascist Party XXVIII
(1929)
XXIX
(1934)
Giacomo Suardo
(1883–1947) 		15 March 1939 28 July 1943 4 years, 135 days National Fascist Party XXX
(No election)
Paolo Thaon di Revel
(1857–1948) 		2 August 1943 20 July 1944 344 days Independent Abolished Parliament
Pietro Tomasi Della Torretta
(1873–1962) 		20 July 1944 25 June 1946 1 year, 340 days Independent National Council

Italian Republic (1946–present)

[edit]
Parties
Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Term of office Party Legislature Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
President of the Senate of the Republic
Ivanoe Bonomi
(1873–1951) 		8 May 1948 20 April 1951 2 years, 347 days Italian Democratic Socialist Party I
(1948)
Enrico De Nicola
(1877–1959) 		28 April 1951 24 June 1952 1 year, 57 days Italian Liberal Party
Giuseppe Paratore
(1876–1967) 		26 June 1952 24 March 1953 271 days Italian Liberal Party
Meuccio Ruini
(1877–1970) 		25 March 1953 25 June 1953 92 days Independent
Cesare Merzagora
(1898–1991) 		25 June 1953 7 November 1967 14 years, 135 days Independent II
(1953)
III
(1958)
IV
(1963)
Ennio Zelioli-Lanzini
(1899–1976) 		8 November 1967 4 June 1968 209 days Christian Democracy
Amintore Fanfani
(1908–1999) 		5 June 1968 26 June 1973 5 years, 21 days Christian Democracy V
(1968)
VI
(1972)
Giovanni Spagnolli
(1907–1984) 		27 June 1973 4 July 1976 3 years, 7 days Christian Democracy
Amintore Fanfani
(1908–1999) 		5 July 1976 1 December 1982 6 years, 149 days Christian Democracy VII
(1976)
VIII
(1979)
Tommaso Morlino
(1925–1983) 		9 December 1982 6 May 1983 148 days Christian Democracy
Vittorino Colombo
(1925–1996) 		12 May 1983 11 July 1983 60 days Christian Democracy
Francesco Cossiga
(1928–2010) 		12 July 1983 24 June 1985 1 year, 347 days Christian Democracy IX
(1983)
Amintore Fanfani
(1908–1999) 		9 July 1985 17 April 1987 1 year, 282 days Christian Democracy
Giovanni Malagodi
(1904–1991) 		22 April 1987 1 July 1987 70 days Italian Liberal Party
Giovanni Spadolini
(1925–1994) 		2 July 1987 14 April 1994 6 years, 286 days Italian Republican Party X
(1987)
XI
(1992)
Carlo Scognamiglio
(b. 1944) 		16 April 1994 8 May 1996 2 years, 22 days Forza Italia XII
(1994)
Nicola Mancino
(b. 1931) 		9 May 1996 29 May 2001 5 years, 20 days Italian People's Party XIII
(1996)
Marcello Pera
(b. 1943) 		30 May 2001 27 April 2006 4 years, 331 days Forza Italia XIV
(2001)
Franco Marini
(1933–2021) 		29 April 2006 28 April 2008 1 year, 365 days The Daisy /
Democratic Party 		XV
(2006)
Renato Schifani
(b. 1950) 		29 April 2008 14 March 2013 4 years, 319 days Forza Italia /
The People of Freedom 		XVI
(2008)
Pietro Grasso
(b. 1944) 		16 March 2013 22 March 2018 5 years, 6 days Democratic Party XVII
(2013)
Elisabetta Casellati
(b. 1946) 		24 March 2018 12 October 2022 4 years, 203 days Forza Italia XVIII
(2018)
Ignazio La Russa
(b. 1947) 		13 October 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 45 days Brothers of Italy XIX
(2022)

Timeline

[edit]

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

[edit]
Pietro Tomasi della TorrettaPaolo Thaon di RavelGiacomo SuardoLuigi FederzoniTommaso TittoniGiuseppe SaraccoDomenico FariniGiacomo DurandoSebastiano TecchioGiuseppe PasoliniLuigi Des AmbroisVincenzo Fardella di TorrearsaGabrio CasatiGiuseppe MannoFederico SclopisRuggero Settimo

Italian Republic (1946–present)

[edit]
Ignazio La RussaElisabetta CasellatiPietro GrassoRenato SchifaniFranco MariniMarcello PeraNicola MancinoCarlo ScognamiglioGiovanni SpadoliniGiovanni MalagodiFrancesco CossigaVittorino ColomboTommaso MorlinoGiovanni SpagnolliAmintore FanfaniEnnio Zelioli-LanziniCesare MerzagoraMeuccio RuiniGiuseppe ParatoreEnrico De NicolaIvanoe Bonomi

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "COSTITUZIONE - Normattiva". www.normattiva.it. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  2. ^ Divizia, Paolo (2010). La supplenza di persone nel collegio sindacale ed il "principio di continuità dell'organo" applicato al diritto societario (in Italian). Giuffrè Editore. ISBN 9788808399984.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_presidents_of_the_Senate_of_the_Republic_(Italy)&oldid=1241077386"