Politics of Sardinia

The Politics of Sardinia (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 of Sardinia.

Executive

Main article: Government of Sardinia

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 12.

List of Presidents

Main article: List of Presidents of Sardinia

Elected by the Regional Council (1949–1994)

№	Name	Term of office		Political party		Legislature
1	Luigi Crespellani	31 May 1949	3 July 1953		DC	I (1949)
		3 July 1953	21 January 1954			II (1953)
2	Alfredo Corrias	21 January 1954	21 June 1955		DC
3	Giuseppe Brotzu	21 June 1955	2 July 1957		DC
		2 July 1957	13 November 1958			III (1957)
4	Efisio Corrias	13 November 1958	3 July 1961		DC
		3 July 1961	3 July 1965			IV (1961)
		3 July 1965	16 March 1966			V (1965)
5	Paolo Dettori	16 March 1966	14 February 1967		DC
6	Giovanni Del Rio	14 February 1967	3 July 1969		DC
		3 July 1969	2 February 1970			VI (1969)
7	Lucio Abis	2 February 1970	5 January 1971		DC
8	Antonio Giagu De Martini	5 January 1971	11 February 1972		DC
9	Pietro Soddu	11 February 1972	18 March 1972		DC
10	Salvator Angelo Spanu	18 March 1972	7 December 1972		DC
(8)	Antonio Gagiu De Martini	7 December 1972	10 December 1973		DC
(6)	Giovanni Del Rio	10 December 1973	3 July 1974		DC
		3 July 1974	8 May 1976			VII (1974)
(9)	Pietro Soddu	8 May 1976	31 July 1979		DC
11	Mario Puddu	31 July 1979	25 September 1979		DC	VIII (1979)
12	Alessandro Ghinami	15 September 1979	7 October 1980		PSDI
(9)	Pietro Soddu	7 October 1980	12 November 1980		DC
(11)	Mario Puddu	12 November 1980	4 December 1980		DC
13	Francesco Rais	4 December 1980	18 May 1982		PSI
14	Mario Melis	18 May 1982	16 June 1982		PSd'Az
15	Angelo Rojch	16 June 1982	24 August 1984		DC
(14)	Mario Melis	24 August 1984	8 August 1989		PSd'Az	IX (1984)
16	Mario Floris	8 August 1989	13 November 1991		DC	X (1989)
17	Antonello Cabras	13 November 1991	5 August 1994		PSI

Directly-elected presidents (since 1994)

N.	Portrait	President	Term of office		Tenure (Years and days)	Party		Coalition	Legislature
18		Federico Palomba (1937– )	5 August 1994	9 August 1999	5 years, 4 days		PDS	PDS–PRC–FD	XI (1994)
19		Mauro Pili (1966– )	9 August 1999	18 October 1999	70 days		FI	FI–AN–RS–CCD	XII (1999)
20		Gian Mario Selis (1944– )	18 October 1999	16 November 1999	29 days		PPI	PDS–PPI–FD–Dem–SDI–PRC
(16)		Mario Floris (1937– )	16 November 1999	25 October 2001	1 year, 343 days		UDR	PDS–DL–UDR–FD–Dem–SDI–PRC
(19)		Mauro Pili (1966– )	25 October 2001	28 August 2003	1 year, 307 days		FI	FI–AN–RS–CCD
21		Italo Masala (1937– )	28 August 2003	26 June 2004	303 days		AN
22		Renato Soru (1957– )	26 June 2004	27 February 2009	4 years, 246 days		DS PD	PD–PS–PRC–SDI–UDEUR–PdCI–IdV	XIII (2004)
23		Ugo Cappellacci (1960– )	27 February 2009	12 March 2014	5 years, 13 days		PdL FI	PdL–UDC–RS–PSd'Az	XIV (2009)
24		Francesco Pigliaru (1954– )	12 March 2014	20 March 2019	5 years, 8 days		PD	PD–SEL–PdS–RM–CD–PRC– UPC–PSI–IdV–FdV–iRS–LB	XV (2014)
25		Christian Solinas (1976– )	20 March 2019	20 March 2024	5 years, 0 days		PSd'AZ	Lega–PSd'Az–FI–RS–FdI–UDC	XVI (2019)
26		Alessandra Todde (1969– )	20 March 2024	Incumbent	182 days		M5S	PD–M5S–AVS–OC–PP–SF–PSI	XVII (2024)

Legislative branch

Main article: Regional Council of Sardinia

Regional Council of Sardinia

The Regional Council of Sardinia (Consiglio Regionale della Sardegna) is composed of 60 members. The Assembly 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 clause, also the Assembly will be dissolved and there will be a fresh election.

Political parties and elections

Main articles: List of political parties in Sardinia and Elections in Sardinia

Latest regional election

Main article: Sardinian regional election, 2014

The latest regional election took place on 16 February 2014. Francesco Pigliaru of the Democratic Party defeated incumbent Ugo Cappellacci of Forza Italia.

External links

• Sardinia Region
• Regional Council of Sardinia
• Constitution of Sardinia