List of Presidents of the Senate of Italy

Current President, Pietro Grasso, was appointed on 16 March 2013.

This is a list of the Presidents of the Italian Senate from the Kingdom of Sardinia to the present day.

Kingdom of Sardinia (1848–1861)

Parties

      Independent       Historical Right

Portrait		Name (Born-Died)	Term of office		Political Party
		Gaspare Coller (1776–1855)	3 May 1848	30 December 1848	Independent
		Giuseppe Manno (1786–1868)	13 February 1849	29 May 1855	Historical Right
		Cesare Alfieri di Sostegno (1799–1869)	8 June 1855	28 December 1860	Historical Right

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

Parties

• 1861–1912:

      Historical Right       Historical Left

• 1912–1922:

      Liberals

• 1922–1943:

      National Fascist Party (sole legal party)

• 1943–1946:

      Independent

Portrait		Name (Born-Died)	Term of office		Political Party
		Ruggero Settimo (1778–1863)	18 February 1861	12 May 1863	Independent
		Federico Sclopis (1798–1888)	25 May 1863	13 October 1864	Independent
		Giuseppe Manno (1786–1868)	15 October 1964	7 November 1865	Historical Right
		Gabrio Casati (1798–1873)	2 November 1865	21 November 1870	Historical Right
		Vincenzo Fardella di Torrearsa (1808–1889)	5 December 1870	20 September 1874	Historical Right
		Luigi Des Ambrois (1807–1884)	15 November 1874	3 December 1874	Independent
		Giuseppe Pasolini (1815–1876)	3 December 1874	3 October 1876	Independent
		Sebastiano Tecchio (1807–1886)	20 November 1876	27 July 1884	Historical Left
		Giacomo Durando (1807–1894)	23 November 1884	4 September 1887	Historical Right
		Domenico Farini (1834–1900)	16 November 1887	15 July 1898	Historical Left
		Giuseppe Saracco (1821–1907)	2 August 1898	18 October 1904	Historical Left
		Tancredi Canonico (1838–1908)	30 November 1904	20 March 1908	Historical Left
		Giuseppe Manfredi (1828–1918)	20 March 1908	18 November 1918	Liberals
		Adeodato Bonasi (1838–1920)	18 November 1918	29 September 1919	Liberals
		Tommaso Tittoni (1855–1931)	1 December 1919	21 January 1929	Liberals
		Luigi Federzoni (1878–1967)	29 April 1929	2 March 1939	National Fascist Party
		Giacomo Suardo (1883–1947)	15 March 1939	28 July 1943	National Fascist Party
		Paolo Thaon di Revel (1857–1948)	2 August 1943	20 July 1944	Independent
		Pietro Tomasi Della Torretta (1873–1962)	20 July 1944	28 May 1946	Independent

Italian Republic (1946–present)

Parties

• 1946–1993:

      Democratic Socialist Party/Labour Democratic Party       Liberal Party       Christian Democracy       Republican Party

• Since 1994:

      Forza Italia/People of Freedom       People's Party       The Olive Tree/Democratic Party

Portrait		Name (Born-Died)	Term of office		Political Party
		Ivanoe Bonomi (1873–1951)	8 May 1948[1]	20 April 1951	Italian Democratic Socialist Party
		Enrico De Nicola (1877–1959)	28 April 1951	24 June 1952	Italian Liberal Party
		Giuseppe Paratore (1876–1967)	26 June 1952	23 March 1953	Italian Liberal Party
		Luigi Gasparotto (1873–1954)	24 March 1953	25 March 1953	Labour Democratic Party
		Meuccio Ruini (1877–1970)	25 March 1953	24 June 1953	Labour Democratic Party
		Cesare Merzagora (1898–1991)	25 June 1953	7 November 1967	Christian Democracy
		Ennio Zelioli-Lanzini (1899–1976)	8 November 1967	4 June 1968	Christian Democracy
		Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999)	5 June 1968	26 June 1973	Christian Democracy
		Giovanni Spagnolli (1907–1984)	27 June 1973	4 July 1976	Christian Democracy
		Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999)	5 July 1976	1 December 1982	Christian Democracy
		Tommaso Morlino (1925–1983)	9 December 1982	6 May 1983	Christian Democracy
		Vittorino Colombo (1925–1996)	12 May 1983	11 July 1983	Christian Democracy
		Francesco Cossiga (1928–2010)	12 July 1983	24 June 1985	Christian Democracy
		Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999)	9 July 1985	17 April 1987	Christian Democracy
		Giovanni Malagodi (1904–1991)	22 April 1987	1 July 1987	Italian Liberal Party
		Giovanni Spadolini (1925–1994)	2 July 1987	14 April 1994	Italian Republican Party
		Carlo Scognamiglio (1944– )	16 April 1994	8 May 1996	Forza Italia
		Nicola Mancino (1931– )	9 May 1996	29 May 2001	Italian People's Party
		Marcello Pera (1943– )	30 May 2001	27 April 2006	Forza Italia
		Franco Marini (1933– )	29 April 2006	28 April 2008	The Olive Tree
		Renato Schifani (1950– )	29 April 2008	15 March 2013	The People of Freedom
		Pietro Grasso (1945– )	16 March 2013	Incumbent	Democratic Party

See also

• Italian Senate

References

1. (after a two-year vacancy)