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

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 Italian Senate. The President of the Senate is the second highest-ranking office of the Italian Republic (after the President of the Republic).

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 Italian 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)

Parties

•   Independent
•   Moderate Party

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

Parties

• 1861–1912:
  •   Historical Right
  •   Historical Left
  •   Independent
• 1912–1929:
  •   Liberal Union / Italian Liberal Party
• 1929–1943:
  •   National Fascist Party
• 1943–1946:
  •   Independent

Italian Republic (1946–present)

Parties

• 1948–1994:
  •   Italian Democratic Socialist Party
  •   Italian Liberal Party
  •   Christian Democracy
  •   Italian Republican Party
  •   Independent
• 1994–present:
  •   Forza Italia / The People of Freedom
  •   Italian People's Party
  •   The Daisy / Democratic Party
  •   Brothers of Italy

Timeline

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

Italian Republic (1946–present)

See also

• Senate of the Republic (Italy)
• List of presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy)

References