Politics of Umbria

The Politics of Umbria, one of the twenty first-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic, 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 9, including a Vice President. [http://www.regione.umbria.it/canale.asp?id=123]

Current composition

List of Presidents

Legislative branch

The Regional Council of Umbria ("Consiglio Regionale della Umbria") is composed of 30 members, of which 23 are elected in provincial constituencies with proportional representation, 6 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 3 candidates from the "regional list" will be elected and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 26.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]

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.

Current composition

Elections

Last regional election

In the last regional election, which took place on 3-4 April 2005, incumbent Maria Rita Lorenzetti (Democrats of the Left, then Democratic Party) defeated Pietro Laffranco (National Alliance) by a landslide. [http://elezionistorico.interno.it/listeRegionaliCompleta.php?tp=R&dt=03/04/2005&cta=I&tpEnte=R&tpSeg=R&numEnte=10&sut1=10&sut2=0&sut3=0&descEnte=%20Regione:%20UMBRIA&descArea=&codTipoSegLeader=]

Other elections

References

External links

* [http://www.regione.umbria.it/ Umbria Region]
* [http://www.crumbria.it/ Regional Council of Umbria]
* [http://www.regione.umbria.it/canale.asp?id=147 Constitution of Umbria]