Electoral firsts in Italy

This article lists notable electoral firsts in Italy.

General

First general election with universal suffrage: 1913 (only males), 1946 (both sex); First organized political party in the Italian Parliament: Partito Socialista Italiano, 1895;

Women

First female Prime Minister of Italy

Giorgia Meloni in 2022

First female President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies

Nilde Iotti in 1979

First female President of the Italian Senate Elisabetta Casellati in 2018

First female Minister of Foreign Affairs

Emma Bonino in 2013

First female Minister of the Interior

Rosa Russo Iervolino in 1998

First female Minister of Justice

Paola Severino in 2011

First female Minister of Defence

Roberta Pinotti in 2014

First female Minister of Economic Development

Federica Guidi in 2014

First female Minister of Agriculture

Adriana Poli Bortone in 1994

First female Minister of the Environment

Stefania Prestigiacomo in 2008

First female Minister of Infrastructure and Transport

Paola De Micheli in 2019

First female Minister of Labour and Social Policies

Tina Anselmi in 1976 (also first female Minister in general)

First female Minister of Public Education

Franca Falcucci in 1982

First female Minister of Culture

Vincenza Bono in 1988

First female Minister of Health

Tina Anselmi in 1978

First female constable (ufficiale giudiziario)

Maria Luisa Strina in 1964

First female mayors Ninetta Bartoli (Borutta), Ada Natali (Massa Fermana) and Elena Tosetti (Fanano) on 10 March 1946

Black Italians

Jean-Léonard Touadi, first black deputy in 2008

Toni Iwobi, first black senator in 2018 Dacia Valent, first black Italian member of the European Parliament (1989) Cécile Kyenge, first black Minister in 2013

LGBT people

Vladimir Luxuria, first transgender deputy in 2006

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