Regional Council of Veneto
| Regional Council of Veneto | |
|---|---|
| 9th Legislature | |
| Type | |
| Type |
Unicameral |
| Leadership | |
President | |
| Seats | 60 |
| Elections | |
Last election | 29 March 2010 |
| Meeting place | |
| Palazzo Ferro Fini, Venice | |
| Website | |
| http://www.consiglioveneto.it | |
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The Regional Council of Veneto (Consiglio Regionale del Veneto) is the regional parliament of Veneto.
It was first elected in 1970, when the ordinary Regions were instituted, on the basis of the Constitution of Italy of 1948.
Composition
The Regional Council of Veneto (Consiglio Regionale del Veneto) is composed of 60 members, of which 47 are elected in provincial constituencies with proportional representation, 12 from the so-called "regional list" of the elected President and the last one is for the candidate for President who comes second, who usually becomes the leader of the opposition in the Council. If a coalition wins more than 55% of the vote, only 6 candidates from the "regional list" will be elected and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 53.[1]
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.[1]
Currently the President of the Council is Clodovaldo Ruffato.
Current composition
| Distribution of Seats in the Regional Council | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Group | Leader | 2010 | 2015 |
| Venetian Democratic Party | Laura Puppato/ Lucio Tiozzo |
14 | 10 |
| Liga Veneta–Lega Nord | Federico Caner | 20 | 7 |
| New Centre-Right Autonomous Veneto | Giancarlo Conta | – | 7 |
| The People of Freedom–Forza Italia[2] | Dario Bond | 17 | 5 |
| Forza Italia | Leonardo Padrin | – | 5 |
| Tosi List for Veneto (Venetian Commitment)[3] | Francesco Piccolo | – | 3 |
| Popular Future | Stefano Valdegamberi | – | 3 |
| Veneto First | Giovanni Furlanetto | – | 3 |
| Family–Pensioners (Toward North–Venetian People)[4] | Diego Bottacin[5] | – | 3 |
| Civic Veneto[6] | Giuseppe Berlato Sella | – | 3 |
| Zaia President[7] | Gianpiero Possamai | – | 3 |
| Italy of Values | Gustavo Franchetto/ Antonino Pipitone |
3 | 2 |
| Union of the Centre | Stefano Valdegamberi/ Stefano Peraro |
3 | 1 |
| Federation of the Left | Pietrangelo Pettenò | 1 | 1 |
| North-East Union | Mariangelo Foggiato/ Rolando Bortoluzzi |
1 | 1 |
| Bortolussi President | Giuseppe Bortolussi[5] | 1 | 1 |
| Mixed Group | – | – | 2 |
Sources: Regional Council of Veneto – Groups and Regional Council of Veneto – Members
Presidents
| Presidents of the Regional Council of Veneto | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Party | Term | Legislature |
| Vito Orcalli | DC | 1970–1974 | I Legislature |
| Giancarlo Gambaro | DC | 1974–1975 | I Legislature |
| Giancarlo Gambaro | DC | 1975 | II Legislature |
| Bruno Marchetti | PSI | 1975–1980 | II Legislature |
| Bruno Marchetti | PSI | 1980–1985 | III Legislature |
| Francesco Guidolin | DC | 1985–1990 | IV Legislature |
| Amalia Sartori | PSI | 1990 | V Legislature |
| Umberto Carraro | PSI | 1990–1995 | V Legislature |
| Amalia Sartori | FI | 1995–2000 | VI Legislature |
| Enrico Cavaliere | LV | 2000–2005 | VII Legislature |
| Marino Finozzi | LV | 2005–2010 | VIII Legislature |
| Clodovaldo Ruffato | PdL | 2010–... | IX Legislature |
Source: Regional Council of Veneto
See also
- Members of the Regional Council of Veneto, 2005–10
- Regional Council (Italy)
- Government of Veneto
- Politics of Veneto
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.consiglio.regione.lombardia.it/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=PRI.1046.1&p_p_id=20&p_p_action=1&p_p_state=exclusive&p_p_col_id=null&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=3&_20_struts_action=%2Fdocument_library%2Fget_file&_20_folderId=69&_20_name=l+cost+199_PDF.pdf
- ↑ From November 2013, when The People of Freedom was disbanded and its members joined either "Forza Italia" or "New Centre-Right", to February 2014 the group was named as "The People of Freedom – New Centre Right". In February 2014 the group was finally renamed "The People of Freedom – Forza Italia for Veneto".
- ↑ The group was originally named "Venetian Commitment" and changed its name to "Tosi List for Veneto" two weeks after its launch.
- ↑ The group was originally named "Toward North–Venetian People" and changed its name to "Family–Pensioners" a week after its launch.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Giuseppe Bortolussi, Diego Bottacin and Andrea Causin had been members of Toward North. Both Bottacin and Causin later joined Civic Choice.
- ↑ Civic Veneto, composed of three Democratic councillors, was formed as a technical group in order to validate the slates of a civic list in support of the PD and the Democratic candidate, Alessandra Moretti, in the 2015 regional election. Similar groups were formed by supporters of Luca Zaia and Flavio Tosi.
- ↑ Zaia President, composed of three councillors of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord, was formed as a technical group in order to validate the slates of a civic list in support of the party and the its candidate, incumbent President Luca Zaia, in the 2015 regional election. Similar groups were formed by supporters of Alessandra Moretti and Flavio Tosi.