Electoral firsts in Italy
# Electoral firsts in Italy

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

### 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
* Toni Iwobi, first black senator in 2018
* Cécile Kyenge, first black Minister in 2013

## LGBT people

* Vladimir Luxuria, first transgender deputy in 2006
