Electoral firsts in Italy

This article lists notable electoral firsts in Italy.

Women[]

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

First female Minister of Public Education[]

• Franca Falcucci in 1982

First female Minister of Culture[]

• in 1988

First female Minister of Health[]

• Tina Anselmi in 1978

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

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