Lega Nord Liguria
Northern League Liguria Lega Nord Liguria | |
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Secretary | Edoardo Rixi |
President | |
Founded | 1989 |
Ideology | Federalism Regionalism |
National affiliation | Lega Nord |
Regional Council of Liguria | 7 / 30 |
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http://www.leganordliguria.net/ | |
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Lega Nord Liguria (English: Northern League Liguria) is a regionalist political party in Liguria. It joined Lega Nord in 1991 and, since then, it has functioned as its "national" (hence, regional) section in the region.
The party's current national secretary is Edoardo Rixi, its president .
History[]
The party was founded in 1987 by as Ligurian Union (Uniun Ligure). It participated to the 1989 European Parliament election as part of the coalition Lega Lombarda – Alleanza Nord. In 1989–1990 it took part in the process of federating the Northern regionalist parties, ahead of the regional elections. In February 1991 it was one of the founding members of Lega Nord, taking the current name, and since then it has been the "national" section of that party in Liguria. At the 1992 general election the LNL obtained 14.3% of the vote in Liguria,[1] making it one of the early strongholds of the LN.
The LNL played a big role in party politics since the beginning. In 1993 was appointed federal administrative secretary (i.e. treasurer). In February 2010, after the sudden death of Balocchi, , Ligurian and close aide of Balocchi, was appointed in his place.[2][3] The LNL has also been represented in Silvio Berlusconi's governments by (1994–1995), Balocchi (2001–2006, 2008–2010), Belsito (2010–2012), and (2010–2012).
Over the years, the party suffered several splits, including one led by Ravera, who was welcomed back in 1998 and appointed "president for life". In 2001 a group of keen separatists led by formed the Ligurian Independentist Movement (MIL).
In the 2010 regional election the LNL gained 10.2% of the vote and three regional councillors.[4]
In April 2012 Belsito was charged of money-laundering, embezzlement and fraud at the expenses of the federal party[5] and was thus expelled.[6] Being Belsito a Ligurian, the scandal hit the LNL and its leadership. , who had been secretary since 1998, decided to step down after that he was asked to do so by leading members of the party.[7] Viale secured the support of 80% of delegates (115 votes) in a party congress, against the 20% (28) of her opponent , and was elected in his place, while Bruzzone was elected president and Andrea Corrado, who had been president since 1992, honorary president.[8][9]
In the 2015 regional election the LNL obtained its best result ever with 20.3% of the vote and was instrumental for the election of Forza Italia's Giovanni Toti as President of Liguria.[10] In fact, the LNL had renounced to run its own candidate, Edoardo Rixi, in favour of Toti in the run-up of the election[11] and won almost twice the votes of Forza Italia in the election itself. As a result, the LNL returned to participate in the regional government, led by its leader Viale, who was appointed Vice President and minister of Health by Toti, while Rixi minister of Economic Development.[12][13] Contextually, Bruzzone was elected President of the Regional Council.[14][15]
In December 2015, during a national congress, Rixi (144 votes, 61% of the total) beat and succeeded to Viale (83) as secretary.[16][17][18]
In the 2018 general election the party confirmed its strength in Liguria with 19.9% of the vote.
Popular support[]
Lega Nord Liguria has suffered a steady decline in term of votes since 1992 (when it obtained 14.3% at the regional level), but has recently re-gained strength and reached 20.3% in the 2015 regional election, its best result until that moment. The party is usually stronger in the western part of the region, indeed in the latest election it got 22.7% of the vote in the Province of Imperia, 24.4% in Savona, 18.7% in Genoa and 18.5% in La Spezia.
The electoral results of Lega Nord Liguria in the region are shown in the tables below.
1990 regional | 1992 general | 1994 general | 1995 regional | 1996 general | 1999 European | 2000 regional | 2001 general | 2004 European | 2005 regional | 2006 general | 2008 general | 2009 European | 2010 regional |
6.1 | 14.3 | 11.4 | 6.6 | 10.2 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 6.8 | 9.9 | 10.2 |
2013 general | 2014 European | 2015 regional | 2018 general | 2019 European | 2020 regional |
2.3 | 5.6 | 20.3 | 19.9 | 33.9 | 17.1 |
Leadership[]
- National Secretary: (1987–1994), (1994–1998), (1998–2012), (2012–2015), Edoardo Rixi (2015–present)
- National President: Andrea Corrado (1992–2012), (2012–present)
- President for life: (1998–2017)
- Honorary President: Andrea Corrado (2012–2018)
External links[]
References[]
- ^ ::: Ministero dell'Interno ::: Archivio Storico delle Elezioni - Camera del 5 Aprile 1992. Elezionistorico.interno.it. Retrieved on 2013-08-24.
- ^ Belsito nuovo sottosegretario alla semplificazione. Il Sole 24 ORE (2012-12-21). Retrieved on 2013-08-24.
- ^ Governo Italiano - I Ministeri del governo Letta Archived 2008-05-11 at the Wayback Machine. Governo.it. Retrieved on 2013-08-24.
- ^ ::: Ministero dell'Interno ::: Archivio Storico delle Elezioni - Regionali del 28 Marzo 2010. Elezionistorico.interno.it. Retrieved on 2013-08-24.
- ^ «Lavori alla villa di Gemonio con i rimborsi della Lega». Archiviostorico.corriere.it. Retrieved on 2013-08-24.
- ^ Maroni: «Via loro, o lascio» Espulsi Belsito e Rosi Mauro. Archiviostorico.corriere.it. Retrieved on 2013-08-24.
- ^ Lega Nord Liguria: «Bruzzone lasci» | Liguria | Genova | Il Secolo XIX. Ilsecoloxix.it (2013-08-20). Retrieved on 2013-08-24.
- ^ Lega, Sonia Viale nuovo segretario ligure Maroni: "Eleggere i dirigenti è fare pulizia" - Genova - Repubblica.it. Genova.repubblica.it (2012-04-22). Retrieved on 2013-08-24.
- ^ Verso le amministrative - Lega: «Torniamo alle origini» | Liguria | Genova | Il SecoloXIX. Ilsecoloxix.it (2012-04-28). Retrieved on 2013-08-24.
- ^ "Liguria - Elezioni Regionali - 31 maggio 2015". Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Archivio Corriere della Sera". archiviostorico.corriere.it. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Regione - Regione, ecco la giunta Toti. La Sanità va a Sonia Viale". Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Regione Liguria, Toti nomina la giunta: ci sono anche Ilaria Cavo e Scajola jr - Il Fatto Quotidiano". 8 July 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "in regione". www.regione.liguria.it. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Il nuovo presidente - Regione, inizia la decima legislaturaA Bruzzone la presidenza del Consiglio". Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ Italia, AGI - Agenzia Giornalistica. "Lega Nord: in Liguria cambio al vertice, Rixi nuovo segretario". Agi. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Lega, per Rixi il 61% dei voti, è lui il segretario". 13 December 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Il congresso - Lega Nord Liguria, Rixi è il nuovo segretario regionale". Retrieved 2 March 2018.
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