Politics of Umbria

The politics of Umbria , a region 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.

After World War II Umbria became a stronghold of the Italian Communist Party. The Communists and their successors (the Democratic Party of the Left, the Democrats of the Left and finally the Democratic Party) have governed the region since 1970. For these reasons, Umbria was long considered part of the so-called "Red belt". ^{[1] [2] [3]} The centre-left's dominance ended with the 2019 regional election, in which Donatella Tesei of Lega Nord–Umbria was elected President of Umbria by a landslide. ^{[4] [5]}

Executive branch

Palazzo Donini in Perugia is the seat of the Regional Cabinet.

Palazzo Broletto in Perugia houses many offices of the regional government.

The Regional Cabinet (Giunta Regionale) is presided by the President of the Region (Presidente della Regione), who is elected for a five-year term, and is currently composed by 6 members: the President and 5 regional Assessors, including a Vice President (Vice Presidente). ^[6]

Current composition

Stefania Proietti was officially sworn in as President on 2 December 2024. Current executive was officially sworn in on 18 December 2024. ^[7]

Party			Members
	Democratic Party	PD	Vice President and 2 assessors
	Greens and Left Alliance	AVS	1 assessor
	Five Star Movement	M5S	1 assessor

Assessor	Party		Delegate for
Tommaso Bori (vice president)		PD	Finance and budget, cultural heritage
Francesco De Rebotti		PD	Economic development, public transports, labour
Simona Meloni		PD	Agricolture, parks and territory, tourism, hunting and fishing, sport
Fabio Barcaioli		AVS	Education, welfare and social housing
Thomas De Luca		M5S	Environment and climate change, green energy, waste management

List of presidents

Main article: List of presidents of Umbria

President			Term of office		Party	Coalition	Administration	Legislature
Presidents elected by the Regional Council of Umbria (1970–1995)
1		Pietro Conti (1928–1988)	8 June 1970	16 June 1975	PCI	PCI  • PSI  • PSIUP	Conti I	I (1970)
			16 June 1975	5 July 1976		PCI  • PSI	Conti II	II (1975)
2		Germano Marri (b. 1932)	5 July 1976	9 June 1980	PCI	PCI  • PSI	Marri I
			9 June 1980	13 May 1985			Marri II	III (1980)
			13 May 1985	11 May 1987			Marri III	IV (1985)
3		Francesco Mandarini (1942–2022)	11 May 1987	17 July 1990	PCI PDS	PCI  • PSI	Mandarini I
			17 July 1990	22 July 1992			Mandarini II	V (1990)
4		Francesco Ghirelli (b. 1948)	22 July 1992	31 March 1993	PDS	PDS  • PSI	Ghirelli
5		Claudio Carnieri (b. 1944)	31 March 1993	5 June 1995	PDS	PDS  • PSI	Carnieri
Directly-elected Presidents (since 1995)
6		Bruno Bracalente (b. 1949)	5 June 1995	17 April 2000	PDS DS	PDS  • PRC  • PPI	Bracalente	VI (1995)
7		Maria Rita Lorenzetti (b. 1953)	17 April 2000	5 April 2005	DS PD	DS  • PRC  • PPI	Lorenzetti I	VII (2000)
			5 April 2005	16 April 2010		DS  • DL  • PRC  • PdCI	Lorenzetti II	VIII (2005)
8		Catiuscia Marini (b. 1967)	16 April 2010	10 June 2015	PD	PD  • IdV  • FdS	Marini I	IX (2010)
			10 June 2015	28 May 2019 [8]		PD  • PSI  • SEL	Marini II	X (2015)
9		Donatella Tesei (b. 1958)	11 November 2019	2 December 2024	LN	LN  • FdI  • FI	Tesei	XI (2019)
10		Stefania Proietti (b. 1975)	2 December 2024	Incumbent	Ind.	PD  • M5S  • AVS	Proietti	XII (2024)

Legislative branch

Main article: Legislative Assembly of Umbria

The Legislative Assembly of Umbria (Assemblea Legislativa dell'Umbria) is composed of 21 members. 19 councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while the remaining two are the elected President and the candidate for president who comes second. The winning coalition wins a bonus of seats in order to make sure the elected president has a majority in the assembly.

The assembly 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 (literally they will stand together or they will fall together) clause introduced in the Italian Constitution in 1999 and later incorporate in the Statute of Umbria, also the assembly is dissolved and an early election is called.

Current composition

The Legislative Assembly is currently composed of the following political groups:

Party		Seats	Status
	Democratic Party (PD)	9 / 21	In government
	Brothers of Italy (FdI)	3 / 21	In opposition
	Forza Italia (FI)	2 / 21	In opposition
	League (Lega)	2 / 21	In opposition
	Umbria Tomorrow (UD)	2 / 21	In government
	Five Star Movement (M5S)	1 / 21	In government
	Greens and Left Alliance (AVS)	1 / 21	In government
	Tesei for President	1 / 21	In opposition

By coalition:

Coalition		Seats	Status
	Centre-left coalition	13 / 21	Government
	Centre-right coalition	8 / 21	Opposition

Local government

Provinces

Province	Inhabitants	President		Party	Election
Perugia	671,821		Stefania Proietti	Independent	2021
Terni	234,665		Laura Pernazza	Independent	2021

Municipalities

Umbria is also divided in 92 comuni (municipalities), most of which were established in the Middle Ages.

Provincial capitals

Municipality	Inhabitants	Mayor		Party	Election
Perugia	168,169		Vittoria Ferdinandi	Independent (PD)	2024
Terni	113,324		Stefano Bandecchi	Popular Alternative	2023

Other municipalities

Cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants.

Municipality	Inhabitants	Mayor		Party	Election
Foligno	55,328		Stefano Zuccarini	Lega	2024
Città di Castello	38,337		Luca Secondi	Democratic Party	2021
Spoleto	36,091		Andrea Sisti	Democratic Party	2021
Gubbio	30,339		Vittorio Fiorucci	Independent (FI)	2024
Assisi	28,143		Stefania Proietti	Independent (PD)	2021
Bastia Umbra	21,190		Erigo Pecci	Democratic Party	2024
Corciano	21,485		Lorenzo Pierotti	Democratic Party	2023

Parties and elections

Main article: Elections in Umbria

Latest regional election

Main article: 2024 Umbrian regional election

In the latest regional election, which took place on 17–18 November 2024, Stefania Proietti (an independent supported by the Democratic Party) was elected President of Umbria by defeating incumbent President Donatella Tesei (Lega Umbria).

17–18 November 2024 Umbrian regional election results

Results by party Results by coalition
Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Stefania Proietti	182,394	51.13	1		Democratic Party	97,089	30.23	9
						Five Star Movement	15,125	4.71	1
						Umbria Tomorrow – Proietti for President	15,084	4.70	1
						Greens and Left Alliance	13,750	4.28	1
						Umbria for Public Healthcare	7,819	2.43	–
						Future Umbria	7,402	2.30	–
						Umbrian Civics	5,025	1.56	–
					Total		161,294	50.23	12
	Donatella Tesei	164,727	46.17	1		Brothers of Italy	62,419	19.44	3
						Forza Italia	31,128	9.69	2
						League	24,729	7.70	1
						Tesei for President	16,023	4.99	1
						Us Moderates	9,229	2.87	–
						Popular Alternative	6,939	2.16	–
						Union of the Centre	1,432	0.45	–
					Total		151,899	47.30	7
	Marco Rizzo	3,946	1.11	–		Sovereign Popular Democracy	1,793	0.56	–
						Reformist Alternative for Rizzo	1,286	0.40	–
					Total		3,079	0.96	–
	Martina Leonardi	1,901	0.53	–		Together for a Resistant Umbria	1,556	0.48	–
	Moreno Pasquinelli	993	0.28	–		Dissident Front	896	0.28	–
	Giuseppe Paolone	866	0.24	–		Force of the People	763	0.24	–
	Elia Francesco Fiorini	840	0.24	–		Alternative for Umbria	746	0.23	–
	Giuseppe Tritto	837	0.23	–		United Humans Together	729	0.23	–
	Fabrizio Pignalberi	253	0.07	–		More Sovereign Italy	109	0.03	–
						Fifth Pole for Italy	67	0.02	–
					Total		176	0.05	–
Total candidates		356,757	100.00	2	Total parties		321,138	100.00	19
Blank and invalid votes		10,046
Registered voters/turnout		701,367	52.30
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Election in Umbria

References

1. Ceccarini, Luigi; Newell, James L. (2019). The Italian General Election of 2018: Italy in Uncharted Territory. Springer. p. 252. ISBN   9783030136178 . Retrieved 15 October 2019.
2. Newell, James L. (2010). The Politics of Italy: Governance in a Normal Country. Cambridge University Press. p. 229. ISBN   9781139788892 . Retrieved 15 October 2019.
3. Barbieri, Giovanni (2012). "The Northern League in the 'Red Belt' of Italy" (PDF). Bulletin of Italian Politics. 4 (2). University of Glasgow: 277–294. ISSN   1759-3077 . Retrieved 15 October 2019.
4. Giuffrida, Angela (28 October 2019). "Salvini's coalition sweeps to power in Umbria elections". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
5. "Centre-right wins Umbria election with landslide - English". ANSA.it. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
6. "Giunta Regionale". Regione Umbria (in Italian). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
7. PerugiaToday (18 December 2024). "Regione Umbria, ufficiale: la nuova giunta di Stefania Proietti, i nomi degli assessori e le deleghe" [Umbria Region, it's official: the new executive of Stefania Proietti] (in Italian). Retrieved 24 December 2024.
8. Resigned. The post was held by the vice-president Fabio Paparelli (PD) till a new regional election was called.

External links

• Umbria Region
• Legislative Assembly of Umbria
• Statute of Umbria