The Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces, originally named "Conference of Presidents of Regions and Autonomous Provinces", is a political body of coordination between the Regions of Italy and, chiefly, their presidents. Established in Pomezia, Lazio on 15–16 January 1981,^[1] the Conference is composed of 21 members, including the representatives of the autonomous provinces of Trentino and South Tyrol, forming the Region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, and has since been the official seat of interregional institutional dialogue.

The priorities that led to the establishment of the Conference were:

• improving the collaboration and consultation with the Government through the elaboration of documents shared by the whole "system of regional governments";
• establishing a permanent interregional consultation to favour the spread of "best practices";
• representing the "system of regional governments" externally and through institutional relations;
• underlining the role of the regional institution in the creation of the European Union.^[1]

The Conference's role and relevance increased following the establishment by the Italian government of the State–Regions Conference (1983)^[2][3] and the Unified State, Regions, Cities and Local Autonomous Conference (1997),^[4] the latter being the joint meeting of the State–Regions Conference and the State–Cities and Local Autonomies Conference (1997), where municipalities, provinces and mountain communities are represented. Usually, joint documents are prepared by the Conference and are later presented during the meetings of the State–Regions Conference and the Unified Conference.

Regions
Region	Name	Portrait	Since	Term	Party		Coalition		Last election
Aosta Valley	Renzo Testolin (1968–)		2 March 2023	2023–2025		UV		Centre-left	2020
Piedmont	Alberto Cirio (1972–)		6 June 2019	2024–2029		FI		Centre-right	2024
Lombardy	Attilio Fontana (1962–)		26 March 2018	2023–2028		Lega–LL		Centre-right	2023
Veneto	Luca Zaia (1968–)		30 March 2010	2020–2025		Lega–LV		Centre-right	2020
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Massimiliano Fedriga (1980–)		30 April 2018	2023–2028		Lega–LFVG		Centre-right	2023
Emilia-Romagna	Irene Priolo (1974–)		12 July 2014	2024 (acting president)		PD		Centre-left	2020
Liguria	Marco Bucci (1959–)		Elected	2024–2029		Indep		Centre-right	2024
Tuscany	Eugenio Giani (1959–)		8 October 2020	2020–2025		PD		Centre-left	2020
Marche	Francesco Acquaroli (1974–)		30 September 2020	2020–2025		FdI		Centre-right	2020
Umbria	Donatella Tesei (1958–)		28 October 2019	2019–2024		Lega–LU		Centre-right	2019
Lazio	Francesco Rocca (1965–)		2 March 2023	2023–2028		Indep–FdI		Centre-right	2023
Abruzzo	Marco Marsilio (1968–)		11 February 2019	2024–2029		FdI		Centre-right	2024
Molise	Francesco Roberti (1967–)		6 July 2023	2023–2028		FI		Centre-right	2023
Campania	Vincenzo De Luca (1949–)		1 June 2015	2020–2025		PD		Centre-left	2020
Apulia	Michele Emiliano (1959–)		1 June 2015	2020–2025		Indep–PD		Centre-left	2020
Basilicata	Vito Bardi (1951–)		25 March 2019	2024–2029		FI		Centre-right	2024
Calabria	Roberto Occhiuto (1969–)		29 October 2021	2021–2026		FI		Centre-right	2021
Sicily	Renato Schifani (1950–)		13 October 2022	2022–2027		FI		Centre-right	2022
Sardinia	Alessandra Todde (1969–)		20 March 2024	2024–2029		M5S		Centre-left	2024
Autonomous Provinces[a]
South Tyrol	Arno Kompatscher (1971–)		9 January 2014	2023–2028		SVP		Centre-right	2023
Trentino	Maurizio Fugatti (1972–)		2 November 2018	2023–2028		Lega–LT		Centre-right	2023

This is the list of presidents of the Conference since 1995. Before then, the role was rotational.

President		Term started	Term ended	Party		Region
		Time in office
	Pier Luigi Bersani (1951–)	1 January 1995	1 July 1995		Democratic Party of the Left	Emilia-Romagna
		181 days
	Alessandra Guerra (1963–)	2 July 1995	23 May 1996		Lega Nord	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
		326 days
	Piero Badaloni (1946–)	23 May 1996	16 April 2000		Independent / The Democrats	Lazio
		3 years, 329 days
	Enzo Ghigo (1953–)	23 May 2000	13 May 2005		Forza Italia	Piedmont
		4 years, 355 days
	Vasco Errani (1955–)	13 May 2005	31 July 2014		Democrats of the Left / Democratic Party	Emilia-Romagna
		9 years, 79 days
	Sergio Chiamparino (1948–)	31 July 2014	17 December 2015		Democratic Party	Piedmont
		1 year, 139 days
	Stefano Bonaccini (1967–)	17 December 2015	9 April 2021		Democratic Party	Emilia-Romagna
		5 years, 113 days
	Massimiliano Fedriga (1980–)	9 April 2021	Incumbent		Lega	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
		3 years, 207 days

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