Article 89 of the Constitution of Italy

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Article 89 of the Constitution of Italy is the provision that regulates the countersignature of acts of the President of the Republic, establishing the principle of ministerial responsibility for presidential acts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf article of the Constitution of Italy
constitutional provision
appliesTo acts of the President of the Republic
belongsToTitle Title II of the Constitution of Italy
citedBy Italian constitutional jurisprudence on ministerial responsibility
Italian public law scholarship
constitutionalPrinciple no act of the President of the Republic is valid without ministerial countersignature (with specified exceptions)
country Italy
dateEffective 1 January 1948
defines legal responsibility of ministers for acts they countersign
ensures political accountability of ministers for presidential acts
establishesPrinciple ministerial responsibility for presidential acts
inForce yes
inspiredBy principle of parliamentary government
jurisdiction Italian Republic
language Italian
legalStatus binding
legalSystem Italian constitutional law
limits personal responsibility of the President of the Republic for acts requiring countersignature
partOf Constitution of Italy
regulates countersignature of acts of the President of the Republic
relatedTo Council of Ministers of Italy
Government of Italy
surface form: Italian Government

President of the Republic
surface form: President of the Republic (Italy)
requires countersignature by ministers for presidential acts
subjectMatter executive power
ministerial responsibility
presidential acts
separation of powers
systemRole guarantee of parliamentary control over executive acts

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President of Italy constitutionalArticle Article 89 of the Constitution of Italy