List of presidents of the Senate of the Republic (Italy) explained

Post:	President
Body:	the Senate of the Republic
Native Name:
Insigniasize:	135px
Flagsize:	145px
Incumbent:	Ignazio La Russa
Incumbentsince:	13 October 2022
Style:	President
Residence:	Palazzo Giustiniani
Appointer:	Senate of the Republic
Termlength:	Length of the legislature
Inaugural:	Ruggero Settimo
Formation:	17 March 1861
Website:	www.senato.it

This is a list of the 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 presiding officer of the Senate of the Republic. The President of the Senate is the second highest-ranking office of the Italian Republic after the President of the Republic; according to article 86 of the Constitution,^[1] 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.^[2]

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)

Parties

width=1% rowspan=2	Portrait	width=15% rowspan=2	Name (Born–Died)	width=30% colspan=3	Term of office	width=15% rowspan=2 colspan=2	Party	width=10% rowspan=2	Legislature	width=1% rowspan=2
width=11%	Took office	width=11%	Left office	width=8%	Time in office
President of the Senate of the Kingdom
	Gaspare Coller (1776–1855)	3 May 1848	30 December 1848			Independent	I (1848)
	Giuseppe Manno (1786–1868)	13 February 1849	29 May 1855			Moderate Party	II (Jan 1849)
	III (Jul 1849)
	IV (Dec 1849)
	V (1853)
	Cesare Alfieri di Sostegno (1799–1869)	8 November 1855	28 December 1860			Moderate Party
	VI (1857)
	VII (1860)

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

Parties

• 1861–1912:
  • • • • • • 1912–1929:
    • 1929–1943:
    • 1943–1946:

width=1% rowspan=2	Portrait	width=15% rowspan=2	Name (Born–Died)	width=30% colspan=3	Term of office	width=15% rowspan=2 colspan=2	Party	width=10% rowspan=2	Legislature	width=1% rowspan=2
width=11%	Took office	width=11%	Left office	width=8%	Time in office
President of the Senate of the Kingdom
	Ruggero Settimo (1778–1863)	18 February 1861	2 May 1863			Independent	VIII
	Federico Sclopis (1798–1888)	24 May 1863	13 October 1864			Independent
	Giuseppe Manno (1786–1868)	15 October 1864	7 September 1865			Historical Right
	Gabrio Casati (1798–1873)	8 November 1865	2 November 1870			Historical Right	IX
	X
	Vincenzo Fardella di Torrearsa (1808–1889)	5 December 1870	20 September 1874			Historical Right	XI
	Luigi Des Ambrois (1807–1884)	15 November 1874	3 December 1874			Independent	XII
	Giuseppe Pasolini (1815–1876)	3 December 1874	3 October 1876			Historical Right
	Sebastiano Tecchio (1807–1886)	20 November 1876	27 July 1884			Historical Left	XIII
	XIV
	XV
	Giacomo Durando (1807–1894)	23 November 1884	4 September 1887			Historical Right
	XVI
	Domenico Farini (1834–1900)	16 November 1887	15 July 1898			Historical Left
	XVII
	XVIII
	XIX
	XX
	Giuseppe Saracco (1821–1907)	10 November 1898	18 October 1904			Historical Left	XXI
	Tancredi Canonico (1838–1908)	30 November 1904	20 March 1908			Historical Left	XXII
	Giuseppe Manfredi (1828–1918)	20 March 1908	6 November 1918			Liberal Union	XXIII
	XXIV
	Adeodato Bonasi (1838–1920)	18 November 1918	29 September 1919			Liberal Union
	Tommaso Tittoni (1855–1931)	1 December 1919	21 January 1929			Liberal Union / Italian Liberal Party / Independent	XXV
	XXVI
	XXVII
	Luigi Federzoni (1878–1967)	29 April 1929	2 March 1939			National Fascist Party	XXVIII
	XXIX
	Giacomo Suardo (1883–1947)	15 March 1939	28 July 1943			National Fascist Party	XXX
	Paolo Thaon di Revel (1857–1948)	2 August 1943	20 July 1944			Independent	Abolished Parliament
	Pietro Tomasi Della Torretta (1873–1962)	20 July 1944	25 June 1946			Independent	National Council

Italian Republic (1946–present)

Parties:

• 1948–1994:
  • • • • • • • • • • 1994–present:

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width=11%	Took office	width=11%	Left office	width=8%	Time in office
President of the Senate of the Republic
	Ivanoe Bonomi (1873–1951)	8 May 1948	20 April 1951			Italian Democratic Socialist Party	I
	Enrico De Nicola (1877–1959)	28 April 1951	24 June 1952			Italian Liberal Party
	Giuseppe Paratore (1876–1967)	26 June 1952	24 March 1953			Italian Liberal Party
	Meuccio Ruini (1877–1970)	25 March 1953	25 June 1953			Independent
	Cesare Merzagora (1898–1991)	25 June 1953	7 November 1967			Independent	II
	III
	IV
	Ennio Zelioli-Lanzini (1899–1976)	8 November 1967	4 June 1968			Christian Democracy
	Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999)	5 June 1968	26 June 1973			Christian Democracy	V
	VI
	Giovanni Spagnolli (1907–1984)	27 June 1973	4 July 1976			Christian Democracy
	Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999)	5 July 1976	1 December 1982			Christian Democracy	VII
	VIII
	Tommaso Morlino (1925–1983)	9 December 1982	6 May 1983			Christian Democracy
	Vittorino Colombo (1925–1996)	12 May 1983	11 July 1983			Christian Democracy
	Francesco Cossiga (1928–2010)	12 July 1983	24 June 1985			Christian Democracy	IX
	Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999)	9 July 1985	17 April 1987			Christian Democracy
	Giovanni Malagodi (1904–1991)	22 April 1987	1 July 1987			Italian Liberal Party
	Giovanni Spadolini (1925–1994)	2 July 1987	14 April 1994			Italian Republican Party	X
	XI
	Carlo Scognamiglio	16 April 1994	8 May 1996			Forza Italia	XII
	Nicola Mancino	9 May 1996	29 May 2001			Italian People's Party	XIII
	Marcello Pera	30 May 2001	27 April 2006			Forza Italia	XIV
	Franco Marini (1933–2021)	29 April 2006	28 April 2008			The Daisy / Democratic Party	XV
	Renato Schifani	29 April 2008	14 March 2013			Forza Italia / The People of Freedom	XVI
	Pietro Grasso	16 March 2013	22 March 2018			Democratic Party	XVII
	Elisabetta Casellati	24 March 2018	12 October 2022			Forza Italia	XVIII
	Ignazio La Russa	13 October 2022	Incumbent			Brothers of Italy	XIX

Timeline

Italian Republic (1946–present)

See also

• Senate of the Republic (Italy)
• List of presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy)

Notes and References

1. Web site: COSTITUZIONE - Normattiva . 2024-08-08 . www.normattiva.it.
2. Book: Divizia, Paolo . La supplenza di persone nel collegio sindacale ed il "principio di continuità dell'organo" applicato al diritto societario . Giuffrè Editore . 2010 . 9788808399984 . it.