First Italian Republic

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The First Italian Republic was the post-World War II democratic state of Italy, marked by a multi-party parliamentary system, frequent government turnovers, and dominance by the Christian Democracy party until its collapse amid corruption scandals in the early 1990s.

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instanceOf historical period of Italy
political era
capital Rome
characteristic coalition governments
exclusion of the Communist Party from national government
frequent government turnovers
constitution Constitution of the Italian Republic
constitutionEffectiveDate 1948-01-01
country Italy
currency Italian lira
dominantParty Christian Democracy
economicCharacteristic post-war economic boom
rapid industrialization
endTime 1994
followedBy Second Italian Republic
foreignPolicyOrientation pro-Western
governmentForm parliamentary republic
headOfGovernmentRole President of the Council of Ministers
headOfStateRole President of the Italian Republic
linked to: President of Italy
legislativeBody Italian Parliament
linked to: Parliament of Italy
lowerHouse Chamber of Deputies
majorParty Italian Communist Party
Italian Democratic Socialist Party
Italian Liberal Party
Italian Republican Party
Italian Social Movement
Italian Socialist Party
memberOf European Communities
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
linked to: NATO
notablePresident Luigi Einaudi
Sandro Pertini
notablePrimeMinister Alcide De Gasperi
Aldo Moro
Amintore Fanfani
Giulio Andreotti
politicalSystem multi-party system
precededBy Kingdom of Italy
reasonForEnd collapse of traditional party system
systemic political corruption scandals
significantEvent 1946 Italian institutional referendum
Mani Pulite corruption investigations
Tangentopoli corruption scandals
Years of Lead
adoption of the Italian Constitution
startTime 1946-06-02
territoryIncludes Italian Peninsula
Sardinia
Sicily
upperHouse Senate of the Republic

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Pentapartito politicalSystemContext First Italian Republic
Bettino Craxi partOf First Italian Republic political system
linked to: First Italian Republic
Italian Liberal Party participatedIn First Republic of Italy
linked to: First Italian Republic
Christian Democracy (Italy) partOf First Italian Republic
Italian Republican Party operatedInPoliticalSystem Italian First Republic
linked to: First Italian Republic
Arnaldo Forlani politicalSystemContext Italian First Republic
linked to: First Italian Republic
Giovanni Goria era Italian First Republic
linked to: First Italian Republic
Bettino Craxi era Italian First Republic
subject linked to: Bettino
linked to: First Italian Republic
Bettino Craxi era First Italian Republic
subject linked to: Craxi