Politics of Lazio

The Politics of Lazio, 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.

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 ministers (Assessori), who are currently 16, including a vice president.^[1]

List of presidents

Presidents elected by the Regional Council (1970–1995)

N.	Name	Term of office		Political party	Legislature
1	Girolamo Mechelli	1 September 1970	17 January 1972	Christian Democracy	I (1970)
2	Luigi Cipriani	17 January 1972	23 October 1973	Christian Democracy
3	Rinaldo Santini	23 October 1973	22 September 1975	Christian Democracy
4	Roberto Palleschi	22 September 1975	23 March 1976	Italian Socialist Party	II (1975)
5	Maurizio Ferrara	23 March 1976	5 August 1977	Italian Communist Party
6	Giulio Santarelli	5 August 1977	8 August 1980	Italian Socialist Party
6	Giulio Santarelli	8 August 1980	24 March 1983	Italian Socialist Party	III (1980)
7	Bruno Landi	24 March 1983	18 April 1984	Italian Socialist Party
8	Gabriele Panizzi	18 April 1984	31 July 1985	Italian Socialist Party
9	Sebastiano Montali	31 July 1985	17 May 1987	Italian Socialist Party	IV (1985)
(7)	Bruno Landi	17 May 1987	27 July 1990	Italian Socialist Party	IV (1985)
10	Rodolfo Gigli	27 July 1990	5 August 1992	Christian Democracy	V (1990)
11	Giorgio Pasetto	5 August 1992	21 February 1994	Christian Democracy
12	Carlo Proietti	21 February 1994	18 January 1995	Italian Socialist Party
13	Arturo Osio	18 January 1995	19 May 1995	Federation of the Greens

Directly-elected presidents (since 1995)

N.	President	Term of office		Tenure (Years and days)		Composition	Legislature
14	Piero Badaloni (1946– )	19 May 1995	12 May 2000	4 years, 359 days	Independent / The Democrats	The Olive Tree PDS–PRC–PPI–FdV–PRI	VI (1995)
15	Francesco Storace (1959– )	12 May 2000	2 May 2005	4 years, 355 days	National Alliance	House of Freedoms AN–FI–CCD–CDU	VII (2000)
16	Piero Marrazzo (1958– )	2 May 2005	27 October 2009^[a]	4 years, 178 days	Independent / Democratic Party	The Union Ulivo/PD–PRC–FdV–PdCI–UDEUR–IdV	VIII (2005)
17	Renata Polverini (1962– )	16 April 2010	12 March 2013^[b]	2 years, 330 days	The People of Freedom	LP–PdL–UdC–LD	IX (2010)
18	Nicola Zingaretti (1965– )	12 March 2013	19 March 2018	9 years, 243 days	Democratic Party	Italy. Common Good PD–SEL–PSI–CD	X (2013)
18	Nicola Zingaretti (1965– )	19 March 2018	10 November 2022^[c]	9 years, 243 days	Democratic Party	PD–LeU–+Eu–CS–M5S^[d]	XI (2018)
19	Francesco Rocca (1965– )	2 March 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 188 days	Independent (close to FdI)	FdI–League–FI–UdC	XII (2023)

^ Resigned after a sex scandal. His deputy Esterino Montino (PD) held the office till a new regional election was called.
^ Resigned on 27 September 2012 after a corruption scandal. She remained in office as acting President till a new regional election was called.
^ Resigned after being elected to the Chamber of Deputies. His deputy Daniele Leodori (PD) held the office till the following regional election.
^ Since 2021.

Local government

Provinces

Province	Inhabitants		Party	Election
Metropolitan City of Rome Capital	4,352,359	Roberto Gualtieri (metropolitan mayor)	Democratic Party	2021
Province of Frosinone	489,716	Luca Di Stefano	Democratic Party	2022
Province of Latina	575,218	Gerardo Stefanelli	Italia Viva	2021
Province of Rieti	156,148	Roberta Cuneo	Lega	2023
Province of Viterbo	317,799	Alessandro Romoli	Forza Italia	2021

Municipalities

Provincial capitals

Municipality	Inhabitants		Party	Election
Frosinone	46,649	Riccardo Mastrangeli	Forza Italia	2022
Latina	126,478	Matilde Celentano	Brothers of Italy	2023
Rieti	47,405	Daniele Sinibaldi	Brothers of Italy	2022
Rome	2,857,046	Roberto Gualtieri	Democratic Party	2021
Viterbo	67,831	Chiara Frontini	Independent (centre-right)	2022

Legislative branch

The Regional Council of Lazio (Consiglio Regionale del Lazio) is composed of 51 members, of which 39 are elected in provincial constituencies with proportional representation, 10 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.

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 clause (introduced in 1999), also the council will be dissolved and there will be a fresh election.^[2]

Parties and elections

Latest regional election

In the latest regional election, which took place on 12–13 February 2023, Francesco Rocca was elected President with the support of the centre-right coalition.

12–13 February 2023 Lazio regional election results
Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats

	Francesco Rocca	934,614	53.88	1
						Brothers of Italy	519,633	33.62	22
						League	131,631	8.52	3
						Forza Italia	130,368	8.43	3
						Rocca List	31,437	2.03	1
						Union of the Centre	24,983	1.62	1
						Us Moderates	17,398	1.13	–
					Total		855,450	55.34	30
	Alessio D'Amato	581,033	33.50	1
						Democratic Party	313,023	20.25	10
						Action – Italia Viva	75,272	4.87	2
						D'Amato List	47,184	3.05	1
						Greens and Left	42,314	2.74	1
						Solidary Democracy	18,417	1.19	–
						More Europe – Radicals – Volt	14,870	0.96	–
						Italian Socialist Party	7,974	0.52	–
					Total		519,066	33.58	14
	Donatella Bianchi	186,562	10.76	–		Five Star Movement	132,041	8.54	4
						Progressive Pole	7,974	1.21	1
					Total		150,768	9.75	5
	Sonia Pecorilli	16,932	0.98	–		Italian Communist Party	10,212	0.66	–
	Rosa Rinaldi	15,331	0.88	–		People's Union	10,289	0.67	–

Blank and invalid votes		45,111	2.53
Total candidates		1,734,472	100.00	2	Total parties		1,545,785	100.00	49
Registered voters/turnout		4,791,612	37.20
Source: Ministry of the Interior

References

^ Regione Lazio – Composizione della Giunta regionale
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