Politics of Campania

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The Politics of Campania, 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 eight, including a Vice President, all appointed by the President.^[1]

List of Presidents

Main article: List of Presidents of Campania

Presidents of Campania
President	Party	Term	Legislature
Carlo Leone	DC	1970–1971	I Legislature
Nicola Mancino	DC	1971–1972	I Legislature
Alberto Servidio	DC	1972–1973	I Legislature
Vittorio Cascetta	DC	1973–1975	I Legislature
Nicola Mancino	DC	1975–1976	II Legislature
Gaspare Russo	DC	1976–1979	II Legislature
Ciro Cirillo	DC	1979–1980	II Legislature
Emilio De Feo	DC	1980–1983	III Legislature
Antonio Fantini	DC	1983–1985	III Legislature
Antonio Fantini	DC	1985–1989	IV Legislature
Ferdinando Clemente	DC	1989–1990	IV Legislature
Ferdinando Clemente	DC	1990–1993	V Legislature
Giovanni Grasso	DC/PPI	1993–1995	V Legislature
Antonio Rastrelli	AN	1995–1999	VI Legislature
Andrea Losco	UDEUR	1999–2000	VI Legislature
Antonio Bassolino	DS	2000–2005	VII Legislature
Antonio Bassolino	DS/PD	2005–2010	VIII Legislature
Stefano Caldoro	PdL/FI	2010-2015	IX Legislature
Vincenzo De Luca	PD	2015-...	X Legislature

Legislative branch

The Regional Council of Campania (Consiglio Regionale della Campania) is composed of 60 members. 48 councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while 12 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 6 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 54. 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.^[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

Main articles: List of political parties in Campania and Elections in Campania

Latest regional election

Main article: Campania regional election, 2015

References

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Politics of Italian regions

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