The Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy ( it, Parlamento del Regno d'Italia) was the

bicameral Bicameralism is a type of legislature, one divided into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses, known as a bicameral legislature. Bicameralism is distinguished from unicameralism, in which all members deliberate and vote as a single gr ...

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of the

Kingdom of Italy The Kingdom of Italy ( it, Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Kingdom of Sardinia, Sardinia was proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, proclaimed King of Italy, until 1946, when civil discontent led to ...

. It was established in 1861 to replace the

Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia The Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia ( it, Parlamento del Regno di Sardegna, also called ''Parlamento Subalpino'') was the bicameral parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia. History It was established in 1848 by the Albertine Statute and bec ...

and lasted until 18 June 1946, when it was replaced by the present-day

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 transitio ...

. It was formed of a lower house (the

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or after 1939 the

Chamber of Fasces and Corporations Chamber of Fasces and Corporations ( it, Camera dei Fasci e delle Corporazioni) was the lower house of the legislature of the Kingdom of Italy from 23 March 1939 to 5 August 1943, during the height of the regime of Benito Mussolini's National Fas ...

) and an upper house ( Senate of the Kingdom).

Bibliography

* Francesco Bartolotta (ed), ''Parlamenti e governi d'Italia dal 1848 al 1970'', Roma, Vito Bianco Ed., 1971. {{Italy-hist-stub category:1946 disestablishments in Italy category:Italian Parliament category:1861 establishments in Italy category:Defunct bicameral legislatures