Lega Nord,whose complete name is Lega Nord per l'Indipendenza della Padania,is a right-wing,federalist,populist and conservative political party in Italy. Its current leader is Matteo Salvini. In the run-up of the 2018 general election,the party was rebranded as Lega,without changing its official name. The party was nonetheless frequently referred to only as "Lega" even before the rebranding,as well as Carroccio.
Nicola Zingaretti is an Italian politician who has served as President of Lazio since 2013 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.
Lega Marche,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.
The Union for Trentino is a regionalist,centrist and Christian-democratic political party active in Trentino,Italy. The party has its roots in the experience of Daisy Civic List and was founded on 7 June 2008. Most recently the party was led by Tiziano Mellarini,while its most recognisable leader has been Lorenzo Dellai.
The Politics of Umbria,one of the 20 regions of Italy,takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democracy,whereby the president of the region is the head of government,and of a pluriform multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in the Legislative Assembly of Umbria,while executive power is exercised by the Regional Cabinet led by the President,who is directly elected by the people. The current statute,which regulates the functioning of regional institutions,has been in force since 2005.
Alliance of the Centre,whose full name is Alliance of the Centre for the Territories,is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy.
Luca Coletto is a Venetist politician from Veneto,Italy.
Giorgia Meloni is an Italian journalist and politician. She has been the leader of the national-conservative party Brothers of Italy since 2014 and the president of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party since 2020. She has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy since 2006. She served as Minister of Youth in Silvio Berlusconi's fourth government (2008-2011) and was president of Young Action first and then of Young Italy,the youth sections of National Alliance and People of Freedom respectively.
Democratic Centre is a centrist,Christian leftist and social-liberal political party in Italy. Most of its members,including its leader Bruno Tabacci,are former Christian Democrats.
Stefano Bonaccini is an Italian politician and member of the Democratic Party (PD). He has been serving as the President of Emilia-Romagna since 24 November 2014.
Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna is an Italian politician.
Susanna Ceccardi is an Italian politician.
David Maria Sassoli was an Italian politician and journalist who served as the president of the European Parliament from 3 July 2019 until his death on 11 January 2022. Sassoli was first elected as a member of the European Parliament (MEP) in 2009.
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.
The 2020 Emilia-Romagna regional election took place in Emilia-Romagna,Italy,on 26 January 2020. The result was the victory of the centre-left coalition and the confirmation of Stefano Bonaccini as President of Emilia-Romagna,with more than 51% of votes,nearly doubling the number of votes received in 2014.
The 2020 Campanian regional election took place in Campania,Italy,on 20 and 21 September 2020. It was originally scheduled to take place on 31 May 2020,but it was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic in Italy.
The 2020 Italian by-elections are called to fill seats in the Parliament that became vacant after the 2018 general elections. In 2020,by-elections were held for the Chamber of Deputies the Senate of the Republic.
Io Resto in Calabria is a political association active in Calabria,Italy.
The 2022 Sicilian regional election for the renewal of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the election of the President of Sicily will be held by the end of 2022.
