- Politics of Tuscany
The Politics of
Tuscany ,Italy takes place in a framework of a presidentialrepresentative democracy , whereby the President of Regional Government is thehead of government , and of a pluriformmulti-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 13, including a Vice President. [ [http://www.regione.toscana.it/regione/export/RT/sito-RT/MenuPrincipale/assessori/presidente/giunta_martini/index.html Regione Toscana: La giunta ] ]
Current composition
List of Presidents
Legislative branch
The Regional Council of Tuscany ("Consiglio Regionale della Tuscany") is composed of 65 members and is elected with
proportional representation plus a majority premium for the winning 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 vel simul cadent" prevision (introduced in1999 ), also the Council will be dissolved and there will be a fresh election. [http://www.consiglio.regione.lombardia.it/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=PRI.1046.1&p_p_id=20&p_p_action=1&p_p_state=exclusive&p_p_col_id=null&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=3&_20_struts_action=%2Fdocument_library%2Fget_file&_20_folderId=69&_20_name=l+cost+199_PDF.pdf]Current composition
Elections
Last regional election
In the last regional election, which took place on 3-
4 April 2005 , incumbentClaudio Martini (Democrats of the Left , then Democratic Party) defeatedAlessandro Antichi (Forza Italia ) by a landslide. [ [http://www.elezioni2005.toscana.it/elezioni2005/Risultati/coalizioni/000001.html Regione Toscana - Elezioni regionali 2005 ] ] The total score of thecentre-left and left-wing forces was 66.7%, the highest score in Italy, and the Democratic Party (then The Olive Tree) alone, gained 52.4%. [ [http://www.elezioni2005.toscana.it/elezioni2005/Risultati/seggi/000001.html Regione Toscana - Elezioni regionali 2005 ] ]Other elections
References
External links
* [http://www.regione.toscana.it/ Tuscany Region]
* [http://www.consiglio.regione.toscana.it/ Regional Council of Tuscany]
* [http://www.consiglio.regione.toscana.it/istituzione/Statuto-e-regole/Testo/statuto_nuovo.asp Constitution of Tuscany]
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