List of mayors of Siena

The Mayor of Siena is an elected politician who, along with the Siena's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Siena in Tuscany, Italy. The current Mayor is Luigi De Mossi, a centre-right independent, who took office on 25 June 2018.[1]

Mayor of Siena
Sindaco di Siena
Incumbent
Luigi De Mossi (centre-right independent)
since 25 June 2018
AppointerPopular election
Term length5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holderBernardo Tolomei
Formation1865
WebsiteOfficial website

Overview

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

The Mayor is elected by the population of Siena, 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 Siena'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.

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

In 1865, the Kingdom of Italy created the office of Mayor of Siena (Sindaco di Siena), appointed by the King himself. From 1892 to 1926 the Mayor was elected by the City council. In 1926, the Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils, replacing them with an authoritarian Podestà chosen by the National Fascist Party. The office of Mayor was restored in 1944 during the Allied occupation.[2]

  Mayor Term start Term end Party
1 Bernardo Tolomei 1865 1866
2 Tiberio Sergardi 1866 1867
(1) Bernardo Tolomei 1867 1869
3 Luciano Banchi 1869 1870
4 Federico Comini 1870 1871
5 Domenico Mazzi 1871 1877
(3) Luciano Banchi 1877 1878
6 Giuseppe Palmieri Nuti 1878 1879
(3) Luciano Banchi[3] 1880 1887
7 Aristodemo Ficalbi 1888 1889
8 Luigi Valenti Serini 1889 1890
9 Remigio Bartalini 1892 1893
10 Enrico Crocini 1894 1896
11 Enrico Falaschi 1896 1898
12 Bonaventura Chigi Zondadari 1899 1899
13 Guido Sarrocchi 1899 1899
14 Alessandro Lisini 1900 1905
15 Carlo Ponticelli 1905 1906
16 Mario Bianchi Bandinelli 1906 1913
17 Livio Socini 1914 1916
18 Emanuello Pannocchieschi d'Elci 1916 1920
19 Angiolo Rosini 1920 1921
20 Fabio Bargagli Petrucci 1923 1923 National Fascist Party
21 Vittorio Martini 1923 1925 National Fascist Party
Fascist Podestà (1926–1944)
1 Fabio Bargagli Petrucci 1926 1936 National Fascist Party
2 Mario Tadini Buoninsegni 1936 1938 National Fascist Party
3 Luigi Socini Guelfi 1938 1944 National Fascist Party
Allied occupation (1944–1946)
22 Carlo Ciampolini[4] 1944 1946 Independent

Timeline

Italian Republic (since 1946)

City Council election (1946–1993)

From 1946 to 1993, the Mayor of Siena was elected by the City's Council.[2]

  Mayor Term start Term end Party
1 Ilio Bocci 5 April 1946 23 June 1956 Italian Communist Party
2 Bruno Bottai 24 June 1956 16 July 1956 Christian Democracy
3 Ugo Bartalini 31 August 1956 24 January 1965 Italian Socialist Party
4 Fazio Fabbrini 25 January 1965 19 July 1966 Italian Communist Party
5 Canzio Vannini 20 December 1968 3 June 1969 Italian Socialist Party
6 Luciano Mencaraglia 26 July 1969 1 December 1969 Italian Communist Party
7 Roberto Barzanti 2 December 1969 11 January 1974 Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity
(5) Canzio Vannini 11 January 1974 30 July 1979 Italian Socialist Party
8 Mauro Barni 31 July 1979 19 September 1983 Italian Socialist Party
9 Vittorio Mazzoni della Stella 20 September 1983 29 November 1990 Italian Socialist Party
10 Pierluigi Piccini 29 November 1990 21 June 1993 Italian Communist Party

Direct election (since 1993)

Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Siena is chosen by direct election.[2]

  Mayor Term start Term end Party
(10) Pierluigi Piccini 21 June 1993 28 April 1997 Democratic Party of the Left
28 April 1997 14 May 2001 Democrats of the Left
11 Maurizio Cenni 14 May 2001 28 May 2006 Democrats of the Left
28 May 2006 18 May 2011 Democratic Party
12 Franco Ceccuzzi 18 May 2011 12 June 2012 Democratic Party
13 Bruno Valentini 11 June 2013 25 June 2018 Democratic Party
14 Luigi De Mossi 25 June 2018 Incumbent Centre-right independent

Timeline

See also

References
  1. "De Mossi sindaco, la sinistra perde Siena dopo oltre 70 anni". Corriere di Siena. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  2. "Gonfalonieri, podestà e sindaci di Siena dal 1787". Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  3. Acting mayor from 1880 to 1881.
  4. Chosen by the National Liberation Committee and appointed by the Prefect.

Bibliography
  • Bisi, Stefano (2012). Sindaci in bianco-nero. Appunti di un cronista. Siena: Betti Editrice. ISBN 978-88-7576-271-1.
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