Padanian Parliament
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Padanian Parliament Parlamento della Padania | |
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President of the Assembly | |
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| Seats | 210 |
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| Party-list proportional representation | |
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| Mantua (1997–2007) Vicenza (2007–2012) Villa Da Porto (since 2012) | |
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| Parlamento della Padania | |
The Padanian Parliament is a body set up by Lega Nord with its internal representation on an electoral basis. Formerly known as the Northern Parliament and the Parliament House of Mantua, it consists of all administrators, regional councillors, mayors, and elected members of Parliament in various local and national administrations. The first official headquarters of the plenary meetings of the newborn Po Parliament took place at Villa Riva Berni in Bagnolo San Vito. The second ones, held in the 2007–2011 years, were located in Vicenza at Villa Bonin Maistrello, via dell'oreficeria 21.
The Padanian Parliament is divided internally into competing political forces that ranged from communists to socialists to liberals, Christian democrats, and national conservatives, all sharing Padanian nationalism. The 1997 election also included candidates from the Pannella List led by Benedetto Della Vedova, who was elected within the assembly.
At the gazebo of Lega Nord, every five years are elected the representatives of the parties and the prime minister of Padania. In chronological order, from 1996 onwards, the prime minetsers were Giancarlo Pagliarini, Vito Gnutti, Manuela Dal Lago, Mario Borghezio, Francesco Speroni, and Roberto Maroni. On 10 February 2007, at the request of Umberto Bossi, the founder of Lega Nord and its then federal secretary, the Padanian Parliament recovened itself in Vicenza, in the villa Bonin Maistrello. With Silvio Berlusconi's resignation and the end of the foruth Berlusconi government, Bossi decided to reopen the Padanian Parliament on 14 November 2011.
On 4 December 2011, Roberto Calderoli was appointed as the new president of the Padanian Parliament at the opening of the assembly that saw the participation for the first time of twenty Umbrian militants led by Gianluca Cirignoni, the then Lega Nord deputy leader at the Legislative Assembly of Umbria. By 2012, it had an office in Port Villa called La Favorita in Monticello di Fara di Sarego, in the province of Vicenza.
Organs[edit]
President of the Parliament[edit]
- 1997–2001, Francesco Speroni (Liberal Democrats – Forward Padania)[citation needed]
- 2001–2007, closed/vacant
- 2007–2011, Roberto Maroni (European Democrats – Padanian Labour)
- 2011–present, Roberto Calderoli (independent)
Prime minister of Padania[edit]
- 1996–1998, Giancarlo Pagliarini (Liberal Democrats – Forward Padania)
- 1998–1999, Vito Gnutti (Liberal Democrats – Forward Padania)
- 1999–2004, Manuela Dal Lago (Liberal independent)
- 2004–2009, Mario Borghezio (Padanian Right – European Alliance)[citation needed]
- 2009–2012, Francesco Speroni (Liberal Democrats – Forward Padania)[citation needed]
- 2012–present, Roberto Maroni (Padanian Socialists – Labour and Society)[citation needed]
Internal political parties of Lega Nord[edit]
Left-wing[edit]
- Padanian Communists (PRC), led by Matteo Salvini[citation needed]
Centre-left[edit]
- Padanian Socialists – Labour and Society (PD/PSI), led by Roberto Maroni[citation needed]
Centre[edit]
- Padanian Catholics (UdC), led by Giuseppe Leoni[citation needed]
Centre-right[edit]
- Liberal and libertarian Padania (Italian Radicals/ML), led by Marco Pottino[citation needed]
- Liberal Democrats – Forward Padania (FI), led by Roberto Cota[citation needed]
Right-wing[edit]
Padanian Right – European Alliance (The Right), led by Enzo Flego[citation needed]
Autonomist[edit]
- Padanian Lions (Liga Veneta), led by Flavio Tosi[citation needed]
- Nation Lombardy (Lega Lombarda), led by Matteo Salvini[citation needed]