This is a list of the
presidents of the Senate of Italy from the
Kingdom of Sardinia
The Kingdom of Sardinia, also referred to as the Kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica among other names, was a State (polity), country in Southern Europe from the late 13th until the mid-19th century, and from 1297 to 1768 for the Corsican part of ...
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
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
after the
President of the Republic; according to article 86 of the
Constitution
A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly determines how that entity is to be governed.
When these pri ...
, 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)
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Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
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Italian Republic (1946–present)
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1994–present:
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Timeline
Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
Italian Republic (1946–present)
See also
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Senate of the Republic (Italy)
The Senate of the Republic (), or simply the Senate ( ), is the upper house of the bicameral Italian Parliament, the lower house being the Chamber of Deputies (Italy), Chamber of Deputies. The two houses together form a perfect bicameral syst ...
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List of presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy)
This is a list of the President of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy), presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy from the Kingdom of Sardinia to present. The president is the presiding officer of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy), Chamber of Dep ...
References
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Presidents of the Italian Senate
This is a list of the President of the Senate of the Republic (Italy), 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 Speaker (politics), presiding officer of ...
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
pl:Przewodniczący Senatu Włoch