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== Government and politics ==
{{Main|Politics of Lazio}}

Lazio has a system of [[representative democracy]] in which the President of the Region (''{{lang|it|Presidente della Regione}}'') is the [[head of government]] and of a pluriform [[multi-party system]]. [[Executive power]] is vested in the regional government (''{{lang|it|Giunta Regionale}}'') and [[legislative power]] is vested in the [[Regional Council of Lazio|Regional Council]] (''{{lang|it|Consiglio Regionale}}'').

Rome is [[Centre-left politics|centre-left]] politically oriented by tradition, while the rest of Lazio is [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]] oriented. In the [[2008 Italian general election|2008 general election]], Lazio gave 44.2% of its vote to the centre-right coalition, while the centre-left block took 41.4% of vote. In the [[2013 Italian general election|2013 general election]], Lazio gave 40.7% of its vote to the centre-left block coalition, 29.3% to the centre-right coalition and 20.2 to the [[Five Star Movement]].

The current president of Lazio is [[Francesco Rocca (politician)|Francesco Rocca]], independent politician and former president of the [[International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies]], in office in the [[Centre-right coalition (Italy)|centre-right coalition]].