The Senate of the Republic,or simply the Senate,is the upper house of the bicameral Italian Parliament,the lower house being the Chamber of Deputies. The two houses together form a perfect bicameral system,meaning they perform identical functions,but do so separately. Pursuant to the Articles 57,58,and 59 of the Italian Constitution,the Senate has 200 elective members,of which 196 are elected from Italian constituencies,and 4 from Italian citizens living abroad. Furthermore,there is a small number of senators for life,either appointed or ex officio. It was established in its current form on 8 May 1948,but previously existed during the Kingdom of Italy as Senato del Regno,itself a continuation of the Senato Subalpino of Sardinia established on 8 May 1848. Members of the Senate are styled Senator or The Honourable Senator and they meet at Palazzo Madama,Rome.
Mario Mantovani is an Italian politician.
Sergio Chiamparino is an Italian politician. He was the mayor of Turin from 2001 to 2011,and the president of Piedmont from 2014 to 2019. He is also the author of several books,including Semplicemente sindaco,La sfida. Oltre il Pd per tornare a vincere. Anche al Nord (2010),Cordata con sindaco,and TAV. Perchésì.
Renato Maria Giuseppe Schifani is an Italian politician who has served as the president of Sicily since 13 October 2022. Schifani was Silvio Berlusconi's chief whip and was a prominent member of the Senate of the Republic from 1996 to 2022. From 29 April 2008 to 14 March 2013,he was the president of the Senate of the Republic.
Gian Marco Centinaio is an Italian politician for Lega,serving as Vice President of the Senate of the Republic. He served as Minister of Agriculture and Tourism in the Conte Cabinet from 1 June 2018 to September 2019.
Fabio Fabbri was an Italian politician and lawyer.
Tony Chike Iwobi,better known as Toni Iwobi,is an Italian politician for Lega Nord who was elected to the Italian Senate in the 2018 general election.
Domenico Pittella was an Italian politician. A member of the Italian Socialist Party,Pittella served on the Senate of the Republic between 1972 and 1983. He was a trained surgeon,which costed him a conviction when he treated Natalia Ligas,a fugitive member of the Red Brigades. His two sons are also politicians. Referred to as the Pittellas,they are considered a dynasty in the Basilicata region.
Renzo Sclavi was an Italian politician for the Italian Democratic Socialist Party.
Eugenio Tarabini was an Italian politician.
Pierpaolo Sileri is an Italian politician,surgeon and academic professor and since 13 September 2019 Deputy Minister of Health in the government of the Italian Republic.
Raffaele Stancanelli is an Italian politician.
Giacomo Stucchi is an Italian politician,member of the Northern League.
Pietro Fontanini is an Italian politician from the Lega Nord,former Mayor of Udine and former President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Marco Marsilio has been President of Abruzzo since 23 February 2019.
Alberto Airola is an Italian politician for the Five Star Movement.
Franco Ortolani was an Italian politician who served in the Italian Senate for the Five Star Movement from 2018 to 2019.
Paolo Saviane was an Italian politician.
Andrea Augello was an Italian politician.
Gilberto Pichetto Fratin is an Italian politician who is the Minister of the Environment and Energy Security of the Meloni government since 22 October 2022.
