Mayor of Livorno
Sindaco di Livorno
Incumbent
Luca Salvetti (centre-left independent)
since 11 June 2019
AppointerPopular election
Term length5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holderEugenio Sansoni
Formation1865
WebsiteOfficial website

The Mayor of Livorno is an elected politician who, along with the Livorno's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Livorno in Tuscany, Italy. The current Mayor is Luca Salvetti, a centre-left independent, who took office on 11 June 2019.[1][2]

Overview

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

The Mayor is elected by the population of Livorno, who also elect 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 1995 the Mayor is elected directly by Livorno'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 Livorno (Sindaco di Livorno), appointed by the King himself. From 1890 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.[3]

  Mayor Term start Term end Party
– Michele D'Angiolo[4] 1858 1863
1 Eugenio Sansoni 1865 1867
– Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi[5] 1868 1869
2 Federigo De Larderel 1870 1874
3 Andrea Giovannetti 1877 1879
4 Ottorino Giera 1879 1881
5 Piero Donnini 1881 1883
6 Olinto Fernandez 1884 1885
7 Niccola Costella 1886 1893
(5) Piero Donnini 1894 1894
8 Rosolino Orlando 1895 1897
(7) Niccola Costella 1897 1898
9 Francesco Ardisson 1901 1901
10 Cesare Pacchiani 1901 1903
11 Giuseppe Malenchini 1903 1911
12 Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti 1911 1915
(8) Rosolino Orlando 1915 1920
13 Uberto Mondolfi 1920 1922 Italian Socialist Party
14 Marco Tonci Ottieri della Ciaia 1923 1926 National Fascist Party
Fascist Podestà (1926–1944)
1 Marco Tonci Ottieri della Ciaia 1927 1933 National Fascist Party
2 Ezio Visconti 1933 1937 National Fascist Party
3 Aleardo Campana 1940 1944 National Fascist Party
Allied occupation (1944–1946)
15 Furio Diaz[6] 1944 1946 Italian Communist Party

Timeline

Italian Republic (since 1946)

City Council election (1946–1995)

From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Livorno was elected by the City's Council.[3]

  Mayor Term start Term end Party
1 Furio Diaz 1946 1954 Italian Communist Party
2 Nicola Badaloni 1954 1966 Italian Communist Party
3 Dino Raugi 1966 1975 Italian Communist Party
4 Alì Nannipieri 1975 1985 Italian Communist Party
5 Roberto Benvenuti 22 June 1985 31 December 1991 Italian Communist Party
6 Gianfranco Lamberti 5 February 1992 24 April 1995 Democratic Party of the Left

Direct election (since 1995)

Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Livorno is chosen by direct election.[3]

  Mayor Term start Term end Party
(6) Gianfranco Lamberti 24 April 1995 14 June 1999 Democratic Party of the Left
14 June 1999 14 June 2004 Democrats of the Left
7 Alessandro Cosimi 14 June 2004 8 June 2009 Democrats of the Left
8 June 2009 9 June 2014 Democratic Party
8 Filippo Nogarin 9 June 2014 11 June 2019 Five Star Movement
9 Luca Salvetti 11 June 2019 Incumbent Independent (centre-left)

Timeline

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ballottaggio Livorno 2019". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Inizia l'era Salvetti: "Nove assessori e vice donna, ma niente bilancino o liste della spesa"". Il Tirreno (in Italian). 11 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Cronologia dei Sindaci, Podestà, Commissari – Livorno". Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  4. ^ Gonfaloniere.
  5. ^ Acting mayor.
  6. ^ Chosen by the National Liberation Committee and appointed by the Prefect.

Bibliography

External links

Mayors of provincial capitals of Italy
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