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Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic (Comitato Parlamentare per la Sicurezza della Repubblica, COPASIR) is a body of the Italian Parliament deputed to survey and oversee the activities of the Italian intelligence agencies.
Since the end of World War II, Italian intelligence agencies have been reorganized many times in an attempt to increase their effectiveness and bring them more fully under civilian control.
The committee was established as part of a broader reform of the Italian intelligence community, which represented the latest in a long string of government attempts to effectively manage Italy's intelligence agencies.
Following the reform of the Italian intelligence agencies approved on 1 August 2007, COPASIR. has the power to:
COPASIR is constituted by four Senators and four Deputies, designated proportionally by the Presidents of the two Chambers (the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic).
| Name | Group | Role | House | Took office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorenzo Guerini | Democratic Party | President | Chamber of Deputies | 21 November 2022 | |
| Giovanni Donzelli | Brothers of Italy | Vice President | 21 November 2022 | ||
| Ettore Rosato | Action – PER | Secretary | 21 November 2022 | ||
| Marco Pellegrini | Five Star Movement | Member | 21 November 2022 | ||
| Angelo Rossi | Brothers of Italy | Member | 21 November 2022 | ||
| Ester Mieli [lower-alpha 1] | Brothers of Italy | Member | Senate of the Republic | 3 July 2024 | |
| Claudio Borghi | League | Member | 17 November 2022 | ||
| Enrico Borghi | Italia Viva [lower-alpha 2] | Member | 17 November 2022 | ||
| Licia Ronzulli | Forza Italia | Member | 17 November 2022 | ||
| Roberto Scarpinato | Five Star Movement | Member | 17 November 2022 | ||
| Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Term of office | Party | Legislature | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
 | Claudio Scajola (1948– ) | 1 August 2007 | 29 April 2008 | 272 days | Forza Italia | XV (2006) | |
 | Francesco Rutelli (1954– ) | 22 May 2008 | 12 November 2009 | 1 year, 174 days | Democratic Party | XVI (2008) | |
 | Massimo D'Alema (1949– ) | 26 January 2010 | 15 March 2013 | 3 years, 48 days | Democratic Party | ||
 | Giacomo Stucchi (1969– ) | 6 June 2013 | 22 March 2018 | 4 years, 289 days | Northern League / League | XVII (2013) | |
 | Lorenzo Guerini (1966– ) | 18 July 2018 | 4 September 2019 | 1 year, 48 days | Democratic Party | XVIII (2018) | |
 | Raffaele Volpi (1960– ) | 9 October 2019 | 20 May 2021 | 1 year, 223 days | League | ||
 | Adolfo Urso (1957– ) | 9 June 2021 | 12 October 2022 | 1 year, 125 days | Brothers of Italy | ||
| | Lorenzo Guerini (1966– ) | 6 December 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 313 days | Democratic Party | XIX (2022) | |
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