The Politics of Abruzzo (Abruzzo, 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 8, including a Vice President (Vicepresidente) and an undersecretary (Sottosegretario).[1]
List of presidents
edit- Elected by the Regional Council (1970–1995)
| Name | Term of office | Political party | Legislature | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ugo Crescenzi | 3 September 1970 | 23 March 1972 | DC | I (1970) |
| 2 | Giustino De Cecco | 23 March 1972 | 16 July 1973 | DC | |
| (1) | Ugo Crescenzi | 16 July 1973 | 31 May 1974 | DC | |
| (2) | Giustino De Cecco | 31 May 1974 | 8 October 1975 | DC | |
| 3 | Felice Spadaccini | 8 October 1975 | 1 March 1977 | DC | II (1975) |
| 4 | Romeo Riciuti | 1 March 1977 | 8 October 1980 | DC | |
| 8 October 1980 | 30 November 1981 | III (1980) | |||
| 5 | Anna Nena D'Antonio | 30 November 1981 | 13 May 1983 | DC | |
| (3) | Felice Spadaccini | 13 May 1983 | 1 October 1985 | DC | |
| 6 | Emilio Mattucci | 1 October 1985 | 1 August 1990 | DC | IV (1985) |
| 7 | Rocco Salini | 1 August 1990 | 13 October 1992 | DC | V (1990) |
| 8 | Vincenzo Del Colle | 13 October 1992 | 29 May 1995 | DC | |
- Directly-elected presidents (since 1995)
| N. | Portrait | President | Term of office | Tenure (Years and days) |
Party | Composition | Legislature | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 
|
Antonio Falconio (1938–2021) |
29 May 1995 |
18 May 2000 |
4 years, 355 days | Italian People's Party | PDS–PRC–PPI–PdD–FdV | VI (1995) | |
| 10 | 
|
Giovanni Pace (1933–2018) |
18 May 2000 |
22 April 2005 |
4 years, 339 days | National Alliance | FI–AN–CDC–CDU | VII (2000) | |
| 11 | 
|
Ottaviano Del Turco (1944–2024) |
22 April 2005 |
13 July 2008[a] |
3 years, 82 days | Italian Democratic Socialists/ Democratic Party |
DS–DL–SDI–PRC–UDEUR–PdCI–FdV | VIII (2005) | |
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|
Giovanni Chiodi (1961– ) |
3 January 2009 |
10 June 2014 |
5 years, 158 days | The People of Freedom | PdL–MpA | IX (2008) | |
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|
Luciano D'Alfonso (1965– ) |
10 June 2014 |
10 August 2018[b] |
4 years, 61 days | Democratic Party | PD–CD–SEL–IdV | X (2014) | |
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|
Marco Marsilio (1968– ) |
23 February 2019 |
10 April 2024 |
5 years, 272 days | Brothers of Italy | Lega–FI–FdI–AP–UDC | XI (2019) | |
| 10 April 2024 |
Incumbent | FdI–FI–Lega–NM | XII (2024) | ||||||
Legislative branch
editThe Regional Council of Abruzzo (Consiglio Regionale dell'Abruzzo) 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chieti | 385,917 | Mario Pupillo | Democratic Party | 2014 | |
| L'Aquila | 299,135 | Angelo Caruso | Independent (centre-right) | 2017 | |
| Pescara | 319,085 | Antonio Zaffiri | Independent (centre-right) | 2018 | |
| Teramo | 308,219 | Diego Di Bonaventura | Independent (centre-right) | 2018 | |
Municipalities
editProvincial capitals
edit| Municipality | Inhabitants[4] | Mayor | Party | Election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chieti | 50,694 | Diego Ferrara | Democratic Party | 2020 | |
| L'Aquila | 69,327 | Pierluigi Biondi | Brothers of Italy | 2017 | |
| Pescara | 119,365 | Carlo Masci | Forza Italia | 2019 | |
| Teramo | 54,361 | Gianguido D'Alberto | Independent (centre-left) | 2018 | |
Parties and elections
editLatest regional election
editThe latest regional election was held on 10 March 2024. Incumbent president Marco Marsilio of Brothers of Italy was re-elected and his party was the most voted one.
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| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marco Marsilio | 326,660 | 53.50 | 1 | Brothers of Italy | 139,578 | 24.10 | 8 | |||
| Forza Italia | 77,841 | 13.44 | 4 | |||||||
| League | 43,816 | 7.56 | 2 | |||||||
| Marsilio for President | 33,102 | 5.72 | 2 | |||||||
| Us Moderates | 15,516 | 2.68 | 1 | |||||||
| Union of the Centre–Christian Democracy | 6,784 | 1.17 | – | |||||||
| Total | 316,637 | 54.67 | 17 | |||||||
| Luciano D'Amico | 284,748 | 46.50 | 1 | Democratic Party | 117,497 | 20.29 | 6 | |||
| Abruzzo Together | 44.353 | 7.66 | 2 | |||||||
| Five Star Movement | 40.629 | 7.01 | 2 | |||||||
| Action–Socialists Populars Reformists | 23,156 | 4.00 | 1 | |||||||
| Greens and Left Alliance | 20,655 | 3.57 | 1 | |||||||
| Reformists and Civics | 16,275 | 2.81 | – | |||||||
| Total | 262,565 | 45.33 | 12 | |||||||
| Invalid votes | 18,197 | – | ||||||||
| Total candidates | 612,408 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | 579,202 | 100.00 | 29 | |||
| Registered voters | 1,208,207 | 51.19 | ||||||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Results | ||||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ Resigned after a corruption scandal. His deputy Enrico Paolini (PD) held the office till a new regional election was called.
- ^ Resigned after being elected senator in the national general election. His deputy Giovanni Lolli (PD) held the office till a new regional election was called.
References
edit- ^ Regione Abruzzo - Giunta Regionale
- ^ La Repubblica – Regional electoral law
- ^ "Regional Council of Lombardy – 1999 Constitutional law" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ a b "Bilancio demografico anno 2018 (October 2018)". Istat. Retrieved 26 March 2018.