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The Politics of Aosta Valley , Italy since 1946 has taken place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democracy, whereby the president of Aosta Valley has been the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. The regional government has exercised legislative power, vested in both the government and the Regional Council of Aosta Valley.
The regional government (Italian : Giunta Regionale, French : Junte régionale) executive power has been presided[ when? ] by the president of the region (Italian : Presidente della Regione, French : Président de la région) and has been composed by the president and the assessors (Italian : Assessori, French : Assesseurs), who are currently 7. [1]
Presidents of the Aosta Valley region | ||||
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President | Party | Term | Legislature | |
Federico Chabod | Action Party | 10 January 1946 – 24 October 1946 | Provisional | |
Severino Caveri | Valdostan Union | 24 October 1946 – 20 May 1949 | ||
20 May 1949 – 8 December 1954 | I Legislature | |||
Vittorino Bondaz | Christian Democracy | 8 December 1954 – 16 June 1959 | II Legislature | |
Oreste Marcoz | Valdostan Union | 16 June 1959 – 24 November 1963 | III Legislature | |
Severino Caveri | Valdostan Union | 24 November 1963 – 30 May 1966 | IV Legislature | |
Cesare Bionaz | Christian Democracy | 30 May 1966 1966 – 20 May 1968 | ||
20 May 1968 – 1 July 1969 | V Legislature | |||
Mauro Bordon | Christian Democracy | 1 July 1969 – 7 April 1970 | ||
Cesare Dujany | Popular Democrats | 7 April 1970 – 19 July 1973 | ||
19 July 1973 – 15 November 1974 | VI Legislature | |||
Mario Andrione | Valdostan Union | 20 December 1974 – 18 July 1978 | ||
18 July 1978 – 20 July 1983 | VII Legislature | |||
20 July 1983 – 4 January 1984 | VIII Legislature | |||
Augusto Rollandin | Valdostan Union | 4 January 1984 – 26 July 1988 | ||
26 July 1988 – 25 June 1990 | IX Legislature | |||
Gianni Bondaz | Christian Democracy | 25 June 1990 – 3 June 1992 | ||
Ilario Lanivi | Independent Autonomists | 3 June 1992 – 29 June 1993 | ||
Dino Viérin | Valdostan Union | 29 June 1993 – 29 June 1998 | X Legislature | |
29 June 1998 – 18 December 2002 | XI Legislature | |||
Roberto Louvin | Valdostan Union | 18 December 2002 – 7 July 2003 | ||
Carlo Perrin | Valdostan Union | 7 July 2003 – 4 July 2005 | XII Legislature | |
Luciano Caveri | Valdostan Union | 4 July 2005 – 30 June 2008 | ||
Augusto Rollandin | Valdostan Union | 30 June 2008 – 30 June 2013 | XIII Legislature | |
30 June 2013 – 10 March 2017 | XIV Legislature | |||
Pierluigi Marquis | Edelweiss | 10 March 2017 – 11 October 2017 | ||
Laurent Viérin | Progressive Valdostan Union | 11 October 2017 – 27 June 2018 | ||
Nicoletta Spelgatti | Northern League Aosta Valley | 27 June 2018 – 10 December 2018 | XV Legislature | |
Antonio Fosson | For Our Valley | 10 December 2018 – 16 December 2019 | ||
Renzo Testolin (acting) | Valdostan Union | 16 December 2019 – 21 October 2020 | ||
Erik Lavévaz | Valdostan Union | 21 October 2020 – present | XVI Legislature |
Source: Regional Government of Aosta Valley – Governments since 1946
The Regional Council of Aosta Valley (Italian : Consiglio regionale della Valle d'Aosta, French : Conseil de la Vallée) is composed of 35 members. The council is elected for a five-year term. His president since October 2020 is Alberto Bertin, Democratic Party.
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Parties | Votes | % | Seats | |
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League | 15,837 | 23.90 | 11 | |
Valdostan Union | 10,470 | 15.80 | 7 | |
Civic Progressive Project | 10,106 | 15.25 | 7 | |
Valdostan Alliance – Edelweiss – Italia Viva | 5,880 | 8.87 | 4 | |
United Aosta Valley | 5,397 | 8.14 | 3 | |
For the Autonomy | 4,212 | 6.36 | 3 | |
Forza Italia – Brothers of Italy | 3,761 | 5.68 | 0 | |
Renaissance | 3,289 | 4.98 | 0 | |
Five Star Movement | 2,589 | 3.91 | 0 | |
Sovereign Aosta Valley Country | 1,876 | 2.83 | 0 | |
Future Aosta Valley | 1,761 | 2.66 | 0 | |
Free Aosta Valley – Animalist Party | 1,084 | 1.64 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 66,283 | 91.17 | – | |
Blank votes | 2,642 | 3.63 | – | |
Invalid votes | 3,777 | 5.20 | – | |
Total | 72,702 | 100.00 | 35 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 103,127 | 70.50 | – | |
Source: Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley – Results |
Candidate | Party or alliance | Votes | % | |||
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Franco Manes | VdA–CSX | UV | 20,763 | 38.63 | ||
Emily Rini | CDX | FI | 16,016 | 29.80 | ||
Giovanni Girardini | none | Ren | 6,398 | 11.90 | ||
Erika Guichardaz | Open VdA [lower-alpha 1] | AD–GA | 5,841 | 10.87 | ||
Loredana Ronc | ISP | TBA | 2,302 | 4.28 | ||
Loredana De Rosa | UP | TBA | 1,375 | 2.56 | ||
Davide Ianni | UP | PCI | 1,051 | 1.96 | ||
Total | 53,746 | 100.00 | ||||
Valid votes | 53,746 | 90.34 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 5,744 | 9.66 | ||||
Total votes | 59,490 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 98,187 | 60.59 | ||||
Source: [2] [3] |
Candidate | Party or alliance | Votes | % | |||
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Nicoletta Spelgatti | CDX | Lega | 18,509 | 34.05 | ||
Patrik Vesan | VdA–CSX | PD | 18,282 | 33.63 | ||
Augusto Rollandin | none | PlA | 7,272 | 13.38 | ||
Daria Pulz | Open VdA [lower-alpha 1] | ADU | 5,448 | 10.02 | ||
Alessandro Bichini | ISP | TBA | 1,569 | 2.89 | ||
Francesco Lucat | UP | PRC | 1,311 | 2.41 | ||
Guglielmo Leray | UP | PCI | 1,051 | 1.93 | ||
Larisa Bargan | Vita | TBA | 917 | 1.69 | ||
Total | 54,359 | 100.00 | ||||
Valid votes | 54,359 | 91.38 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 5,131 | 8.62 | ||||
Total votes | 59,490 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 98,187 | 60.59 | ||||
Source: [2] [4] |
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