List of mayors of Forlì explained

Post:Mayor
Body:Forlì
Insigniasize:100px
Native Name:Sindaco di Forlì
Incumbent:Gian Luca Zattini (centre-right independent)
Incumbentsince:11 June 2019
Appointer:Popular election
Termlength:5 years, renewable once
Formation:1860
Website:Official website

The Mayor of Forlì is an elected politician who, along with the Forlì's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Forlì in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The current Mayor is Gian Luca Zattini, a centre-right independent, who took office on 11 June 2019.[1] [2]

Overview

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

The Mayor is elected by the population of Forlì, 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 1993 the Mayor is elected directly by Forlì'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 1860, the Kingdom of Italy created the office of the Mayor of Forlì (Sindaco di Forlì), appointed by the King himself. From 1889 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 1945 during the Allied occupation.

class=unsortable MayorTerm startTerm endParty
1Giovanni Romagnoli18601861Independent
Pellegrino Canestri Trotti18611866Historical Right
Augusto Matteucci18661868Historical Right
Alessandro Mazzoni18681878Historical Left
Augusto Matteucci18781883Historical Right
Gaetano Ghinassi18831889Historical Left
Ercole Adriano Ceccarelli18891894Italian Republican Party
Domenico Manzoni18941898Historical Left
Curzio Casati18981901Historical Left
Giuseppe Bellini19011910Italian Republican Party
Giuseppe Gaudenzi19101915Italian Republican Party
Giuseppe Bellini19151919Italian Republican Party
Giuseppe Gaudenzi19191923Italian Republican Party
Corrado Panciatichi19231926National Fascist Party
Fascist Podestà (1926–1945)
Ercole Gaddi Pepoli19261930National Fascist Party
Mario Fabbri19301936National Fascist Party
Fante Luigi Panciatichi19361940National Fascist Party
Franco Melli19401942National Fascist Party
Renato Rossi19421943National Fascist Party
Attiliano Tancini19431945Republican Fascist Party
Allied occupation (1945–1946)
Franco Agosto19451946Italian Communist Party

Italian Republic (since 1946)

City Council election (1946–1995)

From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Forlì was elected by the city's Council.

class=unsortable MayorTerm startTerm endParty
Franco Agosto19461951Italian Communist Party
Francesco Simoncini19511952Italian Republican Party
Mario Colletto19521956Italian Republican Party
Icilio Missiroli19561965Italian Republican Party
Carlo De Nardo19661966Special commissioner
Emanuele Loperfido19661970Special commissioner
Angelo Satanassi19701979Italian Communist Party
Giorgio Zanniboni19791989Italian Communist Party
Sauro Sedioli19891995Italian Communist Party
Democratic Party of the Left

Direct election (since 1995)

Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Forlì is chosen by direct election.

class=unsortable MayorTerm startTerm endParty
Franco Rusticali25 April 199515 June 1999Democratic Party of the Left
Democrats of the Left
15 June 199914 July 2004
Nadia Masini14 July 200423 June 2009Democrats of the Left
Democratic Party
Roberto Balzani23 June 200928 May 2014Democratic Party
Davide Drei28 May 201411 June 2019Democratic Party
Gian Luca Zattini11 June 2019IncumbentIndependent (centre-right)
Re-elected

Timeline

Notes and References

  1. News: Elezioni 2019, Forlì al ballottaggio: Zattini in testa, Calderoni resiste. I risultati. Il Resto del Carlino. 26 May 2019. it. 14 June 2019.
  2. News: Zattini si insedia in Comune e fa subito un giro degli uffici: "Da oggi sono il sindaco di tutti". Forlì Today. 11 June 2019. it. 14 June 2019.