Politics of Lazio
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The Politics of Lazio, Italy takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Government is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Regional Government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Regional Council.
Executive
The Regional Government (Giunta Regionale) is presided by the President of the Region (Presidente della Regione), who is elected for a five-year term, and is composed by the President and the Ministers (Assessori), who are currently 16, including a Vice President.[1]
List of Presidents
| # | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political Party (Political Coalition) |
Legislature (Election) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Girolamo Mechelli (1923–1986) |
1 September 1970 | 17 January 1971 | Christian Democracy (Organic Centre-Left) |
I (1970) | |
| 2 | |
Luigi Cipriani (?–?) |
17 January 1971 | 23 October 1973 | Christian Democracy (Organic Centre-Left) | ||
| 3 | |
Rinaldo Santini (1914–2013) |
23 October 1973 | 22 September 1975 | Christian Democracy (Organic Centre-Left) | ||
| 4 | |
Roberto Palleschi (1925–2009) |
22 September 1975 | 23 March 1976 | Italian Socialist Party | II (1975) | |
| 5 | |
Maurizio Ferrara (1921–2000) |
23 March 1976 | 5 August 1977 | Italian Communist Party | ||
| 6 | |
Giulio Santarelli (born in 1935) |
5 August 1977 | 24 March 1983 | Italian Socialist Party | ||
| III (1980) | |||||||
| 7 | |
Bruno Landi (born in 1939) |
24 March 1983 | 18 April 1984 | Italian Socialist Party (Pentapartito) | ||
| 8 | |
Gabriele Panizzi (born in 1937) |
18 April 1984 | 31 July 1985 | Italian Socialist Party (Pentapartito) | ||
| 9 | |
Sebastiano Montali (born in 1937) |
31 July 1985 | 17 May 1987 | Italian Socialist Party (Pentapartito) |
IV (1985) | |
| 10 | |
Bruno Landi (born in 1939) |
17 May 1987 | 27 July 1990 | Italian Socialist Party (Pentapartito) | ||
| 11 | |
Rodolfo Gigli (born in 1935) |
27 July 1990 | 21 February 1992 | Christian Democracy (Pentapartito) |
V (1990) | |
| 12 | |
Giorgio Pasetto (born in 1941) |
21 February 1992 | 21 February 1994 | Christian Democracy (Pentapartito) | ||
| 13 | |
Carlo Proietti (born in 1943) |
21 February 1994 | 18 January 1995 | Italian Socialist Party (Alliance of Progressives) | ||
| 14 | |
Arturo Osio (born in 1932) |
18 January 1995 | 16 June 1995 | Independent (Alliance of Progressives) | ||
| 15 |  |
Piero Badaloni (born in 1946) |
16 June 1995 | 12 March 2000 | Independent (The Olive Tree) |
VI (1995) | |
| 16 | |
Francesco Storace (born in 1959) |
12 March 2000 | 2 May 2005 | National Alliance (House of Freedoms) |
VII (2000) | |
| 17 |  |
Piero Marrazzo (born in 1959) |
2 May 2005 | 27 October 2009 | Democratic Party (The Union) |
VIII (2005) | |
| 18 |  |
Renata Polverini (born in 1962) |
16 April 2010 | 12 March 2013 | The People of Freedom | IX (2010) | |
| 19 |  |
Nicola Zingaretti (born in 1965) |
12 March 2013 | Incumbent | Democratic Party (Italy. Common Good) |
X (2013) | |
Legislative branch
The Regional Council of Lazio (Consiglio Regionale del Lazio) is composed of 51 members, of which 39 are elected in provincial constituencies with proportional representation, 10 from the so-called "regional list" of the elected President and the last one is for the candidate for President who comes second, who usually becomes the leader of the opposition in the Council.
The Council is elected for a five-year term, but, if the President suffers a vote of no confidence, resigns or dies, under the simul stabunt vel simul cadent clause (introduced in 1999), also the Council will be dissolved and there will be a fresh election.[2]
Elections
Latest regional election
In the latest regional election, which took place on 24–25 February 2013 and was the first snap election in the political history of Lazio, Nicola Zingaretti (Democratic Party) defeated Francesco Storace (The Right–The People of Freedom) and was elected President of Lazio.
| Candidates | Regional lists | Provincial lists | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| votes | % | seats | Parties | votes | % | seats | group | ||
| Nicola Zingaretti | 1,330,398 | 40.65 | 11 | Democratic Party | 834,286 | 29.72 | 13 | 28 | |
| Zingaretti List | 126,646 | 4.51 | 2 | ||||||
| Left Ecology Freedom | 103,692 | 3.69 | 1 | ||||||
| Italian Socialist Party | 55,588 | 1.98 | 1 | ||||||
| Democratic Centre | 48,748 | 1.74 | 1 | ||||||
| Francesco Storace | 959,683 | 29.32 | 1 | The People of Freedom | 595,220 | 21.20 | 9 | 13 | |
| Brothers of Italy | 107,731 | 3.84 | 1 | ||||||
| The Right | 94,113 | 3.35 | 1 | ||||||
| Storace List | 45,997 | 1.64 | 1 | ||||||
| Centre League | 32,979 | 1.17 | 0 | ||||||
| Federation of Christian Populars | 18,176 | 0.65 | 0 | ||||||
| Citizens and Workers Movement | 10,959 | 0.39 | 0 | ||||||
| Moderates in Revolution | 8,213 | 0.29 | 0 | ||||||
| Great South | 3,905 | 0.14 | 0 | ||||||
| Green Front – All Together for Italy | 2,021 | 0.07 | 0 | ||||||
| Liberal Network | 1,083 | 0.04 | 0 | ||||||
| Alliance of the Centre | 464 | 0.02 | 0 | ||||||
| Davide Barillari | 661,865 | 20.22 | - | Five Star Movement | 467,249 | 16.64 | 7 | 7 | |
| Giulia Bongiorno | 154,986 | 4.74 | - | Bongiorno President (SC–UdC–FLI) | 124,244 | 4.43 | 2 | 2 | |
| Sandro Ruotolo | 71,219 | 2.18 | - | Civil Revolution | 58,685 | 2.09 | 0 | - | |
| Simone Di Stefano | 18,491 | 0.80 | - | CasaPound | 18,491 | 0.66 | 0 | - | |
| Alessandra Baldassarri | 18,772 | 0.57 | - | Act to Stop the Decline | 14,315 | 0.51 | 0 | - | |
| Giuseppe Rossodivita | 15,567 | 0.45 | - | Amnesty Justice Freedom List | 10,956 | 0.39 | 0 | - | |
| Roberto Fiore | 12,168 | 0.37 | - | New Force | 7,774 | 0.28 | 0 | - | |
| Luca Romagnoli | 11,245 | 0.34 | - | Tricolour Flame | 7,473 | 0.27 | 0 | - | |
| Luigi Sorge | 8,980 | 0.27 | - | Workers' Communist Party | 5,886 | 0.21 | 0 | - | |
| Giuseppe Strano | 2,802 | 0.09 | - | Citizens' Network | 5,536 | 0.09 | 0 | - | |
| Total candidates | 3,272,742 | 100.00 | 12 | Total parties | 2,807,430 | 100.00 | 39 | 51 | |
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
References
- ↑ Regione Lazio – Composizione della Giunta regionale
- ↑ http://www.consiglio.regione.lombardia.it/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=PRI.1046.1&p_p_id=20&p_p_action=1&p_p_state=exclusive&p_p_col_id=null&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=3&_20_struts_action=%2Fdocument_library%2Fget_file&_20_folderId=69&_20_name=l+cost+199_PDF.pdf
External links
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