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Legislature XVI of Italy

16th legislature of the Italian Republic (2008–2013)

Legislature XVI of Italy XVI legislatura della Repubblica Italiana
16th legislature
Type
Type	bicameral
Houses	Chamber of Deputies Senate of the Republic
History
Founded	29 April 2008 (2008-04-29)
Disbanded	14 March 2013 (2013-03-14) (4 years, 319 days)
Preceded by	XV Legislature
Succeeded by	XVII Legislature
Leadership
President of the Senate	Renato Schifani, PdL since 29 April 2008
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Gianfranco Fini, PdL since 30 April 2008
Structure
Seats	C: 630 S: 319 (315 + 4)
Chamber of Deputies political groups	PD (203)   PdL (202)   LN (58)   UdC (36)   FLI (24)   PT (21)   IdV (14)   Mixed (71)
Senate political groups	PdL (113)   PD (104)   LN (22)   UdC–SVP-Aut. (16)   ApI–FLI–CD (13)   CN (12)   FdI (11)   IdV (10)   Mixed (18)
Elections
Chamber of Deputies voting system	Porcellum
Senate voting system	Porcellum
Last general election	13–14 April 2008
Meeting place
Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome (C)
Palazzo Madama, Rome (S)
Website
leg16.camera.it www.senato.it/Leg16/home
Constitution
Constitution of Italy

The Legislature XVI of Italy (Italian: XVI Legislatura della Repubblica Italiana) started on 29 April 2008 and ended on 14 March 2013.^[1][2] Its composition resulted from the snap election of 13–14 April 2008, called after President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved the houses on 6 February 2008.^[3] The dissolution of the Parliament was a consequence of the defeat of the incumbent government led by Romano Prodi during a vote of confidence in the Senate.^[4]

The legislature was dissolved by President Napolitano on 22 December 2012, a few months before the end of its natural five-year term.^[5]

Prime Minister			Party	Term of office		Government	Composition
				Took office	Left office
		Silvio Berlusconi (1936–2023)	The People of Freedom	8 May 2008	16 November 2011	Berlusconi IV	PdL • LN • MpA (Centre-right coalition)
		Mario Monti (b. 1943)	Independent	16 November 2011	28 April 2013	Monti	Independents (Technocratic cabinet)

The number of elected deputies is 630.

• President: Gianfranco Fini (PdL until 30 July 2010, then FLI), elected on 30 April 2008
• Vice Presidents: Maurizio Lupi (PdL), Antonio Leone (PdL), Rosy Bindi (PD), Rocco Buttiglione (UdC)

Parliamentary groups in the Chamber of Deputies

Initial composition[6]					Final composition[7]
Parliamentary group			Seats		Parliamentary group			Seats	Change
	People of Freedom		275			People of Freedom		202	73
	Democratic Party		217			Democratic Party		203	14
	Lega Nord Padania		60			Northern League Padania		58	2
	Union of the Centre		35			Union of the Centre for the Third Pole		36	1
	Italy of Values		29			Italy of Values		15	14
						Future and Freedom for the Third Pole		24	24
						People and Territory (We the South–Freedom and Autonomy, The Populars of Italy Tomorrow-PID, Movement of National Responsibility-MRN, Popular Action, Alliance of the Centre-AdC, Popular Agreement)		21	21
	Mixed		14			Mixed		71	57
		Movement for Autonomy	8				Movement for the Autonomies – Allied for the South	4	4
		Linguistic Minorities	3				Linguistic Minorities	3
							Great South – PPA	10	10
							Free Italy – Italian Populars – Populars for Europe – Liberals for Italy – Italian Liberal Party	10	10
							Rights and Freedom	5	5
							Democratic Centre	4	4
							FareItalia for the Popular Constituent	4	4
							Italian Republican Party – Actionists	4	4
							Liberal Democrats – MAIE	3	3
							Autonomy South – Lega Sud Ausonia – Souvereign Peoples of Europe	3	3
							Liberal Initiative	3	3
		Non inscrits	3				Non inscrits	18	15
Total seats			630		Total seats			630

The number of elected senators was 315. At the start of the legislature there were seven life senators (Francesco Cossiga, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro and Carlo Azeglio Ciampi as former Presidents, as well as nominated life senators Giulio Andreotti, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Emilio Colombo and Sergio Pininfarina), making the total number of senators 322. At the end of the legislature, after the deaths of Cossiga, Scalfaro, Levi-Montalcini and Pininfarina, and the nomination of a new life senator (Mario Monti) the total number of senators went down to 319.

• President: Renato Schifani (PdL), elected on 29 April 2008
• Vice Presidents: Rosi Mauro (LN, then Mixed), Domenico Nania (PdL), Valerio Chiti (PD), Emma Bonino (RI)

Parliamentary groups in the Senate of the Republic

Initial composition[8]					Final composition[9]
Parliamentary group			Seats		Parliamentary group			Seats	Change
	The People of Freedom		146			The People of Freedom		113	33
	Democratic Party		119			Democratic Party		104	15
	Northern League Padania		26			Northern League Padania		22	4
	Italy of Values		14			Italy of Values		10	4
	UdC, SVP and Autonomies		11			Union of the Centre, SVP and Autonomies (Union Valdôtaine, MAIE, Toward North, European Republicans Movement, Italian Liberal Party, Italian Socialist Party)		16	5
						For the Third Pole (ApI – FLI – Democratic Centre)		13	13
						National Cohesion (Great South – Yes Mayors – Populars of Italy Tomorrow – The Good Government – FareItalia)		12	12
						Brothers of Italy – National Centre-right		11	11
	Mixed		6			Mixed		18	12
		MPA – Movement for Autonomy	2				MPA – Movement for the Autonomies – Allied for the South	3	1
							We Are The Common People Territorial Movement	2	2
							Democratic Participation	2	2
							Italian Republican Party	1	1
							Movement of Autonomist Socialists	1	1
							Rights and Freedom	1	1
							Pensioners' Party	1	1
							Democratic Union for Consumers	1	1
		Non inscrits	4				Non inscrits	6	2
Total seats			322		Total seats			319	3