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Title V of the Constitution

Twenty regions,
five apart.

The centre-right governs 12 regions, the centre-left 6. Five regions have statutes of their own, adopted by constitutional law, for their islands, borders and languages.

Who governs

Presidents
of the regions.

  • Piemonte
    Alberto Cirio · FI · 9 Jun 2024
  • Valle d'Aostaspecial
    Renzo Testolin · UV · 28 Sept 2025
  • Lombardia
    Attilio Fontana · Lega · 13 Feb 2023
  • Trentino-Alto Adigespecial
    Rotating presidency (Trento / Bolzano)
  • Veneto
    Alberto Stefani · Lega · 24 Nov 2025
  • Friuli-Venezia Giuliaspecial
    Massimiliano Fedriga · Lega · 3 Apr 2023
  • Liguria
    Marco Bucci · Ind · 28 Oct 2024
  • Emilia-Romagna
    Michele de Pascale · PD · 18 Nov 2024
  • Toscana
    Eugenio Giani · PD · 13 Oct 2025
  • Umbria
    Stefania Proietti · Ind · 18 Nov 2024
  • Marche
    Francesco Acquaroli · FdI · 29 Sept 2025
  • Lazio
    Francesco Rocca · Ind · 13 Feb 2023
  • Abruzzo
    Marco Marsilio · FdI · 10 Mar 2024
  • Molise
    Francesco Roberti · FI · 26 Jun 2023
  • Campania
    Roberto Fico · M5S · 24 Nov 2025
  • Puglia
    Antonio Decaro · PD · 24 Nov 2025
  • Basilicata
    Vito Bardi · FI · 22 Apr 2024
  • Calabria
    Roberto Occhiuto · FI · 6 Oct 2025
  • Siciliaspecial
    Renato Schifani · FI · 25 Sept 2022
  • Sardegnaspecial
    Alessandra Todde · M5S · 25 Feb 2024

Photos: Alberto Cirio — Canale YouTube YouCRP, CC BY 3.0 · Renzo Testolin — JaBo90, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Attilio Fontana — European Union, CC BY 4.0 · Alberto Stefani — Camera dei Deputati, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Massimiliano Fedriga — Portal Vlade APV, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Marco Bucci — Comune di Genova, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Michele de Pascale — Paolo Giandotti - Ufficio per la Stampa e la Comunicazione della Presidenza della Repubblica, Attribution · Eugenio Giani — Angelica89, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stefania Proietti — Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY 2.5 · Francesco Rocca — Francesco Rocca, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Marco Marsilio — Senato della Repubblica Italiana, CC BY 3.0 it · Roberto Fico — Presidenza della Repubblica, Attribution · Antonio Decaro — European Union 2024 - Source : EP, European Parliament · Vito Bardi — Zerouno TV, CC BY 3.0 · Roberto Occhiuto — Camera dei Deputati, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Renato Schifani — Senat RP/Polish Senate, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl · Alessandra Todde — Camera dei deputati, CC BY-SA 4.0 . Others public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Piemonte Alberto Cirio (FI) since 9 June 2024 Valle d'Aosta (special statute) Renzo Testolin (UV) since 28 September 2025 Lombardia Attilio Fontana (Lega) since 13 February 2023 Trentino-Alto Adige (special statute) presidency rotates between Trento and Bolzano Veneto Alberto Stefani (Lega) since 24 November 2025 Friuli-Venezia Giulia (special statute) Massimiliano Fedriga (Lega) since 3 April 2023 Liguria Marco Bucci (Ind) since 28 October 2024 Emilia-Romagna Michele de Pascale (PD) since 18 November 2024 Toscana Eugenio Giani (PD) since 13 October 2025 Umbria Stefania Proietti (Ind) since 18 November 2024 Marche Francesco Acquaroli (FdI) since 29 September 2025 Lazio Francesco Rocca (Ind) since 13 February 2023 Abruzzo Marco Marsilio (FdI) since 10 March 2024 Molise Francesco Roberti (FI) since 26 June 2023 Campania Roberto Fico (M5S) since 24 November 2025 Puglia Antonio Decaro (PD) since 24 November 2025 Basilicata Vito Bardi (FI) since 22 April 2024 Calabria Roberto Occhiuto (FI) since 6 October 2025 Sicilia (special statute) Renato Schifani (FI) since 25 September 2022 Sardegna (special statute) Alessandra Todde (M5S) since 25 February 2024
Regions by the governing bloc · ISTAT boundaries (CC BY 4.0)

Article 116

The special
statutes.

  • Aosta · 1 senator Valle d'Aosta French is co-official; one deputy and one senator, both by plurality. The council elects the president. Languages: French
  • Trento · 6 senators Trentino-Alto Adige Powers lie mostly with the autonomous provinces of Trento and Bolzano; German and Ladin are protected, with ethnic proportionality in public jobs. Languages: German, Ladin
  • Trieste · 4 senators Friuli-Venezia Giulia Protects Slovene, Friulian and German; its own laws on local government. Languages: Slovene, Friulian, German
  • Palermo · 16 senators Sicilia The oldest statute (1946), with its own Assembly of seventy deputies.
  • Cagliari · 5 senators Sardegna Sardinian is a protected language under state and regional law. Languages: Sardinian, Catalan (Alghero)

Senate · 2022 · elected on a regional basis (art. 57)

The Senate's
74 colleges.

Every region elects at least three senators (Molise two, Valle d'Aosta one). In 2022, 74 were single-member colleges; turnout was 63,9% of 45.210.950 electors. The new law abolishes these colleges outside Valle d'Aosta and Trentino-Alto Adige.

Torino: Circoscrizione 2 - Santa Rita - Mirafiori Nord - Mirafiori Sud (PIEMONTE - U01) Andrea Giorgis · Centre-left · 38,0% margin 4,5% Moncalieri (PIEMONTE - U02) Paola Ambrogio · Centre-right · 43,1% margin 14,4% Novara (PIEMONTE - U03) Gaetano Nastri · Centre-right · 52,0% margin 26,7% Alessandria (PIEMONTE - U04) Paolo Zangrillo · Centre-right · 50,8% margin 25,2% Cuneo (PIEMONTE - U05) Giorgio Maria Bergesio · Centre-right · 51,7% margin 26,1% Aosta (VALLE D'AOSTA - U01) Nicoletta Spelgatti · Centre-right · 34,0% margin 0,4% Varese (LOMBARDIA - U01) Massimiliano Romeo · Centre-right · 53,6% margin 29,8% Como (LOMBARDIA - U02) Licia Ronzulli · Centre-right · 55,4% margin 32,0% Milano: Nil 21 - Buenos Aires - Venezia (LOMBARDIA - U03) Antonio Misiani · Centre-left · 39,1% margin 5,8% Sesto San Giovanni (LOMBARDIA - U04) Isabella Rauti · Centre-right · 45,3% margin 14,4% Cologno Monzese (LOMBARDIA - U05) Ignazio Benito Maria La Russa · Centre-right · 46,4% margin 17,3% Monza (LOMBARDIA - U06) Silvio Berlusconi · Centre-right · 50,3% margin 23,1% Bergamo (LOMBARDIA - U07) Daisy Pirovano · Centre-right · 55,2% margin 31,1% Brescia (LOMBARDIA - U08) Stefano Borghesi · Centre-right · 54,7% margin 30,1% Treviglio (LOMBARDIA - U09) Giuliomaria Terzi Di Sant'Agata · Centre-right · 59,7% margin 38,8% Pavia (LOMBARDIA - U10) Gian Marco Centinaio · Centre-right · 54,6% margin 30,3% Cremona (LOMBARDIA - U11) Daniela Garnero Santanchè · Centre-right · 52,2% margin 24,8% Trento (TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE - U01) Pietro Patton · Centre-left · 41,1% margin 4,5% Rovereto (TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE - U02) Michaela Biancofiore · Centre-right · 36,8% margin 0,2% Pergine Valsugana (TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE - U03) Elena Testor · Centre-right · 44,0% margin 13,0% Bolzano/Bozen (TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE - U04) Luigi Spagnolli · Centre-left · 26,1% margin 0,6% Merano/Meran (TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE - U05) Juliane Unterberger · Südtiroler Volkspartei – PATT · 47,8% margin 37,4% Bressanone/Brixen (TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE - U06) Meinhard Durnwalder · Südtiroler Volkspartei – PATT · 46,1% margin 30,5% Venezia (VENETO - U01) Raffaele Speranzon · Centre-right · 53,6% margin 28,2% Treviso (VENETO - U02) Luca De Carlo · Centre-right · 57,4% margin 35,0% Padova (VENETO - U03) Anna Maria Bernini · Centre-right · 54,6% margin 30,3% Vicenza (VENETO - U04) Mara Bizzotto · Centre-right · 57,0% margin 34,8% Verona (VENETO - U05) Paolo Tosato · Centre-right · 58,5% margin 37,3% Trieste (FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA - U01) Luca Ciriani · Centre-right · 50,3% margin 24,4% Genova: Municipio Vii - Ponente (LIGURIA - U01) Giovanni Berrino · Centre-right · 44,9% margin 16,4% La Spezia (LIGURIA - U02) Stefania Pucciarelli · Centre-right · 40,0% margin 8,2% Parma (EMILIA-ROMAGNA - U01) Elena Murelli · Centre-right · 45,4% margin 14,4% Modena (EMILIA-ROMAGNA - U02) Vincenza Rando · Centre-left · 37,8% margin 1,4% Bologna (EMILIA-ROMAGNA - U03) Pier Ferdinando Casini · Centre-left · 40,1% margin 7,7% Ravenna (EMILIA-ROMAGNA - U04) Alberto Balboni · Centre-right · 42,1% margin 7,4% Rimini (EMILIA-ROMAGNA - U05) Marta Farolfi · Centre-right · 42,1% margin 8,8% Arezzo (TOSCANA - U01) Simona Petrucci · Centre-right · 42,0% margin 9,4% Livorno (TOSCANA - U02) Manfredi Potenti · Centre-right · 39,0% margin 6,1% Prato (TOSCANA - U03) Patrizio Giacomo La Pietra · Centre-right · 44,2% margin 15,0% Firenze (TOSCANA - U04) Ilaria Cucchi · Centre-left · 40,1% margin 10,0% Perugia (UMBRIA - U01) Francesco Zaffini · Centre-right · 45,8% margin 18,2% Ascoli Piceno (MARCHE - U01) Elena Leonardi · Centre-right · 49,0% margin 26,5% Ancona (MARCHE - U02) Antonio De Poli · Centre-right · 41,3% margin 11,8% Viterbo (LAZIO - U01) Claudio Durigon · Centre-right · 52,0% margin 30,4% Roma: Municipio Xiv (LAZIO - U02) Lavinia Mennuni · Centre-right · 36,3% margin 3,1% Roma: Municipio V (LAZIO - U03) Giulia Bongiorno · Centre-right · 39,7% margin 10,0% Roma: Municipio Vii (LAZIO - U04) Ester Mieli · Centre-right · 37,5% margin 6,6% Guidonia Montecelio (LAZIO - U05) Marco Silvestroni · Centre-right · 49,8% margin 27,6% Latina (LAZIO - U06) Claudio Fazzone · Centre-right · 54,3% margin 35,9% Pescara (ABRUZZO - U01) Guido Quintino Liris · Centre-right · 48,3% margin 26,9% Campobasso (MOLISE - U01) Claudio Lotito · Centre-right · 42,9% margin 18,5% Caserta (CAMPANIA - U01) Giovanna Petrenga · Centre-right · 37,7% margin 2,7% Benevento (CAMPANIA - U02) Giulia Cosenza · Centre-right · 35,7% margin 8,8% Salerno (CAMPANIA - U03) Antonio Iannone · Centre-right · 41,6% margin 17,1% Napoli: Quartiere 19 - Fuorigrotta (CAMPANIA - U04) Ada Lopreiato · Movimento 5 Stelle · 41,5% margin 16,1% Giugliano in Campania (CAMPANIA - U05) Maria Domenica Castellone · Movimento 5 Stelle · 44,9% margin 15,6% Torre del Greco (CAMPANIA - U06) Orfeo Mazzella · Movimento 5 Stelle · 35,2% margin 0,8% Acerra (CAMPANIA - U07) Raffaele De Rosa · Movimento 5 Stelle · 38,5% margin 7,4% Foggia (PUGLIA - U01) Anna Maria Fallucchi · Centre-right · 37,9% margin 0,6% Andria (PUGLIA - U02) Francesco Paolo Sisto · Centre-right · 43,5% margin 17,5% Bari (PUGLIA - U03) Filippo Melchiorre · Centre-right · 38,6% margin 10,3% Taranto (PUGLIA - U04) Vita Maria Nocco · Centre-right · 42,5% margin 12,5% Lecce (PUGLIA - U05) Roberto Marti · Centre-right · 44,1% margin 20,0% Potenza (BASILICATA - U01) Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati · Centre-right · 36,1% margin 11,7% Corigliano-Rossano (CALABRIA - U01) Ernesto Rapani · Centre-right · 38,1% margin 2,5% Reggio di Calabria (CALABRIA - U02) Clotilde Minasi · Centre-right · 44,7% margin 20,6% Palermo: Quartiere 11 - Sette Cannoli (SICILIA - U01) Dolores Bevilacqua · Movimento 5 Stelle · 34,1% margin 2,3% Marsala (SICILIA - U02) Raoul Russo · Centre-right · 39,1% margin 12,3% Gela (SICILIA - U03) Stefania Gabriella Anastasia Craxi · Centre-right · 37,6% margin 7,4% Catania (SICILIA - U04) Sebastiano Musumeci · Centre-right · 36,4% margin 10,1% Siracusa (SICILIA - U05) Salvatore Sallemi · Centre-right · 36,2% margin 7,1% Messina (SICILIA - U06) Dafne Musolino · Sud chiama Nord · 30,0% margin 0,6% Cagliari (SARDEGNA - U01) Antonella Zedda · Centre-right · 39,5% margin 12,1% Sassari (SARDEGNA - U02) Marcello Pera · Centre-right · 41,4% margin 14,5%
74 single-member colleges, 2022 · colour: winning bloc, deeper = wider margin · ISTAT boundaries (CC BY 4.0)

Regional presidents and the dates they were elected come from secondary sources.