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The Government: bodies and functions; The Constitution of the Italian Republic; The Presidency of the Council of Ministers. Home page of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers; The Secretary General; Organisational units; Committees, Commissions and Commissioners; Palazzo Chigi, the seat of Government; Guided tours; News and Press Releases
The Government of Italy is a democratic republic, and was established by the Italian constitution in 1948. It consists of legislative, executive, and judicial subdivisions, as well as of a head of state, also known as the president.
The Government: bodies and functions; The Constitution of the Italian Republic; The Presidency of the Council of Ministers. Home page of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers; The Secretary General; Organisational units; Committees, Commissions and Commissioners; Palazzo Chigi, the seat of Government; Guided tours; News and Press Releases
Italy - Politics, Regions, Unification: The Italian state grew out of the kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont, where in 1848 King Charles Albert introduced a constitution that remained the basic law, of his kingdom and later of Italy, for nearly 100 years. It provided for a bicameral parliament with a cabinet appointed by the king.
The politics of Italy are conducted through a parliamentary republic with a multi-party system. Italy has been a democratic republic since 2 June 1946, when the monarchy was abolished by popular referendum and a constituent assembly was elected to draft a constitution, which was promulgated on 1 January 1948.
By that time three new parties had arisen to dominate the political right and centre-right: Forza Italia (FI; loosely translatable as “Go Italy”), an alliance created in 1994 by the media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi and dedicated to the principles of the market economy; the Northern League (Lega Nord; LN), formed in 1991, a federalist and fiscal-re...
The government comprises the president of the Council of Ministers and the various other ministers responsible for particular departments. Ministerial appointments are negotiated by the parties constituting the government majority. Each new government must receive a vote of confidence in both houses of parliament within 10 days of its ...
