Politics of Calabria
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The Politics of Calabria, 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
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 11, including a Vice President (Vice Presidente).[1]
List of Presidents
| # | Portrait | Name (Birth-death) |
Term in office | Party | Coalition | Legislatura | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Antonio Guarasci (1918–1974) |
7 June 1970 | 1974 | Christian Democracy | DC - PSI - PSDI - PRI 7 June 1970 – 1974 |
I (1970) | |
| 2 | |
Aldo Ferrara (–) |
1974 | 15 June 1975 | Christian Democracy | DC - PSI - PSDI - PRI 1974 – 15 June 1975 | ||
| 3 | |
Pasquale Perugini (1926–1996) |
15 June 1975 | 1976 | Christian Democracy | DC - PSI - PSDI - PRI 15 June 1975 – 1976 |
II (1975) | |
| - | |
Aldo Ferrara (–) |
1976 | 8 June 1980 | Christian Democracy | DC - PSI - PSDI - PRI 1976 – 8 June 1980 | ||
| 4 | |
Bruno Dominijanni (1922–2004) |
8 June 1980 | 12 May 1985 | Italian Socialist Party | DC - PSI - PSDI - PRI 8 June 1980 – 12 May 1985 |
III (1980) | |
| 5 |  |
Francesco Principe (1918–2008) |
12 May 1985 | 1987 | Italian Socialist Party | DC - PSI - PSDI - PRI 12 May 1985 – 1987 |
IV (1985) | |
| 6 |  |
Rosario Olivo (1940–) |
1987 | 1992 | Italian Socialist Party | DC - PSI - PSDI - PRI 1987 – 16 May 1990 | ||
| 1990 | 1992 | DC - PSI - PSDI - PRI 16 May 1990 – 1992 |
V (1990) | |||||
| 7 | |
Guido Rhodio (1935–) |
1992 | 1993 | Christian Democracy | DC - PSI - PDS - PRI 1992 – 1993 | ||
| 1993 | 1994 | DC - PSI - PSDI 1993 – 1994 | ||||||
| Elected presidents (1993-present) | ||||||||
| 8 | |
Donato Veraldi (1941–) |
1994 | 23 April 1995 | Italian People's Party | PPI - PSI - PDS 1994 – 23 April 1995 | ||
| 9 | |
Giuseppe Nisticò (1941–) |
23 April 1995 | 11 August 1998 | Forza Italia | FI - AN - CCD 23 April 1995 – 11 August 1998 |
VI (1995) | |
| 10 |  |
Giovambattista Caligiuri (1944–) |
11 August 1998 | 22 January 1999 | Forza Italia | FI - AN - UDR 11 August 1998 – 22 January 1999 | ||
| 11 |  |
Luigi Meduri (1942–) |
22 January 1999 | 16 April 2000 | Italian People's Party | DS - PPI - UDEUR - FL - Greens 22 January 1999 – 16 April 2000 | ||
| 12 | |
Giuseppe Chiaravalloti (1934– ) |
16 April 2000 | 20 April 2005 | Forza Italia | FI - AN - CCD-CCD 16 April 2000 – 20 April 2005 |
VII (2000) | |
| 13 |  |
Agazio Loiero (1940–) |
20 April 2005 | 30 March 2010 | The Daisy then Democratic Party |
Democratic Party - UDEUR - SDI - PRC - IDV - PdCI 20 April 2005 – 30 March 2010 |
VIII (2005) | |
| 14 |  |
Giuseppe Scopelliti (1966–) |
30 March 2010 | 29 April 2014 | The People of Freedom | PdL - UDC 30 March 2010 – 29 April 2014 |
IX (2010) | |
| 15 | |
Antonella Stasi (1966–) |
29 April 2014 | 9 December 2014 | New Centre-Right | NCD - FI - UDC 29 April 2014 – 9 December 2014 | ||
| 16 |  |
Mario Oliverio (1953–) |
9 December 2014 | Democratic Party | DP - SEL - CD - PdCI - IdV 9 December 2014 – |
X (2014) | ||
Legislative branch
The Regional Council of Calabria (Consiglio Regionale della Calabria) is composed of 50 members. 40 councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while 10 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 5 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 45. 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. Parties obtaining less than 4% receive no seats, no matter if they are in coalition with larger parties or not.[2]
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.[3]
Parties and elections
Latest regional election
In the latest regional election, which took place on 23 November 2014, Mario Oliverio of the Democratic Party was elected President by a landslide.
| Candidates & parties | votes | votes (%) | seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Oliverio | 490,229 | 61.4 | 19 |
| Democratic Party (incl. PSI) | 185,209 | 23.7 | 9 |
| Oliverio President | 97,618 | 12.5 | 5 |
| Progressive Democrats | 56,928 | 7.3 | 3 |
| Calabria in Network (incl. DKR, PRI, etc.) | 40,763 | 5.2 | 1 |
| The Left (incl. SEL and PdCI) | 34,120 | 4.4 | 1 |
| Autonomy and Rights | 29,312 | 3.7 | - |
| Democratic Centre | 26,831 | 3.4 | - |
| New United Christian Democrats | 12,007 | 1.5 | - |
| Wanda Ferro | 188,288 | 23.6 | 8 |
| Forza Italia | 96,066 | 12.3 | 5 |
| House of Freedoms | 67,189 | 8.6 | 3 |
| Brothers of Italy | 19,353 | 2.5 | - |
| Vincenzo D'Ascola | 69,521 | 8.7 | 3 |
| New Centre-Right | 47,574 | 6.1 | 3 |
| Union of the Centre | 21,020 | 2.7 | - |
| Cono Cantelmi | 39,658 | 5.0 | - |
| Five Star Movement | 38,345 | 4.9 | - |
| Domenico Gattuso | 10,567 | 1.3 | - |
| The Other Calabria (incl. PRC) | 10,062 | 1.3 | - |
| Total | 836,531 | 100.00 | 30 |
Sources: Ministry of the Interior
References
External links
 Politics of Italian regions | |
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