Politics of Liguria

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The Politics of Liguria , 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 11, including a Vice President. [1]

List of presidents

Presidents elected by the Regional Council (1970–1995)
#NameTerm of officePolitical partyLegislature
1Gianni Dagnino15 September 197014 April 1975 DC I (1970)
2Giorgio Luciano Verda14 April 197529 July 1975 DC
3 Angelo Carossino 29 July 19754 July 1979 PCI II (1975)
4 Armando Magliotto 4 July 197928 October 1980 PCI
5Giovanni Persico28 October 198027 September 1981 PRI III (1980)
6Alberto Teardo27 September 198125 May 1983 PSI
7Rinaldo Magnani25 May 19839 October 1985 PSI
9 October 198514 March 1990IV (1985)
8Renzo Muratore14 March 199028 September 1990 PSI
9 Giacomo Gualco 28 September 199014 January 1992 DC V (1990)
10Edmondo Ferrero14 January 199220 July 1994 DC
11Giancarlo Mori20 July 19946 June 1995 PPI
Directly-elected presidents (since 1995)
N.PortraitPresidentTerm of officeTenure
(Years and days)
PartyCompositionLegislature
11 Giancarlo Mori.jpg Giancarlo Mori
(1938–2019)
6 June
1995
12 May
2000
4 years, 332 days Italian People's Party PDSPPIPdDFdV VI
(1995)
12 Sandro Mario Biasotti daticamera 2008.jpg Sandro Biasotti
(1948– )
12 May
2000
14 April
2005
4 years, 337 days Forza Italia FIANLNCDC VII
(2000)
13 Claudio Burlando daticamera.jpg Claudio Burlando
(1954– )
14 April
2005
7 April
2010
10 years, 58 days Democrats of the Left /
Democratic Party
Ulivo/PDPRCPdCIFdVIdV VIII
(2005)
7 April
2010
11 June
2015
PDIdVUDCFdSSELFdV IX
(2010)
14 Giovanni Toti in 2018.jpg Giovanni Toti
(1968– )
11 June
2015
12 October
2020
9 years, 45 days Forza Italia LNFIFdI X
(2015)
12 October
2020
26 July
2024
Cambiamo! /
Us Moderates
C!LegaFdIFI XI
(2020)
Alessandro Piana
(1972– )
26 July
2024
Incumbent97 days Lega C!LLFdIFI
15 Principe Alberto II di Monaco e Marco Bucci, Genova, 2023 - crop.jpg Marco Bucci
(1959– )
Elect Independent FdINMLLFI XII
(2024)

Legislative branch

The Regional Council of Liguria (Consiglio Regionale della Liguria) 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

ProvinceInhabitants [4] PresidentPartyElection
Metropolitan City of Genoa 840,934 Marco Bucci Independent (centre-right)2017
Province of Imperia 213,743 Fabio Natta Independent (centre-left)2015
Province of La Spezia 219,693 Giorgio Cozzani Independent (centre-right)2017
Province of Savona 276,261 Pierangelo Oliveri Independent (centre-right)2018

Municipalities

Provincial capitals

MunicipalityInhabitants [4] MayorPartyElection
Genoa 577,587 Marco Bucci Independent (centre-right)2017
Imperia 42,506 Claudio Scajola Independent (centre-right)2018
La Spezia 93,259 Pierluigi Peracchini Independent (centre-right)2017
Savona 60,469 Ilaria Caprioglio Independent (centre-right)2016

Parties and elections

Latest regional election

The latest regional election took place on 28–29 October 2024.

Marco Bucci, the independent centre-right mayor of Genoa, narrowly defeated former minister Andrea Orlando of the Democratic Party, retaining the region for the centre-right.

27–28 October 2024 Ligurian regional election results
2024 Liguria Regional Council.svg
2024 Ligurian Regional Council by coalition.svg
CandidatesVotes%SeatsPartiesVotes%Seats
Marco Bucci 291,09348.771 Brothers of Italy 84,81615.085
Bucci for President Liguria Wins53,2089.463
League 47,6528.473
Forza Italia 44,8497.983
Ligurian Pride32,0615.703
Union of the Centre 7,2941.30
Popular Alternative 1,9290.34
Total271,80948.3417
Andrea Orlando 282,66947.361 Democratic Party 160,06328.478
Greens and Left Alliance 34,7166.172
Andrea Orlando List29,8085.301
Five Star Movement 25,6594.561
Civic Reformist Pact9,8131.75
Head-on Ligurians9,1271.62
Total269,18647.8712
Nicola Morra5,2230.88 United for the Constitution 4,9220.88
Nicola Rollando5,0790.85For the Alternative4,9200.87
Francesco Toscano5,0710.85 Sovereign Popular Democracy 4,7090.84
Marco Ferrando 2,0990.35 Workers' Communist Party 1,8130.32
Maria Antonietta Cella2,0760.35 Northern People’s Party 1,6740.30
Davide Felice1,8550.31Force of the People1,6960.30
Alessandro Rosson1,6680.28 Independence! 1,5700.28
Total candidates596,833100.002Total parties562,299100.0029
Blank and invalid votes15,9152.58
Registered voters/turnout1,341,69345.97
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Election in Liguria

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References

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  2. La Repubblica – Regional electoral law
  3. Regional Council of Lombardy – 1999 Constitutional law
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