Politics of Apulia
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The Politics of Apulia, 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.
Executive
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 14, including a Vice President.[1]
2010–2015 composition
| Members of the Regional Government | |
|---|---|
| Political Group | Seats |
| Democratic Party | Vice President and 6 assessors |
| Left Ecology Freedom | President and 2 assessors |
| Italy of Values | 1 assessor |
| Federation of the Left | 1 assessor |
| others/independents | 3 assessors |
Source: Apulia Region – Regional Government
List of Presidents
| Name | Term of office | Political Party | Legislature | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gennaro Trisorio Liuzzi | 1970 | 1975 | DC | I (1970) |
| 2 | Nicola Rotolo | 1975 | 1978 | DC | II (1975) |
| 3 | Nicola Quarta | 1978 | 1980 | DC | |
| 1980 | 1983 | III (1980) | |||
| 4 | Angelo Monfredi | 1983 | 1983 | DC | |
| (1) | Gennaro Trisorio Liuzzi | 1983 | 1 October 1985 | DC | |
| 5 | Salvatore Fitto | 1 October 1985 | 8 October 1990 | DC | IV (1985) |
| 6 | Michele Bellomo | 8 October 1990 | 10 June 1992 | DC | V (1990) |
| 7 | Cosimo Convertino | 10 June 1992 | 4 December 1992 | PSI | |
| 8 | Giovanni Copertino | 4 December 1992 | 10 August 1993 | DC | |
| 9 | Vito Savino | 10 August 1993 | 21 February 1994 | DC | |
| 10 | Giuseppe Martellotta | 21 February 1994 | 24 April 1995 | DC | |
| 11 | Salvatore Distasio | 24 April 1995 | 17 April 2000 | FI | VI (1995) |
| 12 | Raffaele Fitto | 17 April 2000 | 4 April 2005 | FI | VII (2000) |
| 13 | Nichi Vendola | 4 April 2005 | 30 March 2010 | PRC/SEL | VIII (2005) |
| 30 March 2010 | incumbent | IX (2010) | |||
Legislative branch
The Regional Council of Apulia (Consiglio Regionale della Puglia) is composed of 70 members and is elected with proportional representation plus a majority premium for the winning 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 vel simul cadent prevision (introduced in 1999), also the Council will be dissolved and there will be a fresh election.[3]
2010–2015 composition
| Seats in the Regional Council | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Group | Leader | Seats | |
| Democratic Party | 23 | ||
| The People of Freedom | 20 | ||
| Left Ecology Freedom | 11 | ||
| Italy of Values | 6 | ||
| Apulia First | 4 | ||
| Union of the Centre | 4 | ||
| civic lists | 8 | ||
Parties and elections
Latest regional election
In the latest regional election, which took place on 28–29 March 2010, the outgoing President Nichi Vendola of Left Ecology Freedom (SEL) was elected for a second-consecutive term, after having won the a primary election in which he beat a Democrat and having benefited from the split of the centre-right. Vendola's party, SEL, had a strong showing in the Region by coming third with 9.7% of the vote, after The People of Freedom (31.1%) and the Democratic Party (20.8%).
| Candidates & parties | votes | votes (%) | seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nichi Vendola | 1,036,638 | 48.69 | 46 |
| Democratic Party | 410,395 | 20.75 | 23 |
| Left Ecology Freedom (inc. PSI)[4] | 192,604 | 9.74 | 11 |
| Italy of Values | 127,865 | 6.47 | 6 |
| Apulia for Vendola | 109,382 | 5.53 | 6 |
| Federation of the Left–Greens | 64,441 | 3.26 | - |
| Bonino-Pannella List | 6,005 | 0.30 | - |
| Rocco Palese | 899,590 | 42.25 | 26 |
| The People of Freedom | 615,064 | 31.10 | 20 |
| Apulia First of All | 139,379 | 7.05 | 4 |
| The Apulians for Rocco Palese | 95,070 | 4.81 | 2 |
| Alliance of the Centre | 11,047 | 0.56 | 0 |
| Populars–UDEUR | 9,125 | 0.46 | 0 |
| Pensioners' Party | 4,777 | 0.24 | 0 |
| Adriana Poli Bortone | 185,370 | 8.71 | 4 |
| Union of the Centre | 128,542 | 6.50 | 4 |
| I South | 57,901 | 2.93 | - |
| Michele Rizzi | 7,376 | 0.35 | - |
| Communist Alternative Party | 5,834 | 0.30 | - |
| Total | 2,128,974 | 100.00 | 76 |
Sources: Apulia Region and Corriere della Sera
References
- ↑ QUIregione
- ↑ La Repubblica – Regional electoral law
- ↑ Regional Council of Lombardy – 1999 Constitutional law
- ↑ Four regional councillors out of the eleven elected by Left Ecology Freedom, including Onofrio Introna, President of the Regional Council, belong to the Italian Socialist Party. See http://www.partitosocialista.it/site/il-partito_consiglieri-regionali/491/consiglieri-regionali.aspx.
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