Government of Veneto
The Regional Government of Veneto (Giunta Regionale del Veneto) is the executive of Veneto, one of the twenty regions of Italy.
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The Regional Government, which has its seat at Palazzo Balbi on the Grand Canal, is led by the President of Veneto, who is elected for a five-year term, and composed of the President and ten Ministers (Assessori), including a Vice President.
Current composition
The current regional government has been in office from 29 June 2015, under the leadership of President Luca Zaia of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord.
Office | Name | Party | |
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President | Luca Zaia | Liga Veneta | |
Vice President | Gianluca Forcolin | Liga Veneta | |
Minister of Budget and Local Government | Gianluca Forcolin | Liga Veneta | |
Minister of Health and Social Programs | Luca Coletto (until December 2018) | Liga Veneta | |
Manuela Lanzarin (since January 2019) | Liga Veneta | ||
Minister of Economic Development and Energy | Roberto Marcato | Liga Veneta | |
Minister of Public Works, Infrastructures and Transports | Elisa De Berti | Liga Veneta | |
Minister of Agriculture, Hunting and Fishing | Giuseppe Pan | Liga Veneta | |
Minister of Education and Labour | Elena Donazzan | Forza Italia (until 2018) Brothers of Italy (since 2019) | |
Minister of Social Affairs | Manuela Lanzarin | Liga Veneta | |
Minister of EU Programs, Tourism and International Trade | Federico Caner | Liga Veneta | |
Minister of Environment and Civil Protection | Gianpaolo Bottacin | Liga Veneta | |
Minister of Culture, City Planning and Security | Cristiano Corazzari | Liga Veneta |
List of previous governments
Luca Zaia is the ninth President of Veneto. His predecessor Giancarlo Galan (1995–2010) has been the longest-serving President so far. Since direct election of the President was introduced in 1995-2000, Venetian politics has become far more stable and governments generally last for a full term of five years.
Governments of Veneto | |||||||
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Government | President | Party | Coalition | Vice President | Party | Term | Legislature |
Tomelleri I | Angelo Tomelleri | DC | DC | Paolo Tartari | DC | 1970–1971 | I Legislature |
Tomelleri II | Angelo Tomelleri | DC | DC | Paolo Tartari | DC | 1971–1972 | |
Feltrin | Piero Feltrin | DC | DC | Paolo Tartari | DC | 1972–1973 | |
Tomelleri III | Angelo Tomelleri | DC | DC | Marino Cortese | DC | 1973–1975 | |
Tomelleri IV | Angelo Tomelleri | DC | DC–PRI | Giancarlo Gambaro | DC | 1975–1977 | II Legislature |
Tomelleri V | Angelo Tomelleri | DC | DC | Marino Cortese | DC | 1977–1980 | |
Bernini I | Carlo Bernini | DC | DC–PSDI[lower-alpha 1] | Marino Cortese | DC | 1980–1985 | III Legislature |
Bernini II | Carlo Bernini | DC | DC–PSI–PSDI–PLI | Umberto Carraro | PSI | 1985–1989 | IV Legislature |
Cremonese I | Gianfranco Cremonese | DC | DC–PSI–PSDI–PLI | Umberto Carraro | PSI | 1989–1990 | |
Cremonese II | Gianfranco Cremonese | DC | DC–PSI–PRI–PSDI | Amalia Sartori | PSI | 1990–1992 | V Legislature |
Frigo | Franco Frigo | DC | DC–PSI–FdV | Renzo Burro | PSI | 1992–1993 | |
Pupillo | Giuseppe Pupillo | PDS | DC–PDS[lower-alpha 2]–PSI–FdV–UPV | Carlo Alberto Tesserin | DC | 1993–1994 | |
Bottin | Aldo Bottin | PPI | PPI[lower-alpha 3]–LV–FI[lower-alpha 4]–UPV–PLI–CPA–LP | Gian Paolo Gobbo | LV | 1994–1995 | |
Galan I | Giancarlo Galan | FI | FI–AN–CDU[lower-alpha 5]–CCD | Bruno Canella | AN | 1995–2000 | VI Legislature |
Galan II | Giancarlo Galan | FI | FI–LV–AN–CDU[lower-alpha 6]–CCD[lower-alpha 6] | Fabio Gava | FI | 2000–2005 | VII Legislature |
Galan III | Giancarlo Galan | FI | FI[lower-alpha 7]–LV–AN[lower-alpha 7]–UDC–NPSI | Luca Zaia / Franco Manzato | LV | 2005–2010 | VIII Legislature |
Zaia I | Luca Zaia | LV | LV–PdL[lower-alpha 8] | Marino Zorzato | PdL | 2010–2015 | IX Legislature |
Zaia II | Luca Zaia | LV | LV–FI | Gianluca Forcolin | FI | 2015–present | X Legislature |
Source: Region of Venet
- The PSDI joined the government in 1981.
- The PDS succeeded to the PCI in 1991.
- The PPI succeeded to the DC in 1994.
- Some members of the disbanded DC formed FI in 1994.
- The regional councillors of the CDU were elected from a joint list with FI.
- The CDU and the CCD were merged into the UDC in 2002.
- FI and AN were merged into the PdL in 2009.
- The PdL was disbanded in 2013; its members joined either FI or the NCD. Vice President Marino Zorzato joined the NCD.