# List of presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy)

This is a list of the presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy from the Kingdom of Sardinia to present. The president is the presiding officer of the Chamber of Deputies and also serves as presiding officer of joint sessions of the Italian Parliament, when the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate vote together.
The president is the speaker of the lower house of the Italian Parliament, the Chamber of Deputies. It is the third highest-ranking office of the Republic of Italy, after the president of the republic and the president of the Senate. Since 14 October 2022, the role has been held by Lorenzo Fontana, who was elected on the fourth vote with an absolute majority of the voting members.

## Kingdom of Sardinia (1848–1860)
### Parties

* Moderate Party
* 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 Chamber of Deputies |||||||||
| | Vincenzo Gioberti (1801–1852) | 8 May 1848 | 30 December 1848 | 236 days | | Moderate Party | I (1848) | |
| | Lorenzo Pareto (1800–1865) | 1 February 1849 | 20 November 1849 | 261 days | | Independent | II (Jan 1849) | |
| | Lorenzo Pareto (1800–1865) | 1 February 1849 | 20 November 1849 | 261 days | | Independent | III (Jul 1849) | |
| | Pier Dionigi Pinelli (1805–1852) | 20 December 1849 | 22 April 1852 | 2 years, 124 days | | Independent | IV (Dec 1849) | |
| | Urbano Rattazzi (1808–1873) | 11 May 1852 | 27 October 1853 | 1 year, 169 days | | Moderate Party | IV (Dec 1849) | |
| | Carlo Bon Compagni di Mobello (1804–1880) | 16 November 1853 | 16 June 1856 | 2 years, 213 days | | Moderate Party | V (1853) | |
| | Carlo Cadorna (1809–1891) | 7 January 1857 | 16 July 1857 | 190 days | | Moderate Party | V (1853) | |
| | Carlo Bon Compagni di Mombello (1804–1880) | 14 December 1857 | 14 July 1858 | 212 days | | Moderate Party | VI (1857) | |
| | Urbano Rattazzi (1808–1873) | 20 January 1859 | 21 January 1860 | 1 year, 1 day | | Moderate Party | VI (1857) | |
| | Giovanni Lanza (1810–1882) | 2 April 1860 | 17 December 1860 | 259 days | | Moderate Party | VII (1860) | |

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

* 1861–1912:
** Historical Right
** Historical Left
* 1912–1924:
** Italian Radical Party
** Democratic Liberal Party
** Italian Liberal Party
* 1924–1943:
** National Fascist Party
* 1943–1946:
** Italian Liberal Party
** Italian Republican 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 Chamber of Deputies |||||||||
| | Urbano Rattazzi (1808–1873) | 18 February 1861 | 3 March 1862 | 1 year, 44 days | | Historical Left | VIII (1861) | |
| | Sebastiano Tecchio (1807–1886) | 22 March 1862 | 21 May 1863 | 1 year, 60 days | | Historical Left | VIII (1861) | |
| | Giovanni Battista Cassinis (1806–1866) | 21 May 1863 | 7 September 1865 | 2 years, 109 days | | Historical Right | VIII (1861) | |
| | Adriano Mari (1813–1887) | 18 November 1865 | 27 October 1867 | 1 year, 343 days | | Historical Right | IX (1865) | |
| | Giovanni Lanza (1810–1882) | 16 December 1867 | 8 August 1868 | 236 days | | Historical Right | X (1867) | |
| | Adriano Mari (1813–1887) | 25 November 1868 | 14 August 1869 | 262 days | | Historical Right | X (1867) | |
| | Giovanni Lanza (1810–1882) | 18 November 1869 | 15 December 1869 | 27 days | | Historical Right | X (1867) | |
| | Giuseppe Biancheri (1821–1908) | 12 March 1870 | 3 October 1876 | 6 years, 205 days | | Historical Right | XI (1870) | |
| | Giuseppe Biancheri (1821–1908) | 12 March 1870 | 3 October 1876 | 6 years, 205 days | | Historical Right | XII (1874) | |
| | Francesco Crispi (1818–1901) | 26 November 1876 | 26 December 1877 | 1 year, 30 days | | Historical Left | XIII (1876) | |
| | Benedetto Cairoli (1825–1889) | 7 March 1880 | 24 March 1880 | 17 days | | Historical Left | XIII (1876) | |
| | Domenico Farini (1834–1900) | 27 March 1878 | 19 March 1880 | 2 years, 2 days | | Historical Left | XIII (1876) | |
| | Michele Coppino (1822–1901) | 13 April 1880 | 2 May 1880 | 19 days | | Historical Left | XIII (1876) | |
| | Domenico Farini (1834–1900) | 26 May 1880 | 12 March 1884 | 3 years, 291 days | | Historical Left | XIV (1880) | |
| | Domenico Farini (1834–1900) | 26 May 1880 | 12 March 1884 | 3 years, 291 days | | Historical Left | XV (1882) | |
| | Michele Coppino (1822–1901) | 19 March 1884 | 3 April 1884 | 15 days | | Historical Left | XV (1882) | |
| | Giuseppe Biancheri (1821–1908) | 7 April 1884 | 27 September 1892 | 8 years, 173 days | | Historical Right | XVI (1886) | |
| | Giuseppe Biancheri (1821–1908) | 7 April 1884 | 27 September 1892 | 8 years, 173 days | | Historical Right | XVII (1890) | |
| | Giuseppe Zanardelli (1826–1908) | 23 November 1892 | 20 February 1894 | 1 year, 59 days | | Historical Left | XVIII (1892) | |
| | Giuseppe Biancheri (1821–1908) | 22 February 1894 | 13 January 1895 | 325 days | | Historical Right | XVIII (1892) | |
| | Tommaso Villa (1832–1915) | 10 June 1895 | 2 March 1897 | 325 days | | Historical Left | XIX (1895) | |
| | Giuseppe Zanardelli (1826–1908) | 5 April 1897 | 14 December 1897 | 253 days | | Historical Left | XX (1897) | |
| | Giuseppe Biancheri (1821–1908) | 26 January 1898 | 15 July 1898 | 170 days | | Historical Right | XX (1897) | |
| | Giuseppe Zanardelli (1826–1908) | 16 November 1898 | 25 May 1899 | 190 days | | Historical Left | XX (1897) | |
| | Luigi Chinaglia (1841–1906) | 30 May 1899 | 25 June 1899 | 26 days | | Historical Left | XX (1897) | |
| | Giuseppe Colombo (1836–1921) | 14 November 1899 | 17 May 1900 | 184 days | | Historical Left | XX (1897) | |
| | Nicolò Gallo (1849–1907) | 16 June 1900 | 25 June 1900 | 10 days | | Historical Left | XXI (1900) | |
| | Tommaso Villa (1832–1915) | 28 June 1900 | 22 February 1902 | 1 year, 239 days | | Historical Left | XXI (1900) | |
| | Giuseppe Biancheri (1821–1908) | 10 March 1902 | 18 October 1904 | 2 years, 222 days | | Historical Right | XXI (1900) | |
| | Giuseppe Marcora (1841–1927) | 30 November 1904 | 10 March 1906 | 1 year, 131 days | | Italian Radical Party | XXII (1904) | |
| | Giuseppe Biancheri (1821–1908) | 10 March 1906 | 30 January 1907 | 326 days | | Historical Right | XXII (1904) | |
| | Giuseppe Marcora (1841–1927) | 2 February 1907 | 29 September 1919 | 12 years, 231 days | | Italian Radical Party | XXIII (1909) | |
| | Giuseppe Marcora (1841–1927) | 2 February 1907 | 29 September 1919 | 12 years, 231 days | | Italian Radical Party | XXIV (1913) | |
| | Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860–1952) | 1 December 1919 | 25 June 1920 | 207 days | | Democratic Liberal Party | XXV (1919) | |
| | Enrico De Nicola (1877–1959) | 26 June 1920 | 25 January 1924 | 3 years, 213 days | | Italian Liberal Party | XXVI (1921) | |
| | Alfredo Rocco (1875–1935) | 24 May 1924 | 5 January 1925 | 226 days | | National Fascist Party | XXVII (1924) | |
| | Antonio Casertano (1863–1938) | 13 January 1925 | 25 January 1929 | 4 years, 12 days | | National Fascist Party | XXVII (1924) | |
| | Giovanni Giuriati (1876–1970) | 20 April 1929 | 19 January 1934 | 4 years, 274 days | | National Fascist Party | XXVIII (1929) | |
| | Costanzo Ciano (1876–1939) | 28 April 1934 | 2 March 1939 | 4 years, 308 days | | National Fascist Party | XXIX (1934) | |
| President of the Chamber of Fasces and Corporations |||||||||
| | Costanzo Ciano (1876–1939) | 23 March 1939 | 26 June 1939 | 95 days | | National Fascist Party | XXX (No election) | |
| | Dino Grandi (1895–1988) | 30 November 1939 | 2 August 1943 | 3 years, 245 days | | National Fascist Party | XXX (No election) | |
| President of the Chamber of Deputies |||||||||
| | Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860–1952) | 2 August 1943 | 25 September 1945 | 2 years, 54 days | | Italian Liberal Party | Abolished Parliament | |
| President of the National Council |||||||||
| | Carlo Sforza (1872–1952) | 25 September 1945 | 1 June 1946 | 103 days | | Italian Republican Party | National Council | |

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

* 1946–1994:
** Christian Democracy
** Italian Socialist Party
** Italian Communist Party / Democratic Party of the Left
* 1994–present:
** Democratic Party of the Left / Democrats of the Left
** Lega Nord / Lega
** Christian Democratic Centre / Union of the Centre
** Communist Refoundation Party
** The People of Freedom / Future and Freedom
** Left Ecology Freedom
** Five Star Movement
| 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 Constituent Assembly |||||||||
| | Giuseppe Saragat (1898–1988) | 25 June 1946 | 6 February 1947 | 226 days | | Italian Socialist Party | Constituent Assembly (1946) | |
| | Umberto Terracini (1895–1983) | 8 February 1947 | 31 January 1948 | 357 days | | Italian Communist Party | Constituent Assembly (1946) | |
| President of the Chamber of Deputies |||||||||
| | Giovanni Gronchi (1887–1978) | 8 May 1948 | 29 April 1955 | 6 years, 356 days | | Christian Democracy | I (1948) | |
| | Giovanni Gronchi (1887–1978) | 8 May 1948 | 29 April 1955 | 6 years, 356 days | | Christian Democracy | II (1953) | |
| | Giovanni Leone (1908–2001) | 10 May 1955 | 21 June 1963 | 8 years, 42 days | | Christian Democracy | III (1958) | |
| | Brunetto Bucciarelli-Ducci (1914–1994) | 26 June 1963 | 4 June 1968 | 4 years, 344 days | | Christian Democracy | IV (1963) | |
| | Sandro Pertini (1896–1990) | 5 June 1968 | 4 July 1976 | 8 years, 29 days | | Italian Socialist Party | V (1968) | |
| | Sandro Pertini (1896–1990) | 5 June 1968 | 4 July 1976 | 8 years, 29 days | | Italian Socialist Party | VI (1972) | |
| | Pietro Ingrao (1915–2015) | 5 July 1976 | 19 June 1979 | 2 years, 349 days | | Italian Communist Party | VII (1976) | |
| | Nilde Iotti (1920–1999) | 20 June 1979 | 22 April 1992 | 12 years, 298 days | | Italian Communist Party / Democratic Party of the Left | VIII (1979) | |
| | Nilde Iotti (1920–1999) | 20 June 1979 | 22 April 1992 | 12 years, 298 days | | Italian Communist Party / Democratic Party of the Left | IX (1983) | |
| | Nilde Iotti (1920–1999) | 20 June 1979 | 22 April 1992 | 12 years, 298 days | | Italian Communist Party / Democratic Party of the Left | X (1987) | |
| | Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918–2012) | 24 April 1992 | 25 May 1992 | 31 days | | Christian Democracy | XI (1992) | |
| | Giorgio Napolitano (1925–2023) | 3 June 1992 | 14 April 1994 | 1 year, 315 days | | Democratic Party of the Left | XI (1992) | |
| | Irene Pivetti (b. 1963) | 16 April 1994 | 8 May 1996 | 2 years, 22 days | | Lega Nord | XII (1994) | |
| | Luciano Violante (b. 1941) | 10 May 1996 | 29 May 2001 | 5 years, 19 days | | Democratic Party of the Left / Democrats of the Left | XIII (1996) | |
| | Pier Ferdinando Casini (b. 1955) | 31 May 2001 | 27 April 2006 | 4 years, 331 days | | Christian Democratic Centre / Union of Christian and Centre Democrats | XIV (2001) | |
| | Fausto Bertinotti (b. 1940) | 29 April 2006 | 28 April 2008 | 1 year, 365 days | | Communist Refoundation Party | XV (2006) | |
| | Gianfranco Fini (b. 1952) | 30 April 2008 | 14 March 2013 | 4 years, 318 days | | The People of Freedom / Future and Freedom | XVI (2008) | |
| | Laura Boldrini (b. 1961) | 16 March 2013 | 22 March 2018 | 5 years, 6 days | | Left Ecology Freedom / Italian Left | XVII (2013) | |
| | Roberto Fico (b. 1974) | 24 March 2018 | 13 October 2022 | 4 years, 203 days | | Five Star Movement | XVIII (2018) | |
| | Lorenzo Fontana (b. 1980) | 14 October 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 86 days | | Lega | XIX (2022) | |