| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | Latina |
| Insignia: | Latina-Stemma.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 100px |
| Native Name: | Sindaco di Latina |
| Incumbent: | Matilde Celentano (FdI) |
| Incumbentsince: | 17 May 2023 |
| Appointer: | Popular election |
| Termlength: | 5 years, renewable once |
| Formation: | 1932 |
| Website: | Official website |
The Mayor of Latina is an elected politician who, along with the Latina's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Latina in Lazio, Italy.
According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Latina is member of the City Council.
The Mayor is elected by the population of Latina, 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 1993 the Mayor is elected directly by Latina'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.
The city of Littoria was founded by the fascist government in 1932 and was ruled by an authoritarian Podestà chosen by the National Fascist Party. The office of Mayor of Latina was created in 1944 during the Allied occupation.
| class=unsortable | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fascist Podestà (1932–1944) | |||||||
| 1 | Valentino Orsolini Cencelli (1898-1971) | 1932 | 1933 | PNF | |||
| 2 | Aurelio Leone | 1933 | 1935 | PNF | |||
| 3 | Enrico Pasqualucci | 1936 | 1939 | PNF | |||
| 4 | Alfredo Scalfati | 1939 | 1944 | PNF | |||
| Allied occupation (1944–1945) | |||||||
| Cornelio Rosati[1] | 1944 | 1945 | Pd'A | ||||
From 1946 to 1993, the Mayor of Latina was elected by the City's Council.[2]
| class=unsortable | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | Election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernando Bassoli (1907-1988) | 1946 | 1951 | PRI | 1946 | ||
| 2 | Vittorio Cervone (1917-1993) | 1951 | 1953 | DC | 1951 | ||
| 3 | Igino Salvezza (1914–2001) | 1953 | 1956 | DC | |||
| 1956 | 1960 | 1956 | |||||
| 1960 | 1962 | 1960 | |||||
| 4 | Angelo Onorati (1912–2005) | 1962 | 1964 | DC | |||
| 5 | Guido Bernardi (1923–1995) | 1964 | 1967 | DC | 1964 | ||
| 6 | Vincenzo Tasciotti (1898-1984) | 1967 | 1970 | DC | |||
| 1970 | 1972 | 1970 | |||||
| 7 | Antonio Corona (1933-1994) | 1972 | 1975 | DC | |||
| 1975 | 1980 | 1975 | |||||
| 8 | Delio Redi (1939-2017) | 1980 | 1983 | DC | 1980 | ||
| (7) | Antonio Corona (1933-1994) | 1983 | 12 May 1985 | DC | |||
| (8) | Delio Redi (1939-2017) | 12 May 1985 | 14 June 1990 | DC | 1985 | ||
| 14 June 1990 | 11 January 1992 | 1990 | |||||
| 9 | Mario Romagnoli (b. 1934) | 11 January 1992 | 12 May 1993 | DC | |||
| 10 | Maurizio Mansutti (b. 1955) | 12 May 1993 | 17 August 1993 | DC | |||
| – | Emilio De Luca | 12 May 1993 | 6 December 1993 | Special Commissioner | |||
Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Latina is chosen by direct election.[2]
| class=unsortable | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | Coalition | Election | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajmone Finestra (1921–2012) | 6 December 1993 | 17 November 1997 | MSI | MSI | 1993 | ||||
| 17 November 1997 | 29 May 2002 | Pole for Freedoms (FI-AN-CCD-CDU) | 1997 | ||||||
| Vincenzo Zaccheo (b. 1947) | 29 May 2002 | 10 June 2007 | AN | House of Freedoms (FI-AN-CCD-CDU) | 2002 | ||||
| 10 June 2007 | 15 April 2010 | House of Freedoms (FI-AN-UDC) | 2007 | ||||||
| – | Guido Nardone | 15 April 2010 | 20 May 2011 | Special commissioner | |||||
| Giovanni Di Giorgi (b. 1967) | 20 May 2011 | 11 June 2015 | PdL FdI | PdL UDC | 2011 | ||||
| – | Giacomo Barbato | 11 June 2015 | 20 June 2016 | Special commissioner | |||||
| Damiano Coletta (b. 1960) | 20 June 2016 | 18 October 2021 | IC | Centre-left independents | 2016 | ||||
| 18 October 2021 | 11 July 2022[3] | IC PD M5S | 2021 | ||||||
| – | Carmine Valente | 11 July 2022 | 8 September 2022 | Special Commissioner | |||||
| Damiano Coletta (b. 1960) | 8 September 2022 | 29 September 2022 | IC | IC PD M5S | (2022) | ||||
| – | Carmine Valente | 29 September 2022 | 17 May 2023 | Special Commissioner | |||||
| Matilde Celentano (b. 1959) | 17 May 2023 | Incumbent | FdI | FdI R L FI UDC | 2023 | ||||