List of mayors of Cosenza

The Mayor of Cosenza is an elected politician who, along with the Cosenza's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Cosenza in Calabria, Italy. The current Mayor is Mario Occhiuto, a centre-right independent, who took office on 31 May 2011.[1][2]

Mayor of Cosenza
Sindaco di Cosenza
Incumbent
Mario Occhiuto (centre-right independent)
since 31 May 2011
AppointerPopular election
Term length5 years, renewable once
Formation1860
WebsiteOfficial website

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Cosenza is member of the City Council.

The Mayor is elected by the population of Cosenza, who also elects the members of the City Council, controlling the Mayor's policy guidelines and is able to enforce his resignation by a motion of no confidence. The Mayor is entitled to appoint and release the members of his government.

Since 1993 the Mayor is elected directly by Cosenza's electorate: in all mayoral elections in Italy in cities with a population higher than 15,000 the voters express a direct choice for the mayor or an indirect choice voting for the party of the candidate's coalition. If no candidate receives at least 50% of votes, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks. The election of the City Council is based on a direct choice for the candidate with a preference vote: the candidate with the majority of the preferences is elected. The number of the seats for each party is determined proportionally.

Italian Republic (since 1946)

City Council election (1946–1993)

From 1946 to 1993, the Mayor of Cosenza was elected by the City's Council.

Direct election (since 1993)

Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Cosenza is chosen by direct election.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party
(9) Giacomo Mancini 5 December 1993 16 November 1997 Italian Socialist Party
16 November 1997 8 April 2002
14 Eva Catizone 21 June 2002 25 January 2006 Democrats of the Left
15 Salvatore Perugini 15 June 2006 31 May 2011 The Daisy
Democratic Party
16 Mario Occhiuto 31 May 2011 11 February 2016 The People of Freedom
Forza Italia
7 June 2016 Incumbent

Timeline

References
  1. "Speciale elezioni 2011. Elezioni comunali 2011 – Calabria: Cosenza". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. "Sindaco. Mario Occhiuto". Comune di Cosenza (in Italian). Retrieved 13 April 2019.
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