Politics of Friuli-Venezia Giulia

The regional government of the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia in Italy, has the form of a presidential representative democracy, where the President of the Region is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Regional Government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Regional Council.

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 10, including a vice president.

List of presidents

Main article: List of presidents of Friuli-Venezia Giulia

#	Name	Term of office		Party	Legislature
1	Alfredo Berzanti	24 June 1964	1 July 1968	DC	I (1964)
		1 July 1968	30 July 1973		II (1968)
2	Antonio Comelli	30 July 1973	21 September 1978	DC	III (1973)
		21 September 1978	29 July 1983		IV (1978)
		29 July 1983	23 October 1984		V (1983)
3	Adriano Biasutti	23 October 1984	8 July 1988	DC
		8 July 1988	14 January 1992		VI (1988)
4	Vinicio Turello	14 January 1992	3 August 1993	DC
5	Pietro Fontanini	3 August 1993	12 January 1994	LN	VII (1993)
6	Renzo Travanut	12 January 1994	18 July 1994	PDS
7	Alessandra Guerra	18 July 1994	7 November 1995	LN
8	Sergio Cecotti	7 November 1995	5 December 1996	LN
9	Giancarlo Cruder	5 December 1996	31 July 1998	PPI
10	Roberto Antonione	31 July 1998	15 June 2001	FI	VIII (1998)
11	Renzo Tondo	15 June 2001	14 June 2003	FI

Directly-elected presidents (since 2003)

President			Term of office		Party	Legislature
12		Riccardo Illy (b. 1955)	14 June 2003	18 April 2008	Ind	IX (2003)
(11)		Renzo Tondo (b. 1956)	18 April 2008	25 April 2013	PdL	X (2008)
13		Debora Serracchiani (b. 1970)	25 April 2013	3 May 2018	PD	XI (2013)
14		Massimiliano Fedriga (b. 1980)	3 May 2018	7 April 2023	LN	XII (2018)
			7 April 2023	In office		XIII (2023)

Legislative branch

Main article: Regional Council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia

The Regional Council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Consiglio Regionale del Friuli-Venezia Giulia) is composed of 60 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 clause (introduced in 2003), also the council will be dissolved and there will be a fresh election.

Local government

Municipalities

Provincial capitals

Municipality	Inhabitants	Mayor		Party	Election
Trieste	204,420		Roberto Dipiazza	Forza Italia	2021
Udine	99,169		Alberto Felice De Toni	Democratic Party	2023
Pordenone	51,229		Alessandro Ciriani	Brothers of Italy	2021
Gorizia	34,844		Rodolfo Ziberna	Forza Italia	2022

Other municipalities with more than 15,000 inhabitants

Municipality	Inhabitants	Mayor		Party	Election
Monfalcone	28,258		Anna Maria Cisint	Lega Friuli-VG	2021
Sacile	19,837		Carlo Spagnol	Forza Italia	2023
Cordenons	18,301		Andrea Delle Vedove	Lega Friuli-VG	2021
Codroipo	16,148		Guido Nardini	Democratic Party	2022
Azzano Decimo	15,775		Massimo Piccini	Brothers of Italy	2022
Porcia	15,293		Marco Sartini	Lega Friuli-VG	2019
San Vito al Tagliamento	15,078		Alberto Bernava	Democratic Party	2021

Former Provinces

The provinces were disbanded in 2017–2018.

Province	Inhabitants
Udine	533,282
Pordenone	312,794
Trieste	234,874
Gorizia	140,268

Parties and elections

Main article: Elections in Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Latest regional election

Main article: 2023 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election

In the latest regional election, which took place on 2–3 April 2023, incumbent president Massimiliano Fedriga of Lega Friuli-Venezia Giulia was re-elected by a landslide.

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Massimiliano Fedriga	314,824	64.24	1		Lega Friuli-Venezia Giulia	75,117	19.02	9
						Brothers of Italy	71,503	18.10	8
						Fedriga for President	70,192	17.77	8
						Forza Italia	26,329	6.67	3
						Responsible Autonomy	7,762	1.97	–
					Total		250,903	63.53	28
	Massimo Moretuzzo	139,018	28.37	1		Democratic Party	65,143	16.49	10
						Pact for Autonomy	24,838	6.29	4
						Five Star Movement	9,486	2.40	1
						Greens and Left Alliance	8,029	2.03	1
						Open – Left FVG	5,957	1.51	1
						Slovene Union	4,016	1.02	1
					Total		117,469	29.74	18
	Giorgia Tripoli	22,840	4.66	–		Together Free	15,712	3.98	–
	Alessandro Maran	13,374	2.73	–		Action – Italia Viva – More Europe	10,869	2.75	–
Blank and invalid votes		12,019	2.39
Total candidates		490,056	100.00	2	Total parties		394,957	100.00	46
Registered voters/turnout		1,109,395	45.26
Source: Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region

External links

• Friuli Venezia Giulia Region
• Regional Council of Friuli Venezia Giulia
• Constitution of Friuli Venezia Giulia