List of mayors of Rovigo

The Mayor of Rovigo is an elected politician who, along with the Rovigo's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Rovigo in Veneto, Italy. The current Mayor is Edoardo Gaffeo, a centre-left independent, who took office on 13 June 2019.[1][2][3]

Mayor of Rovigo
Sindaco di Rovigo
Incumbent
Edoardo Gaffeo (centre-left independent)
since 13 June 2019
AppointerPopular election
Term length5 years, renewable once
Formation1860
WebsiteOfficial website

Overview

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

The Mayor is elected by the population of Rovigo, 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 1994 the Mayor is elected directly by Rovigo'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 (1946-1994)

From 1946 to 1994, the Mayor of Rovigo was elected by the City's Council.

Direct election (since 1994)

Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Rovigo is chosen by direct election.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party
12 Fabio Baratella 26 June 1994 24 May 1998 Democratic Party of the Left
Democrats of the Left
24 May 1998 30 November 2000
13 Paolo Avezzù 27 May 2001 11 June 2006 Forza Italia
14 Fausto Merchiori 11 June 2006 30 May 2011 Democrats of the Left
Democratic Party
15 Bruno Piva 30 May 2011 15 July 2014 The People of Freedom
16 Massimo Bergamin 16 June 2015 22 February 2019 Lega Nord
17 Edoardo Gaffeo 13 June 2019 Incumbent Independent (centre-left)

References
  1. "Edoardo Gaffeo (50,94%) supera la leghista Monica Gambardella". ilgazzettino.it. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  2. "Passaggio di consegne a palazzo Nodari". Comune di Rovigo. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  3. "Edoardo Gaffeo, ufficialmente sindaco. L'insediamento del nuovo primo cittadino questa mattina a Palazzo Nodari con il passaggio di consegne". polesine24.it. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
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