# List of presidents of the Senate of the Republic (Italy)

This is a list of the presidents of the Senate of Italy from the Kingdom of Sardinia to the present day.
The President of the Senate of the Republic is the presiding officer of the Senate of the Republic. The President of the Senate is the second highest-ranking office of the Italian Republic after the President of the Republic; according to article 86 of the Constitution, the President of the Senate can act as a substitute for the President of the Republic should the latter be objectively be unable to fulfill their duties.
The President of the Senate represents the Senate to external bodies, regulates debates in the Senate chamber by applying its regulations and the rules of the Constitution, and regulates all the activities of its components in order to ensure that it functions correctly.
The President of the Senate, along with the President of the Chamber of Deputies, must be consulted by the President of the Republic before the latter can dissolve one or both the chambers of the Italian Parliament.

## Kingdom of Sardinia (1848–1861)
### Parties

* Independent
* Moderate Party
| Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Party | Legislature | Ref. |
| Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Party | Legislature | Ref. |
| President of the Senate of the Kingdom |||||||||
| | Gaspare Coller (1776–1855) | 3 May 1848 | 30 December 1848 | 241 days | | Independent | I (1848) | |
| | Giuseppe Manno (1786–1868) | 13 February 1849 | 29 May 1855 | 6 years, 105 days | | Moderate Party | II (Jan 1849) | |
| | Giuseppe Manno (1786–1868) | 13 February 1849 | 29 May 1855 | 6 years, 105 days | | Moderate Party | III (Jul 1849) | |
| | Giuseppe Manno (1786–1868) | 13 February 1849 | 29 May 1855 | 6 years, 105 days | | Moderate Party | IV (Dec 1849) | |
| | Giuseppe Manno (1786–1868) | 13 February 1849 | 29 May 1855 | 6 years, 105 days | | Moderate Party | V (1853) | |
| | Cesare Alfieri di Sostegno (1799–1869) | 8 November 1855 | 28 December 1860 | 5 years, 50 days | | Moderate Party | V (1853) | |
| | Cesare Alfieri di Sostegno (1799–1869) | 8 November 1855 | 28 December 1860 | 5 years, 50 days | | Moderate Party | VI (1857) | |
| | Cesare Alfieri di Sostegno (1799–1869) | 8 November 1855 | 28 December 1860 | 5 years, 50 days | | Moderate Party | VII (1860) | |

## Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
### Parties

* 1861–1912:
** Historical Right
** Historical Left
** Independent
* 1912–1929:
** Liberal Union / Italian Liberal Party
* 1929–1943:
** National Fascist Party
* 1943–1946:
** Independent
| Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Party | Legislature | Ref. |
| Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Party | Legislature | Ref. |
| President of the Senate of the Kingdom |||||||||
| | Ruggero Settimo (1778–1863) | 18 February 1861 | 2 May 1863 | 2 years, 73 days | | Independent | VIII (1861) | |
| | Federico Sclopis (1798–1888) | 24 May 1863 | 13 October 1864 | 142 days | | Independent | VIII (1861) | |
| | Giuseppe Manno (1786–1868) | 15 October 1864 | 7 September 1865 | 327 days | | Historical Right | VIII (1861) | |
| | Gabrio Casati (1798–1873) | 8 November 1865 | 2 November 1870 | 4 years, 359 days | | Historical Right | IX (1865) | |
| | Gabrio Casati (1798–1873) | 8 November 1865 | 2 November 1870 | 4 years, 359 days | | Historical Right | X (1867) | |
| | Vincenzo Fardella di Torrearsa (1808–1889) | 5 December 1870 | 20 September 1874 | 3 years, 289 days | | Historical Right | XI (1870) | |
| | Luigi Des Ambrois (1807–1884) | 15 November 1874 | 3 December 1874 | 18 days | | Independent | XII (1874) | |
| | Giuseppe Pasolini (1815–1876) | 3 December 1874 | 3 October 1876 | 1 year, 305 days | | Historical Right | XII (1874) | |
| | Sebastiano Tecchio (1807–1886) | 20 November 1876 | 27 July 1884 | 7 years, 250 days | | Historical Left | XIII (1876) | |
| | Sebastiano Tecchio (1807–1886) | 20 November 1876 | 27 July 1884 | 7 years, 250 days | | Historical Left | XIV (1880) | |
| | Sebastiano Tecchio (1807–1886) | 20 November 1876 | 27 July 1884 | 7 years, 250 days | | Historical Left | XV (1882) | |
| | Giacomo Durando (1807–1894) | 23 November 1884 | 4 September 1887 | 2 years, 285 days | | Historical Right | XV (1882) | |
| | Giacomo Durando (1807–1894) | 23 November 1884 | 4 September 1887 | 2 years, 285 days | | Historical Right | XVI (1886) | |
| | Domenico Farini (1834–1900) | 16 November 1887 | 15 July 1898 | 10 years, 241 days | | Historical Left | XVI (1886) | |
| | Domenico Farini (1834–1900) | 16 November 1887 | 15 July 1898 | 10 years, 241 days | | Historical Left | XVII (1890) | |
| | Domenico Farini (1834–1900) | 16 November 1887 | 15 July 1898 | 10 years, 241 days | | Historical Left | XVIII (1892) | |
| | Domenico Farini (1834–1900) | 16 November 1887 | 15 July 1898 | 10 years, 241 days | | Historical Left | XIX (1895) | |
| | Domenico Farini (1834–1900) | 16 November 1887 | 15 July 1898 | 10 years, 241 days | | Historical Left | XX (1897) | |
| | Giuseppe Saracco (1821–1907) | 10 November 1898 | 18 October 1904 | 5 years, 343 days | | Historical Left | XXI (1900) | |
| | Tancredi Canonico (1838–1908) | 30 November 1904 | 20 March 1908 | 3 years, 154 days | | Historical Left | XXII (1904) | |
| | Giuseppe Manfredi (1828–1918) | 20 March 1908 | 6 November 1918 | 10 years, 231 days | | Liberal Union | XXIII (1909) | |
| | Giuseppe Manfredi (1828–1918) | 20 March 1908 | 6 November 1918 | 10 years, 231 days | | Liberal Union | XXIV (1913) |
| | Adeodato Bonasi (1838–1920) | 18 November 1918 | 29 September 1919 | 315 days | | Liberal Union | XXIV (1913) | |
| | Tommaso Tittoni (1855–1931) | 1 December 1919 | 21 January 1929 | 9 years, 51 days | | Liberal Union / Italian Liberal Party / Independent | XXV (1919) | |
| | Tommaso Tittoni (1855–1931) | 1 December 1919 | 21 January 1929 | 9 years, 51 days | | Liberal Union / Italian Liberal Party / Independent | XXVI (1921) | |
| | Tommaso Tittoni (1855–1931) | 1 December 1919 | 21 January 1929 | 9 years, 51 days | | Liberal Union / Italian Liberal Party / Independent | XXVII (1924) | |
| | Luigi Federzoni (1878–1967) | 29 April 1929 | 2 March 1939 | 9 years, 307 days | | National Fascist Party | XXVIII (1929) | |
| | Luigi Federzoni (1878–1967) | 29 April 1929 | 2 March 1939 | 9 years, 307 days | | National Fascist Party | XXIX (1934) | |
| | Giacomo Suardo (1883–1947) | 15 March 1939 | 28 July 1943 | 4 years, 135 days | | National Fascist Party | XXX (No election) | |
| | Paolo Thaon di Revel (1857–1948) | 2 August 1943 | 20 July 1944 | 344 days | | Independent | Abolished Parliament | |
| | Pietro Tomasi Della Torretta (1873–1962) | 20 July 1944 | 25 June 1946 | 1 year, 340 days | | Independent | National Council | |

## Italian Republic (1946–present)
### Parties

* 1948–1994:
** Italian Democratic Socialist Party
** Italian Liberal Party
** Christian Democracy
** Italian Republican Party
** Independent
* 1994–present:
** Forza Italia / The People of Freedom
** Italian People's Party
** The Daisy / Democratic Party
** Brothers of Italy
| Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Party | Legislature | Ref. |
| Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Party | Legislature | Ref. |
| President of the Senate of the Republic |||||||||
| | Ivanoe Bonomi (1873–1951) | 8 May 1948 | 20 April 1951 | 2 years, 347 days | | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | I (1948) | |
| | Enrico De Nicola (1877–1959) | 28 April 1951 | 24 June 1952 | 1 year, 57 days | | Italian Liberal Party | I (1948) | |
| | Giuseppe Paratore (1876–1967) | 26 June 1952 | 24 March 1953 | 271 days | | Italian Liberal Party | I (1948) | |
| | Meuccio Ruini (1877–1970) | 25 March 1953 | 25 June 1953 | 92 days | | Independent | I (1948) | |
| | Cesare Merzagora (1898–1991) | 25 June 1953 | 7 November 1967 | 14 years, 135 days | | Independent | II (1953) | |
| | Cesare Merzagora (1898–1991) | 25 June 1953 | 7 November 1967 | 14 years, 135 days | | Independent | III (1958) | |
| | Cesare Merzagora (1898–1991) | 25 June 1953 | 7 November 1967 | 14 years, 135 days | | Independent | IV (1963) | |
| | Ennio Zelioli-Lanzini (1899–1976) | 8 November 1967 | 4 June 1968 | 209 days | | Christian Democracy | IV (1963) | |
| | Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999) | 5 June 1968 | 26 June 1973 | 5 years, 21 days | | Christian Democracy | V (1968) | |
| | Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999) | 5 June 1968 | 26 June 1973 | 5 years, 21 days | | Christian Democracy | VI (1972) | |
| | Giovanni Spagnolli (1907–1984) | 27 June 1973 | 4 July 1976 | 3 years, 7 days | | Christian Democracy | VI (1972) | |
| | Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999) | 5 July 1976 | 1 December 1982 | 6 years, 149 days | | Christian Democracy | VII (1976) | |
| | Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999) | 5 July 1976 | 1 December 1982 | 6 years, 149 days | | Christian Democracy | VIII (1979) | |
| | Tommaso Morlino (1925–1983) | 9 December 1982 | 6 May 1983 | 148 days | | Christian Democracy | VIII (1979) | |
| | Vittorino Colombo (1925–1996) | 12 May 1983 | 11 July 1983 | 60 days | | Christian Democracy | VIII (1979) | |
| | Francesco Cossiga (1928–2010) | 12 July 1983 | 24 June 1985 | 1 year, 347 days | | Christian Democracy | IX (1983) | |
| | Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999) | 9 July 1985 | 17 April 1987 | 1 year, 282 days | | Christian Democracy | IX (1983) | |
| | Giovanni Malagodi (1904–1991) | 22 April 1987 | 1 July 1987 | 70 days | | Italian Liberal Party | IX (1983) | |
| | Giovanni Spadolini (1925–1994) | 2 July 1987 | 14 April 1994 | 6 years, 286 days | | Italian Republican Party | X (1987) | |
| | Giovanni Spadolini (1925–1994) | 2 July 1987 | 14 April 1994 | 6 years, 286 days | | Italian Republican Party | XI (1992) | |
| | Carlo Scognamiglio (b. 1944) | 16 April 1994 | 8 May 1996 | 2 years, 22 days | | Forza Italia | XII (1994) | |
| | Nicola Mancino (b. 1931) | 9 May 1996 | 29 May 2001 | 5 years, 20 days | | Italian People's Party | XIII (1996) | |
| | Marcello Pera (b. 1943) | 30 May 2001 | 27 April 2006 | 4 years, 331 days | | Forza Italia | XIV (2001) | |
| | Franco Marini (1933–2021) | 29 April 2006 | 28 April 2008 | 1 year, 365 days | | The Daisy / Democratic Party | XV (2006) | |
| | Renato Schifani (b. 1950) | 29 April 2008 | 14 March 2013 | 4 years, 319 days | | Forza Italia / The People of Freedom | XVI (2008) | |
| | Pietro Grasso (b. 1944) | 16 March 2013 | 22 March 2018 | 5 years, 6 days | | Democratic Party | XVII (2013) | |
| | Elisabetta Casellati (b. 1946) | 24 March 2018 | 12 October 2022 | 4 years, 203 days | | Forza Italia | XVIII (2018) | |
| | Ignazio La Russa (b. 1947) | 13 October 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 362 days | | Brothers of Italy | XIX (2022) | |