Electoral firsts in Italy

This article lists notable electoral firsts in Italy.

General

• 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

First female Prime Minister of Italy

• Giorgia Meloni in 2022

First female President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies

• Nilde Iotti in 1979

First female President of the Italian Senate

• Elisabetta Casellati in 2018

First female Minister of Foreign Affairs

• Emma Bonino in 2013

First female Minister of the Interior

• Rosa Russo Iervolino in 1998

First female Minister of Justice

• Paola Severino in 2011

First female Minister of Defence

• Roberta Pinotti in 2014

First female Minister of Economic Development

• Federica Guidi in 2014

First female Minister of Agriculture

• Adriana Poli Bortone in 1994

First female Minister of the Environment

• Stefania Prestigiacomo in 2008

First female Minister of Infrastructure and Transport

• Paola De Micheli in 2019

First female Minister of Labour and Social Policies

• Tina Anselmi in 1976 (also first female Minister in general)

First female Minister of Public Education

• Franca Falcucci in 1982

First female Minister of Culture

• Vincenza Bono in 1988

First female Minister of Health

• Tina Anselmi in 1978

First female constable (ufficiale giudiziario)

• Maria Luisa Strina in 1964

First female mayors

• Ninetta Bartoli (Borutta), Ada Natali (Massa Fermana) and Elena Tosetti (Fanano) on 10 March 1946

Black Italians

• Jean-Léonard Touadi, first black deputy in 2008

• Toni Iwobi, first black senator in 2018
• Dacia Valent, first black Italian member of the European Parliament (1989)
• Cécile Kyenge, first black Minister in 2013

LGBT people

• Vladimir Luxuria, first transgender deputy in 2006

References