According to countryvv, Italy is a parliamentary democracy. The territory of the Republic is divided into 20 regions of which 5 have a special statute (Valle d’Aosta, Trentino-Alto Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Sicily, Sardinia). Under the Constitution of December 27, 1947, which came into force on 1 stJanuary 1948 and subsequently amended, the head of state is the President of the Republic, elected for seven years by the Parliament meeting in joint session; three delegates from each region participate in the session (Valle d’Aosta with only one delegate); for the first three ballots a two-thirds majority is required, in subsequent ballots an absolute majority is sufficient. The President of the Republic appoints the President of the Council of Ministers and, upon his proposal, the Ministers, assisted by Deputy Ministers and Undersecretaries. The government, holder of executive power, is accountable to Parliament and must have the confidence of the Houses. Legislative power belongs to the Parliament composed of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic. The deputies are 630, the senators 315 to which are added the senators for life,
President of the Republic: Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
President of the Council of Ministers: Silvio Berlusconi
Abruzzo
The region includes 4 provinces: Chieti (2588 km 2, 391.167 residents [2004], 104 municipalities), L’Aquila (5034 km 2, 304.068 residents, 108 municipalities), Pescara (1225 km 2, 307.974 residents, 46 municipalities) and Teramo (1950 km 2, 296,063 residents, 47 municipalities).
President: Ottaviano Del Turco
Basilicata
The region includes 2 provinces: Matera (3447 km 2, 204,328 residents [2004], 31 municipalities) and Potenza (6545 km 2, 392,218 residents, 100 municipalities).
President: Vito De Filippo
Calabria
The region includes five provinces: Catanzaro (2391 km 2, 368 923 residents [2004], 80 municipalities), Cosenza (6650 km 2, 732 615 residents, 155 municipalities), Crotone (1717 km 2, 172 970 residents, 27 municipalities), Reggio di Calabria (3,183 km 2, 565,866 residents, 97 municipalities) and Vibo Valentia (1139 km 2, 168,894 residents, 50 municipalities).
President: Agazio Loiero
Campania
The region includes 5 provinces: Avellino (2792 km 2, 437.560 residents [2004], 119 municipalities), Benevento (2071 km 2, 289.455 residents, 78 municipalities), Caserta (2639 km 2, 879.342 residents, 104 municipalities), Naples (1171 km 2, 3,092,859 residents, 92 municipalities) and Salerno (4923 km 2, 1,089,770 residents, 158 municipalities).
President: Antonio Bassolino
Emilia Romagna
The region includes 9 provinces: Bologna (3702 km 2, 944.297 residents [2004], 60 municipalities), Ferrara (2632 km 2, 349.774 residents, 26 municipalities), Forlì-Cesena (2377 km 2, 371.318 residents, 30 municipalities), Modena (2689 km 2, 659.925 residents, 47 municipalities), Parma (3449 km 2, 413.198 residents, 47 municipalities), Piacenza (2589 km 2, 273.689 residents, 48 municipalities), Ravenna (1858 km 2, 365.369 residents, 18 municipalities), Reggio nell’Emilia (2293 km 2, 487.003 residents, 45 municipalities) and Rimini (534 km 2, 286.796 residents, 20 municipalities).
President: Vasco Errani
Friuli Venezia Giulia
The region includes 4 provinces: Gorizia (466 km 2, 140,681 residents [2004], 25 municipalities), Pordenone (2273 km 2, 297,699 residents, 51 municipalities), Trieste (212 km 2, 238,092 residents, 6 municipalities) and Udine (4904 km 2, 528.246 residents, 137 municipalities).
President: Riccardo Illy
Lazio
The region includes 5 provinces: Frosinone (3244 km 2, 489.042 residents [2004], 91 municipalities), Latina (2251 km 2, 519.850 residents, 33 municipalities), Rieti (2749 km 2, 153.258 residents, 73 municipalities), Rome (5352 km 2, 3.807.992 residents, 121 municipalities) and Viterbo (3612 km 2, 299.830 residents, 60 municipalities).
President: Piero Marrazzo
Liguria
The region includes 4 provinces: Genoa (1838 km 2, 875.732 residents [2004], 67 municipalities), Imperia (1156 km 2, 215.591 residents, 67 municipalities), La Spezia (882 km 2, 219.366 residents, 32 municipalities) and Savona (1545 km 2, 281,620 residents, 69 municipalities).
President: Claudio Burlando
Lombardy
The region includes 12 provinces: Bergamo (2,723 km 2, 1,022,428 residents [2004], 244 municipalities), Brescia (4,784 km 2, 1,169,259 residents, 206 municipalities), Como (1288 km 2, 560,941 residents), 162 municipalities), Cremona (1771 km 2, 346.168 residents, 115 municipalities), Lecco (816 km 2, 322.150 residents, 90 municipalities), Lodi (782 km 2, 209.129 residents, 61 municipalities), Mantua (2339 km 2, 390,957 residents, 70 municipalities), Milan (1618 km 2, 3,089,628 residents, 138 municipalities), Monza and Brianza (363 km 2, 749,588 residents, 50 municipalities), Pavia (2,965 km 2, 510,505 residents, 190 municipalities), Sondrio (3212 km 2, 179.089 residents, 78 municipalities) and Varese (1199 km 2, 843.250 residents, 141 municipalities).
President: Roberto Formigoni
Walk
The region includes 5 provinces: Ancona (1940 km 2, 461.345 residents [2004], 49 municipalities), Ascoli Piceno (1226 km 2, 209.078 residents, 33 municipalities), Fermo (860 km 2, 169.883 residents, 40 municipalities), Macerata (2774 km 2, 313.225 residents, 57 municipalities), Pesaro and Urbino (2892 km 2, 365.249 residents, 67 municipalities). President: Gian Mario Spacca
Molise
The region includes 2 provinces: Campobasso (2909 km 2, 231,867 residents [2004], 84 municipalities) and Isernia (1529 km 2, 90,086 residents, 52 municipalities).
President: Michele Iorio
Piedmont
The region includes 8 provinces: Alessandria (3560 km 2, 429.080 residents [2004], 190 municipalities), Asti (1511 km 2, 213.369 residents, 118 municipalities), Biella (913 km 2, 188.197 residents, 82 municipalities), Cuneo (6903 km 2, 569.987 residents, 250 municipalities), Novara (1339 km 2, 353.743 residents, 88 municipalities), Turin (6830 km 2, 2.236.941 residents, 315 municipalities), Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (2,255 km 2, 161,575 residents, 77 municipalities), Vercelli (2088 km 2, 177,280 residents, 86 municipalities).
President: Mercedes Bresso
Puglia
The region includes 6 provinces: Barletta-Andria-Trani (1538 km 2, 386.489 residents [2004], 10 municipalities), Bari (3825 km 2, 1.249.209 residents, 41 municipalities), Brindisi (1839 km 2, 401.207 residents, 20 municipalities), Foggia (6963 km 2, 645.267 residents, 61 municipalities), Lecce (2759 km 2, 805.397 residents, 97 municipalities) and Taranto (2437 km 2, 580.588 residents, 29 municipalities).
President: Nichi Vendola
Sardinia
The region includes 8 provinces: Cagliari (4570 km 2, 530.666 residents [2004], 71 municipalities), Carbonia-Iglesias (1494 km 2, 131.766 residents, 23 municipalities), Medio Campidano (1516 km 2, 104.630 residents, 28 municipalities), Nuoro (3933 km 2, 200.830 residents, 52 municipalities), Ogliastra (1854 km 2, 54.949 residents, 23 municipalities), Olbia-Tempio (3398 km 2, 146.922 residents, 26 municipalities), Oristano (3,039 km 2, 153,929 residents, 88 municipalities) and Sassari (4282 km 2, 326,360 residents, 66 municipalities). The provinces of Carbonia-Iglesias, Medio Campidano, Ogliastra and Olbia-Tempio were established by regional law in 2001.
President: Renato Soru
Sicily
The region includes 9 provinces: Agrigento (3,042 km 2, 456,612 residents [2004], 43 municipalities), Caltanissetta (2128 km 2, 275,221 residents, 22 municipalities), Catania (3552 km 2, 1,071,883 residents, 58 municipalities), Enna (2562 km 2, 174.426 residents, 20 municipalities), Messina (3247 km 2, 657.785 residents, 108 municipalities), Palermo (4995 km 2, 1.239.272 residents, 82 municipalities), Ragusa (1614 km 2, 306 741 residents, 12 municipalities), Syracuse (2109 km 2, 398 178 residents, 21 municipalities) and Trapani (2461 km 2, 432 963 ab., 24 municipalities).
President: Salvatore Cuffaro
Tuscany
The region includes 10 provinces: Arezzo (3,232 km 2, 333,385 residents [2004], 39 municipalities), Florence (3514 km 2, 965,388 residents, 44 municipalities), Grosseto (4504 km 2, 218,159 residents, 28 municipalities), Livorno (1217 km 2, 330.739 residents, 20 municipalities), Lucca (1773 km 2, 379.117 residents, 35 municipalities), Massa-Carrara (1157 km 2, 200.644 residents, 17 municipalities), Pisa (2448 km 2, 394.101 residents, 39 municipalities), Pistoia (965 km 2, 277.028 residents, 22 municipalities), Prato (365 km 2, 238.826 residents, 7 municipalities) and Siena (3821 km 2, 260.882 residents, 36 municipalities).
President: Claudio Martini
Trentino Alto Adige
The region includes 2 provinces: Bolzano (7400 km 2, 477.067 residents [2004], 116 municipalities) and Trento (6207 km 2, 497.546 residents, 223 municipalities). Both provinces have legislative and administrative autonomy.
President: Luis Durnwalder
Umbria
The region includes 2 provinces: Perugia (6334 km 2, 632.420 residents [2004], 59 municipalities) and Terni (2122 km 2, 226.518 residents, 33 municipalities).
President: Maria Rita Lorenzetti
Valle d’Aosta
It is made up of a province: Aosta (3263 km 2, 74 municipalities).
President: Carlo Perrin
Veneto
The region includes 7 provinces: Belluno (3678 km 2, 212.244 residents [2004], 69 municipalities), Padua (2142 km 2, 882.779 residents, 104 municipalities), Rovigo (1789 km 2, 244.625 residents, 50 municipalities), Treviso (2477 km 2, 838.732 residents, 95 municipalities), Venice (2463 km 2, 829.418 residents, 44 municipalities), Verona (3121 km 2, 860.796 residents, 98 municipalities) and Vicenza (2722 km 2 831.356 residents., 121 municipalities).
President: Giancarlo Galan
