First Italian Republic

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The First Italian Republic was the post-World War II democratic state of Italy, marked by a multi-party parliamentary system, frequent government turnovers, and dominance by the Christian Democracy party until its collapse amid corruption scandals in the early 1990s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period of Italy
political era
capital Rome
characteristic coalition governments
exclusion of the Communist Party from national government
frequent government turnovers
constitution Constitution of Italy
surface form: Constitution of the Italian Republic
constitutionEffectiveDate 1948-01-01
country Italy
currency Italian lira
dominantParty Christian Democracy (Italy)
surface form: Christian Democracy
economicCharacteristic post-war economic boom
rapid industrialization
endTime 1994
followedBy Italian Second Republic
surface form: Second Italian Republic
foreignPolicyOrientation pro-Western
governmentForm parliamentary republic
headOfGovernmentRole President of the Council of Ministers
headOfStateRole President of Italy
surface form: President of the Italian Republic
legislativeBody Parliament of Italy
surface form: Italian Parliament
lowerHouse Chamber of Deputies
majorParty Italian Communist Party
Italian Democratic Socialist Party
Italian Liberal Party
Italian Republican Party
Italian Social Movement
Italian Socialist Party
memberOf European Economic Community
surface form: European Communities

NATO
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
notablePresident Luigi Einaudi
Sandro Pertini
notablePrimeMinister Alcide De Gasperi
Aldo Moro
Amintore Fanfani
Giulio Andreotti
politicalSystem multi-party system
precededBy Kingdom of Italy
reasonForEnd collapse of traditional party system
systemic political corruption scandals
significantEvent 1946 Italian institutional referendum
Mani Pulite corruption investigations
Mani Pulite investigations
surface form: Tangentopoli corruption scandals

Years of Lead
adoption of the Italian Constitution
startTime 1946-06-02
territoryIncludes Italian Peninsula
Sardinia
Sicily
upperHouse Senate of the Republic

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Pentapartito politicalSystemContext First Italian Republic
Bettino Craxi partOf First Italian Republic
this entity surface form: First Italian Republic political system
Italian Liberal Party participatedIn First Italian Republic
this entity surface form: First Republic of Italy
Christian Democracy (Italy) partOf First Italian Republic
Italian Republican Party operatedInPoliticalSystem First Italian Republic
this entity surface form: Italian First Republic
Arnaldo Forlani politicalSystemContext First Italian Republic
this entity surface form: Italian First Republic
Giovanni Goria era First Italian Republic
this entity surface form: Italian First Republic
Bettino era First Italian Republic
subject surface form: Bettino Craxi
this entity surface form: Italian First Republic
Craxi era First Italian Republic
subject surface form: Bettino Craxi