| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | Udine |
| Insignia: | Udine-Stemma.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 100px |
| Native Name: | Sindaco di Udine |
| Incumbentsince: | 18 April 2023 |
| Appointer: | Popular election |
| Termlength: | 5 years, renewable once |
| Formation: | 1866 |
| Website: | Official website |
The Mayor of Udine is an elected politician who, along with the Udine's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Udine in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.
The current Mayor is Alberto Felice De Toni, a centre-left independent, elected on 17 April 2023.[1]
According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Udine is member of the City Council.
The Mayor is elected by the population of Udine, 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 Udine'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 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Udine was elected by the city's Council.
| class=unsortable | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giovanni Cosattini | 1 May 1945 | 19 April 1948 | PSI | ||
| 2 | Giacomo Centazzo | 19 April 1948 | 16 October 1960 | DC | |
| 3 | Bruno Cadetto | 7 November 1960 | 16 June 1975 | DC | |
| 4 | Angelo Candolini | 16 June 1975 | 2 October 1985 | DC | |
| 5 | Piergiorgio Bressani | 29 October 1985 | 10 July 1990 | DC | |
| Pietro Zanfagnini | 10 July 1990 | 23 August 1993 | PSI | ||
| 7 | Claudio Mussato | 23 August 1993 | 10 May 1995 | DC | |
Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Udine is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 2003 every five years.
| Mayor | Took office | Left office | Party | Coalition | Election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enzo Barazza (b. 1953) | 10 May 1995 | 26 September 1997 | PRI | PDSPRIFdVPPI | 1995 | ||||
| Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (18 July 1998 – 2 December 1998) | |||||||||
| Sergio Cecotti (b. 1956) | 2 December 1998 | 9 June 2003 | LN Ind | LNMF | 1998 | ||||
| (9) | 9 June 2003 | 27 April 2008 | DSDLFdV | 2003 | |||||
| Furio Honsell (b. 1958) | 27 April 2008 | 7 May 2013 | PD | PDSAIdV and leftist lists | 2008 | ||||
| 7 May 2013 | 19 January 2018 | PDSEL and leftist lists | 2013 | ||||||
| Pietro Fontanini (b. 1952) | 14 May 2018 | 18 April 2023 | LN | LNFIFdI | 2018 | ||||
| Alberto Felice De Toni (b. 1955) | 18 April 2023 | Incumbent | Ind | PDAVSAIV | 2023 | ||||