Legislature XIX of Italy

The Legislature XIX of Italian Republic (Italian: XIX Legislatura della Repubblica Italiana) is the current legislature of the Italian Parliament, which started on 13 October 2022.[1][2]

Legislature XIX of Italy

XIX legislatura della Repubblica Italiana
19th legislature
Type
Type
HousesChamber of Deputies
Senate of the Republic
History
Founded13 October 2022 (2022-10-13)
Preceded byXVIII Legislature
Leadership
Ignazio La Russa, FdI
since 13 October 2022
Lorenzo Fontana, Lega
since 14 October 2022
Structure
SeatsC: 400
S: 205 (200 + 5)
Chamber of Deputies political groups
Non-voting President (1)
  •   Lega (1)

Government (237)

Opposition (162)

Senate of the Republic political groups
Non-voting President (1)

Government (114)

Opposition (89)

Vacant

Elections
Rosatellum
Rosatellum
Last general election
25 September 2022
Next general election
No later than December 2027
Meeting place
Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome (C)
Palazzo Madama, Rome (S)
Constitution
Constitution of Italy
Footnotes
Notes:
  1. FdI (117), VèP (1)
  2. FI (42), NPSI (1), SiT (1)
  3. NcI (2), CP (1), IaC (2), CI (1), UdC (1), MAIE (1), FdI (1), FIMA (1)
  4. PD (61), Art.1–MDP (5), DemoS (1), GIERC (1), CD (1)
  5. Action (12), IV (9)
  6. EV (7), SI (4), PP (1)
  7. RI (1), èViva (1)
  8. SVP (2), UV (1)
  9. ScN (1), SVP (1)
  10. Including DB (1)
  11. Including AF (1)
  12. FdI (3), UdC (1), CI (1), MAIE (1)
  13. PD (35), CpE (1), Ind. (1)
  14. IV (6), Action (4)
  15. SVP (2), PD (2), ScN (1), Ind. (2, Elena Cattaneo, and Carlo Rubbia)
  16. SI (3), EV (1)
  17. Mario Monti, Renzo Piano and Liliana Segre

The composition of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic is the one resulting from the 2022 Italian general election on 25 September, called after the dissolution of the Parliament announced by President Sergio Mattarella on 21 July. Per the 2020 Italian constitutional referendum, in the Chamber the number of members has been reduced from 630 to 400, while in the Senate the number of elective members has been reduced from 315 to 200.[3][4]

Government

Prime Minister Party Term of office Government Composition
Took office Left office
Giorgia Meloni
(b. 1977)
Brothers of Italy 22 October 2022 Incumbent Meloni FdILegaFI
(Centre-right coalition)

Current composition

Chamber of Deputies

Parliamentary groups in the Chamber of Deputies
Initial composition[6] Current composition[7]
Parliamentary group Seats Parliamentary group Seats Change Notes
Brothers of Italy 118 Brothers of Italy 118 Steady
Democratic PartyDemocratic and Progressive Italy 69 Democratic PartyDemocratic and Progressive Italy 69 Steady
League – Salvini Premier 66 League – Salvini Premier 66 Steady
Five Star Movement 52 Five Star Movement 52 Steady
Forza Italia – Berlusconi for PresidentEPP 44 Forza Italia – Berlusconi for PresidentEPP 44 Steady
ActionItalia VivaRenew Europe 21 ActionItalia VivaRenew Europe 21 Steady
Greens and Left Alliance 11 Increase 11 [lower-alpha 1]
Us Moderates (Us with Italy, Coraggio Italia, UDC, Italy in the Centre) – MAIE 10 Increase 10 [lower-alpha 2]
Mixed 30 Mixed 9 Decrease 21 [lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]
Linguistic Minorities 3 Linguistic Minorities 4 Increase 1 [lower-alpha 3]
+Europe 3 +Europe 3 Steady
Greens and Left Alliance 12 Decrease 12 [lower-alpha 4]
Us Moderates (Us with Italy, Coraggio Italia, UDC, Italy in the Centre) – MAIE 9 Decrease 9 [lower-alpha 5]
Non inscrits 3 Non inscrits 2 Decrease 1
Total seats 400 Total seats 400 Steady
    1. On 9 January 2023, deputy Aboubakar Soumahoro left the AVS group.
    2. On 2 March 2023, deputy Vittoria Brambilla left the Mixed group and joined the NM group.
    3. On 26 October 2022, deputy Dieter Steger joined the Linguistic Minorities subgroup of the Mixed group.
    4. On 27 October 2022, the Greens and Left Alliance component of the Mixed group becomes an official group.
    5. On 27 October 2022, the Us Moderates component of the Mixed group becomes an official group.

    Senate of the Republic

    Parliamentary groups in the Senate of the Republic
    Initial composition[8] Current composition[9]
    Parliamentary group Seats Parliamentary group Seats Change Notes
    Brothers of Italy 63 Brothers of Italy 63 Steady
    Democratic PartyDemocratic and Progressive Italy 38 Democratic PartyDemocratic and Progressive Italy 37 Decrease 1 [lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]
    League Salvini PremierSardinian Action Party 29 League Salvini PremierSardinian Action Party 29 Steady
    Five Star Movement 28 Five Star Movement 28 Steady
    Forza Italia – Berlusconi for PresidentEPP 18 Forza Italia – Berlusconi for PresidentEPP 17 Decrease 1 [lower-alpha 3]
    ActionItalia VivaRenew Europe 9 ActionItalia VivaRenew Europe 10 Increase 1 [lower-alpha 2]
    For the Autonomies (SVPPATT, Campobase, South calls North) 7 For the Autonomies (SVPPATT, Campobase, South calls North) 8 Increase 1 [lower-alpha 4]
    Civics of ItalyUs Moderates (UDCCoraggio ItaliaUs with ItalyItaly in the Centre) – MAIE 6 Civics of ItalyUs Moderates (UDCCoraggio ItaliaUs with ItalyItaly in the Centre) – MAIE 6 Steady
    Mixed 7 Mixed 7 Steady
    Greens and Left Alliance 4 Increase 4 [lower-alpha 5]
    Non inscrits 7 Non inscrits 3 Decrease 4
    Non-inscrit Life Senators 1 Non-inscrit Life Senators 0 Decrease 1 [lower-alpha 4]
    Total seats 206 Total seats 206 Steady
      1. On 3 March 2023, senator Bruno Astorre died. He was found dead in one of the Senate offices. On 21 March 2023, senator Filippo Sensi replaced him.
      2. On 26 April 2023, senator Enrico Borghi left the PD group and joined the A–IV group.
      3. On 12 June 2023, senator Silvio Berlusconi died.
      4. On 9 November 2022, senator for life Carlo Rubbia joined the Aut group.
      5. On 24 October 2022, the Greens and Left Alliance subgroup of the Mixed group is formed, composed of senators Ilaria Cucchi, Peppe De Cristofaro, Aurora Floridia and Tino Magni.

      See also

      References

      1. "Camera, lavori in corso in vista dell'avvio della XIX Legislatura". Giornale Partite Iva (in Italian). 5 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
      2. Bonanata, Antonio (9 October 2022). "Verso il nuovo governo: giovedì si apre la XIX legislatura per eleggere i presidenti delle Camere" (in Italian). RAI. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
      3. "La riduzione del numero dei parlamentari". Riforme Istituzionali (in Italian). 19 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
      4. Vasta, Simone (5 October 2022). "Dopo il voto, ecco i preparativi per il Parlamento dimezzato". Sky TG24 (in Italian). Retrieved 9 October 2022.
      5. Lorenzo Fontana proclamato presidente della Camera con 222 voti (in Italian), 14 October 2022, retrieved 14 October 2022
      6. "XIX Legislatura - Deputati e Organi - Modifiche Intervenute". www.camera.it.
      7. "XIX Legislatura - Deputati e Organi - Composizione Gruppi Parlamentari". www.camera.it. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
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      9. "senato.it – Variazioni dei gruppi parlamentari". www.senato.it. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
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