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Capital city Rome |
Constitution passed 11 December 1947, effective 1 January 1948; amended many times |
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Corruption
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42 |
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[42nd of 160]
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Executive branch > Elections president elected by an electoral college consisting of both houses of parliament and 58 regional representatives for a seven-year term (no term limits); election last held 10 May 2006 (next to be held in May 2013); prime minister appointed by the president and confirmed by parliament |
Executive branch > Head of government Prime Minister (referred to in Italy as the president of the Council of Ministers) Romano PRODI (since 17 May 2006) |
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Flag modification
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[89th of 197]
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Judicial branch Constitutional Court or Corte Costituzionale (composed of 15 judges: one-third appointed by the president, one-third elected by parliament, one-third elected by the ordinary and administrative Supreme Courts) |
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Key ministers > Culture
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Rocco Buttiglione (UDC) |
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Key ministers > Health
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Francesco Storace (AN) |
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Key ministers > Interior
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Giuseppe Pisanu (FI) |
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Legal system based on civil law system; appeals treated as new trials; judicial review under certain conditions in Constitutional Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
Legislative branch bicameral Parliament or Parlamento consists of the Senate or Senato della Repubblica (315 seats; members elected by proportional vote with the winning coalition in each region receiving 55% of seats from that region; to serve five-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputies or Camera dei Deputati (630 seats; members elected by popular vote with the winning national coalition receiving 54% of chamber seats; to serve five-year terms) |
National holiday Republic Day, 2 June (1946) |
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Parliamentary seats > Female
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62% |
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[62nd of 143]
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Political pressure groups and leaders Italian manufacturers and merchants associations (Confindustria, Confcommercio); organized farm groups (Confcoltivatori, Confagricoltura); Roman Catholic Church; three major trade union confederations (Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro or CGIL [Guglielmo EPIFANI] which is left wing, Confederazione Italiana dei Sindacati Lavoratori or CISL [Savino PEZZOTTA], which is Roman Catholic centrist, and Unione Italiana del Lavoro or UIL [Luigi ANGELETTI] which is lay centrist) |
Secession attempts South Tyrol, Padania |
Status democracy |
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal (except in senatorial elections, where minimum age is 25) |
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UN membership date
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14 Dec. 1955 |
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United Nations mission http://www.italyun.org/ |