Regional Council of Abruzzo

Regional Council of Abruzzo
12th Legislature
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Established6 July 1970
Leadership
President
Lorenzo Sospiri, FI
since 12 March 2019
Structure
Seats31
Political groups
Government (19)
  •   FdI (9)
  •   FI (4)
  •   Lega (2)
  •   MP (2)
  •   A (1)
  •   NM (1)

Opposition (12)

  •   PD (6)
  •   M5S (2)
  •   AI (3)
  •   AVS (1)
Length of term
5 years
Elections
Party-list semi-proportional representation with majority bonus
D'Hondt method
Last election
10 March 2024
Next election
No later than
11 March 2029
Meeting place
Palazzo dell'Emiciclo, L'Aquila
Website
Official website

The Regional Council of Abruzzo (Consiglio Regionale dell'Abruzzo) is the legislative assembly of Abruzzo.

It was first elected in 1970, when the ordinary regions were instituted, on the basis of the Constitution of Italy of 1948.

Composition

The Regional Council of Abruzzo was originally composed of 40 regional councillors. The number of regional councillors increased to 43 in the 2000 regional election and, subsequently, to 45 in the 2008 regional election.

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 snap election.[1]

Following the decree-law n. 138 of 13 August 2011 the number of regional councillors was reduced to 30, with an additional seat reserved for the President of the Region.

Political groups (2024–2029)

The Regional Council of Abruzzo is composed by the following political groups:[2]

Party Seats Status
Brothers of Italy (FdI)
9 / 31
In government
Democratic Party (PD)
6 / 31
In opposition
Forza Italia (FI)
4 / 31
In government
Lega
2 / 31
In government
Five Star Movement (M5S)
2 / 31
In opposition
Marsilio for President (MP)
2 / 31
In government
Abruzzo Together (AI)
3 / 31
In opposition
Greens and Left Alliance (AVS)
1 / 31
In opposition
Action (A)[a]
1 / 31
External support
Us Moderates (NM)
1 / 31
External support
  1. ^ Elected within the Centre-left coalition then switched to support the Centre-right government.

By coalition:

Party Seats Status
Centre-right coalition
18 / 31
Government
Centre-left coalition
13 / 31
Opposition

Historical composition

Election DC PCI PSI PLI PRI PSDI MSI Others Total
7 June 1970 20 10 3 1 1 2 2 1 40
15 June 1975 18 13 4 0 1 2 2 0 40
8 June 1980 20 12 4 0 1 1 2 0 40
12 May 1985 19 11 5 1 1 1 2 0 40
6 May 1990 20 8 6 1 1 1 1 2 40
Election Majority Opposition Council President of the Region
23 April 1995 Centre-left
(The Olive Tree)
25 / 40
Centre-right
(Pole for Freedoms)
15 / 40


Antonio Falconio
(1995–2000)
16 April 2000 Centre-right
(House of Freedoms)
26 / 43
Centre-left
(The Olive Tree)
17 / 43


Giovanni Pace
(2000–2005)
3 April 2005 Centre-left
(The Union)
27 / 40
Centre-right
(House of Freedoms)
13 / 40


Ottaviano Del Turco
(2005–2008)
14 December 2008
(snap election)
Centre-right
27 / 45
Centre-left
16 / 45

UDC
2 / 45


Giovanni Chiodi
(2008–2014)
25 May 2014 Centre-left
18 / 31
Centre-right
7 / 31

M5S
6 / 31


Luciano D'Alfonso
(2014–2018)
10 February 2019
(snap election)
Centre-right
18 / 31
M5S
7 / 31

Centre-left
6 / 31


Marco Marsilio
(since 2019)
10 March 2024 Centre-right
18 / 31
Centre-left
13 / 31

Presidents

This is a list of the Presidents of the Regional Council (Italian: Presidenti del Consiglio regionale):

Name Period Regional Legislature
Giuseppe De Cecco (DC) 6 July 1970 18 July 1970 I (1970)
Emilio Mattucci (DC) 18 July 1970 4 July 1975
4 July 1975 9 October 1975 II (1975)
Marcello Russo (PSI) 9 October 1975 1 March 1977
Arnaldo Di Giovanni (PCI) 1 March 1977 6 April 1979
Giuseppe Bolino (DC) 6 April 1979 7 July 1980
7 July 1980 16 December 1980 III (1980)
Egidio Marinaro (PSI) 16 December 1980 11 June 1985
Gaetano Novello (DC) 11 June 1985 15 November 1988 IV (1985)
Nino Pace (PSI) 15 November 1988 5 July 1989
Paolo Pizzola (PSI) 5 July 1989 4 June 1990
Rocco Salini (DC) 4 June 1990 31 July 1990 V (1990)
Vincenzo Del Colle (DC) 31 July 1990 24 October 1992
Mario Pennetta (DC) 24 October 1992 23 November 1993
Giuliano Giuliani (PDS) 23 November 1993 29 May 1995
Gianni Melilla (PDS) 29 May 1995 2 May 1997 VI (1995)
Umberto Aimola (PDS) 2 May 1997 22 May 2000
Giuseppe Tagliente (FI) 22 May 2000 16 May 2005 VII (2000)
Marino Roselli (PD) 16 May 2005 27 January 2009 VIII (2005)
Nazario Pagano (PdL) 27 January 2009 30 June 2014 IX (2008)
Giuseppe Di Pangrazio (PD) 30 June 2014 12 March 2019 X (2014)
Lorenzo Sospiri (FI) 12 March 2019 26 March 2024 XI (2019)
26 March 2024 Incumbent XII (2024)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-06. Retrieved 2013-02-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Gruppi consiliari | Consiglio regionale dell'Abruzzo". www.consiglio.regione.abruzzo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 July 2019.