The politics of Lazio, a region of Italy, takes place in the framework of an "anomalous presidential" representative democracy or prime-ministerial system with an executive presidency, 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.
Lazio is mainly a swing region. While Rome is more left-leaning, the rest of the region usually votes more for right-wing parties (FdI, LSP, FI).
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.Regione Lazio – Composizione della Giunta regionale
List of presidents
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.
Current composition
Local government
Provinces Province Inhabitants President Party Election Metropolitan City of Rome Capital4,352,359 Roberto Gualtieri(metropolitan mayor)PD2021 Frosinone489,716 Luca Di StefanoPD2022 Latina575,218 Federico CarnevaleFI2026 Rieti156,148 Roberta CuneoLega2023 Viterbo317,799 Alessandro RomoliFI2021
Municipalities
Provincial capitals Municipality Inhabitants Mayor Party Election Frosinone46,649 Riccardo MastrangeliForza Italia2022 Latina126,478 Matilde CelentanoBrothers of Italy2023 Rieti47,405 Daniele SinibaldiBrothers of Italy2022 Rome2,857,046 Roberto GualtieriDemocratic Party2021 Viterbo67,831 Chiara FrontiniIndependent (centre-right)2022
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.
References
External links Lazio Region Regional Council of Lazio Constitution of Lazio