| Full name: |
Repubblica Italiana |
| National anthem: |
"Il Canto degli Italiani" |
|
MIDI, MP3 or see the score |
| Current Government: |
Head of State: President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella (since February 2015). Next elections 2022.
Prime Minister: Giuseppe Conte (since June 2018)
Founder member of the EU and NATO.
Number of MEPs: 73 |
Constitution: parliamentary democracy.
Bicameral parliament, consisting of the Camera dei Deputati (Chamber of Deputies) with 630 members and the Senato della Repubblica (Senate of the Republic) with 315 elected members and a few life members. Election by a form of proportional representation. |
| A geographically unified Kingdom of Italy was proclaimed in 1861, but the country was not finally unified until 1870. Italy became a Republic in 1946 after the 2nd World War. |
| Italy was one of the 6 founder members of European Coal and Steel Community in 1951, which became in 1957 the European Economic Community, and in 1992 the European Union. |
