Politics of Aosta Valley

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The Politics of Aosta Valley, Italy since 1946 has taken place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democracy, whereby the president of Aosta Valley has been the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. The regional government has exercised legislative power, vested in both the government and the Regional Council of Aosta Valley.

Executive branch[]

The regional government (Italian: Giunta Regionale, French: Junte régionale) executive power has been presided^[when?] by the president of the region (Italian: Presidente della Regione, French: Président de la région) and has been composed by the president and the assessors (Italian: Assessori, French: Assesseurs), who are currently 7.^[1]

List of presidents[]

Presidents of the Aosta Valley region
President		Party	Term	Legislature
	Federico Chabod	Action Party	10 January 1946 – 24 October 1946	Provisional
	Severino Caveri	Valdostan Union	24 October 1946 – 20 May 1949
			20 May 1949 – 8 December 1954	I Legislature
		Christian Democracy	8 December 1954 – 16 June 1959	II Legislature
		Valdostan Union	16 June 1959 – 24 November 1963	III Legislature
	Severino Caveri	Valdostan Union	24 November 1963 – 30 May 1966	IV Legislature
		Christian Democracy	30 May 1966 1966 – 20 May 1968
			20 May 1968 – 1 July 1969	V Legislature
		Christian Democracy	1 July 1969 – 7 April 1970
	Cesare Dujany	Popular Democrats	7 April 1970 – 19 July 1973
			19 July 1973 – 15 November 1974	VI Legislature
		Valdostan Union	20 December 1974 – 18 July 1978
			18 July 1978 – 20 July 1983	VII Legislature
			20 July 1983 – 4 January 1984	VIII Legislature
	Augusto Rollandin	Valdostan Union	4 January 1984 – 26 July 1988
			26 July 1988 – 25 June 1990	IX Legislature
		Christian Democracy	25 June 1990 – 3 June 1992
	Ilario Lanivi	Independent Autonomists	3 June 1992 – 29 June 1993
		Valdostan Union	29 June 1993 – 29 June 1998	X Legislature
			29 June 1998 – 18 December 2002	XI Legislature
		Valdostan Union	18 December 2002 – 7 July 2003
		Valdostan Union	7 July 2003 – 4 July 2005	XII Legislature
		Valdostan Union	4 July 2005 – 30 June 2008
	Augusto Rollandin	Valdostan Union	30 June 2008 – 30 June 2013	XIII Legislature
			30 June 2013 – 10 March 2017	XIV Legislature
	Pierluigi Marquis	Edelweiss	10 March 2017 – 11 October 2017
	Laurent Viérin	Progressive Valdostan Union	11 October 2017 – 27 June 2018
		Northern League Aosta Valley	27 June 2018 – 10 December 2018	XV Legislature
	Antonio Fosson	For Our Valley	10 December 2018 – 16 December 2019
	Renzo Testolin (acting)	Valdostan Union	16 December 2019 – 21 October 2020
	Erik Lavévaz	Valdostan Union	21 October 2020 – present	XVI Legislature

Source: Regional Government of Aosta Valley – Governments since 1946

Legislative branch[]

The Regional Council of Aosta Valley (Italian: Consiglio regionale della Valle d'Aosta, French: Conseil de la Vallée) is composed of 35 members. The council is elected for a five-year term. His president since October 2020 is , Democratic Party.

Political parties and elections[]

Latest regional election[]

2020 Valdostan regional election results

Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	League	15,837	23.90	11
	Valdostan Union	10,470	15.80	7
	Civic Progressive Project	10,106	15.25	7
	Valdostan Alliance – Edelweiss – Italia Viva	5,880	8.87	4
	United Aosta Valley	5,397	8.14	3
	For the Autonomy	4,212	6.36	3
	Centre-right Aosta Valley	3,761	5.68	0
	Renaissance	3,289	4.98	0
	Five Star Movement	2,589	3.91	0
	Sovereign Aosta Valley Country	1,876	2.83	0
	Future Aosta Valley	1,761	2.66	0
	Free Aosta Valley – Animalist Party	1,084	1.64	0
Valid votes		66,283	91.17	–
Blank votes		2,642	3.63	–
Invalid votes		3,777	5.20	–
Total		72,702	100.00	35
Registered voters/turnout		103,127	70.50	–
Source: Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley – Results

Latest general election in Aosta Valley[]

Chamber of Deputies

Party/coalition		Candidate	Votes	%
	Five Star Movement		15,999	24.1
	Aosta Valley coalition		14,492	21.7
	For All coalition		12,118	18.3
	League		11,588	17.5
	Forza Italia–FdI–		5,533	8.3
	Other candidates		6,703	10.1
Total			66,370	100.0

Source: "Eligendo: Camera [Scrutini] Collegio uninominale VALLE D'AOSTA - 01 (Italia) - Camera dei Deputati del 4 marzo 2018". Ministero dell'Interno (in Italian). Retrieved 5 March 2018.

Senate

Party/coalition		Candidate	Votes	%
	Aosta Valley coalition		15,958	25.8
	Five Star Movement		14,398	23.2
	League		11,004	17.8
	For All coalition		9,659	15.6
	Forza Italia–FdI–		5,223	8.4
	Other candidates		5,696	9.2
Total			61,938	100.0

Source: "Eligendo: Senato [Scrutini] Collegio uninominale VALLE D'AOSTA - 01 (Italia) - Senato della Repubblica del 4 marzo 2018". Ministero dell'Interno (in Italian). Retrieved 5 March 2018.

References[]

Sources[]

• Regional Council of Aosta Valley – History of Aosta Valley
• Regional Government of Aosta Valley – Governments since 1946
• Regional Government of Aosta Valley – Elections
• Cattaneo Institute – Archive of Election Data
• Parties and Elections in Europe – Aosta Valley
• Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections

External links[]

• Aosta Valley Region
• Regional Council of Aosta Valley
• Constitution of Aosta Valley