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;

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

First female Princess of Seborga

 * Nina Menegatto, 2019

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