| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | Ragusa |
| Insignia: | Ragusa-Stemma.svg |
| Native Name: | Sindaco di Ragusa |
| Incumbentsince: | 27 June 2018 |
| Appointer: | Popular election |
| Termlength: | 5 years, renewable once |
| Formation: | 1860 |
| Website: | Official website |
The Mayor of Ragusa is an elected politician who, along with the Ragusa's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Ragusa in Sicily, Italy.
The current Mayor is Giuseppe Cassì, a right-wing independent and former basketball player, who took office on 27 June 2018.[1]
According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Ragusa is member of the City Council.
The Mayor is elected by the population of Ragusa, 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 Ragusa'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.
From 1946 to 1994, the Mayor of Ragusa was elected by the City's Council.[2]
Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Ragusa is chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five years.
| class=unsortable | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | Coalition | Election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giorgio Chessari | 28 June 1994 | 10 June 1998 | PDS | 1994 | ||||
| Domenico Arezzo | 10 June 1998 | 10 June 2003 | FI | 1998 | ||||
| 17 | Antonio Solarino | 10 June 2003 | 18 November 2005 | DL | 2003 | |||
| Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (18 November 2005 – 26 June 2006) | ||||||||
| Nello Dipasquale | 26 June 2006 | 30 May 2011 | FI PdL | 2006 | ||||
| 30 May 2011 | 30 August 2012 | PdLUDCPID | 2011 | |||||
| Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (30 August 2012 – 26 June 2013) | ||||||||
| 19 | Federico Piccitto | 26 June 2013 | 27 June 2018 | M5S | M5S | 2013 | ||
| 20 | 27 June 2018 | 30 May 2023 | Ind | Right-wing independent lists | 2018 | |||
| 30 May 2023 | Incumbent | Centrist independent lists | 2023 | |||||