Mayor of Verbania
Sindaco di Verbania
Incumbent
Silvia Marchionini (PD)
since 9 June 2014
AppointerPopular election
Term length5 years, renewable once
WebsiteOfficial website
Palazzo di Città is the seat of the Mayor of Verbania.

The Mayor of Verbania is an elected politician who, along with Verbania's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Verbania in Piedmont, Italy.

The current Mayor is Silvia Marchionini (PD), who took office on 9 June 2014 and was re-elected on 9 June 2019.[1]

Overview

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

The Mayor is elected by the people of Verbania, 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 has been elected directly by Verbania'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 seats for each party is determined proportionally.

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

The city of Verbania was founded in 1939 and was ruled by an authoritarian Podestà chosen by the National Fascist Party. The office of Mayor of Verbania was created in 1945 during the Allied occupation.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party
Fascist Podestà (1939–1944)
– Domenico Campanelli[a] 1939 1941 PNF
1 Ernesto Pirola 1941 1944 PNF
2 Enrico Alberini 1944 1945 PFR
Allied occupation (1944–1945)
1 Vincenzo Andreani[b] 1945 1946 PSI
Notes
  1. ^ Prefectural Commissioner.
  2. ^ Appointed by the National Liberation Committee.

Italian Republic (since 1946)

City Council election (1946-1995)

From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Verbania was elected by the City Council.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party
1 Luigi Zappelli 1946 1948 PSI
2 Giuseppe Perin 1948 1949 PSI
3 Edoardo Cometti 1949 1951 PSI
4 Ugo Sironi 1951 1964 PSI
5 Stefano Ammenti 1964 1970 PSI
(4) Ugo Sironi 1970 1971 PSI
6 Pietro Mazzola 1971 1974 PCI
7 Francesco Imperiale 1974 1978 PSI
8 Giovanni Motetta 1978 1979 PCI
(6) Pietro Mazzola 1979 1980 PCI
9 Giacomo Ramoni 1980 1985 PSI
(7) Francesco Imperiale 1985 1990 PSI
10 Bartolomeo Zani 1990 1993 PSI
11 Aldo Reschigna 1993 1995 PDS

Direct election (since 1995)

Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Verbania is chosen by direct election, originally every four, than every five years.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party Coalition Election
11 Aldo Reschigna 8 May 1995 28 June 1999 PDS
DS 		PDS • PPI 1995
28 June 1999 14 June 2004 DS • PPI • PdCI • SDI 1999
12 Claudio Zanotti 14 June 2004 8 June 2009 PD DS • DL • PRC • SDI 2004
13 Marco Zacchera 8 June 2009 30 April 2013[a] PdL PdL • LN • UDC 2009
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (30 April 2013 – 9 June 2014)
14 Silvia Marchionini 9 June 2014 12 June 2019 PD PD • SEL 2014
12 June 2019 Incumbent PD 2019
Notes
  1. ^ Resigned.

Timeline

References

  1. ^ "Silvia Marchionini è il nuovo sindaco di Verbania". La Stampa. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
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