Legislature XIII of Italy
{{Short description|13th legislature of the Italian Republic (1996–2001)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name = Legislature XIII of Italy
| native_name = XIII legislatura della Repubblica Italiana
| native_name_lang = it
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| legislature = 13th legislature
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| coa_caption = Emblems of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies
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| house_type = bicameral
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| houses = Chamber of Deputies
Senate of the Republic
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| foundation = {{Start date|1996|5|9|df=y}}
| disbanded = {{End date|2001|5|29|df=y}} ({{age in years and days|1996|5|9|2001|5|29}})
| preceded_by = XII Legislature
| succeeded_by = XIV Legislature
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| leader1_type = President of the Senate
| leader1 = Nicola Mancino
| party1 = PPI
| election1 = 9 May 1996
| leader2_type = President of the Chamber of Deputies
| leader2 = Luciano Violante
| party2 = DS
| election2 = 9 May 1996
| seats = C: 630
S: 324 (315 + 9)
| house1 = Chamber of Deputies
| house2 = Senate
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|{{color box|{{party color|Democratic Party of the Left}}}} DS (161)
|{{color box|{{party color|Forza Italia}}}} FI (117)
|{{color box|{{party color|National Alliance (Italy)}}}} AN (88)
|{{color box|{{party color|Italian People's Party (1994)}}}} Pop. Dem. (56)
|{{color box|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} LN (46)
|{{color box|{{party color|Party of Italian Communists}}}} Com (20)
|{{color box|{{party color|The Democrats (Italy)}}}} Dem (20)
|{{color box|{{party color|Union of Democrats for Europe}}}} UDEUR (20)
|{{color box|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}}} Mixed (94)
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|{{color box|{{party color|Democratic Party of the Left}}}} DS (102)
|{{color box|{{party color|Forza Italia}}}} FI (45)
|{{color box|{{party color|National Alliance (Italy)}}}} AN (42)
|{{color box|{{party color|Italian People's Party (1994)}}}} PPI (25)
|{{color box|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} LN (18)
|{{color box|{{party color|Federation of the Greens}}}} FdV (14)
|{{color box|{{party color|Union of Democrats for Europe}}}} UDEUR (12)
|{{color box|{{party color|Union of the Centre (2002)}}}} CCD (11)
|{{color box|#6495ed}} DE (10)
|{{color box|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}}} Mixed (43)
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| voting_system1 = Mattarellum
| voting_system2 = Mattarellum
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| last_election3 = 21 April 1996
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| meeting_place = Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome (C)
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| meeting_place2 = Palazzo Madama, Rome (S)
| website = {{URL|http://leg13.camera.it/}}
{{URL|https://www.senato.it/leg13/home}}
| constitution = Constitution of Italy
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The Legislature XIII of Italy ({{langx|it|XIII Legislatura della Repubblica Italiana}}) lasted from 9 May 1996 until 29 May 2001.{{cite web |title=Senato della Repubblica |url=http://www.senato.it/Leg13/home |website=www.senato.it |access-date=27 April 2019 |language=it}}{{cite web |title=La Camera dei Deputati – XIII Legislatura – Home page |url=http://leg13.camera.it/ |website=leg13.camera.it |access-date=27 April 2019 |language=it}} Its composition was the one resulting from the general election of 21 April 1996. The election was called by President Scalfaro after the technocratic government of Lamberto Dini lost its support in the Parliament in 1995. President Scalfaro dissolved the houses of Parliament on 16 February 1996.{{cite web |title=Crisi del Governo Dini e scioglimento delle Camere – La Camera dei Deputati |url=http://legislature.camera.it/organiparlamentari/assemblea/leg13/assemblea/governoecamera_crisidini.asp |website=legislature.camera.it |access-date=27 April 2019 |language=it}} The legislature ended after completing its five-year-long natural course, when President Ciampi dissolved the houses on 8 March 2001.{{cite web |title=la Repubblica/politica: Il presidente Ciampi scioglie le Camere |url=http://www.repubblica.it/online/politica/tredicesima/tredicesima/tredicesima.html |website=www.repubblica.it |access-date=27 April 2019 |language=it}}
Government
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| colspan=3 rowspan=2| Prime Minister
! rowspan=2 |Party ! colspan=2| Term of office ! rowspan=2| Government ! rowspan=2|Composition |
|---|
| Took office
! Left office |
| style="background:{{party color|The Olive Tree (Italy)}};"|
| 70px | Romano Prodi | class="nowrap" | 17 May 1996 | class="nowrap" | 21 October 1998 | bgcolor=#FFDAE1 |Prodi I | bgcolor=#FFDAE1 |PDS • PPI • RI • FdV • UD |
| rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democrats of the Left}};"|
| rowspan=2 |70px | rowspan=2 |Massimo D'Alema | rowspan=2 |Democrats of the Left | class="nowrap" | 21 October 1998 | class="nowrap" | 18 December 1999 | bgcolor=#FFDAE1 |D'Alema I | bgcolor=#FFDAE1 |DS • PPI • RI • SDI • FdV • PdCI • UDR |
| class="nowrap" | 18 December 1999
| class="nowrap" | 25 April 2000 | bgcolor=#FFDAE1 |D'Alema II | bgcolor=#FFDAE1 |DS • PPI • Dem • RI • FdV • PdCI • UDEUR |
| style="background:{{party color|The Olive Tree (Italy)}};"|
| 70px | Giuliano Amato | 25 April 2000 | 11 June 2001 | bgcolor=#FFDAE1 |Amato II | bgcolor=#FFDAE1 |DS • PPI • Dem • FdV • PdCI • UDEUR • RI • SDI |
Composition
= Chamber of Deputies =
The number of elected deputies is 630. At the end of the legislature, eight seats remained vacant making the final total number of deputies 622. For these seats no by-election was planned, since they were left vacant less than a year before the natural end of the legislature.
- President: Luciano Violante (PDS), elected on 16 May 1996
- Vice Presidents: Lorenzo Acquarone (L'Ulivo), Pierluigi Petrini (Mixed), Alfredo Biondi (FI), Carlo Giovanardi (Mixed)
| class="wikitable" style="width : 60%;"
|+{{nowrap|Parliamentary groups in the Chamber of Deputies}} |
| colspan="4" |Initial composition{{cite web |title=Camera dei Deputati – XIII legislatura – Organi Parlamentari- Gruppi Parlamentari |url=http://leg13.camera.it/organiparlamentarism/239/documentotesto.asp |website=leg13.camera.it |access-date=27 April 2019 |language=it}}
| rowspan="30" style="width : 1%;" | |
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| colspan="3" |Parliamentary group
!Seats ! colspan="3" |Parliamentary group !Seats !Change |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democrats of the Left}}" width=1% |
| colspan = "2" | Democrats of the Left – The Olive Tree | 172 | bgcolor="{{party color|Democrats of the Left}}" width=1% | | colspan = "2" | Democrats of the Left – The Olive Tree | 161 | {{Decrease}} 11 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Forza Italia}}" width=1% |
| colspan = "2" | Forza Italia | 123 | bgcolor="{{party color|Forza Italia}}" width=1% | | colspan = "2" | Forza Italia | 117 | {{Decrease}} 6 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|National Alliance (Italy)}}" width=1% |
| colspan = "2" | National Alliance | 92 | bgcolor="{{party color|National Alliance (Italy)}}" width=1% | | colspan = "2" | National Alliance | 88 | {{Decrease}} 4 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian People's Party (1994)}}" width=1% |
| colspan = "2" | Popular Democrats – The Olive Tree | 67 | bgcolor="{{party color|Italian People's Party (1994)}}" width=1% | | colspan = "2" | Popular Democrats – The Olive Tree | 56 | {{Decrease}} 11 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Lega Nord}}" width=1% |
| colspan = "2" | Lega Nord Padania | 59 | bgcolor="{{party color|Lega Nord}}" width=1% | | colspan = "2" | Lega Nord Padania | 46 | {{Decrease}} 13 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Refoundation Party}}" width=1% |
| colspan = "2" | Communist Refoundation – Progressives | 35 | bgcolor="{{party color|Party of Italian Communists}}" width=1% | | colspan = "2" | Communist Group | 20 | {{Decrease}} 15 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Union of the Centre (2002)}}" width=1% |
| colspan = "2" | CCD – Christian Democratic Centre | 30 | colspan = "4" | | {{Decrease}} 30 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Renewal}}" width=1% |
| colspan = "2" | Italian Renewal | 26 | colspan = "4" | | {{Decrease}} 26 |
| colspan = "4" |
| bgcolor="{{party color|The Democrats (Italy)}}" width=1% | | colspan = "2" | The Democrats – The Olive Tree | 20 | {{Increase}} 20 |
| colspan = "4" |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Union of Democrats for Europe}}" width=1% | | colspan = "2" | Union of Democrats for Europe | 20 | {{Increase}} 20 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" width=1% |
| colspan = "2" | Mixed | 26 | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" width=1% | | colspan = "2" | Mixed | 94 | {{Increase}} 68 |
| | bgcolor="{{party color|Federation of the Greens}}" width=1% |
| align="right" |14 | | bgcolor="{{party color|Federation of the Greens}}" width=1% | | align="right" |12 | align="right" | {{Decrease}} 2 |
| | bgcolor="{{party color|South Tyrolean People's Party}}" width=1% |
| Linguistic Minorities | align="right" |5 | | bgcolor="{{party color|South Tyrolean People's Party}}" width=1% | | Linguistic Minorities | align="right" |5 | align="right" | {{Steady}} |
| | bgcolor="#DF0174" width=1% |
| The Network – The Olive Tree | align="right" |3 | colspan="4" | | align="right" | {{Decrease}} 3 |
| colspan="4" |
| | bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Refoundation Party}}" width=1% | | Communist Refoundation – Progressives | align="right" |14 | align="right" | {{Increase}} 14 |
| colspan="4" |
| | bgcolor="{{party color|Union of the Centre (2002)}}" width=1% | | align="right" |12 | align="right" | {{Increase}} 12 |
| colspan="4" |
| | bgcolor="red" width=1% | | Italian Democratic Socialists | align="right" |8 | align="right" | {{Increase}} 8 |
| colspan="4" |
| | bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Renewal}}" width=1% | | align="right" |6 | align="right" | {{Increase}} 6 |
| colspan="4" |
| | bgcolor="{{party color|United Christian Democrats}}" width=1% | | align="right" |6 | align="right" | {{Increase}} 6 |
| colspan="4" |
| | bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Republican Party}}" width=1% | | Liberal Democrat Federalists and Republicans | align="right" |4 | align="right" | {{Increase}} 4 |
| colspan="4" |
| | bgcolor="{{party color|Patto Segni}}" width=1% | | Segni Pact – Reformers | align="right" |3 | align="right" | {{Increase}} 3 |
| | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" width=1% |
| Non inscrits | align="right" |4 | | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" width=1% | | Non inscrits | align="right" |24 | align="right" | {{Increase}} 20 |
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! colspan="5" | |
| colspan="3" |Total seats
| 630 | colspan="3" |Total seats | 622 | {{Decrease}} 8 |
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= Senate of the Republic =
The number of elected senators is 315. At the beginning of the legislature there were 10 life senators (Giovanni Leone and Francesco Cossiga as former Presidents, and the nominated life senators Amintore Fanfani, Leo Valiani, Carlo Bo, Norberto Bobbio, Gianni Agnelli, Giulio Andreotti, Francesco De Martino and Paolo Emilio Taviani). After the deaths of Fanfani and Valiani, and the appointment of Scalfaro as life senator after the election of President Ciampi on 15 May 1999, the final number of life senators was of nine.
The total number of senators at the start of the legislature was of 325. At the end of it, two seats remained vacant because no by-elections could be held for vacancies appearing less than one year before the natural end of the legislature. Therefore, the total number of senators at the end of the legislature was of 322.
- President: Nicola Mancino (PPI), elected on 16 May 1996
- Vice Presidents: Carlo Rognoni (SD – L'Ulivo), Ersilia Salvato (PRC, then PDS), Domenico Constestabile (FI), Domenico Fisichella (AN)
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|+{{nowrap|Parliamentary groups in the Senate of the Republic}} |
| colspan="4" |Initial composition{{cite web |title=senato.it – Composizione dei gruppi parlamentari nella XIII Legislatura |url=http://www.senato.it/leg/13/BGT/Schede/GruppiStorici/Grp.html |website=www.senato.it |access-date=27 April 2019 |language=it}}
| rowspan="32" style="width : 1%;" | ! colspan="5" |Final composition{{cite web |title=Variazioni nella composizione dei gruppi del Senato nella XIII Legislatura |url=http://www.senato.it/Leg13/4374 |website=www.senato.it |access-date=27 April 2019 |language=it}} |
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| colspan="3" |Parliamentary group
!Seats ! colspan="3" |Parliamentary group !Seats !Change |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democrats of the Left}}" width=1% |
| colspan = "2" | Democratic Left – The Olive Tree | 100 | bgcolor="{{party color|Democrats of the Left}}" width=1% | | colspan = "2" | Democrats of the Left – The Olive Tree | 102 | {{Increase}} 2 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Forza Italia}}" width=1% |
| colspan = "2" | Forza Italia | 48 | bgcolor="{{party color|Forza Italia}}" width=1% | | colspan = "2" | Forza Italia | 45 | {{Decrease}} 3 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|National Alliance (Italy)}}" width=1% |
| colspan = "2" | National Alliance | 43 | bgcolor="{{party color|National Alliance (Italy)}}" width=1% | | colspan = "2" | National Alliance | 42 | {{Decrease}} 1 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian People's Party (1994)}}" width=1% |
| colspan = "2" | Italian People's Party | 31 | bgcolor="{{party color|Italian People's Party (1994)}}" width=1% | | colspan = "2" | Italian People's Party | 25 | {{Decrease}} 6 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Lega Nord}}" width=1% |
| colspan = "2" | Lega | 27 | bgcolor="{{party color|Lega Nord}}" width=1% | | colspan = "2" | Lega Nord Padania | 18 | {{Decrease}} 9 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Union of the Centre (2002)}}" width=1% |
| colspan = "2" | Christian Democratic Federation – CCD | 15 | bgcolor="{{party color|Union of the Centre (2002)}}" width=1% | | colspan = "2" | Christian Democratic Centre | 11 | {{Decrease}} 4 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Federation of the Greens}}" width=1% |
| colspan = "2" | Greens – The Olive Tree | 14 | bgcolor="{{party color|Federation of the Greens}}" width=1% | | colspan = "2" | Greens – The Olive Tree | 14 | {{Steady}} |
| bgcolor="{{party color|United Christian Democrats}}" width=1% |
| colspan = "2" | Christian Democratic Federation – CDU | 10 | bgcolor="{{party color|Union of Democrats for Europe}}" width=1% | | colspan = "2" | Union of Democrats for Europe | 12 | {{Increase}} 2 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Refoundation Party}}" width=1% |
| colspan = "2" | Communist Refoundation – Progressives | 11 | colspan = "4" | | {{Decrease}} 11 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Renewal}}" width=1% |
| colspan = "2" | Italian Renewal | 11 | colspan = "4" | | {{Decrease}} 11 |
| colspan = "4" |
| bgcolor="#6495ed" width=1% | | colspan = "2" | European Democracy | 10 | {{Increase}} 10 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" width=1% |
| colspan = "2" | Mixed | 15 | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" width=1% | | colspan = "2" | Mixed | 43 | {{Increase}} 28 |
| | bgcolor="{{party color|South Tyrolean People's Party}}" width=1% |
| Linguistic Minorities | align="right" |3 | | bgcolor="{{party color|South Tyrolean People's Party}}" width=1% | | Linguistic Minorities | align="right" |3 | align="right" | {{Steady}} |
| | bgcolor="{{party color|Sardinian Action Party}}" width=1% |
| align="right" |1 | | bgcolor="{{party color|Sardinian Action Party}}" width=1% | | align="right" |1 | align="right" | {{Steady}} |
| | bgcolor="Gold" width=1% |
| align="right" |1 | | bgcolor="Gold" width=1% | | align="right" |1 | align="right" | {{Steady}} |
| | bgcolor="{{party color|Tricolour Flame}}" width=1% |
| align="right" |1 | | bgcolor="{{party color|Tricolour Flame}}" width=1% | | align="right" |1 | align="right" | {{Steady}} |
| | bgcolor="#DF0174" width=1% |
| The Network – The Olive Tree | align="right" |1 | colspan="4" | | align="right" | {{Decrease}} 1 |
| colspan="4" |
| | bgcolor="{{party color|Party of Italian Communists}}" width=1% | | align="right" |6 | align="right" | {{Increase}} 6 |
| colspan="4" |
| | bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Renewal}}" width=1% | | align="right" |6 | align="right" | {{Increase}} 6 |
| colspan="4" |
| | bgcolor="{{party color|The Democrats (Italy)}}" width=1% | | align="right" |5 | align="right" | {{Increase}} 5 |
| colspan="4" |
| | bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Refoundation Party}}" width=1% | | Communist Refoundation – Progressives | align="right" |3 | align="right" | {{Increase}} 3 |
| colspan="4" |
| | bgcolor="red" width=1% | | Italian Democratic Socialists | align="right" |3 | align="right" | {{Increase}} 3 |
| colspan="4" |
| | bgcolor="yellow" width=1% | | align="right" |2 | align="right" | {{Increase}} 2 |
| colspan="4" |
| | bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Radicals}}" width=1% | | align="right" |1 | align="right" | {{Increase}} 1 |
| colspan="4" |
| | bgcolor="grey" width=1% | | align="right" |1 | align="right" | {{Increase}} 1 |
| colspan="4" |
| | bgcolor="{{party color|United Christian Democrats}}" width=1% | | align="right" |1 | align="right" | {{Increase}} 1 |
| colspan="4" |
| | bgcolor="{{party color|Italy of Values}}" width=1% | | align="right" |1 | align="right" | {{Increase}} 1 |
| | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" width=1% |
| Non inscrits | align="right" |8 | | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" width=1% | | Non inscrits | align="right" |8 | align="right" | {{Steady}} |
| colspan="4" |
! colspan="5" | |
| colspan="3" |Total seats
| 325 | colspan="3" |Total seats | 322 | {{Decrease}} 3 |
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Note
- Of the 315 elected senators, 10 Senators for life were added at the beginning of the term distributed as follows:
- 4 from the group Partito Popolare Italiano: Giulio Andreotti (nel 2001 passato al gruppo Democrazia Europea), Carlo Bo, Amintore Fanfani (died in 1999), Paolo Emilio Taviani.
- 2 from the group Sinistra Democratica – L'Ulivo: Norberto Bobbio, Francesco De Martino.
- 4 with no affiliation: Gianni Agnelli, Francesco Cossiga, Giovanni Leone, Leo Valiani (died in 1999). Nel 1999 Oscar Luigi Scalfaro.
==Senators for Life==
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| Senator
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| Amintore Fanfani
|Merits in the social field |President Giovanni Leone |{{small|Previous legislature}} |20 November 1999 (deceased) |
| Giovanni Leone
|Former president of Italy |{{small|Previous legislature}} |{{small|Next legislature}} |
| Leo Valiani
|Merits in the social field |President Sandro Pertini |{{small|Previous legislature}} |18 September 1999 (deceased) |
| Carlo Bo
|Merits in the literary field |President Sandro Pertini |{{small|Previous legislature}} |{{small|Next legislature}} |
| Norberto Bobbio
|Merits in the social and scientific field |President Sandro Pertini |{{small|Previous legislature}} |{{small|Next legislature}} |
| Gianni Agnelli
|Merits in the social field |President Francesco Cossiga |{{small|Previous legislature}} |{{small|Next legislature}} |
| Giulio Andreotti
|Merits in the social field |President Francesco Cossiga |{{small|Previous legislature}} |{{small|Next legislature}} |
| Francesco De Martino
|Merits in the social field |President Francesco Cossiga |{{small|Previous legislature}} |{{small|Next legislature}} |
| Paolo Emilio Taviani
|Merits in the social field |President Francesco Cossiga |{{small|Previous legislature}} |{{small|Next legislature}} |
| Francesco Cossiga
|Former president of Italy |{{small|Previous legislature}} |{{small|Next legislature}} |
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| Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
|Former president of Italy |15 May 1999 |{{small|Next legislature}} |
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