This is a list of the Presidents of the Italian Chamber of Deputies 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 24 March 2018, the role has been held by Roberto Fico, who was elected on the fourth vote with an absolute majority of the voting members.
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Tenure {{small|(Years and days) | Political Party | Legislature |
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President of the Chamber of Deputies |
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| Vincenzo Gioberti (1801–1852) | 8 May 1848 | 30 December 1848 | {{age in years and days|1848|5|8|1848|12|30}}}} | Moderate Party | | | Lorenzo Pareto (1800–1865) | 1 February 1849 | 20 November 1849 | {{small|{{age in years and days|1849|2|1|1849|10|20}}}} | II (Jan 1849) |
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| Dionigi Pinelli (1805–1852) | 20 December 1849 | 22 April 1852 | {{age in years and days|1849|12|20|1852|4|22}}}} | IV (Dec 1849) |
| Urbano Rattazzi (1805–1852) | 11 May 1852 | 27 October 1853 | {{age in years and days|1852|5|11|1853|10|27}}}} | Moderate Party |
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| Carlo Bon Compagni di Mobello (1804–1880) | 16 November 1853 | 16 June 1856 | {{age in years and days|1853|11|16|1856|6|16}}}} | Moderate Party | | Carlo Cadorna (1809–1891) | 7 January 1857 | 16 July 1857 | {{age in years and days|1857|1|7|1857|7|16}}}} | Moderate Party |
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| Carlo Bon Compagni di Mombello (1804–1880) | 14 December 1857 | 14 July 1858 | {{age in years and days|1857|12|14|1858|7|14}}}} | Moderate Party | | Urbano Rattazzi (1805–1852) | 20 January 1859 | 21 January 1860 | {{age in years and days|1859|1|20|1860|1|21}}}} | Moderate Party |
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| Giovanni Lanza (1810–1882) | 2 April 1860 | 17 December 1860 | {{age in years and days|1860|4|2|1860|12|17}}}} | Moderate Party | |
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Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Tenure {{small|(Years and days) | Political Party | Legislature |
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President of the Chamber of Deputies |
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| Urbano Rattazzi (1805–1852) | 18 February 1861 | 3 March 1862 | {{age in years and days|1861|2|18|1862|4|3}}}} | Historical Left | VIII {{small|(1861)}} |
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| Sebastiano Tecchio (1807–1886) | 22 March 1862 | 21 May 1863 | {{age in years and days|1862|3|22|1863|5|21}}}} | Historical Left |
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| Giovanni Battista Cassinis (1806–1866) | 21 May 1863 | 7 September 1865 | {{age in years and days|1863|5|21|1865|9|7}}}} | Historical Right |
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| Adriano Mari (1813–1887) | 18 November 1865 | 27 October 1867 | {{age in years and days|1865|11|18|1867|10|27}}}} | Historical Right | IX {{small|(1865)}} |
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| Giovanni Lanza (1810–1882) | 16 December 1867 | 8 August 1868 | {{age in years and days|1867|12|16|1868|8|8}}}} | Historical Right | X {{small|(1867)}} |
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| Adriano Mari (1813–1887) | 25 November 1868 | 14 August 1869 | {{age in years and days|1868|11|25|1869|8|14}}}} | Historical Right |
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| Giovanni Lanza (1810–1882) | 18 November 1869 | 15 December 1869 | {{age in years and days|1869|11|18|1869|12|15}}}} | Historical Right |
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| | Giuseppe Biancheri (1821–1908) | 12 March 1870 | 3 October 1876 | {{small|{{age in years and days|1870|3|12|1876|10|3}}}} | Historical Right | XI {{small|(1870)}} |
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XII {{small|(1874)}} |
| Francesco Crispi (1818–1901) | 26 November 1876 | 26 December 1877 | {{age in years and days|1876|11|26|1877|12|26}}}} | Historical Left | XIII {{small|(1876)}} |
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| Benedetto Cairoli (1825–1889) | 7 March 1880 | 24 March 1880 | {{age in years and days|1880|3|7|1880|3|24}}}} | Historical Left |
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| Domenico Farini (1834–1900) | 27 March 1878 | 19 March 1880 | {{age in years and days|1878|3|27|1880|3|29}}}} | Historical Left |
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| Michele Coppino (1822–1901) | 13 April 1880 | 2 May 1880 | {{age in years and days|1880|4|13|1880|5|2}}}} | Historical Left |
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| | Domenico Farini (1834–1900) | 26 May 1880 | 12 March 1884 | {{small|{{age in years and days|1880|5|26|1884|3|12}}}} | Historical Left | XIV {{small|(1880)}} |
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XV {{small|(1882)}} |
| Michele Coppino (1822–1901) | 19 March 1884 | 3 April 1884 | {{age in years and days|1884|3|19|1884|4|3}}}} | Historical Left |
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| | Giuseppe Biancheri (1821–1908) | 7 April 1884 | 27 September 1892 | {{small|{{age in years and days|1884|4|7|1892|9|27}}}} | Historical Right | XVI {{small|(1886)}} |
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XVII {{small|(1890)}} |
| Giuseppe Zanardelli (1826–1908) | 23 November 1892 | 20 February 1894 | {{age in years and days|1892|12|23|1894|2|20}}}} | Historical Left | XVIII {{small|(1892)}} |
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| Giuseppe Biancheri (1821–1908) | 22 February 1894 | 13 January 1895 | {{age in years and days|1894|2|22|1895|1|13}}}} | Historical Right |
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| Tommaso Villa (1832–1915) | 10 June 1895 | 2 March 1897 | {{age in years and days|1894|2|22|1895|1|13}}}} | Historical Left | XIX {{small|(1895)}} |
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| Giuseppe Zanardelli (1826–1908) | 5 April 1897 | 14 December 1897 | {{age in years and days|1897|4|5|1897|12|14}}}} | Historical Left | XX {{small|(1897)}} |
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| Giuseppe Biancheri (1821–1908) | 26 January 1898 | 15 July 1898 | {{age in years and days|1898|1|26|1898|7|15}}}} | Historical Right |
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| Giuseppe Zanardelli (1826–1908) | 16 November 1898 | 25 May 1899 | {{age in years and days|1898|11|16|1899|5|25}}}} | Historical Left |
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| Luigi Chinaglia (1841–1906) | 30 May 1899 | 25 June 1899 | {{age in years and days|1899|5|30|1899|6|25}}}} | Historical Left |
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| Giuseppe Colombo (1836–1921) | 14 November 1899 | 17 May 1900 | {{age in years and days|1899|11|14|1900|5|17}}}} | Historical Left |
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| Nicolò Gallo (1849–1907) | 16 June 1900 | 25 June 1900 | {{age in years and days|1900|6|15|1900|6|25}}}} | Historical Left | XXI {{small|(1900)}} |
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| Tommaso Villa (1832–1915) | 28 June 1900 | 22 February 1902 | {{age in years and days|1900|6|28|1902|2|22}}}} | Historical Left |
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| Giuseppe Biancheri (1821–1908) | 10 March 1902 | 18 October 1904 | {{age in years and days|1902|3|10|1904|10|18}}}} | Historical Right |
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| Giuseppe Marcora (1841–1927) | 30 November 1904 | 10 March 1906 | {{age in years and days|1904|10|30|1906|3|10}}}} | Radical Party | XXII {{small|(1904)}} |
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| Giuseppe Biancheri (1821–1908) | 10 March 1906 | 30 January 1907 | {{age in years and days|1906|3|10|1907|1|30}}}} | Historical Right |
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| | Giuseppe Marcora (1841–1927) | 2 February 1907 | 29 September 1919 | {{small|{{age in years and days|1907|2|10|1919|9|29}}}} | Radical Party | XXIII {{small|(1909)}} |
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XXIV {{small|(1913)}} |
| Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860–1952) | 1 December 1919 | 25 June 1920 | {{age in years and days|1919|12|1|1920|6|25}}}} | Democratic Liberal Party | XXV {{small|(1919)}} |
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| Enrico De Nicola (1877–1959) | 26 June 1920 | 25 January 1924 | {{age in years and days|1920|6|26|1924|1|25}}}} | Italian Liberal Party | XXVI {{small|(1921)}} |
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| Alfredo Rocco (1875–1935) | 24 May 1924 | 5 January 1925 | {{age in years and days|1924|5|24|1925|1|5}}}} | National Fascist Party | XXVII {{small|(1924)}} |
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| Antonio Casertano (1863–1938) | 13 January 1925 | 25 January 1929 | {{age in years and days|1925|1|13|1929|1|25}}}} | National Fascist Party |
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| Giovanni Giuriati (1876–1970) | 20 April 1929 | 19 January 1934 | {{age in years and days|1929|4|20|1934|1|19}}}} | National Fascist Party | XXVIII {{small|(1929)}} |
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| Costanzo Ciano (1876–1939) | 28 April 1934 | 2 March 1939 | {{age in years and days|1934|4|28|1939|3|2}}}} | National Fascist Party | XXIX {{small|(1934)}} |
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President of the Chamber of Fasci and Corporations |
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| Costanzo Ciano (1876–1939) | 23 March 1939 | 26 June 1939 | {{age in years and days|1939|3|23|1939|6|26}}}} | National Fascist Party | XXX {{small|(no election)}} |
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| Dino Grandi (1895–1988) | 30 November 1939 | 2 August 1943 | {{age in years and days|1939|11|30|1943|8|2}}}} | National Fascist Party |
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President of the Chamber of Deputies |
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| Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860–1952) | 2 August 1943 | 25 September 1945 | {{age in years and days|1943|8|2|1945|9|25}}}} | Italian Liberal Party | Abolished Parliament |
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President of the National Council |
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| Carlo Sforza (1872–1952) | 25 September 1945 | 1 June 1946 | {{age in years and days|1945|9|25|1946|1|6}}}} | Italian Republican Party | National Council |
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Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Tenure {{small|(Years and days) | Political Party | Legislature |
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President of the Constituent Assembly |
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| Giuseppe Saragat (1898–1988) | 25 June 1946 | 6 February 1947 | {{age in years and days|1946|6|25|1947|2|6}}}} | Italian Socialist Party | Constituent Assembly {{small|(1946)}} |
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| Umberto Terracini (1895–1983) | 8 February 1947 | 31 January 1948 | {{age in years and days|1947|2|8|1948|1|31}}}} | Italian Communist Party |
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President of the Chamber of Deputies |
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| | Giovanni Gronchi (1887–1978) | 8 May 1948 | 29 April 1955 | {{small|{{age in years and days|1948|5|8|1955|4|29}}}} | Christian Democracy | I {{small|(1948)}} |
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II {{small|(1953)}} |
| | Giovanni Leone (1908–2001) | 10 May 1955 | 21 June 1963 | {{small|{{age in years and days|1955|5|10|1963|6|21}}}} | Christian Democracy |
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III {{small|(1958)}} |
IV {{small|(1963)}} |
| Brunetto Bucciarelli-Ducci (1914–1994) | 26 June 1963 | 4 June 1968 | {{age in years and days|1963|6|26|1968|6|4}}}} | Christian Democracy |
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| | Sandro Pertini (1896–1990) | 5 June 1968 | 4 July 1976 | {{small|{{age in years and days|1968|6|5|1976|7|4}}}} | Italian Socialist Party | V {{small|(1968)}} |
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VI {{small|(1972)}} |
| Pietro Ingrao (1915–2015) | 5 July 1976 | 19 June 1979 | {{age in years and days|1976|7|5|1979|6|19}}}} | Italian Communist Party | VII {{small|(1976)}} |
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| | Nilde Iotti (1920–1999) | 29 June 1979 | 22 April 1992 | {{small|{{age in years and days|1979|6|29|1992|4|22}}}} | Italian Communist Party | VIII {{small|(1979)}} |
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IX {{small|(1983)}} |
Democratic Party of the Left | X {{small|(1987)}} |
| Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918–2012) | 24 April 1992 | 25 May 1992 | {{age in years and days|1992|4|24|1992|5|25}}}} | Christian Democracy | XI {{small|(1992)}} |
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| Giorgio Napolitano (1925– ) | 3 June 1992 | 14 April 1994 | {{age in years and days|1992|6|3|1994|4|14}}}} | Democratic Party of the Left |
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| Irene Pivetti (1963– ) | 16 April 1994 | 8 May 1996 | {{age in years and days|1994|4|16|1996|5|8}}}} | Lega Nord | XII {{small|(1994)}} |
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| Luciano Violante (1941– ) | 10 May 1996 | 29 May 2001 | {{age in years and days|1996|5|10|2001|5|29}}}} | Democratic Party of the Left / Democrats of the Left | XIII {{small|(1996)}} |
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| Pier Ferdinando Casini (1955– ) | 31 May 2001 | 27 April 2006 | {{age in years and days|2001|5|31|2006|4|27}}}} | Christian Democratic Centre / Union of Christian and Centre Democrats | XIV {{small|(2001)}} |
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| Fausto Bertinotti (1940– ) | 29 April 2006 | 28 April 2008 | {{age in years and days|2006|4|29|2008|4|28}}}} | Communist Refoundation Party | XV {{small|(2006)}} |
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| Gianfranco Fini (1952– ) | 30 April 2008 | 15 March 2013 | {{age in years and days|2008|4|30|2013|3|15}}}} | The People of Freedom / Future and Freedom | XVI {{small|(2008)}} |
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| Laura Boldrini (1961– ) | 16 March 2013 | 23 March 2018 | {{age in years and days|2013|3|16|2018|3|23}}}} | Left Ecology Freedom / Free and Equal | XVII {{small|(2013)}} |
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| Roberto Fico (1974– ) | 24 March 2018 | Incumbent | {{age in years and days|2018|3|24}}}} | Five Star Movement | XVIII {{small|(2018)}} |
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