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.

President of the Chamber of Deputies
Presidente della Camera dei deputati
Incumbent Lorenzo Fontana since 14 October 2022
Style	President
Seat	Palazzo Montecitorio
Appointer	Chamber of Deputies
Term length	Length of the legislature
Inaugural holder	Urbano Rattazzi
Formation	17 March 1861
Website	www.camera.it

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			Party		Legislature	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
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)
							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
	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
	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
	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			Party		Legislature	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
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
	Giovanni Battista Cassinis (1806–1866)	21 May 1863	7 September 1865	2 years, 109 days		Historical Right
	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
	Giovanni Lanza (1810–1882)	18 November 1869	15 December 1869	27 days		Historical Right
	Giuseppe Biancheri (1821–1908)	12 March 1870	3 October 1876	6 years, 205 days		Historical Right	XI (1870)
							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
	Domenico Farini (1834–1900)	27 March 1878	19 March 1880	2 years, 2 days		Historical Left
	Michele Coppino (1822–1901)	13 April 1880	2 May 1880	19 days		Historical Left
	Domenico Farini (1834–1900)	26 May 1880	12 March 1884	3 years, 291 days		Historical Left	XIV (1880)
							XV (1882)
	Michele Coppino (1822–1901)	19 March 1884	3 April 1884	15 days		Historical Left
	Giuseppe Biancheri (1821–1908)	7 April 1884	27 September 1892	8 years, 173 days		Historical Right	XVI (1886)
							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
	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
	Giuseppe Zanardelli (1826–1908)	16 November 1898	25 May 1899	190 days		Historical Left
	Luigi Chinaglia (1841–1906)	30 May 1899	25 June 1899	26 days		Historical Left
	Giuseppe Colombo (1836–1921)	14 November 1899	17 May 1900	184 days		Historical Left
	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
	Giuseppe Biancheri (1821–1908)	10 March 1902	18 October 1904	2 years, 222 days		Historical Right
	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
	Giuseppe Marcora (1841–1927)	2 February 1907	29 September 1919	12 years, 231 days		Italian Radical Party	XXIII (1909)
							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
	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
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			Party		Legislature	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
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
President of the Chamber of Deputies
	Giovanni Gronchi (1887–1978)	8 May 1948	29 April 1955	6 years, 356 days		Christian Democracy	I (1948)
							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)
							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)
							IX (1983)
							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
	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, 24 days		Lega	XIX (2022)

Timeline

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

Italian Republic (1946–present)

See also

• Chamber of Deputies (Italy)
• List of presidents of the Senate of the Republic (Italy)