Politics of Umbria

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The Politics of Umbria, one of the 20 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 Legislative Assembly 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, which regulates the functioning of regional institutions, has been in force since 2005.

After World War II Umbria became a stronghold of the Italian Communist Party. The Communists and their successors (the Democratic Party of the Left, the Democrats of the Left and finally the Democratic Party) have governed the region since 1970.

Legislative branch

The Legislative Assembly of Umbria (Assemblea Legislativa 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.^[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, simul cadent clause introduced in 1999 (literally they will stand together or they will fall together), also the Council is dissolved and a snap election is called.^[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 of the president and the ministers or assessors (assessori), who are currently five, including a vice president.^[3]

List of presidents

Main article: List of presidents of Umbria

Nº	President			Office		Party	Assignment previously carried out	Junta	Composition	Legislature	Vicepresident
				Start	End
Presidents elected by Regional council of Umbria (1970–1995)
1			Pietro Conti (1928–1988)	8° june 1970	16° june 1975	Italian Communist Party	Regional Councilor	Conti I	PCI-PSI	I (1970)	Ennio Tomassini (1929–2011)
				16° june 1975	5° july 1976 (ressignation)			Conti II		II (1975)
2			Germano Marri (1932– )	5 July 1976	9° june 1980		Regional councilor for health and social assistance services	Marri I
				9° june 1980	13° may 1985			Marri II		III (1980)
				13° may 1985	11 May 1987 (ressignation)			Marri III		IV (1985)	Carlo Gubbini (1948–2009)
3			Francesco Mandarini (1942–)	11 May 1987	17° july 1990		Regional Councilor	Mandarini I
				17° july 1990	22° july 1992 (ressignation)			Mandarini II		V (1990)
4			Francesco Ghirelli (1948– )	22° july 1992	31° may 1993 (ressignation)	Democratic Party of the Left	Regional Councilor	Ghirelli	PDS-PSI
5			Claudio Carnieri (1944– )	31° may 1993	23° april 1995	Democratic Party of the Left	Regional Councilor	Carnieri			Mariano Borgognoni (1954–)
											Stefano Moretti (1952–)
Presidents elected by universal suffrage (From 1995)
6			Bruno Bracalente (1949– )	23° april 1995	16° april 2000	Democratic Party of the Left Democrats of the Left	Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Commerce of the University of Perugia	Bracalente	L'Ulivo (PDS-PRC-PPI-PdD-FL-FdV)	VI (1995)	Orfeo Goracci (1959–)
7			Maria Rita Lorenzetti (1953– )	16° april 2000	4° april 2005	Democrats of the Left	Regional Councilor	Lorenzetti I	L'Ulivo (DS-PRC-PPI-PRI UDEUR-SDI-PdCI-Dem-FdV)	VII (2000)	Danilo Monelli (1954–)
				5° april 2005	29° march 2010	Democratic Party		Lorenzetti II	L'Unione (Ulivo/PD-PRC-PdCI-FdV-UDEUR)	VIII (2005)	Enrico Melasecche Germini (1948–)
8			Catiuscia Marini (1967– )	30° march 2010	31° may 2015		Mayor Todi	Marini I	PD-IdV-FdS-PSI-SEL	IX (2010)	Carla Casciari (1970–)
				1º june 2015	in office			Marini II	PD-SEL-PSI	X (2015)	Fabio Paparelli (1962–)

Local government

Parties and elections

References

External links

• Umbria Region
• Legislative Assembly of Umbria
• Statute of Umbria