Padanian Parliament

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Padania Parliament Parlamento della Padania
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
President of the Assembly	Roberto Calderoli, Independent (Lega Nord) since 2011
Structure
Seats	210
Political groups	Government:   Padanian Socialists - Labour and Society (52)   Padanian Communists (5)   Nation Lombardy (5) Opposition   Liberal Democrats - Forward Padania (50)   Padanian Right - European Alliance (27)   Padanian Catholics (20)   Padanian Lions (14)   Liberal and libertarian Padania (12)
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation
Meeting place
Mantua (1997-2007) Vicenza (2007-2012) Villa Da Porto (from 2012)
Website
Parlamento della Padania

The Parliament of Padania, the former Nord and former Parliament House of Mantua, is a body set up by Lega Nord with its internal representation almost electoral basin. It consists of all administrators, regional councillors, mayors and elected MPs in various local and national administrations. The first official headquarters of the plenary meetings of the newborn Po Parliament took place in Villa Riva Berni to Bagnolo San Vito (MN). The second seat in the 2007-2011 of the meetings was located in Vicenza in villa Bonin Maistrello, via dell'oreficeria 21.

The Parliament of Padania is divided internally into competing political forces, which shall, while always referring to the political thinking of the Northern League, inspired names so creative in various political ideologies which, in common sense, there is nothing to share with the League thought.

In the general election of 1997 took part also the Movement Pannella-Reformers candidates were put forward the valtellinese Benedetto Della Vedova, who was elected within the Assembly.

Are elected, at the gazebo of the Northern League, every five years, the representatives of the parties and the Prime Minister of Padania. The Prime Ministers, in chronological order, from 1996 are: Giancarlo Pagliarini, Vito Gnutti, Manuela Dal Lago, Mario Borghezio, Francesco Speroni and Roberto Maroni.

The February 10, 2007, at the request of Federal Secretary of Lega Nord, Umberto Bossi's Padania Parliament officially reopens its doors based in Vicenza, in the villa Bonin Maistrello.

With Silvio Berlusconi's resignation, the end of the Berlusconi IV Cabinet and the beginning of The Government the political Secretariat November 14, 2011 of the Northern League decided to reopen the Parliament of Padania

The December 4, 2011 has been appointed the new President of the Parliament of Padania, Roberto Calderoli at the opening of the Assembly took part for the first time representatives of twenty Leaguers Umbrian militants representing the "nation" of Umbria under parent company League at the Regional Council of Umbria, Gianluca Cirignoni.

By 2012 has an Office in Port Villa called La Favorita in locality Monticello di Fara di Sarego (VI).

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) - Leader: Matteo Salvini^{[citation needed]}

Centre-left[edit]

• Padanian Socialists - Labour and Society (PD/PSI) - Leader: Roberto Maroni^{[citation needed]}

Centre[edit]

• Padanian Catholics (UdC) - Leader: Giuseppe Leoni^{[citation needed]}

Centre-right[edit]

• Liberal and libertarian Padania (Italian Radicals/ML) - Leader: Marco Pottino^{[citation needed]}
• Liberal Democrats - Forward Padania (FI) - Leader: Roberto Cota^{[citation needed]}

Right-wing[edit]

Padanian Right - European Alliance (The Right) - Leader: Enzo Flego^{[citation needed]}

Autonomist[edit]

• Padanian Lions (Liga Veneta) - Leader: Flavio Tosi^{[citation needed]}
• Nation Lombardy (Lega Lombarda) - Leader: Matteo Salvini^{[citation needed]}