Each region has an elected parliament, called 

Consiglio Regionale (regional council), or Assemblea

Regionale (regional assembly) in Sicily, and a government called Giunta Regionale (regional
committee), headed by a governor called Presidente della Giunta Regionale (president of the
regional committee) or Presidente della Regione (regional president). The latter is directly elected by
the citizens of each region, with the exceptions of Aosta Valley and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
regions where the president is chosen by the regional council.
Under the 1995 electoral law, the winning coalition receives an absolute majority of seats on the
council. The president chairs the giunta, and nominates or dismisses its members, called assessori.
If the directly elected president resigns, new elections are called immediately.
In the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region, the regional council is made up of the joint session of the
two provincial councils of Trentino and of South Tyrol. The regional president is one of the two
provincial commissioners.