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| Presidente della Repubblica (Italy) | |
|---|---|
| Post | Presidente della Repubblica |
| Native name | Presidente della Repubblica Italiana |
| Incumbentsince | 3 February 2022 |
| Style | Signor Presidente |
| Residence | Quirinal Palace |
| Appointer | Parliament of Italy in joint session with regional delegates |
| Termlength | Seven years, renewable once in practice |
| Formation | 1 January 1948 |
| Inaugural | Enrico De Nicola |
Presidente della Repubblica (Italy) is the head of state of the Italian Republic established by the Constitution of Italy of 1948. The office combines representative, guarantor and reserve powers within the republican framework created after the Italian referendum, 1946 and the fall of the Kingdom of Italy. The President performs formal functions in relation to the President of the Council of Ministers (Italy), Parliament of Italy, Constitutional Court of Italy, and the armed forces.
The President is defined by the Constitution of Italy as "head of the State" and "guarantor of the Constitution", exercising functions that include promulgation of laws, appointment of the President of the Council of Ministers (Italy), and representation of national unity. In crises the President may use reserve powers to ensure continuity, liaising with actors such as the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate of the Republic, and the Council of Ministers (Italy). The role interfaces with institutions like the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali and the Court of Audit (Italy) when constitutional or institutional guarantees are invoked.
The President is elected by a grand electoral college composed of members of the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate of the Republic, and regional delegates chosen by regional councils, following rules set by the Constitution of Italy and implementing laws. The vote is held in the Palazzo Montecitorio with procedures administered by the Presiding officers of the Parliament of Italy. A two-thirds majority is required for the first three ballots, and an absolute majority thereafter; examples of contested votes include the elections of Giorgio Napolitano and Sergio Mattarella. The constitutional term is seven years, and while the text allows re-election, political practice and precedents such as Napolitano's second term have shaped norms about renewal.
Constitutional powers include promulgation of laws, promulgation timing interacting with the Constitutional Court of Italy's jurisprudence, and the ability to send bills back to Parliament of Italy with reasons for reconsideration. The President appoints and can dismiss ministers on the advice of the President of the Council of Ministers (Italy), confers honors such as the Italian orders of knighthood, and commands the Italian Armed Forces in a symbolic and regulatory capacity, connecting to entities like the Ministry of Defence (Italy). The power to dissolve the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic is exercised to resolve deadlocks, as in dissolutions signed by Presidents like Oscar Luigi Scalfaro and Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. Emergency powers and their limits are informed by precedents from the Years of Lead and postwar crises.
The President acts as an arbiter among the Parliament of Italy, the Government of Italy, and the Judiciary of Italy, especially the Constitutional Court of Italy and ordinary courts. Relations with prime ministers such as Aldo Moro, Giulio Andreotti, Silvio Berlusconi, and Matteo Renzi illustrate the consultative and mediating role in forming cabinets and in crisis bargaining. The office coordinates with independent bodies like the Bank of Italy, the Antitrust Authority (Italy), and the National Anti-Corruption Authority when safeguarding institutional stability.
The office evolved from the provisional headship of Enrico De Nicola to the postwar presidencies of Luigi Einaudi, Giovanni Leone, Sandro Pertini, and later figures such as Francesco Cossiga, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Giorgio Napolitano, Sergio Mattarella, and Giorgio Napolitano's unprecedented second term. Each presidency reflected interactions with events like the Italian economic miracle, the Years of Lead, the Tangentopoli investigations, and the transformations of Christian Democracy (Italy), the Italian Socialist Party, and the Democratic Party (Italy). Notable constitutional questions arose during episodes such as government formations after the 2008 Italian general election and the 2018 Italian general election.
The official residence is the Quirinal Palace in Rome, with working spaces in buildings such as the Palazzo del Quirinale and ceremonial links to sites like the Altare della Patria. Symbols of the office include the Emblem of Italy, the presidential seal, and the presidential standard used on state occasions and at institutions including the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (Italy) during formal functions. State ceremonies often involve participation by the Italian Armed Forces, the Carabinieri, and representatives of diplomatic missions accredited to Italy.
The President enjoys immunities and procedural protections under the Constitution of Italy; criminal proceedings against a sitting President are subject to special modalities and can involve the Parliamentary Committee for Immunities. Removal is possible only by a two-thirds vote of the Constitutional Court of Italy sitting in judgment on accusations of high treason or violation of the Constitution, following procedures that engage the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic. Succession in cases of temporary inability is governed by assignment of functions to the President of the Senate of the Republic and, in definitive vacancy, by procedures for a new presidential election convened in the Palazzo Montecitorio.
Category:Politics of Italy Category:Heads of state Category:Italian Republic