Umbria is a region of central Italy. It includes Lake Trasimeno and Marmore Falls,and is crossed by the River Tiber. It is the only landlocked region on the Apennine Peninsula. The regional capital is Perugia.
Nicola Zingaretti is an Italian politician who served as President of Lazio and was Secretary of the Democratic Party from March 2019 until March 2021.
Primary elections were first introduced in Italy by Lega Nord in 1995,but were seldom used until before the 2005 regional elections.
The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy. The party's secretary is Enrico Letta,elected in March 2021,after the resignation of the former leader Nicola Zingaretti,while its president is Valentina Cuppi.
Maria Rita Lorenzetti is an Italian politician and a former President of the Italian region of Umbria. In 2000 she was elected governor of Umbria becoming the first woman to serve as governor of Umbria,the fifth woman to serve as governor in Italy,and the first woman directly elected as governor of an Italian region.
A snap election was held in Italy on 13–14 April 2008. The election came after President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved the Italian Parliament on 6 February 2008,following the defeat of the government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi in a January 2008 Senate vote of confidence and the unsuccessful tentative appointment of Franco Marini with the aim to change the current electoral law. Under Italian law,elections must be held within 70 days of the dissolution. The voting determined the leader of Italy's 62nd government since the end of World War II. The coalition led by ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from The People of Freedom party defeated that of former Mayor of Rome,Walter Veltroni of the Democratic Party.
Lega Umbria,whose complete name is Lega Umbria per Salvini Premier,is a regionalist political party active in Umbria. The party was a "national" section of Lega Nord (LN) from 1991 to 2000 and has been the regional section of Lega per Salvini Premier (LSP) in Umbria since 2020.
Flavio Delbono is an Italian politician and economist. He served as the mayor of Bologna from 25 June 2009 until 28 January 2010,when he was forced to resign as he was being investigated for crimes such as embezzlement,fraud and aggravated abuse of office following allegations made by his former lover.
The Umbrian regional election of 2010 took place on 28–29 March 2010.
The 2013 Italian general election was held on 24 and 25 February 2013 to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate of the Republic for the 17th Italian Parliament. The centre-left alliance Italy Common Good,led by the Democratic Party (PD),obtained a clear majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies thanks to a majority bonus that effectively trebled the number of seats assigned to the winning force and narrowly defeated the centre-right alliance of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in the popular vote. Close behind,the new anti-establishment Five Star Movement of comedian Beppe Grillo became the third force,well ahead of the centrist coalition of outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti. In the Senate,no political group or party won an outright majority,resulting in a hung parliament.
Vasco Errani is an Italian politician. He was a founding member of the Democratic Party (PD),which he has left on 22 February 2017,to join the Democratic and Progressive Movement,a party founded by the former PD left-wing minority. He has been President of Emilia-Romagna from 1999 to 2014,being the longest-serving one of all time. Errani is one of the longest-serving governors in the history of the Italian Republic.
Michaela Biancofiore is an Italian politician.
The Umbrian regional election of 2015 took place on 31 May 2015.
The 2019 Democratic Party leadership election was an open primary election held on 3 March 2019. The election was triggered by the resignation of Matteo Renzi on 12 March 2018,following the party's defeat at the 2018 general election. Vice Secretary Maurizio Martina was appointed Secretary in July 2018 by the National Assembly,but he resigned after few months to officially start the party's congress.
Raffaele Stancanelli is an Italian politician.
Andrea Romizi is an Italian politician,mayor of Perugia since 2014.
The 2019 Umbrian regional election took place on 27 October 2019. The election was for all 20 members of the Legislative Assembly of Umbria,as well as for the President of the Region,who is also a member of the Assembly.
Katia Tarasconi is an Italian politician,Mayor of Piacenza since 2022.
The 2023 Democratic Party leadership election will be an open primary election that will be held in Italy on 19 February 2023. The incumbent Democratic Party secretary Enrico Letta announced he would not stand for election after the results of the 2022 Italian general election on 25 September.
