Legislature XVII of Italy

The Legislature XVII of Italy (Italian: XVII Legislatura della Repubblica Italiana) started on 15 March 2013 and ended on 22 March 2018.^[1][2] Its composition was the one resulting from the general election of 24–25 February 2013, called after the dissolution of the houses of Parliament announced by President Giorgio Napolitano on 22 December 2012.^[3]

Legislature XVII of Italy XVII legislatura della Repubblica Italiana
17th legislature
Type
Type	bicameral
Houses	Chamber of Deputies Senate of the Republic
History
Founded	15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)
Disbanded	22 March 2018 (2018-03-22) (5 years, 7 days)
Preceded by	XVI Legislature
Succeeded by	XVIII Legislature
Leadership
President of the Senate	Pietro Grasso, PD since 16 March 2013
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Laura Boldrini, SEL since 16 March 2013
Structure
Seats	C: 630 S: 321 (315 + 6)
Chamber of Deputies political groups	PD (282)   M5S (88)   FI–PdL (56)   Art.1 – MDP – LeU (42)   AP–CpE–NCD–NcI (23)   LN – NcS (22)   SI–SEL–Pos–LeU (17)   NcI–SC–MAIE (15)   FdI–AN (12)   Mixed (61)
Senate political groups	PD (97)   FI–PdL (44)   M5S (35)   AP–CpE–NCD (24)   Aut–PSI–MAIE (18)   Art.1–MDP–LeU (16)   GAL–UDC (14)   ALA–PRI (13)   LN (11)   NcI (11)   FdL (IdeA–PLI) (7)   Mixed (27)
Elections
Chamber of Deputies voting system	Porcellum
Senate voting system	Porcellum
Last general election	24–25 February 2013
Meeting place
Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome (C)
Palazzo Madama, Rome (S)
Website
www.camera.it/leg17/1 www.senato.it/Leg17/home
Constitution
Constitution of Italy

The Parliament was dismissed after its term was completed, when President Sergio Mattarella dissolved the houses on 28 December 2017.^[4]

At the time of its foundation, this legislature had the lowest average age (48 years) and highest percentage of female MPs (31%) in Italian history.^[5]

Government

Prime Minister			Party	Term of office		Government	Composition
				Took office	Left office
		Enrico Letta (b. 1966)	Democratic Party	28 April 2013	22 February 2014	Letta	PD • PdL • SC • UDC • RI (Grand coalition)
		Matteo Renzi (b. 1975)	Democratic Party	22 February 2014	12 December 2016	Renzi	PD • NCD • SC • UDC
		Paolo Gentiloni (b. 1954)	Democratic Party	12 December 2016	1 June 2018	Gentiloni	PD • AP • CpE

Composition

Chamber of Deputies

The number of elected deputies is 630.

• President: Laura Boldrini (SEL until 2 March 2017, afterwards Mixed), elected on 16 March 2013
• Vice Presidents: Marina Sereni (PD), Roberto Giachetti (PD), Luigi Di Maio (M5S), Simone Baldelli (FI–PdL)

Parliamentary groups in the Chamber of Deputies

Initial composition[6]					Final composition[7]
Parliamentary group			Seats		Parliamentary group			Seats	Change
	Democratic Party		293			Democratic Party		282	11
	Five Star Movement		109			Five Star Movement		88	21
	The People of Freedom – Berlusconi for President		97			Forza Italia – The People of Freedom – Berlusconi for President		56	41
	Civics and Innovators		47						47
	Italian Left – Left Ecology Freedom		37			Italian Left – Left Ecology Freedom – Possible – Free and Equal		17	20
	Northern League and Autonomies		20			Northern League and Autonomies – League of Peoples – Us with Salvini		22	2
	Brothers of Italy		9			Brothers of Italy – National Alliance		12	3
						Article 1 – Democratic and Progressive Movement – Free and Equal		42	42
						Popular Alternative – Centrists for Europe – NCD – Us with Italy		23	23
						Us with Italy – Civic Choice for Italy – MAIE		15	15
						Solidary Democracy – Democratic Centre		12	12
	Mixed		14			Mixed		61	47
		Linguistic Minorities	5				Linguistic Minorities	6	1
		MAIE–Associative Movement Italians Abroad	3						3
		Democratic Centre	5						5
							Civics and Innovators – Energies for Italy	14	14
							Direction Italy	10	10
							UDC – IDEA	6	6
							Free Alternative – All Together for Italy	5	5
							Italian Socialist Party (PSI) – Liberals for Italy (PLI) – Independents	3	3
		Non inscrits	1				Non inscrits	17	16
Total seats			630		Total seats			630

Senate

The number of elected senators was 315. At the start of this legislature there were four life senators (Giulio Andreotti, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Emilio Colombo and Mario Monti), making the total number of senators equal to 319. At the end of the legislature, after the nomination of six new life senators (Claudio Abbado, Elena Cattaneo, Renzo Piano, Carlo Rubbia, Liliana Segre and Giorgio Napolitano as former living President of the Republic), and the deaths of Andreotti, Colombo, Abbado and Ciampi, the total number of senators became 321.

• President: Pietro Grasso (PD until 16 October 2017, afterwards Mixed), elected on 16 March 2013
• Vice Presidents: Valeria Fedeli (PD) (until 11 December 2016), Linda Lanzillotta (PD), Roberto Calderoli (Mixed–LN), Maurizio Gasparri (FI–PdL), Rosa Maria Di Giorgi (PD) (elected on 22 February 2017)

Parliamentary groups in the Senate of the Republic

Initial composition[8]					Final composition[9]
Parliamentary group			Seats		Parliamentary group			Seats	Change
	Democratic Party		106			Democratic Party		97	9
	The People of Freedom		92			Forza Italia – The People of Freedom		44	48
	Five Star Movement		53			Five Star Movement		35	18
	Civic Choice for Italy		21						21
	Northern League and Autonomies		17			Northern League and Autonomies		11	6
	For the Autonomies (SVP–UV–PATT–UPT) – PSI		10			For the Autonomies (SVP–UV–PATT–UPT) – PSI – MAIE		18	8
						Popular Alternative – Centrists for Europe – NCD		24	24
						Article 1 – Democratic and Progressive Movement – Free and Equal		16	16
						Great Autonomies and Freedom – Union of Christian and Centre Democrats		14	14
						ALA (Liberal Popular Alliance) – PRI (Italian Republican Party)		13	13
						Us with Italy		11	11
						Federation of Freedom (IdeA–People and Freedom – PLI)		10	10
	Mixed		20			Mixed		27	7
							Italian Left – Left Ecology Freedom – Free and Equal	7	7
							Italy of Values	2	2
							Together for Italy	2	2
							X Movement	1	1
							Movimento La Puglia in Più	1	1
							Brothers of Italy – National Alliance	1	1
							League for Salvini Premier	1	1
							Civic Liguria	1	1
							Progressive Field – Sardinia	1	1
		Non inscrits	20				Non inscrits	10	10
						Non-inscrit Life Senators		1	1
Total seats			319		Total seats			321	2

Senators for Life

Senator	Motivation	Appointed by	From	Till
Giulio Andreotti	Merits in the social field	President Francesco Cossiga	Previous legislature	6 May 2013 (deceased)
Emilio Colombo	Merits in the social field	President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	Previous legislature	24 June 2013 (deceased)
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	Former president of Italy	ex officio	Previous legislature	16 September 2016 (deceased)
Mario Monti	Merits in the social field	President Giorgio Napolitano	Previous legislature	Next legislature
Claudio Abbado	Merits in the artistic field	President Giorgio Napolitano	30 August 2013	20 January 2014 (deceased)
Elena Cattaneo	Merits in the social and scientific field	President Giorgio Napolitano	30 August 2013	Next legislature
Renzo Piano	Merits in the artistic field	President Giorgio Napolitano	30 August 2013	Next legislature
Carlo Rubbia	Merits in the social and scientific field	President Giorgio Napolitano	30 August 2013	Next legislature
Giorgio Napolitano	Former president of Italy	ex officio	14 January 2015	Next legislature
Liliana Segre	Merits in the social field	President Sergio Mattarella	19 January 2018	Next legislature