Electoral firsts in Italy
This article lists notable electoral firsts in Italy.
General[edit]
- First general election with universal suffrage: 1913 (only males), 1946 (both sex);
- First organized political party in the Italian Parliament: Partito Socialista Italiano, 1895;
Women[edit]
First female Prime Minister of Italy[edit]
- Giorgia Meloni in 2022
First female President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies[edit]
- Nilde Iotti in 1979
First female President of the Italian Senate[edit]
- Elisabetta Casellati in 2018[1]
First female Minister of Foreign Affairs[edit]
- Emma Bonino in 2013
First female Minister of the Interior[edit]
- Rosa Russo Iervolino in 1998
First female Minister of Justice[edit]
- Paola Severino in 2011
First female Minister of Defence[edit]
- Roberta Pinotti in 2014
First female Minister of Economic Development[edit]
- Federica Guidi in 2014
First female Minister of Agriculture[edit]
- Adriana Poli Bortone in 1994
First female Minister of the Environment[edit]
- Stefania Prestigiacomo in 2008
First female Minister of Infrastructure and Transport[edit]
- Paola De Micheli in 2019
First female Minister of Labour and Social Policies[edit]
- Tina Anselmi in 1976 (also first female Minister in general)
First female Minister of Public Education[edit]
- Franca Falcucci in 1982
First female Minister of Culture[edit]
- Vincenza Bono in 1988
First female Minister of Health[edit]
- Tina Anselmi in 1978
First female constable ("ufficiale giudiziario")[edit]
- Maria Luisa Strina, 1964
First female Princess of Seborga[edit]
- Nina Menegatto, 2019
Black Italians[edit]
- Jean-Léonard Touadi, first black deputy in 2008[2]
- Toni Iwobi, first black senator in 2018[3]
- Cécile Kyenge, first black Minister in 2013
LGBT people[edit]
- Vladimir Luxuria, first transgender deputy in 2006
References[edit]
- ^ "senato.it - Scheda di attività di Maria Elisabetta ALBERTI CASELLATI - XVIII Legislatura". www.senato.it. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
- ^ "Touadì, primo parlamentare di colore. Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
- ^ Phelan, Jessica (6 March 2018). "Italy elects its first black senator: Toni Iwobi of the League". www.thelocal.it. Archived from the original on 2018-03-06. Retrieved 2021-02-08.