List of mayors of Siena explained

Post:Mayor
Body:Siena
Native Name:Sindaco di Siena
Incumbentsince:19 June 2023
Style:No title, courtesy or style
Seat:Palazzo Pubblico
Appointer:Popular election
Termlength:5 years, renewable once
Formation:1865
Inaugural:Bernardo Tolomei
Website:Official website

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 Nicoletta Fabio, a centre-right independent and the first woman to hold the office, who took office on 30 May 2023.[1]

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 their resignation by a motion of no confidence. The Mayor is entitled to appoint and release the members of their 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]

class=unsortable Mayor Term startTerm endParty
1Bernardo Tolomei
(1823–1910)
18651866
2Tiberio Sergardi
(1816–1886)
18661867
(1)Bernardo Tolomei
(1823–1910)
18671869
3Luciano Banchi
(1837–1887)
18691870
4Federico Comini
(1803–1884)
18701871
5Domenico Mazzi
(1822–1896)
18711877
(3)Luciano Banchi
(1837–1887)
18771878
6Giuseppe Palmieri Nuti
(1843–1893)
18781879
(3)Luciano Banchi[3]
(1837–1887)
18801887
7Aristodemo Ficalbi
(1821–1894)
18881889
8Luigi Valenti Serini
(?–1912)
18891890
9Remigio Bartalini
(1839–1918)
18921893
10Enrico Crocini
(1839–1916)
18941896
11Enrico Falaschi
(1863–1929)
18961898
12Bonaventura Chigi Zondadari
(1841–1908)
18991899
13Guido Sarrocchi
(1868–1934)
18991899
14Alessandro Lisini
(1851–1945)
19001905
15Carlo Ponticelli
(1848–1907)
19051906
16Mario Bianchi Bandinelli
(1848–1930)
19061913
17Livio Socini
(1866–?)
19141916
18Emanuello Pannocchieschi d'Elci
(1875–1937)
19161920
19Angiolo Rosini
(1864–?)
19201921
20Fabio Bargagli Petrucci
(1875–1939)
19231923National Fascist Party
21Vittorio Martini19231925National Fascist Party
Fascist Podestà (1926–1944)
1Fabio Bargagli Petrucci
(1875–1939)
19261936National Fascist Party
2Mario Tadini Buoninsegni
(1889–1974)
19361938National Fascist Party
3Luigi Socini Guelfi
(1906–2008)
19381944National Fascist Party
Allied occupation (1944–1946)
22Carlo Ciampolini[4]
(1888–1986)
19441946Independent

Timeline

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Republic of Italy (since 1946)

City Council election (1946–1993)

From 1946 to 1993 the Mayor of Siena was elected by the City Council.

class=unsortable Mayor Term startTerm endPartyCoalitionElection
Ilio Bocci
(1904–1975)
5 April 194620 September 1949PCIPCIPSIDC1946
-
Ilio Bocci
(1904–1975)
23 June 195124 June 1956PCIPCIPSI1951
2Bruno Bottai
(1895–1967)
24 June 195616 July 1956DCnone1956
Ugo Bartalini
(1899–2000)
31 August 19566 November 1960 PSIPCIPSI
6 November 1960 25 January 1965 1960
Fazio Fabbrini
(1926–2018)
25 January 196519 July 1966PCIPCIPSI1964
-
Canzio Vannini
(1920–2001)
20 December 19683 June 1969PSIUPPSIUPDCPRI1968
Luciano Mencaraglia
(1915–2001)
26 July 19692 December 1969PCIPCIPSIUP
Roberto Barzanti
(b. 1939)
2 December 196911 January 1974PSIUPPCIPSIUP
Canzio Vannini
(1920–2001)
11 January 197431 July 1979PSIPCIPSI1973
Mauro Barni
(1927–2017)
31 July 197920 September 1983PSIPCIPSI1979
Vittorio Mazzoni della Stella
(b. 1941)
20 September 19832 September 1988PSIPCIPSI1983
2 September 198829 November 19901988
Pierluigi Piccini
(b. 1952)
29 November 199021 June 1993PCIPCIPSI
Notes

Direct election (since 1993)

Since 1993, enacting a new law on local administrations, the Mayor of Siena is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 2001 every five years.


MayorTook officeLeft officePartyCoalitionElection
Pierluigi Piccini
(b. 1952)
21 June 199328 April 1997PDS
DS
PDS1993
28 April 199714 May 2001The Olive Tree
(PDS-PRC-PPI)
1997
Maurizio Cenni
(b. 1955)
14 May 200130 May 2006DS
PD
The Olive Tree
(DS-PRC-DL)
2001
30 May 200618 May 2011The Olive Tree
(DS-PRC-DL)
2006
Franco Ceccuzzi
(b. 1967)
18 May 201112 June 2012PDPD SEL2011
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (12 June 2012 – 11 June 2013)
Bruno Valentini
(b. 1955)
11 June 201325 June 2018PDPD SEL2013
14Luigi De Mossi
(b. 1960)
25 June 201819 June 2023IndL FdI FI2018
15Nicoletta Fabio
(b. 1961)
19 June 2023IncumbentIndFdI L FI2023
Notes

Timeline

See also

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Staffetta a Palazzo Primo faccia a faccia tra Fabio e De Mossi "Incontro cordiale". La Nazione. 2 June 2023. 3 June 2023.
  2. Web site: Gonfalonieri, podestà e sindaci di Siena dal 1787. 11 November 2018.
  3. Acting mayor from 1880 to 1881.
  4. Chosen by the National Liberation Committee and appointed by the Prefect.