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The Metropolitan City of Venice (Italian: città metropolitana di Venezia) is a metropolitan city in the Veneto region of Italy, one of ten metropolitan cities in Italy. Its capital is the city of Venice. It replaced the province of Venice in 2015 [3] and includes the city of Venice and 43 comuni (sg.: comune).
The Mayor of Venice (Italian: sindaco di Venezia) is an elected politician who, along with the Venice City Council of 36 members, is accountable for the strategic government of the municipality of Venice, Veneto, Italy. The current office holder is Luigi Brugnaro, a centre-right wing independent businessman who has been in charge since 2015.
The Cavalieri di San Marco was the only order of chivalry ever instituted in Venice, and no citizen could accept or join a foreign order without the government's consent. Venice remained a republic throughout its independent period, and politics and the military were kept separate, except when on occasion the Doge personally headed the military.
VENICE – City Council members discussed the possibility of lowering the property tax rate for the projected 2023-24 budget, but with two of the seven council members absent Tuesday they did ...
Republic of Venice politicians (3 C, 23 P) Pages in category "Government of the Republic of Venice" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total.
The Republic of Venice, [a] officially the Most Serene Republic of Venice and traditionally known as La Serenìssima, [b] was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Venice. Founded, according to tradition, in 697 by Paolo Lucio Anafesto , over the course of its 1,100 years of history it established itself as one of the ...
The Venetian Senate was founded in 1229, or less likely shortly before that date. [2] Its creation was both the result of the rising predominance of the aristocratic element in the Republic, and of the necessity to govern a territory that was much more extensive than the earlier Dogado and still expanding at a rapid rate. [2]
The politics of Veneto, a region of Italy, takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democracy, whereby the President is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Regional Government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Regional Council.