Politics of Abruzzo
# Politics of Abruzzo

The Politics of Abruzzo (Abruzzo, 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 8, including a Vice President (Vicepresidente) and an undersecretary (Sottosegretario).

### List of presidents

**Elected by the Regional Council (1970–1995)**

| | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Legislature |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ugo Crescenzi | 3 September 1970 | 23 March 1972 | DC | I (1970) |
| 2 | Giustino De Cecco | 23 March 1972 | 16 July 1973 | DC | I (1970) |
| (1) | Ugo Crescenzi | 16 July 1973 | 31 May 1974 | DC | I (1970) |
| (2) | Giustino De Cecco | 31 May 1974 | 8 October 1975 | DC | I (1970) |
| 3 | Felice Spadaccini | 8 October 1975 | 1 March 1977 | DC | II (1975) |
| 4 | Romeo Riciuti | 1 March 1977 | 8 October 1980 | DC | II (1975) |
| 4 | Romeo Riciuti | 8 October 1980 | 30 November 1981 | DC | III (1980) |
| 5 | Anna Nena D'Antonio | 30 November 1981 | 13 May 1983 | DC | III (1980) |
| (3) | Felice Spadaccini | 13 May 1983 | 1 October 1985 | DC | III (1980) |
| 6 | Emilio Mattucci | 1 October 1985 | 1 August 1990 | DC | IV (1985) |
| 7 | Rocco Salini | 1 August 1990 | 13 October 1992 | DC | V (1990) |
| 8 | Vincenzo Del Colle | 13 October 1992 | 29 May 1995 | DC | V (1990) |

**Directly-elected presidents (since 1995)**

| N. | President | Term of office | Term of office | Tenure (Years and days) | Party | Composition | Legislature |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Antonio Falconio (1938–2021) | 29 May 1995 | 18 May 2000 | 4 years, 355 days | Italian People's Party | PDS–PRC–PPI–PdD–FdV | VI (1995) |
| 10 | Giovanni Pace (1933–2018) | 18 May 2000 | 22 April 2005 | 4 years, 339 days | National Alliance | FI–AN–CDC–CDU | VII (2000) |
| 11 | Ottaviano Del Turco (1944– ) | 22 April 2005 | 13 July 2008 | 3 years, 82 days | Italian Democratic Socialists/ Democratic Party | DS–DL–SDI–PRC–UDEUR–PdCI–FdV | VIII (2005) |
| 12 | Giovanni Chiodi (1961– ) | 3 January 2009 | 10 June 2014 | 5 years, 158 days | The People of Freedom | PdL–MpA | IX (2008) |
| 13 | Luciano D'Alfonso (1965– ) | 10 June 2014 | 10 August 2018 | 4 years, 61 days | Democratic Party | PD–CD–SEL–IdV | X (2014) |
| 12 | Marco Marsilio (1968– ) | 23 February 2019 | Incumbent | 4 years, 154 days | Brothers of Italy | Lega–FI–FdI–AP–UDC | XI (2019) |

## Legislative branch

The Regional Council of Abruzzo (Consiglio Regionale dell'Abruzzo) is composed of 40 members. 32 councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while 8 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 4 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 36. 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 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.

## Local government

### Provinces

| Province | Inhabitants | President | Party | Election |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Chieti | 385,917 | Mario Pupillo | Democratic Party | 2014 |
| L'Aquila | 299,135 | Angelo Caruso | Independent (centre-right) | 2017 |
| Pescara | 319,085 | Antonio Zaffiri | Independent (centre-right) | 2018 |
| Teramo | 308,219 | Diego Di Bonaventura | Independent (centre-right) | 2018 |

### Municipalities

**Provincial capitals**

| Municipality | Inhabitants | Mayor | Party | Election |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Chieti | 50,694 | Diego Ferrara | Democratic Party | 2020 |
| L'Aquila | 69,327 | Pierluigi Biondi | Brothers of Italy | 2017 |
| Pescara | 119,365 | Carlo Masci | Forza Italia | 2019 |
| Teramo | 54,361 | Gianguido D'Alberto | Independent (centre-left) | 2018 |

## Parties and elections

### Latest regional election

In the latest regional election, which took place on 10 February 2019, Marco Marsilio of Brothers of Italy was elected President of Abruzzo. The League, which fielded candidates for the first time in the region, was the largest party.

10 February 2019 Abruzzo regional election results :

| Candidates | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Marco Marsilio | 299,949 | 48.03 | 1 | | League | 165,008 | 27.53 | 10 |
| | Marco Marsilio | 299,949 | 48.03 | 1 | | Forza Italia | 54,223 | 9.04 | 3 |
| | Marco Marsilio | 299,949 | 48.03 | 1 | | Brothers of Italy | 38,894 | 6.48 | 2 |
| | Marco Marsilio | 299,949 | 48.03 | 1 | | Political Action | 19,446 | 3.24 | 1 |
| | Marco Marsilio | 299,949 | 48.03 | 1 | | Union of the Centre – Christian Democracy – IdeA | 17,308 | 2.88 | 1 |
| | Marco Marsilio | 299,949 | 48.03 | 1 | Total | Total | 294,879 | 49.19 | 17 |
| | Giovanni Legnini | 195,394 | 31.28 | 1 | | Democratic Party | 66,796 | 11.14 | 3 |
| | Giovanni Legnini | 195,394 | 31.28 | 1 | | Legnini for President | 33,277 | 5.55 | 1 |
| | Giovanni Legnini | 195,394 | 31.28 | 1 | | Abruzzo in Common – Easy Region | 23,168 | 3.86 | 1 |
| | Giovanni Legnini | 195,394 | 31.28 | 1 | | Progressives – Free and Equal | 16,614 | 2.77 | – |
| | Giovanni Legnini | 195,394 | 31.28 | 1 | | Abruzzo Together – Future Abruzzo | 16,055 | 2.67 | – |
| | Giovanni Legnini | 195,394 | 31.28 | 1 | | More Abruzzo – Democratic Centre | 14,198 | 2.36 | – |
| | Giovanni Legnini | 195,394 | 31.28 | 1 | | Centrists for Europe | 7,938 | 1.32 | – |
| | Giovanni Legnini | 195,394 | 31.28 | 1 | | Forward Abruzzo – Italy of Values | 5,611 | 0.93 | – |
| | Giovanni Legnini | 195,394 | 31.28 | 1 | Total | Total | 183,630 | 30.63 | 5 |
| | Sara Marcozzi | 126,125 | 20.20 | – | | Five Star Movement | 118,273 | 19.73 | 7 |
| | Stefano Flajani | 2,974 | 0.47 | – | | CasaPound | 2,560 | 0.42 | – |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 18,808 | – | | | | | | |
| Total candidates | Total candidates | 624,482 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | Total parties | 599,356 | 100.00 | 29 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 1,211,204 | 53.11 | | | | | | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Results Archived 12 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine ||||||||||
