(On May 19 BingXu), June 18, 1946, the Italian Republic was proclaimed. the Italian flag



Italian former monarchies. In May 1946, the Italian king Victor - Emmanuel III abdicated by his son Dion the Bertone successor King. Held on June 2, the election of the Constituent Assembly, and held a referendum to determine the National System, resulting in 54.3% of the people in favor of abolition of the monarchy. Weng Bertone accept the results of a referendum to leave Italy, fled to Spain, and from the end of the monarchy.
in the Constituent Assembly elections, the Christian Democratic Party, the Socialist Party and the Communist Party gets the most votes. On June 18 of the same year, the Italian Republic was proclaimed. In December 1947, the Italian Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution of the Republic, announced the introduction of the separation of church and state, the implementation of the land reform and the nationalization of industry; provisions of equality between men and women citizens the right to work. The Constitution stipulates that Parliament is bicameral, members of the House of Representatives are elected by universal suffrage for a term of five years by the district; Senators are elected for a term of six years in proportion to the population; president elected by both houses of the joint meeting of the term of seven years. In April 1948, held the first session of the election of the Parliament of the Republic of Italy, the Catholic Democrats Vegas Perry cabinet. (History TodayOnHistory.com)