Senate of the Republic of Italy

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legislative body upper house of parliament

The Senate of the Republic of Italy is the upper house of the Italian Parliament, sharing legislative power with the Chamber of Deputies and playing a key role in the country’s lawmaking and government oversight.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Senate of the Republic (Italy) 7
Italian Senate 6

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
upper house of parliament ⓘ
approves laws of the Italian Republic ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy President of Italy ⓘ
surface form: President of the Italian Republic
chamberType bicameral legislature chamber ⓘ
constitutionalStatus constitutional organ of the Italian Republic ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
createdBy Constitution of Italy ⓘ
currentPresidingOfficer Ignazio La Russa NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentPresidingOfficerStartDate 2022-10-13 ⓘ
foundationDate 1948-01-01 ⓘ
hasCommittee Commissione Affari Costituzionali ⓘ
Commissione Affari Esteri e Difesa ⓘ
Commissione Agricoltura ⓘ
Commissione Bilancio ⓘ
Commissione Finanze ⓘ
Commissione Giustizia ⓘ
Commissione Igiene e sanità ⓘ
Commissione Industria, commercio, turismo ⓘ
Commissione Istruzione pubblica, beni culturali ⓘ
Commissione Lavori pubblici, comunicazioni ⓘ
Commissione Lavoro, previdenza sociale ⓘ
Commissione Politiche dell'Unione europea ⓘ
Commissione Territorio, ambiente, beni ambientali ⓘ
Giunta delle elezioni e delle immunità parlamentari ⓘ
Giunta per il Regolamento ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.senato.it ⓘ
jurisdiction Italian Republic ⓘ
languageUsed Italian ⓘ
legislativeChamberOf Italian Republic ⓘ
legislativeTermLength 5 years ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Lazio ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
minimumEligibilityAge 40 ⓘ
minimumVotingAge 18 ⓘ
mustGrant confidence to the Government of Italy ⓘ
numberOfElectedMembers 196 ⓘ
numberOfLifeSenators up to 5 appointed plus former Presidents of the Republic ⓘ
numberOfMembers 200 ⓘ
officialName Senato della Repubblica NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Italy ⓘ
precededBy Senate of the Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate of the Republic ⓘ
primaryFunction government oversight ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
publishes Senate Journal ⓘ
seat Palazzo Madama ⓘ
sharesLegislativePowerWith Chamber of Deputies of Italy ⓘ
shortName Senate of the Republic of Italy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Italian Senate
votingSystem proportional representation with regional basis ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palazzo Madama → governingBody → Senate of the Republic of Italy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Republic (Italy)
Chamber of Deputies → hasUpperHouse → Senate of the Republic of Italy ⓘ
subject surface form: Chamber of Deputies (Italy)
this entity surface form: Senate of the Republic (Italy)
Acerbo Law → legislature → Senate of the Republic of Italy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian Senate
Fulco Ruffo di Calabria → memberOf → Senate of the Republic of Italy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian Senate
Renzo → memberOf → Senate of the Republic of Italy ⓘ
subject surface form: Renzo Piano
this entity surface form: Italian Senate
Palazzo Madama → occupant → Senate of the Republic of Italy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Republic (Italy)
PSI → parliamentaryGroupIn → Senate of the Republic of Italy ⓘ
subject surface form: Italian Socialist Party
this entity surface form: Senate of the Republic (Italy)
Brothers of Italy → parliamentaryRepresentation → Senate of the Republic of Italy ⓘ
Senate of the Kingdom of Italy → replacedBy → Senate of the Republic of Italy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Republic (Italy)
Italian Democratic Socialists → representedIn → Senate of the Republic of Italy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Republic (Italy)
Council of Ministers of Italy → requiresConfidenceOf → Senate of the Republic of Italy ⓘ
Chamber of Deputies → sharesLegislativePowerWith → Senate of the Republic of Italy ⓘ
subject surface form: Chamber of Deputies (Italy)
this entity surface form: Senate of the Republic (Italy)
Senate of the Republic → shortName → Senate of the Republic of Italy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian Senate
Senate of the Republic of Italy → shortName → Senate of the Republic of Italy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian Senate
Palazzo Madama → usedBy → Senate of the Republic of Italy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian Senate