Senate of the Kingdom of Italy

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historical legislature parliamentary chamber upper house

The Senate of the Kingdom of Italy was the unelected upper chamber of the Italian parliament that functioned during the monarchy from Italian unification until the establishment of the Italian Republic.

Aliases (2)

Senato del Regno ×1
Senato del Regno d'Italia ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical legislature → parliamentary chamber → upper house →
abolishedFollowing	1946 Italian institutional referendum → institution of the Italian Republic →
appointmentBy	King of Italy →
basedOn	Senate of the Kingdom of Sardinia →
coequalChamberWith	Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy →
constitutionalStatus	constitutional organ →
continent	Europe →
country	Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED →
dissolved	1947 →
endTime	1947 →
existedDuring	Italian monarchy →
function	approval of laws → legislation → participation in constitutional amendments →
governingDocument	Albertine Statute → Constitutional laws of the Kingdom of Italy →
governmentBranch	legislative branch of the Kingdom of Italy →
hasRole	upper chamber of parliament →
headTitle	President of the Senate →
historicalEra	Fascist Italy → Italian unification period → Liberal Italy →
isElected	no →
jurisdiction	national →
languageUsed	Italian →
legislativeBodyOf	Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED →
legislatureType	bicameral parliament upper house →
location	Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED → Rome →
meetsIn	Palazzo Madama →
membershipCriteria	royal appointment for life →
officialNameInItalian	Senato del Regno d'Italia →
partOf	Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy →
precededBy	Senate of the Kingdom of Sardinia →
region	Europe →
replacedBy	Senate of the Republic (Italy) →
seat	Palazzo Madama, Rome →
selectionMethod	appointment →
shortNameInItalian	Senato del Regno →
startTime	1861 →
status	defunct legislative body →
usedScript	Latin alphabet →
votingSystem	non-elective →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Senate of the Republic → Senate of the Republic of Italy →	precededBy
Statuto Albertino →	establishedBody
Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy →	hasOppositeChamber
Senate of the Kingdom of Italy ("Senato del Regno d'Italia") →	officialNameInItalian
Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy →	sharesLegislativePowerWith
Senate of the Kingdom of Italy ("Senato del Regno") →	shortNameInItalian
Kingdom of Italy →	upperHouse