| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | Bergamo |
| Insignia: | BERGAMO.png |
| Insigniasize: | 100px |
| Native Name: | Sindaco di Bergamo |
| Incumbent: | Elena Carnevali (PD) |
| Incumbentsince: | 11 June 2024 |
| Style: | No title, courtesy or style |
| Appointer: | Electorate of Bergamo |
| Termlength: | 5 years, renewable once |
| Formation: | 2 April 1860 |
| Website: | Official website |
The Mayor of Bergamo is an elected politician who, along with the Bergamo's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Bergamo in Lombardy, Italy.
The current Mayor is Elena Carnevali (PD), elected on 9 June 2024.[1]
According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Bergamo is member of the City Council.
The Mayor is elected by the population of Bergamo, 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 1995 the Mayor is elected directly by Bergamo'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 1995, the Mayor of Bergamo was elected by the City Council.
| class=unsortable | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferruccio Galmozzi | 1946 | 1956 | DC | |
| 2 | Costantino Simoncini | 1956 | 1964 | DC | |
| 3 | Fiorenzo Clauser | 1964 | 1966 | DC | |
| 4 | Giacomo Pezzotta | 1966 | 1979 | DC | |
| 5 | Giorgio Zaccarelli | 1979 | 1990 | DC | |
| 6 | Gian Pietro Galizzi | 1990 | 1995 | DC | |
Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Bergamo is chosen by direct election, originally every four and since 1999 every five years.
| class=unsortable | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | Coalition | Election | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Guido Vicentini (b. 1940) | 9 May 1995 | 28 June 1999 | PPI | The Olive Tree (PPI-PDS-PdD) | 1995 | |||
| 8 | Cesare Veneziani (1934–2023) | 28 June 1999 | 28 June 2004 | CCD | Pole for Freedoms (FI-AN-CCD) | 1999 | |||
| Roberto Bruni (1949–2019) | 28 June 2004 | 8 June 2009 | SDI | The Olive Tree (DS-DL-SDI-PRC) | 2004 | ||||
| Franco Tentorio (b. 1945) | 8 June 2009 | 10 June 2014 | PdL | PdL LN | 2009 | ||||
| Giorgio Gori (b. 1960) | 10 June 2014 | 28 May 2019 | PD | PD SEL and leftist lists | 2014 | ||||
| 28 May 2019 | 11 June 2024 | PD IC and leftist lists | 2019 | ||||||
| Elena Carnevali (b. 1964) | 11 June 2024 | Incumbent | PD | PD AVS and leftist lists | 2024 | ||||