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The current President of the Republic is Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, elected 13 May 1999 on the first ballot. He is the tenth President of the Italian Republic. He is expected to leave office on 15 May 2006.

On 10 May 2006, Giorgio Napolitano was elected as Ciampi's successor. He was elected at the fourth ballot with 543 votes (a majority of 505 votes was required).

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[sửa] Residence

The President resides in Rome at the Quirinal Palace, and also has at his disposal the presidential holding of Castelporziano, near Rome, and Villa Rosebery, in Naples.

[sửa] Qualifications for office

  • Italian citizenship
  • At least 50 years old
  • Not be barred from holding political and civil rights

[sửa] Election

The President of the Republic is elected by Parliament in joint session, together with three representatives of each region (except for Valle d'Aosta, which gets only one representative) in such a way as to guarantee representation to minorities.

To achieve the maximum consensus for an institution intended to guarantee the upholding of the constitution, in the first three ballots a two-thirds majority is required. After that, a simple majority suffices.

The President's term lasts seven years; this prevents any president from being elected by the same Houses, which have a five-year mandate, and frees him from excessive political ties to the body that appoints him.

The vote is held in the Chamber of Deputies. The President takes office after having taken an oath before Parliament, to which he gives a presidential address.

[sửa] The role of the President

Flag of the President of the Italian Republic
Flag of the President of the Italian Republic

The Constitution of Italy lays out the duties and powers of the President of the Republic, which in detail are:

  1. in relation to external representation:
    • Accrediting and receiving diplomatic functionaries;
    • Ratifying international treaties, upon authorization of Parliament;
    • Making official visits abroad, accompanied by a member of the government;
    • Declaring a state of war, deliberated by Parliament;
  2. in relation to the exercise of parliamentary functions:
    • Nominating up to five senators-for-life:
    • Sending messages to the Chambers, calling them to extraordinary session, dissolving them other than in the last six months of his mandate (the white semester), provided they do not coincide in whole or in part with the last six months of the legislature;
    • Calling elections and fixing the date for the first meeting of the new Chambers;
  3. in relation to legislative functions:
    • Authorizing the presentation in Parliament of proposed laws on the part of the government;
    • Promulgating the laws approved in Parliament;
    • Remanding to the Chambers, with an explanation, and asking for reconsideration (however, he is required to promulgate the law if it is reapproved without modification);
  4. in relation to popular sovereignty:
    • Calling referenda, and, in case they are approved by the voters, declaring the abrogation of the laws thereto subjected;
  5. in relation to the executive function and of political guideline;
    • Naming, after due consultation, the prime minister of Italy, and on proposal of the latter, the ministers;
    • Accepting the oath of the government, and its resignation if it resigns;
    • Emanating laws by decree (proposed by the government without the approval of Parliament; they remain valid only for a limited time) and the administrative acts and regulations of the government;
    • Naming certain high state functionaries;
    • Presiding over the Consiglio Supremo della Difesa ("Supreme Defense Council"), and commanding the armed forces;
    • Decreeing the dissolution of regional councils and the removals of presidents of regions;
  6. in relation to the exercise of jurisdiction:
    • Presiding over the Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura ("Superior Judicial Council");
    • Naming one third of the Corte Constitutizionale ("Constitutional Court");
    • Granting pardons and commutations.


[sửa] See also

  • List of Presidents of the Italian Republic
  • Italian presidential election, 2006

[sửa] References

This article was translated from the equivalent article in Italian Wikipedia, retrieved 16 April 2006

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