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

This is a list of the presidents of the Senate of Italy from the Kingdom of Sardinia to the present day.

President of the Senate of the Republic
Presidente del Senato della Repubblica
Incumbent Ignazio La Russa since 13 October 2022
Style	President
Residence	Palazzo Giustiniani
Appointer	Senate of the Republic
Term length	Length of the legislature
Inaugural holder	Ruggero Settimo
Formation	17 March 1861
Website	www.senato.it

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

•   Independent
•   Moderate Party

Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Party		Legislature	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
President of the Senate of the Kingdom
	Gaspare Coller (1776–1855)	3 May 1848	30 December 1848	241 days		Independent	I (1848)
	Giuseppe Manno (1786–1868)	13 February 1849	29 May 1855	6 years, 105 days		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	5 years, 50 days		Moderate Party
							VI (1857)
							VII (1860)

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

Parties

• 1861–1912:
  •   Historical Right
  •   Historical Left
  •   Independent
• 1912–1929:
  •   Liberal Union / Italian Liberal Party
• 1929–1943:
  •   National Fascist Party
• 1943–1946:
  •   Independent

Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Party		Legislature	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
President of the Senate of the Kingdom
	Ruggero Settimo (1778–1863)	18 February 1861	2 May 1863	2 years, 73 days		Independent	VIII (1861)
	Federico Sclopis (1798–1888)	24 May 1863	13 October 1864	142 days		Independent
	Giuseppe Manno (1786–1868)	15 October 1864	7 September 1865	327 days		Historical Right
	Gabrio Casati (1798–1873)	8 November 1865	2 November 1870	4 years, 359 days		Historical Right	IX (1865)
							X (1867)
	Vincenzo Fardella di Torrearsa (1808–1889)	5 December 1870	20 September 1874	3 years, 289 days		Historical Right	XI (1870)
	Luigi Des Ambrois (1807–1884)	15 November 1874	3 December 1874	18 days		Independent	XII (1874)
	Giuseppe Pasolini (1815–1876)	3 December 1874	3 October 1876	1 year, 305 days		Historical Right
	Sebastiano Tecchio (1807–1886)	20 November 1876	27 July 1884	7 years, 250 days		Historical Left	XIII (1876)
							XIV (1880)
							XV (1882)
	Giacomo Durando (1807–1894)	23 November 1884	4 September 1887	2 years, 285 days		Historical Right
							XVI (1886)
	Domenico Farini (1834–1900)	16 November 1887	15 July 1898	10 years, 241 days		Historical Left
							XVII (1890)
							XVIII (1892)
							XIX (1895)
							XX (1897)
	Giuseppe Saracco (1821–1907)	10 November 1898	18 October 1904	5 years, 343 days		Historical Left	XXI (1900)
	Tancredi Canonico (1838–1908)	30 November 1904	20 March 1908	3 years, 154 days		Historical Left	XXII (1904)
	Giuseppe Manfredi (1828–1918)	20 March 1908	6 November 1918	10 years, 231 days		Liberal Union	XXIII (1909)
							XXIV (1913)
	Adeodato Bonasi (1838–1920)	18 November 1918	29 September 1919	315 days		Liberal Union
	Tommaso Tittoni (1855–1931)	1 December 1919	21 January 1929	9 years, 51 days		Liberal Union / Italian Liberal Party / Independent	XXV (1919)
							XXVI (1921)
							XXVII (1924)
	Luigi Federzoni (1878–1967)	29 April 1929	2 March 1939	9 years, 307 days		National Fascist Party	XXVIII (1929)
							XXIX (1934)
	Giacomo Suardo (1883–1947)	15 March 1939	28 July 1943	4 years, 135 days		National Fascist Party	XXX (No election)
	Paolo Thaon di Revel (1857–1948)	2 August 1943	20 July 1944	344 days		Independent	Abolished Parliament
	Pietro Tomasi Della Torretta (1873–1962)	20 July 1944	25 June 1946	1 year, 340 days		Independent	National Council

Italian Republic (1946–present)

Parties

• 1948–1994:
  •   Italian Democratic Socialist Party
  •   Italian Liberal Party
  •   Christian Democracy
  •   Italian Republican Party
  •   Independent
• 1994–present:
  •   Forza Italia / The People of Freedom
  •   Italian People's Party
  •   The Daisy / Democratic Party
  •   Brothers of Italy

Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Party		Legislature	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
President of the Senate of the Republic
	Ivanoe Bonomi (1873–1951)	8 May 1948	20 April 1951	2 years, 347 days		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	I (1948)
	Enrico De Nicola (1877–1959)	28 April 1951	24 June 1952	1 year, 57 days		Italian Liberal Party
	Giuseppe Paratore (1876–1967)	26 June 1952	24 March 1953	271 days		Italian Liberal Party
	Meuccio Ruini (1877–1970)	25 March 1953	25 June 1953	92 days		Independent
	Cesare Merzagora (1898–1991)	25 June 1953	7 November 1967	14 years, 135 days		Independent	II (1953)
							III (1958)
							IV (1963)
	Ennio Zelioli-Lanzini (1899–1976)	8 November 1967	4 June 1968	209 days		Christian Democracy
	Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999)	5 June 1968	26 June 1973	5 years, 21 days		Christian Democracy	V (1968)
							VI (1972)
	Giovanni Spagnolli (1907–1984)	27 June 1973	4 July 1976	3 years, 7 days		Christian Democracy
	Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999)	5 July 1976	1 December 1982	6 years, 149 days		Christian Democracy	VII (1976)
							VIII (1979)
	Tommaso Morlino (1925–1983)	9 December 1982	6 May 1983	148 days		Christian Democracy
	Vittorino Colombo (1925–1996)	12 May 1983	11 July 1983	60 days		Christian Democracy
	Francesco Cossiga (1928–2010)	12 July 1983	24 June 1985	1 year, 347 days		Christian Democracy	IX (1983)
	Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999)	9 July 1985	17 April 1987	1 year, 282 days		Christian Democracy
	Giovanni Malagodi (1904–1991)	22 April 1987	1 July 1987	70 days		Italian Liberal Party
	Giovanni Spadolini (1925–1994)	2 July 1987	14 April 1994	6 years, 286 days		Italian Republican Party	X (1987)
							XI (1992)
	Carlo Scognamiglio (b. 1944)	16 April 1994	8 May 1996	2 years, 22 days		Forza Italia	XII (1994)
	Nicola Mancino (b. 1931)	9 May 1996	29 May 2001	5 years, 20 days		Italian People's Party	XIII (1996)
	Marcello Pera (b. 1943)	30 May 2001	27 April 2006	4 years, 331 days		Forza Italia	XIV (2001)
	Franco Marini (1933–2021)	29 April 2006	28 April 2008	1 year, 365 days		The Daisy / Democratic Party	XV (2006)
	Renato Schifani (b. 1950)	29 April 2008	14 March 2013	4 years, 319 days		Forza Italia / The People of Freedom	XVI (2008)
	Pietro Grasso (b. 1944)	16 March 2013	22 March 2018	5 years, 6 days		Democratic Party	XVII (2013)
	Elisabetta Casellati (b. 1946)	24 March 2018	12 October 2022	4 years, 203 days		Forza Italia	XVIII (2018)
	Ignazio La Russa (b. 1947)	13 October 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 42 days		Brothers of Italy	XIX (2022)

Timeline

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

Italian Republic (1946–present)

See also

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

References

1. "COSTITUZIONE - Normattiva". www.normattiva.it. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
2. Divizia, Paolo (2010). La supplenza di persone nel collegio sindacale ed il "principio di continuità dell'organo" applicato al diritto societario (in Italian). Giuffrè Editore. ISBN 9788808399984.