Administrative Division
The Italian State has twenty regions and about a hundred provinces. The constitution of Italy provides for twenty regions with extended powers. Regions are further divided in provinces. Provinces also have their own local elections. For each of the provinces, a prefect is appointed by and responds to the central government, which he locally represents. While the number of regions is somewhat stable (the only modification to the original set is the separation of Molise from Abruzzo), there has been a tendency in later years to create new provinces, such as Crotone, Verbania, Lodi, Biella, Lecco and others.
Five regions (Aosta Valley, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Sardinia, Sicily, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol) have special charters granting them varying degrees of autonomy. The raisons d'être of these charters is in most cases the presence of significant linguistic and cultural minorities, but in the case of Sicily it was to calm down separatist movements. The other 15 regions were in practice established in 1970, even if their ideation had been a much earlier idea.
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PdL PD Lega Nord SEL UV UpT
| Region | Name | Portrait | Since | Term | Party | Election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aosta Valley | Augusto Rollandin | 1 July 2008 | 2008-2013 | Valdotanian Union | Valdotanian regional election, 2008 | ||
| Piedmont | Roberto Cota | 30 March 2010 | 2010-2015 | Lega Nord | Piedmontese regional election, 2010 | ||
| Lombardy | Roberto Formigoni | 30 March 2010 | 2010-2012 | People of Freedom | Lombard regional election, 2010 | ||
| Veneto | Luca Zaia | 30 March 2010 | 2010-2015 | Lega Nord | Venetian regional election, 2010 | ||
| Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol | Lorenzo Dellai | 15 June 2011 | 2011-2014 | Union for Trentino-UpT | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections, 2008 | ||
| Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Renzo Tondo | 15 April 2008 | 2008-2013 | People of Freedom | Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election, 2008 | ||
| Liguria | Claudio Burlando | 30 March 2010 | 2010-2015 | Democratic Party | Ligurian regional election, 2010 | ||
| Emilia-Romagna | Vasco Errani | 30 March 2010 | 2010-2015 | Democratic Party | Emilia-Romagna regional election, 2010 | ||
| Enrico Rossi | 30 March 2010 | 2010-2015 | Democratic Party | Tuscan regional election, 2010 | |||
| Umbria | Catiuscia Marini | 30 March 2010 | 2010-2015 | Democratic Party | Umbrian regional election, 2010 | ||
| Marche | Gian Mario Spacca | 30 March 2010 | 2010-2015 | Democratic Party | Marche regional election, 2010 | ||
| Lazio | Renata Polverini | 30 March 2010 | 2010-2012 | People of Freedom | Lazio regional election, 2010 | ||
| Abruzzo | Gianni Chiodi | 15 December 2008 | 2008-2013 | People of Freedom | Abruzzo regional election, 2008 | ||
| Molise | Angelo Michele Iorio | 17 October 2011 | 2011-2012 | People of Freedom | Molise regional election, 2011 | ||
| Campania | Stefano Caldoro | 30 March 2010 | 2010-2015 | People of Freedom | Campania regional election, 2010 | ||
| Apulia | Nichi Vendola | 30 March 2010 | 2010-2015 | Left Ecology Freedom | Apulian regional election, 2010 | ||
| Basilicata | Vito De Filippo | 30 March 2010 | 2010-2015 | Democratic Party | Basilicata regional election, 2010 | ||
| Calabria | Giuseppe Scopelliti | 30 March 2010 | 2010-2015 | People of Freedom | Calabrian regional election, 2010 | ||
| Sicily | Rosario Crocetta | 29 October 2012 | 2012-2017 | Democratic Party | Sicilian regional election, 2012 | ||
| Sardinia | Ugo Cappellacci | 27 February 2009 | 2009-2014 | People of Freedom | Sardinian regional election, 2009 | ||
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