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is fixed by Decree of the

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(D.P.C.M.) of April 14, 2006 and of April 16, 2008.Disposizioni generali in materia di cerimoniale e disciplina delle precedenze tra le cariche pubbliche (Giugno 2008)
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used to direct protocol. The President, being head of state, is first, and the Prime Minister (President of the Council of Ministers), the head of government, is fourth. #The President of the Republic (

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and princes of reigning dynasties - these officers cannot preside over the ceremony) #The President of the Senate of the Republic (

Ignazio La Russa Ignazio Benito Maria La Russa (born 18 July 1947) is an Italian politician who is serving as President of the Senate of the Republic since 13 October 2022. He is the first politician with a neo-fascist background to hold the position of Presid ...

) #The President of the

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Lorenzo Fontana Lorenzo Fontana (born 10 April 1980) is an Italian politician and member of the League (Lega), who is serving as President of the Chamber of Deputies since 14 October 2022. Fontana served as Minister of European Affairs in the Conte I Cabinet. ...

) #The

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Giorgia Meloni Giorgia Meloni (; born 15 January 1977) is an Italian politician who has been serving as the Prime Minister of Italy since 22 October 2022, the first woman to hold this position. A member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2006, she has led the ...

) #The President of the

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Silvana Sciarra Silvana Sciarra (born 24 July 1948) is an Italian jurist and academic. She has been a judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy since 11 November 2014 and serves as its president since 20 September 2022. Career Sciarra was born in Trani. She ta ...

) #Former President of the Republic (

Giorgio Napolitano Giorgio Napolitano (; born 29 June 1925) is an Italian politician who served as president of Italy from 2006 to 2015, the first Italian president to be re-elected to the presidency. Due to his dominant position in Italian politics, some critics ...

) #Vice Presidents of the Senate of the Republic ##

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## Anna Rossomando ## Gian Marco Centinaio ## Maria Domenica Castellone #Vice Presidents of the

## Sergio Costa ## Fabio Rampelli ## Giorgio Mulé ## Anna Ascani #Vice Presidents of the

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Antonio Tajani Antonio Tajani (; born 4 August 1953) is an Italian politician, journalist and former Italian Air Force officer, who has served as Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Minister of Foreign Affairs since 22 October 2022. He served as President of the ...

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#Vice Presidents of the

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#Ministers of the Republic #Judges of the

# Presidents of Regions #The First President of the Supreme Court of Cassation (Pietro Curzio) #The President of the

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Tiziano Treu Tiziano Treu (born 22 August 1939) is an Italian politician and academic, former Minister of Labour and Social Security and Minister of Transports, and current president of the National Council for Economics and Labour. Biography Treu graduat ...

) #Deputy Ministers of the Republic #Quaestors of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, in order of seniority #Presidents of Parliamentary Commissions #The President of the

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Franco Frattini Franco Frattini (14 March 1957 – 24 December 2022) was an Italian politician and magistrate. From January to December 2022, Frattini served as president of the Council of State. Frattini previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from ...

) #The President of the

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( Guido Carlino) #The Governor of the Central Bank of Italy (

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) #The General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Cassation ( Gianfranco Ciani) #The

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of the Republic ( Gabriella Palmieri Sandulli) #The Chief of the Defence Staff #Senators and Deputies, in order of appointment #The President of the

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( Roberto Antonelli) #The President of the

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) #The President of the Superior Court of Public Waters #The Vice President of the Council of Military Courts #The Vice President of the High Council of the Judiciary #The Presidents of the Autonomous Provinces of

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and

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#The Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Cassation #

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s, in their provinces #

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s, in their cities #Presidents and General Prosecutors of the

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#Presidents of

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, in their cities #Catholic Bishops, in their dioceses #The Chief of the

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) #The Chief of the

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Enrico Credendino Enrico Credendino (born 21 January 1963) is an officer of the Italian Navy. He was appointed Chief of the Italian Navy in November 2021. He joined the Navy in 1980 and attended the Italian Naval Academy The Italian Naval Academy (Italian: ''A ...

) #The Chief of the

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) #The President of the Permanent conference of Rectors (Dr. Ferruccio Resta) #Ambassadors, in order of establishment of diplomatic relations with their countries

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Order of precedence An order of precedence is a sequential hierarchy of nominal importance and can be applied to individuals, groups, or organizations. Most often it is used in the context of people by many organizations and governments, for very formal and state o ...

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...