Politics of Umbria

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The Politics of Umbria, one of the twenty regions 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 Regional Council 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 is in force since 2005.

After World War II Umbria became a stronghold of the Italian Communist Party and of its successors: the Democratic Party of the Left, the Democrats of the Left and finally the Democratic Party.

Legislative branch

Main article: Regional Council of Umbria

The Regional Council of Umbria (Consiglio Regionale dell'Umbria) is composed of 30 members. 24 councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while 6 councillors (elected in bloc) come from a "regional list", including the President-elect. One seat is reserved for the candidate who comes second. If a coalition wins more than 50% of the total seats in the Council with PR, only 3 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 26. If the winning coalition receives less than 40% of votes special seats are added to the Council to ensure a large majority for the President's coalition.

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, simul cadent prevision introduced in 1999 (literally they will stand together or they will fall together), also the Council is dissolved and a snap election is called.

2010–2015 composition

Distribution of Seats in the Regional Council
Political Group	Leader	2010	Now
Democratic Party	Renato Locchi	13	13
The People of Freedom	Raffaele Nevi	8	8
Lega Nord	Gianluca Cirignoni	1	1
Italy of Values	Oliviero Bruno Dottorini	2	2
Union of the Centre	Sandra Monacelli	2	2
Federation of the Left	Damiano Stufara	2	2
Italian Socialist Party	Massimo Buconi	2	2

Executive branch

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 members (Assessori), who are currently 9, including a Vice President.

2010–2015 composition

Party	Members
Democratic Party	President and a 5 assessors
Italy of Values	1 assessor
Federation of the Left	1 assessor
Italian Socialist Party	1 assessor

List of Presidents

Main article: List of Presidents of Umbria

Presidents of Umbria
President	Party	Term	Legislature
Pietro Conti	PCI	1970–1975	I Legislature
Pietro Conti	PCI	1975–1976	II Legislature
Germano Marri	PCI	1976–1980	II Legislature
Germano Marri	PCI	1980–1985	III Legislature
Germano Marri	PCI	1985–1987	IV Legislature
Francesco Mandarini	PCI	1987–1990	IV Legislature
Francesco Mandarini	PCI/PDS	1990–1992	V Legislature
Francesco Ghirelli	PDS	1992–1993	V Legislature
Claudio Carnieri	PDS	1993–1995	V Legislature
Bruno Bracalente	PDS/DS	1995–2000	VI Legislature
Maria Rita Lorenzetti	DS	2000–2005	VII Legislature
Maria Rita Lorenzetti	DS/PD	2005–2010	VIII Legislature
Catiuscia Marini	PD	since 2010	IX Legislature

Local government

Provinces

Umbria is divided in two provinces, which have been a traditional heartland of the left, from the Italian Communist Party to the current Democratic Party.

Province	Inhabitants	President		Party	Election
Perugia	671,821		Marco Vinicio Giustacchi	Democratic Party	2009
Terni	234,665		Feliciano Poli	Democratic Party	2009

Municipalities

Umbria is also divided in 92 comuni (municipalities), most of which were established in the Middle Ages. A large majority of them are controlled by the Democratic Party.

Municipality	Inhabitants	Mayor		Party	Election
Perugia	168,169		Wladimiro Boccali	Democratic Party	2009
Terni	113,324		Leopoldo De Girolamo	Democratic Party	2009
Foligno	58,162		Nando Mismetti	Democratic Party	2009
Città di Castello	40,567		Luciano Bacchetta	Democratic Party	2011
Spoleto	39,574		Daniele Benedetti	Democratic Party	2009
Gubbio	32,998		Daniele Guerini	Democratic Party	2011
Assisi	28,143		Claudio Ricci	The People of Freedom	2011
Orvieto	21,130		Antonio Concina	The People of Freedom	2009
Narni	20,331		Francesco De Rebotti	Democratic Party	2012

Parties and elections

Last regional election

Main article: Umbrian regional election, 2010

In the last regional election, which took place on 28–29 March 2010, Catiuscia Marini (Democratic Party) defeated Fiammetta Modena (The People of Freedom) by a landslide.

Candidates & parties	votes	votes (%)	seats reg. list	seats prov. lists
Catiuscia Marini	257,458	57.2	6	13
Democratic Party	149,219	36.2	→	9
Italy of Values	34,393	8.3	→	1
Federation of the Left	28,331	6.9	→	2
Italian Socialist Party	17,167	4.2	→	1
Left Ecology Freedom	13,980	3.4	→	-
Fiammetta Modena	169,568	37.7	1	9
The People of Freedom	133,531	32.4	→	8
Lega Nord Umbria	17,887	4.3	→	1
Paola Binetti	22,756	5.0	1	-
Union of the Centre	18,072	4.4	→	-
Total	449,782	100.0	11	19

Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections

External links

• Umbria Region
• Regional Council of Umbria
• Statute of Umbria