Politics of Abruzzo

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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.

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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)
NameTerm of officePolitical partyLegislature
1 Ugo Crescenzi 3 September 197023 March 1972 DC I (1970)
2Giustino De Cecco23 March 197216 July 1973 DC
(1) Ugo Crescenzi 16 July 197331 May 1974 DC
(2)Giustino De Cecco31 May 19748 October 1975 DC
3Felice Spadaccini8 October 19751 March 1977 DC II (1975)
4Romeo Riciuti1 March 19778 October 1980 DC
8 October 198030 November 1981III (1980)
5Anna Nena D'Antonio30 November 198113 May 1983 DC
(3)Felice Spadaccini13 May 19831 October 1985 DC
6Emilio Mattucci1 October 19851 August 1990 DC IV (1985)
7 Rocco Salini 1 August 199013 October 1992 DC V (1990)
8Vincenzo Del Colle13 October 199229 May 1995 DC
Directly-elected presidents (since 1995)
N.PortraitPresidentTerm of officeTenure
(Years and days)
PartyCompositionLegislature
9 Antonio Falconio.jpg Antonio Falconio
(1938–2021)
29 May
1995
18 May
2000
4 years, 355 days Italian People's Party PDSPRCPPIPdDFdV VI
(1995)
10 Giovanni Pace daticamera 1996.jpg Giovanni Pace
(1933–2018)
18 May
2000
22 April
2005
4 years, 339 days National Alliance FIANCDCCDU VII
(2000)
11 Del Turco 2001.jpg Ottaviano Del Turco
(1944–2024)
22 April
2005
13 July
2008 [a]
3 years, 82 days Italian Democratic Socialists/
Democratic Party
DSDLSDIPRCUDEURPdCIFdV VIII
(2005)
12 Domenico Casalino Giovanni Chiodi donazione 200 PC post sisma (cropped).jpg Giovanni Chiodi
(1961– )
3 January
2009
10 June
2014
5 years, 158 days The People of Freedom PdLMpA IX
(2008)
13 Luciano D'Alfonso datisenato 2018 (cropped).jpg Luciano D'Alfonso
(1965– )
10 June
2014
10 August
2018 [b]
4 years, 61 days Democratic Party PDCDSELIdV X
(2014)
12 Marco Marsilio datisenato 2018 (cropped).jpg Marco Marsilio
(1968– )
23 February
2019
10 April
2024
5 years, 353 days Brothers of Italy LegaFIFdIAPUDC XI
(2019)
10 April
2024
Incumbent FdIFILegaNM XII
(2024)

Legislative branch

The 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

Provinces

Council room of the Province of Chieti Council room of the Province of Chieti.jpg
Council room of the Province of Chieti
ProvinceInhabitants [4] PresidentPartyElection
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

MunicipalityInhabitants [4] MayorPartyElection
Chieti 50,694Diego 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.

10 March 2024 Abruzzo regional election results
Abruzzo Regional Council 2024.svg
CandidatesVotes %SeatsPartiesVotes %Seats
Marco Marsilio 326,66053.501 Brothers of Italy 139,57824.108
Forza Italia 77,84113.444
League 43,8167.562
Marsilio for President33,1025.722
Us Moderates 15,5162.681
Union of the CentreChristian Democracy 6,7841.17
Total316,63754.6717
Luciano D'Amico284,74846.501 Democratic Party 117,49720.296
Abruzzo Together44,3537.662
Five Star Movement 40,6297.012
Action–Socialists Populars Reformists23,1564.001
Greens and Left Alliance 20,6553.571
Reformists and Civics16,2752.81
Total262,56545.3312
Invalid votes18,197
Total candidates612,408100.002Total parties579,202100.0029
Registered voters1,208,20751.19
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Results

Notes

  1. Resigned after a corruption scandal. His deputy Enrico Paolini (PD) held the office till a new regional election was called.
  2. 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

  1. Regione Abruzzo - Giunta Regionale
  2. La Repubblica – Regional electoral law
  3. "Regional Council of Lombardy – 1999 Constitutional law" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
  4. 1 2 "Bilancio demografico anno 2018 (October 2018)". Istat . Retrieved 26 March 2018.