The Legislature XIV of Italy () started on 30 May 2001 and ended on 27 April 2006. Its composition resulted from the general election of 13 May 2001. The election was called by President Ciampi, after he dissolved the houses of Parliament on 8 March 2001. The legislature ended after its natural course of five years, soon after the houses were dissolved again by Ciampi on 11 February 2006.

The election leading to the composition of this legislature was characterized by the use of decoy lists ("liste civetta") by both major coalitions (the House of Freedoms and the Olive Tree), in order to "de facto" turn the scorporo (partially compensatory) system implemented by the electoral law into a parallel voting system. In the case of the House of Freedoms, this tactic was so effective that Forza Italia did not have enough candidates for the seats that had won, missing out on 12 seats.

Government Prime MinisterParty Term of office GovernmentComposition Took office Left officeSilvio BerlusconiForza Italia 11 June 2001 23 April 2005Berlusconi IIFI • AN • LN • CCD • CDU 23 April 2005 17 May 2006Berlusconi IIIFI • AN • LN • UDC • NPSI • PRI

Composition

Chamber of Deputies

The number of elected deputies was 613. Although the total number of seats was of 630, at the start of the legislation it was not possible to assign the remaining 17 seats (distributed between the House of Freedoms and The Daisy) because of missing candidates in the electoral lists. Some of these seats were assigned later during the legislature.

President: Pier Ferdinando Casini (UDC), elected on 31 May 2001 Vice Presidents: Alfredo Biondi (FI), Publio Fiori (Mixed), Fabio Mussi (DS – L'Ulivo), Clemente Mastella (Mixed – UDEUR)

+Initial compositionFinal compositionParliamentary groupSeatsParliamentary groupSeatsChange Forza Italia 178 Forza Italia 167 11 Democrats of the Left – The Olive Tree 137 Democrats of the Left – The Olive Tree 129 8 National Alliance 99 National Alliance 94 5 The Daisy – DL – The Olive Tree 80 The Daisy – DL – The Olive Tree 80 CCD – CDU White Flower 40 UDC Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (CCD – CDU) 38 2 Lega Nord Padania 30 Lega Nord Padania Federation 26 4 Communist Refoundation 12 12 Mixed 49 Mixed 64 15 Italian Communists9 Italian Communists10 1 Linguistic Minorities5 Linguistic Minorities5 Communist Refoundation11 11 New PSI3 3 Populars – UDEUR11 11 The Rose in the Fist11 11 Greens – The Union7 7 Liberal Democrats – Republicans – New PSI6 6 Democratic Ecologists4 4 MRE – European Republicans Movement3 3 Non inscrits21 Non inscrits7 14Total seats 613Total seats 610 3

Senate

The number of elected senators was 315. At the beginning of the legislature there were nine life senators (Giovanni Leone, Francesco Cossiga and Oscar Luigi Scalfaro as former Presidents, and the nominated life senators Carlo Bo, Norberto Bobbio, Gianni Agnelli, Giulio Andreotti, Francesco De Martino and Paolo Emilio Taviani). After the death of Leone, Bo, Bobbio, Agnelli, De Martino and Taviani, and the nomination of the new life senators Rita Levi-Montalcini, Emilio Colombo, Mario Luzi (who died in February 2005), Giorgio Napolitano and Sergio Pininfarina, the total number of senators at the end of the legislature was of 320.

President: Marcello Pera (FI), elected on 30 May 2001 Vice Presidents: Roberto Calderoli (LN) until 20 July 2004, Domenico Fisichella (AN, then Mixed), Cesare Salvi (DS – L'Ulivo), Lamberto Dini (The Daisy), Francesco Moro (LN) from 29 September 2004

+Initial compositionFinal compositionParliamentary groupSeatsParliamentary groupSeatsChange Forza Italia 82 Forza Italia 76 6 Democrats of the Left – The Olive Tree 65 Democrats of the Left – The Olive Tree 64 1 National Alliance 45 National Alliance 46 1 Daisy 43 Daisy – DL – The Olive Tree 35 8 CCD – CDU: White Flower 29 Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (CCD – CDU) 30 1 Lega Nord Padania 17 Lega Nord Padania 17 For the Autonomies 10 For the Autonomies 10 Greens – The Olive Tree 10 Greens – The Union 10 Mixed 23 Mixed 34 11 Italian Democratic Socialists6 Rose in the Fist6 Communist Refoundation4 Communist Refoundation4 Party of Italian Communists2 Party of Italian Communists2 Freedom and Justice for the Olive Tree1 Il Cantiere2 1 League for Lombard Autonomy1 League for Lombard Autonomy1 New PSI1 New PSI1 Italian Republican Party1 Italian Republican Party1 MS – Tricolour Flame1 MSI – Tricolour Flame1 Lombard Territory Movement1 1 Populars UDEUR5 5 Italy of Values2 2 House of Freedoms1 1 Christian Democracy for Autonomies1 1 Non inscrits5 Non inscrits7 2Total seats 324Total seats 320 4

Senators for Life Senator Motivation Appointed by From TillGiovanni LeoneFormer president of Italy ex officio9 November 2001 (deceased)Carlo BoMerits in the literary field President Sandro Pertini21 July 2001 (deceased)Norberto BobbioMerits in the social and scientific field President Sandro Pertini9 January 2004 (deceased)Gianni AgnelliMerits in the social fieldPresident Francesco Cossiga24 January 2003 (deceased)Giulio AndreottiMerits in the social fieldPresident Francesco CossigaFrancesco De MartinoMerits in the social fieldPresident Francesco Cossiga18 November 2002 (deceased)Paolo Emilio TavianiMerits in the social fieldPresident Francesco Cossiga18 June 2001 (deceased)Francesco CossigaFormer president of Italy ex officioOscar Luigi ScalfaroFormer president of Italy ex officioRita Levi MontalciniMerits in the social and scientific field President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi1 August 2001Emilio ColomboMerits in the social field President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi14 January 2003Mario LuziMerits in the literary field President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi14 October 200428 February 2005 (deceased)Giorgio NapolitanoMerits in the social field President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi23 September 2005Sergio PininfarinaMerits in the social field President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi23 September 2005

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