Politics of Abruzzo
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The Politics of Abruzzo (
Executive branch
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 8, including a Vice President (Vicepresidente) and an undersecretary (Sottosegretario).[1]
List of presidents
- Elected by the Regional Council (1970–1995)
Name | Term of office | Political party | Legislature | ||
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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 | ||
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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– ) |
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) | ||
12 | Giovanni Chiodi (1961– ) |
3 January 2009 |
10 June 2014 |
5 years, 158 days | The People of Freedom | MpA
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IX (2008) | ||
13 | Luciano D'Alfonso (1965– ) |
10 June 2014 |
10 August 2018[b] |
4 years, 61 days | Democratic Party | PD–CD–SEL–IdV | X (2014) | ||
12 | Marco Marsilio (1968– ) |
23 February 2019 |
Incumbent | 5 years, 62 days | Brothers of Italy | Lega–FI–FdI–AP–UDC | XI (2019) | ||
TBD | FdI–FI–Lega–NM | XII (2024) |
Legislative branch
The Regional Council of Abruzzo (Consiglio Regionale dell'Abruzzo) is composed of 40 members. 32 councillors are elected in
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
This section needs to be updated.(December 2022) |
Provinces
Province | Inhabitants[4] | President | Party | Election | |
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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
Provincial capitals
Municipality | Inhabitants[4] | Mayor | Party | Election | |
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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
Latest regional election
The 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.
Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | |||
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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
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Istat. Retrieved 26 March 2018.