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Type
Bicameral
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Leadership
President of the Senate
Ignazio La Russa (FdI) since 13 October 2022
President of the Chamber of Deputies
Lorenzo Fontana (Lega) since 14 October 2022
Structure
Seats
605
205[q] (Senate of the Republic)
400 (Chamber of Deputies)
Senate of the Republic political groups
Government (116)
FdI (63)
Lega–PSd'Az (29)
FI (18)
CdI–NM–MAIE (6)[a]
Opposition (89)
PD–IDP (37)
M5S (28)
Az–IV (11)
Aut. (6)[b]
Mixed (7)[d]
Chamber of Deputies political groups
Government (238)
FdI (118)[e]
Lega (66)
FI (44)[f]
NM–MAIE (10)[i]
Opposition (162)
PD–IDP (69)[j]
M5S (52)
A–IV–RE (21)[k]
AVS (11)[l]
Mixed (9)[p]
Elections
Last Senate of the Republic election
25 September 2022
Last Chamber of Deputies election
25 September 2022
Meeting place
Chamber of Deputies: Palazzo Montecitorio (top) Senate of the Republic: Palazzo Madama (bottom)
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The Italian Parliament (Italian: Parlamento italiano) is the national parliament of the Italian Republic. It is the representative body of Italian citizens and is the successor to the Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1848–1861), the Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1943), the transitional National Council (1945–1946) and the Constituent Assembly (1946–1948). It is a bicameral legislature with 600 elected members and a small number of unelected members (senatori a vita). The Italian Parliament is composed of the Chamber of Deputies (with 400 members or deputati elected on a national basis),[1] as well as the Senate of the Republic (with 200 members or senatori elected on a regional basis, plus a small number of senators for life or senatori a vita, either appointed by the President of the Republic or former Presidents themselves, ex officio).[2]
The two Houses are independent from one another and never meet jointly except under circumstances specified by the Constitution of Italy. By the Constitution, the two houses of the Italian Parliament possess the same powers, unlike in most parliamentary systems. Perfect bicameralism has been codified in its current form since the adoption of the Albertine Statute, and resurged after the overthrow of the fascist dictatorship of the 1920s and 1930s. No distinction is made between deputies and senators, notwithstanding that a member of parliament cannot be at the same time both a senator and a deputy; regarding presidents and vice-presidents, the precedence is given to the older one.[3]
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