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[1]
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, 1964
Black Italians
- 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
- Vladimir Luxuria, first transgender deputy in 2006
References
- ↑ "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.
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