The politics of Italy are conducted through a parliamentary republic with a multi-party system. Italy has been a democratic republic since 2 June 1946,when the monarchy was abolished by popular referendum and a constituent assembly was elected to draft a constitution,which was promulgated on 1 January 1948.
Pier Luigi Bersani is an Italian politician and was Secretary of the Democratic Party (PD),Italy's leading centre-left party,from 2009 to 2013. Bersani was Minister of Industry,Commerce and Craftmanship from 1996 to 1999,President of Emilia-Romagna from 1993 to 1996,Minister of Transport from 1999 to 2001,and Minister of Economic Development from 2006 to 2008.
The Valdostan Union,also Valdostian Union or Valdotanian Union is a regionalist and centrist political party in Aosta Valley,Italy. It represents mainly the French-speaking minority in the region. One of its leading members,Renzo Testolin,has been the President of Aosta Valley since March 2023,replacing Erik Lavévaz,also of the UV.
The Sardinian Action Party is a Sardinian nationalist,regionalist and separatist political party in Sardinia. While being traditionally part of the Sardinian centre-left,the party has also sided with the centre-right coalition and,more recently,with the League.
Nicola "Nichi" Vendola is an Italian left-wing politician and LGBT activist who was a Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Apulia from 1992 to 2005 and President of Apulia from 2005 to 2015. He is one of the first openly LGBT Italian politicians and the first openly LGBT heads of a regional government in Italy.
Pier Ferdinando Casini is an Italian politician. He served as President of the Chamber of Deputies from 2001 to 2006.
Renato Soru is an Italian politician and entrepreneur. He is the founder of the internet service company Tiscali,based in Cagliari. Forbes listed Soru as one of the world's richest people,with a net worth of over $4 billion as of September 2001.
The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy. The party's secretary is Elly Schlein,elected in the 2023 leadership election,while the party's president is Stefano Bonaccini.
The Sardinian Reformers is a regionalist,and liberal-conservative political party in Sardinia,led by Michele Cossa. The party,which has always been part of the centre-right at the Sardinian regional level,is a keen supporter of the free market,competition,globalization and a two-party system.
The Sardinia Project was a social-democratic regionalist political party active in Sardinia,Italy.
The Sardinian regional election of 2009 took place on 15–16 February 2009.
The centre-right coalition is a political alliance of political parties in Italy active under several forms and names since 1994,when Silvio Berlusconi entered politics and formed the Forza Italia party. It has mostly competed with the centre-left coalition. It is composed of right-leaning parties in the Italian political arena,which generally advocate tax reduction and oppose immigration,and in some cases are eurosceptic.
The Sardinian regional election of 2014 took place on 16 February 2014.
The centre-left coalition is a political alliance of political parties in Italy active under several forms and names since 1995,when The Olive Tree was formed under the leadership of Romano Prodi. The centre-left coalition has ruled the country for more than fifteen years between 1996 and 2022;to do so,it had mostly to rely on a big tent that went from the more radical left-wing,which had more weight between 1996 and 2008,to the political centre,which had more weight during the 2010s,and its main parties were also part of grand coalitions and national unity governments.
Michele Emiliano is an Italian politician and former judge. He is the incumbent president of Apulia Region since June 2015,and he previously served as mayor of Bari from 2004 to 2014. Emiliano has often been considered a populist and regionalist politician.
The 2019 Sardinian regional election took place on 24 February 2019. The election was for all 59 elected seats of the Regional Council of Sardinia as well as the President of the Region who,along with the second placed presidential candidate,would also become members of the Regional Council.
The 2019 Italian by-elections were the elections called to fill seats of the Parliament that had become vacant after the 2018 general elections.
The 2019 Basilicata regional election took place on 24 March 2019. The election was for all 20 members of the Regional Council of Basilicata,as well as for the President of the Region,who is also a member of the council. This election was the last one in Italy before the 2019 European Parliament election and the third one of the 2019 Italian regional elections.
Christian Solinas is an Italian politician,leader of the Sardinian Action Party and President of Sardinia.
Nanni Campus is an Italian academic and politician,Mayor of Sassari from 2000 to 2005 and again since 2019.
