The Legislature XIX of Italian Republic ( it, XIX Legislatura della Repubblica Italiana) is the current legislature of the

Italian Parliament The Italian Parliament ( it, Parlamento italiano) is the national parliament of the Italian Republic. It is the representative body of Italian citizens and is the successor to the Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1943), the transitiona ...

, which started on 13 October 2022. The composition of the

Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon R ...

and the Senate of the Republic is the one resulting from the 2022 Italian general election on 25 September, called after the dissolution of the Parliament announced by President

Sergio Mattarella Sergio Mattarella (; born 23 July 1941) is an Italian politician, jurist, academic and lawyer who has served as the president of Italy since 2015. A Christian leftist politician, Mattarella was a leading member of the Christian Democracy par ...

on 21 July. Per the

2020 Italian constitutional referendum A constitutional referendum about the reduction of the size of the Italian Parliament was held in Italy on 20 and 21 September 2020. Initially scheduled to be held on 29 March, the referendum was postponed following the spread of the coronavi ...

, in the Chamber the number of members has been reduced from 630 to 400, while in the Senate the number of elective members has been reduced from 315 to 200.

Government

Current composition

Chamber of Deputies

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

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 ...

( Lega), elected on 14 October 2022 * Vice Presidents: Anna Ascani ( PD), Sergio Costa ( M5S), Giorgio Mulè ( FI), Fabio Rampelli ( FdI)

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 ...

( FdI), elected on 13 October 2022 * Vice Presidents: Maria Domenica Castellone ( M5S), Gian Marco Centinaio ( Lega),

Maurizio Gasparri Maurizio Gasparri (Rome, 18 July 1956) is an Italian politician. Gasparri was member of the Italian Social Movement and National Alliance. During the course of his career he has served as Minister of Communications (2001 to 2005 in the Ber ...

( FI), Anna Rossomando ( PD)

Chronology

September 2022

* 25 September: 2022 Italian general election

October 2022

* 13 October: With the first sessions of the Chamber and Senate, the 19th legislature begins. The first session of the Chamber is chaired by the provisional president Ettore Rosato, while that of the Senate by

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. The Senate elects, in the first ballot, Senator

president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

. *14 October: The

is convened in a second session to proceed with the voting on the election of its president, given that the quorum was not reached in the three ballots held the previous day. The center-right majority declares to vote for

, the

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for Maria Cecilia Guerra, the Five Star Movement for Federico Cafiero De Raho and Action – Italia Viva for Matteo Richetti. On the fourth ballot, the Lega deputy

is elected president of the Chamber.

References

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