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{{Infobox Political post
|post            = President
|body            = the Senate of Rhode Island 
|insignia        = Seal of Rhode Island.svg{{!}}border
|insigniasize    = 165px
|insigniacaption = [[Seal of Rhode Island]]
|image           = 
|incumbent       = [[Dominick J. Ruggerio]]
|incumbentsince  = March 24, 2017
|style           = The Honorable
|residence       =
|appointer       =
|termlength      = Two years, renewable
|formation       = [[Constitution of Rhode Island]]
|succession      = 
|inaugural       = [[Joseph A. Montalbano]], 2003
|salary          = 
|website         =
}}

The '''President of the Rhode Island Senate''' is the presiding officer of the [[Rhode Island Senate]]. Unlike most other states, the [[Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island]] does not preside of the state senate. Instead, the lieutenant governor has roles in "emergency preparedness and homeland security".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hurst |first=Julia |date=2011-07-01 |title=The Constant Evolution of the Office of Lieutenant Governor |url=https://nlga.us/wp-content/uploads/BOS-2011.pdf |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=National Lieutenant Governors Association}}</ref> 

The role of president was established in 2003. [[Rhode Island Constitution]] provides that the lieutenant governor would no longer preside over the Senate in 2003, and power would be transferred to a president elected by senators.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/riconstitution/Pages/Constfull.aspx |title=Constitution of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |website=State of Rhode Island General Assembly |access-date=2017-08-21}}</ref> The first elected president was [[Joseph A. Montalbano]], a [[Rhode Island Democratic Party|Democrat]] from [[North Providence]]. 
==List==
{|class=wikitable style="margin:0 0 0.5em 1em
|-bgcolor=#cccccc
! #
! Name
! Party
! Term
|- bgcolor=#B0CEFF
| 1
| [[Joseph A. Montalbano]]
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| 2003 – January 5, 2009
|- bgcolor=#B0CEFF
| 2
| [[M. Teresa Paiva-Weed]]
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| January 6, 2009 – March 24, 2017
|- bgcolor=#B0CEFF
| 3
| [[Dominick J. Ruggerio]]
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| March 24, 2017 – ''Incumbent''
|}
==References==
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[[Category:Government of Rhode Island]]
[[Category:Politics of Rhode Island]]
[[Category:Presidents of the Rhode Island Senate]]
[[Category:Rhode Island state senators]]