The Politics of Liguria, 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 branch
editThe 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 11, including a Vice President.[1]
List of presidents
edit- Presidents elected by the Regional Council (1970–1995)
| # | Name | Term of office | Political party | Legislature | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gianni Dagnino | 15 September 1970 | 14 April 1975 | DC | I (1970) |
| 2 | Giorgio Luciano Verda | 14 April 1975 | 29 July 1975 | DC | |
| 3 | Angelo Carossino | 29 July 1975 | 4 July 1979 | PCI | II (1975) |
| 4 | Armando Magliotto | 4 July 1979 | 28 October 1980 | PCI | |
| 5 | Giovanni Persico | 28 October 1980 | 27 September 1981 | PRI | III (1980) |
| 6 | Alberto Teardo | 27 September 1981 | 25 May 1983 | PSI | |
| 7 | Rinaldo Magnani | 25 May 1983 | 9 October 1985 | PSI | |
| 9 October 1985 | 14 March 1990 | IV (1985) | |||
| 8 | Renzo Muratore | 14 March 1990 | 28 September 1990 | PSI | |
| 9 | Giacomo Gualco | 28 September 1990 | 14 January 1992 | DC | V (1990) |
| 10 | Edmondo Ferrero | 14 January 1992 | 20 July 1994 | DC | |
| 11 | Giancarlo Mori | 20 July 1994 | 6 June 1995 | PPI | |
- Directly-elected presidents (since 1995)
| N. | Portrait | President | Term of office | Tenure (Years and days) |
Party | Composition | Legislature | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 
|
Giancarlo Mori (1938–2019) |
6 June 1995 |
12 May 2000 |
4 years, 332 days | Italian People's Party | PDS–PPI–PdD–FdV | VI (1995) | |
| 12 | 
|
Sandro Biasotti (1948– ) |
12 May 2000 |
14 April 2005 |
4 years, 337 days | Forza Italia | FI–AN–LN–CDC | VII (2000) | |
| 13 | 
|
Claudio Burlando (1954– ) |
14 April 2005 |
7 April 2010 |
10 years, 58 days | Democrats of the Left / Democratic Party |
Ulivo/PD–PRC–PdCI–FdV–IdV | VIII (2005) | |
| 7 April 2010 |
11 June 2015 |
PD–IdV–UDC–FdS–SEL–FdV | IX (2010) | ||||||
| 14 | 
|
Giovanni Toti (1968– ) |
11 June 2015 |
12 October 2020 |
9 years, 45 days | Forza Italia | LN–FI–FdI | X (2015) | |
| 12 October 2020 |
26 July 2024 |
Cambiamo! / Us Moderates |
C!–Lega–FdI–FI | XI (2020) | |||||
| – | Alessandro Piana (1972– ) |
26 July 2024 |
9 November 2024 |
106 days | Lega | C!–Lega–FdI–FI | |||
| 15 | 
|
Marco Bucci (1959– ) |
9 November 2024 |
incumbent | 23 days | Independent | FdI–NM–Lega–FI | XII (2024) | |
Legislative branch
editThe Regional Council of Liguria (Consiglio Regionale della Liguria) is composed of 40 members. 32 councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while 8 councillors (elected in bloc) come from a "regional list", including the President-elect. One seat is reserved for the candidate who comes second. If a coalition wins more than 50% of the total seats in the Council with PR, only 4 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 36. If the winning coalition receives less than 40% of votes special seats are added to the Council to ensure a large majority for the President's coalition.[2]
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, simul cadent clause introduced in 1999 (literally they will stand together or they will fall together), also the Council is dissolved and a snap election is called.[3]
Local government
editThis section needs to be updated. (December 2022) |
Provinces
edit| Province | Inhabitants[4] | President | Party | Election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan City of Genoa | 840,934 | Marco Bucci | Independent (centre-right) | 2017 | |
| Province of Imperia | 213,743 | Fabio Natta | Independent (centre-left) | 2015 | |
| Province of La Spezia | 219,693 | Giorgio Cozzani | Independent (centre-right) | 2017 | |
| Province of Savona | 276,261 | Pierangelo Oliveri | Independent (centre-right) | 2018 | |
Municipalities
editProvincial capitals
edit| Municipality | Inhabitants[4] | Mayor | Party | Election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genoa | 577,587 | Marco Bucci | Independent (centre-right) | 2017 | |
| Imperia | 42,506 | Claudio Scajola | Independent (centre-right) | 2018 | |
| La Spezia | 93,259 | Pierluigi Peracchini | Independent (centre-right) | 2017 | |
| Savona | 60,469 | Ilaria Caprioglio | Independent (centre-right) | 2016 | |
Parties and elections
editLatest regional election
editThe latest regional election took place on 28–29 October 2024.
Marco Bucci, the independent centre-right mayor of Genoa, narrowly defeated former minister Andrea Orlando of the Democratic Party, retaining the region for the centre-right.
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| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marco Bucci | 291,093 | 48.77 | 1 | Brothers of Italy | 84,816 | 15.08 | 5 | ||
| Bucci for President Liguria Wins | 53,208 | 9.46 | 3 | ||||||
| League | 47,652 | 8.47 | 3 | ||||||
| Forza Italia | 44,849 | 7.98 | 3 | ||||||
| Ligurian Pride | 32,061 | 5.70 | 3 | ||||||
| Union of the Centre | 7,294 | 1.30 | – | ||||||
| Popular Alternative | 1,929 | 0.34 | – | ||||||
| Total | 271,809 | 48.34 | 17 | ||||||
| Andrea Orlando | 282,669 | 47.36 | 1 | Democratic Party | 160,063 | 28.47 | 8 | ||
| Greens and Left Alliance | 34,716 | 6.17 | 2 | ||||||
| Andrea Orlando List | 29,808 | 5.30 | 1 | ||||||
| Five Star Movement | 25,659 | 4.56 | 1 | ||||||
| Civic Reformist Pact | 9,813 | 1.75 | – | ||||||
| Head-on Ligurians | 9,127 | 1.62 | – | ||||||
| Total | 269,186 | 47.87 | 12 | ||||||
| Nicola Morra | 5,223 | 0.88 | – | United for the Constitution | 4,922 | 0.88 | – | ||
| Nicola Rollando | 5,079 | 0.85 | – | For the Alternative | 4,920 | 0.87 | – | ||
| Francesco Toscano | 5,071 | 0.85 | – | Sovereign Popular Democracy | 4,709 | 0.84 | – | ||
| Marco Ferrando | 2,099 | 0.35 | – | Workers' Communist Party | 1,813 | 0.32 | – | ||
| Maria Antonietta Cella | 2,076 | 0.35 | – | Northern People’s Party | 1,674 | 0.30 | – | ||
| Davide Felice | 1,855 | 0.31 | – | Force of the People | 1,696 | 0.30 | – | ||
| Alessandro Rosson | 1,668 | 0.28 | – | Independence! | 1,570 | 0.28 | – | ||
| Total candidates | 596,833 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | 562,299 | 100.00 | 29 | ||
| Blank and invalid votes | 15,915 | 2.58 | |||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,341,693 | 45.97 | |||||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Election in Liguria | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Regione Liguria - sito ufficiale". www.regione.liguria.it. Archived from the original on 9 December 2002. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ La Repubblica – Regional electoral law
- ^ Regional Council of Lombardy – 1999 Constitutional law
- ^ a b "Bilancio demografico anno 2018 (October 2018)". Istat. Retrieved 26 March 2018.