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 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, 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.

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) Parties

Portrait Name(Born–Died) Term of office Party Legislature Took officeLeft officeTime in officePresident of the Senate of the KingdomGaspare Coller(1776–1855)3 May 184830 December 1848Independent I(1848)Giuseppe Manno(1786–1868)13 February 184929 May 1855Moderate Party II(Jan 1849) III(Jul 1849) IV(Dec 1849) V(1853)Cesare Alfieri di Sostegno(1799–1869)8 November 185528 December 1860Moderate Party VI(1857) VII(1860)

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) Parties 1861–1912:

1912–1929:

1929–1943:

1943–1946:

Portrait Name(Born–Died) Term of office Party Legislature Took officeLeft officeTime in officePresident of the Senate of the KingdomRuggero Settimo(1778–1863)18 February 1861 2 May 1863IndependentVIIIFederico Sclopis(1798–1888)24 May 1863 13 October 1864IndependentGiuseppe Manno(1786–1868)15 October 1864 7 September 1865Historical RightGabrio Casati(1798–1873)8 November 1865 2 November 1870Historical RightIXXVincenzo Fardella di Torrearsa(1808–1889)5 December 187020 September 1874Historical RightXILuigi Des Ambrois(1807–1884)15 November 18743 December 1874IndependentXIIGiuseppe Pasolini(1815–1876)3 December 18743 October 1876Historical RightSebastiano Tecchio(1807–1886)20 November 187627 July 1884Historical LeftXIIIXIVXVGiacomo Durando(1807–1894)23 November 18844 September 1887Historical RightXVIDomenico Farini(1834–1900)16 November 188715 July 1898Historical LeftXVIIXVIIIXIXXXGiuseppe Saracco(1821–1907)10 November 189818 October 1904Historical LeftXXITancredi Canonico(1838–1908)30 November 190420 March 1908Historical LeftXXIIGiuseppe Manfredi(1828–1918)20 March 19086 November 1918Liberal UnionXXIIIXXIVAdeodato Bonasi(1838–1920)18 November 191829 September 1919Liberal UnionTommaso Tittoni(1855–1931)1 December 191921 January 1929Liberal Union /Italian Liberal Party /IndependentXXVXXVIXXVIILuigi Federzoni(1878–1967)29 April 19292 March 1939National Fascist PartyXXVIIIXXIXGiacomo Suardo(1883–1947)15 March 193928 July 1943National Fascist PartyXXXPaolo Thaon di Revel(1857–1948)2 August 194320 July 1944IndependentAbolished ParliamentPietro Tomasi Della Torretta(1873–1962)20 July 194425 June 1946IndependentNational Council

Italian Republic (1946–present) Parties 1948–1994:

1994–present:

Portrait Name(Born–Died) Term of office Party Legislature Took officeLeft officeTime in officePresident of the Senate of the RepublicIvanoe Bonomi(1873–1951)8 May 194820 April 1951 Italian Democratic Socialist PartyI Enrico De Nicola(1877–1959)28 April 1951 24 June 1952 Italian Liberal Party Giuseppe Paratore(1876–1967)26 June 195224 March 1953 Italian Liberal Party Meuccio Ruini(1877–1970)25 March 195325 June 1953 Independent Cesare Merzagora(1898–1991)25 June 19537 November 1967 IndependentIIIIIIV Ennio Zelioli-Lanzini(1899–1976)8 November 19674 June 1968 Christian Democracy Amintore Fanfani(1908–1999)5 June 196826 June 1973 Christian DemocracyVVI Giovanni Spagnolli(1907–1984)27 June 19734 July 1976 Christian Democracy Amintore Fanfani(1908–1999)5 July 19761 December 1982Christian DemocracyVIIVIII Tommaso Morlino(1925–1983)9 December 19826 May 1983 Christian Democracy Vittorino Colombo(1925–1996)12 May 198311 July 1983 Christian Democracy Francesco Cossiga(1928–2010)12 July 198324 June 1985 Christian DemocracyIX Amintore Fanfani(1908–1999)9 July 198517 April 1987 Christian Democracy Giovanni Malagodi(1904–1991)22 April 19871 July 1987 Italian Liberal Party Giovanni Spadolini(1925–1994)2 July 198714 April 1994 Italian Republican PartyXXI Carlo Scognamiglio()16 April 19948 May 1996 Forza ItaliaXII Nicola Mancino()9 May 199629 May 2001 Italian People's PartyXIII Marcello Pera()30 May 200127 April 2006 Forza ItaliaXIV Franco Marini(1933–2021)29 April 200628 April 2008 The Daisy /Democratic PartyXV Renato Schifani()29 April 200814 March 2013 Forza Italia /The People of FreedomXVI Pietro Grasso()16 March 201322 March 2018 Democratic PartyXVIIElisabetta Casellati()24 March 201812 October 2022 Forza ItaliaXVIIIIgnazio La Russa()13 October 2022Incumbent Brothers of ItalyXIX

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

pl:Przewodniczący Senatu Włoch