National
Senator for Life
- Italian: Senatore a vita
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Appointed by the President of the Italian Republic
- Exact method
- The President of the Republic may appoint up to five citizens who have honoured the nation with outstanding merit in the social, scientific, artistic or literary fields (Art. 59(2)).
- Chosen by
- President of the Italian Republic
- Seats
- Up to 5
Who holds these seats now
- Carlo Rubbia since October 2022 Report Source: dati.senato.it, checked
- Elena Cattaneo since October 2022 Report Source: dati.senato.it, checked
- Liliana Segre since October 2022 Report Source: dati.senato.it, checked
- Mario Monti since October 2022 Report Source: dati.senato.it, checked
- Renzo Piano since October 2022 Report Source: dati.senato.it, checked
Sources
- 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 for Life
- 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: Senator for Life in Italian
- 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: Carlo Rubbia, current term, Elena Cattaneo, current term, Liliana Segre, current term, Mario Monti, current term, Renzo Piano, current term