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The President of the Italian Republic is the head of State of Italy, and represents national unity. The term lasts seven years. Queen Elizabeth II, is the Head of State of 16 countries including: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Jamaica, New Zealand and the Bahamas, as well as crown colonies and overseas territories of the United Kingdom. ...

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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. City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC (mythical), early 1st millennium BC (archaeological) Region Latium Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ... The Quirinal Palace once housed popes, and then kings, and now presidents The Quirinal Palace (known in Italian as the Quirinale) is the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic upon the Quirinal Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome. ... Naples (Italian Napoli, Neapolitan Nàpule, from Greek Νέα Πόλις - Néa Pólis - meaning New City; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of Campania Region and the Province of Naples. ...

Qualifications for office

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

Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ...

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. The Regions of Italy were granted a degree of regional autonomy in the 1948 constitution, which states that the constitutions role is: to recognize, protect and promote local autonomy, to ensure that services at the State level are as decentralized as possible, and to adapt the principles and laws... Aosta Valley (in French Vallée dAoste, in Italian Valle dAosta) is a mountainous region in north-western Italy, the smallest of Italys regions. ...

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. The Italian Chamber of Deputies (Italian: Camera dei Deputati) is the lower house of the Parliament of Italy. ...

The role of the President

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: Image File history File links Pres-italy. ... Image File history File links Pres-italy. ... The flag of Italy, 2:3 The flag of Italy (often referred to in Italian as Il Tricolore) is a tricolor featuring three equally sized vertical bands of green, white and red, with the green at the hoist side. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...

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 Costituzionale ("Constitutional Court");
   • Granting pardons and commutations.

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See also

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

This is the list of Presidents of the Italian Republic with the title since 1948. ... On May 2, 2006, the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy Fausto Bertinotti, in agreement with Senate Speaker Franco Marini, convened the two houses of the Italian Parliament, integrated with a number of Grand Electors appointed by the 20 Italian regions, in a common session on May 8...

References

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External links

• Sito ufficiale della Presidenza della Repubblica