National
Senate of the Republic
- Italian: Senato della Repubblica
Governs Italy · Part of Parliament of Italy
Official website (senato.it) Report a problem with this page
Source: quirinale.it, checkedNext vote
- Must be held by December 2027 (no fixed date) General election · Senator
Who sits on it
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President of the Senate of the Republic
Chosen by the Senate from among its members
- Ignazio La Russa since October 2022
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200 senators
Elected
See every Senator and their riding, or look up an address to find yours.
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up to 5 senators for Life
Appointed by the President of the Italian Republic
- Carlo Rubbia Senator for Life · since October 2022
- Elena Cattaneo Senator for Life · since October 2022
- Liliana Segre Senator for Life · since October 2022
- Mario Monti Senator for Life · since October 2022
- Renzo Piano Senator for Life · since October 2022
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senators for Life (former President of the Republic)
Held automatically by the President of the Italian Republic
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Sources for who sits on it
- President of the Senate of the Republic quirinale.it · checked
- Ignazio La Russa as President of the Senate of the Republic governo.it · checked
- Senator quirinale.it · checked
- Senator for Life quirinale.it · checked
- Carlo Rubbia as Senator for Life dati.senato.it · checked
- Elena Cattaneo as Senator for Life dati.senato.it · checked
- Liliana Segre as Senator for Life dati.senato.it · checked
- Mario Monti as Senator for Life dati.senato.it · checked
- Renzo Piano as Senator for Life dati.senato.it · checked
- Senator for Life (former President of the Republic) quirinale.it · checked
What it can do
- Grant or withdraw confidence
The Senate, like the Chamber of Deputies, grants confidence to the Government by reasoned motion voted by roll call (Constitution Art. 94).
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Sources for what it can do
- Grant or withdraw confidence quirinale.it · checked
Sources
- quirinale.it · checked Presidenza della Repubblica, Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana (text in force), read 2026-10-12: existence, structure and names of the national authorities. Websites from each body's own site. For: Senate of the Republic
- governo.it · checked Italian names of bodies and ministerial offices from governo.it, camera.it, senato.it and the Costituzione, read 2026-10-12. For: Senate of the Republic in Italian
- quirinale.it · checked Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana, article cited in each power, read 2026-10-12. For: Grant or withdraw confidence
- quirinale.it · checked Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana Art. 56-59, 63, 83-85, 92, 135 and Law 165/2017 (electoral law), read 2026-10-12: offices, seat counts and selection methods. Ministerial portfolios from https://www.governo.it/it/ministri-e-sottosegretari, read 2026-10-12. For: Senator, Senator for Life, Senator for Life (former President of the Republic), President of the Senate of the Republic
- dati.senato.it · checked Senato della Repubblica open data (SPARQL), mandates and current group of senators of the XIX legislature, read 2026-10-12. Party column set only where the group is a single party's own group; Mixed/other groups are in the note. For: Etelwardo Sigismondi as Senator, Abruzzo, Gabriella Di Girolamo as Senator, Abruzzo, Guido Quintino Liris as Senator, Abruzzo, Michele Fina as Senator, Abruzzo, Francesco Giacobbe as Senator, Africa, Asia, Oceania and Antarctica (abroad) and 200 more
- governo.it · checked Presidenza del Consiglio dei ministri, Ministri e sottosegretari, read 2026-10-12: current ministers (after the March-April 2026 departures of Santanche, Tourism now Mazzi). Start dates from Wikidata P580 (2022-10-22 Meloni government; Giuli 2024-09-06; Mazzi 2026-04-03), not from the official site. Mattarella 2022-02-03 and Amoroso 2025-01-21 from Quirinale / Corte costituzionale press release https://www.cortecostituzionale.it/documenti/comunicatistampa/CC_CS_20250121110918.pdf. Presidents of the Chambers: Wikidata (Fontana 2022-10-14; La Russa 2022-10-13, not re-verified against an official page). Fallback: Wikidata, because senato.it and cortecostituzionale.it served 403/404 to automated fetchers. For: Ignazio La Russa as President of the Senate of the Republic
- quirinale.it · checked Costituzione Art. 60, 61, 85, 88 (term lengths and election deadlines), read 2026-10-12; 2026-11-15/16 Chieti by-election date from https://www.editorialedomani.it/politica/italia/chieti-vannacci-pronto-desistenza-a-favore-candidato-lega-colantonio-prove-alleanze-nere-l3q9tyua and https://www.agi.it/politica/news/2026-09-25/reggio-calabria-suppletive-politiche-39245351/ (press reports; no official decree fetched). For: General election, December 22, 2027
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