National
President of the Italian Republic
- Italian: Presidente della Repubblica
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected by the Parliament of Italy
- Exact method
- Elected for seven years (Constitution Art. 83-85) by Parliament in joint session, with three delegates from each region (one from the Aosta Valley): 58 regional delegates. Two-thirds majority required in the first three ballots, absolute majority from the fourth. No direct popular vote.
- Chosen by
- Parliament of Italy
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- Sergio Mattarella since February 2022 Report Source: governo.it, checked
Coming up
- Must be held by February 2029 (no fixed date) Elected by Parliament of Italy, not by voters
Sources
- quirinale.it · checked indirect / selected_by: from the selection_detail, which rests on this source ([world:it-national] Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana Art. 56-59, 63, 83-85, 92, 135 and Law 165/2017 (electoral la); migration 054, ticket 2207, reviewed by improvements:schema-indirect-dissolved 2026-10-12 For: President of the Italian Republic
- 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: President of the Italian 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: President of the Italian Republic in Italian
- 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: Sergio Mattarella, current term
- 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, February 3, 2029