Area: 301 277 km²
Population: 58.462 million
Capital city: Rome
Currency: 1 euro = 100 cent
National day: 2 June
EU-membership: 23 July 1952 (ECSC, founding member)

Head of State: President Giorgio Napolitano
Head of Government: Prime Minister Romano Prodi
Foreign Minister: Massimo D'Alema
Government: Governing parties:
Coalition of the Left Democrats (Democratici di Sinistra, DS), "Margherita" Party, Communist Refoundation Party (RC), Italian Communists (PdCI), "Rosa nel Pugno" (Federation of Socialists and Radicals), Greens, inter alia
Parliament: Chamber of Deputies: 630 seats, elected by proportional representation on 9/10 April 2006 for a term of 5 years
Senate: 315 elected senators and currently 7 senators for life, elected on 9/10 April 2006 on a regional basis

GDP: € 1 417.24 billion (2005)
GDP per capita in PPS: € 24 214 (2005)
Economic growth in real terms: + 0.1% (2005)

Links:
Head of State: http://www.quirinale.it
Head of Government: http://palazzochigi.it
Foreign Minister: http://www.esteri.it
Parliament: http://www.parlamento.it

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