The Padanian Parliament is a body established by

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with internal representation based on electoral principles. Previously known as the Northern Parliament and the Parliament House of

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, it includes all administrators, regional councilors, mayors, and elected members of Parliament from various local and national administrations. The first official headquarters for the plenary meetings of the newly established Po Parliament was at Villa Riva Berni in Bagnolo San Vito. The second set of meetings, held from 2007 to 2011, took place in

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at Villa Bonin Maistrello, Via dell'Oreficeria 21. The Padanian Parliament is internally divided into competing political forces, including communists, socialists, liberals, Christian democrats, and national conservatives, all united by

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. The 1997 election also featured candidates from the Pannella List, led by Benedetto Della Vedova, who was elected to the assembly. At the gazebo of Lega Nord, representatives of the parties and the

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are elected every five years. In chronological order, from 1996 onwards, the Prime Ministers were Giancarlo Pagliarini, Vito Gnutti,

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, Francesco Speroni, and Roberto Maroni. On 10 February 2007, at the request of

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, the founder of Lega Nord and its then federal secretary, the Padanian Parliament reconvened in Vicenza at Villa Bonin Maistrello. Following

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's resignation and the end of the fourth 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 during the assembly's opening. This assembly marked the first participation of twenty Umbrian militants led by Gianluca Cirignoni, then Lega Nord deputy leader at the Legislative Assembly of Umbria. By 2012, the Parliament had an office at La Favorita in Monticello di Fara di Sarego, in the

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Organs

President of the Parliament

* 1997–2001, Francesco Speroni (Liberal Democrats – Forward Padania) * 2001–2007, closed/vacant * 2007–2011, Roberto Maroni (European Democrats – Padanian Labour) * 2011–present, Roberto Calderoli (independent)

Prime minister of Padania

* 1996–1998, Giancarlo Pagliarini (Liberal Democrats – Forward Padania) * 1998–1999, Vito Gnutti (Liberal Democrats – Forward Padania) * 1999–2004,

( Liberal independent) * 2004–2009,

(Padanian Right – European Alliance) * 2009–2012, Francesco Speroni (Liberal Democrats – Forward Padania) * 2012–present, Roberto Maroni (Padanian Socialists – Labour and Society)

Internal political parties of Lega Nord

Left-wing

* Padanian Communists (

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), led by

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Centre-left

* Padanian Socialists – Labour and Society ( PD/

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), led by Roberto Maroni

Centre

* Padanian Catholics ( UdC), led by Giuseppe Leoni

Centre-right

* Liberal and libertarian Padania (

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, led by

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* Liberal Democrats – Forward Padania ( FI), led by

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Right-wing

Padanian Right – European Alliance ( The Right), led by Enzo Flego

Autonomist

* Padanian Lions (

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), led by Flavio Tosi * Nation Lombardy (

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