Italy

Chamber of DeputiesSenate

Chamber of Deputies

Political system Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
Parliamentary system
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Structure of parliament Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral
Bicameral
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IPU membership Current membership status
Yes
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Data on women

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Basic information > About parliament

Speaker

Speaker
Roberto Fico (Male)
Year of birth
1974

Secretary general

Secretary General
Lucia Pagano (Female)
Notes Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 9 Jan. 2015

Members

Current number of members, by sex
Men The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
405
Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
225
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
35.71% See historical data for this field.

Age

Average age of all members Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
44.25
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Youngest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
25
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Youngest member
Angela Raffa (Female)
Oldest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
74
Oldest member
Osvaldo Napoli (Male)
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
375
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
255
Total per sex
Total of male
405
Total of female
225
Total per age interval
18-20
0
21-30
43
31-40
226
41-45
106
46-50
81
51-60
124
61-70
43
71-80
7
81-90
0
91 and over
0
Number of members, by age
Breakdown of members by age and gender
18 - 20 21 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 61 - 70 71 - 80 81 - 90 91 and over Totals per gender
Totals per age interval 0 43 226 106 81 124 43 7 0 0
Total <= 45: 375 Total >= 46: 255
Male 0 27 127 66 53 93 33 6 0 0 405
Female 0 16 99 40 28 31 10 1 0 0 225
Percentage of members, by age
Age as last election or renewalOverallMaleFemale
Percentage of MPs 30 years of age or younger6.83%4.29%2.54%
Percentage of MPs 40 years of age or younger42.7%24.44%18.25%
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger59.52%34.92%24.6%

Reserved seats and quotas

Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Yes
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Notes
Voluntary candidate quotas with sanctions. The penalty for a party presenting fewer than 40% candidates of either gender is a reduction in the financial resources allotted to that party.
Elections > Historical data on women

Women's suffrage

Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1945
National or local Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1945
National or local Stand for Election: National or Local
National
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament Year in which first woman entered parliament
1946
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
1979