Government of Veneto

The Regional Government of Veneto (Giunta Regionale del Veneto) is the executive of Veneto, one of the twenty regions of Italy. The Regional Government, which has its seat at Palazzo Balbi on the Grand Canal, is led by the President of Veneto, who is elected for a five-year term, and composed of the President and ten Ministers (Assessori), including a Vice President.

Current composition

See also: Third Zaia government

The current regional government has been in office since 16 October 2020, under the leadership of President Luca Zaia of Liga Veneta–Lega, after his re-election in the 2020 Venetian regional election.

Third Zaia government

Office	Name	Party
President	Luca Zaia		Liga Veneta
Vice President	Elisa De Berti		Liga Veneta
Minister of Legal Affairs, Public Works, Infrastructures and Transports	Elisa De Berti		Liga Veneta
Minister of Planning, Budget, Patrimony and Local Government	Francesco Calzavara		Liga Veneta
Minister of Health, Social Affairs and Social Programs	Manuela Lanzarin		Liga Veneta
Minister of Economic Development, Energy and Special Status for Venice	Roberto Marcato		Liga Veneta
Minister of EU Programs, Agriculture, Tourism and International Trade	Federico Caner		Liga Veneta
Minister Minister of Education, Formation, Labour and Equal Opportunities	Elena Donazzan (until July 2024)		Brothers of Italy
	Valeria Mantovan (since September 2024)		Brothers of Italy
Minister of Environment, Climate and Civil Protection	Gianpaolo Bottacin		Liga Veneta
Minister of Culture, City Planning, Security, Hunting and Fishing	Cristiano Corazzari		Liga Veneta

Source: Veneto Region – Regional Government

List of previous governments

See also: List of presidents of Veneto and Governments of Veneto

Luca Zaia is the ninth President of Veneto. His predecessor Giancarlo Galan (1995–2010) has been the longest-serving President so far. Since direct election of the President was introduced in 1995-2000, Venetian politics has become far more stable and governments generally last for a full term of five years.

Governments of Veneto
Government	President	Party	Coalition	Vice President	Party	Term	Legislature
Tomelleri I	Angelo Tomelleri	DC	DC	Paolo Tartari	DC	1970–1971	I Legislature
Tomelleri II	Angelo Tomelleri	DC	DC	Paolo Tartari	DC	1971–1972
Feltrin	Piero Feltrin	DC	DC	Paolo Tartari	DC	1972–1973
Tomelleri III	Angelo Tomelleri	DC	DC	Marino Cortese	DC	1973–1975
Tomelleri IV	Angelo Tomelleri	DC	DC–PRI	Giancarlo Gambaro	DC	1975–1977	II Legislature
Tomelleri V	Angelo Tomelleri	DC	DC	Marino Cortese	DC	1977–1980
Bernini I	Carlo Bernini	DC	DC–PSDI[a]	Marino Cortese	DC	1980–1985	III Legislature
Bernini II	Carlo Bernini	DC	DC–PSI–PSDI–PLI	Umberto Carraro	PSI	1985–1989	IV Legislature
Cremonese I	Gianfranco Cremonese	DC	DC–PSI–PSDI–PLI	Umberto Carraro	PSI	1989–1990
Cremonese II	Gianfranco Cremonese	DC	DC–PSI–PRI–PSDI	Amalia Sartori	PSI	1990–1992	V Legislature
Frigo	Franco Frigo	DC	DC–PSI–FdV	Renzo Burro	PSI	1992–1993
Pupillo	Giuseppe Pupillo	PDS	DC–PDS[b]–PSI–FdV–UPV	Carlo Alberto Tesserin	DC	1993–1994
Bottin	Aldo Bottin	PPI	PPI[c]–LV–FI[d]–UPV–PLI–CPA–LP	Gian Paolo Gobbo	LV	1994–1995
Galan I	Giancarlo Galan	FI	FI–AN–CDU[e]–CCD	Bruno Canella	AN	1995–2000	VI Legislature
Galan II	Giancarlo Galan	FI	FI–LV–AN–CDU[f]–CCD[f]	Fabio Gava	FI	2000–2005	VII Legislature
Galan III	Giancarlo Galan	FI	FI[g]–LV–AN[g]–UDC–NPSI	Luca Zaia / Franco Manzato	LV	2005–2010	VIII Legislature
Zaia I	Luca Zaia	LV	LV–PdL[h]	Marino Zorzato	PdL	2010–2015	IX Legislature
Zaia II	Luca Zaia	LV	LV–FI[i]	Gianluca Forcolin	LV	2015–2020	X Legislature
Zaia III	Luca Zaia	LV	LV–FdI	Elisa De Berti	LV	2020–present	XI Legislature

Source: Region of Veneto

1. The PSDI joined the government in 1981.
2. The PDS succeeded to the PCI in 1991.
3. The PPI succeeded to the DC in 1994.
4. Some members of the disbanded DC formed FI in 1994.
5. The regional councillors of the CDU were elected from a joint list with FI.
6. The CDU and the CCD were merged into the UDC in 2002.
7. FI and AN were merged into the PdL in 2009.
8. The PdL was disbanded in 2013; its members joined either FI or the NCD. Vice President Marino Zorzato joined the NCD.
9. The party's sole regional minister, Elena Donazzan left in 2018 and joined FdI in 2019.