Government of Veneto
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The Regional Government of Veneto (Giunta Regionale del Veneto) is the executive of Veneto, one of the twenty regions of Italy.
The Regional Government, which has its seat at Palazzo Balbi on the Grand Canal, is led by the President of Veneto, who is elected for a five-year term, and composed of the President and ten Ministers (Assessori), including a Vice President.
Current composition
The current regional government has been in office from 29 June 2015, under the leadership of President Luca Zaia of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord.
Office | Name | Party | |
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President | Luca Zaia | Liga Veneta | |
Vice President | Gianluca Forcolin | Liga Veneta | |
Minister of Budget and Local Government | Gianluca Forcolin | Liga Veneta | |
Minister of Health and Social Programs | Luca Coletto | Liga Veneta | |
Minister of Economic Development and Energy | Roberto Marcato | Liga Veneta | |
Minister of Public Works, Infrastructures and Transports | Elisa De Berti | Liga Veneta | |
Minister of Agriculture, Hunting and Fishing | Giuseppe Pan | Liga Veneta | |
Minister of Education and Labour | Elena Donazzan | Forza Italia | |
Minister of Social Affairs | Manuela Lanzarin | Liga Veneta | |
Minister of EU Programs, Tourism and International Trade | Federico Caner | Liga Veneta | |
Minister of Environment and Civil Protection | Gianpaolo Bottacin | Liga Veneta | |
Minister of Culture, City Planning and Security | Cristiano Corazzari | Liga Veneta |
Source: Veneto Region – Regional Government
List of previous governments
Luca Zaia is the ninth President of Veneto. His predecessor Giancarlo Galan (1995–2010) has been the longest-serving President so far. Since direct election of the President was introduced, Venetian politics has become far more stable and governments generally last for a full term of five years.
Governments of Veneto | |||||||
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Government | President | Party | Coalition | Vice President | Party | Term | Legislature |
Tomelleri I | Angelo Tomelleri | DC | DC | Paolo Tartari | DC | 1970–1971 | I Legislature |
Tomelleri II | Angelo Tomelleri | DC | DC | Paolo Tartari | DC | 1971–1972 | |
Feltrin I | Piero Feltrin | DC | DC | Paolo Tartari | DC | 1972–1973 | |
Tomelleri III | Angelo Tomelleri | DC | DC | Marino Cortese | DC | 1973–1975 | |
Tomelleri IV | Angelo Tomelleri | DC | DC, PRI | Giancarlo Gambaro | DC | 1975–1977 | II Legislature |
Tomelleri V | Angelo Tomelleri | DC | DC | Marino Cortese | DC | 1977–1980 | |
Bernini I | Carlo Bernini | DC | DC, PSDI (since 1981) | Marino Cortese | DC | 1980–1985 | III Legislature |
Bernini II | Carlo Bernini | DC | DC, PSI, PSDI, PLI | Umberto Carraro | PSI | 1985–1989 | IV Legislature |
Cremonese I | Gianfranco Cremonese | DC | DC, PSI, PSDI, PLI | Umberto Carraro | PSI | 1989–1990 | |
Cremonese II | Gianfranco Cremonese | DC | DC, PSI, PRI, PSDI | Amalia Sartori | PSI | 1990–1992 | V Legislature |
Frigo I | Franco Frigo | DC | DC, PSI, Greens | Renzo Burro | PSI | 1992–1993 | |
Pupillo I | Giuseppe Pupillo | PDS | DC, PDS, PSI, Greens, UPV | Carlo Alberto Tesserin | DC | 1993–1994 | |
Bottin I | Aldo Bottin | PPI | PPI, LV, FI, PLI, UPV, CPA, Rad | Gian Paolo Gobbo | LV | 1994–1995 | |
Galan I | Giancarlo Galan | FI | FI, AN, CDU, CCD | Bruno Canella | AN | 1995–2000 | VI Legislature |
Galan II | Giancarlo Galan | FI | FI, LV, AN, UDC | Fabio Gava | FI | 2000–2005 | VII Legislature |
Galan III | Giancarlo Galan | FI | FI, LV, AN, UDC, NPSI | Luca Zaia / Franco Manzato | LV | 2005–2010 | VIII Legislature |
Zaia I | Luca Zaia | LV | LV, PdL* | Marino Zorzato** | PdL | 2010–2015 | IX Legislature |
Zaia II | Luca Zaia | LV | LV, FI | Gianluca Forcolin | FI | 2015–present | X Legislature |
Source: Veneto Region
* = Party disbanded in 2013; its members joined either FI or NCD. Vice President Marino Zorzato joined the NCD.