List of mayors of Pisa explained

Post:Mayor
Body:Pisa
Insignia:Pisa-Stemma.svg
Insigniasize:100px
Native Name:Sindaco di Pisa
Incumbentsince:27 June 2018
Appointer:Popular election
Termlength:5 years, renewable once
Formation:1865
Inaugural:Angelo Del Punta
Website:Official website

The Mayor of Pisa is an elected politician who, along with the Pisa's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Pisa in Tuscany, Italy.

The current Mayor is Michele Conti, a member of the right-wing populist party Lega Nord, who took office on 27 June 2018.[1]

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Pisa is member of the City Council.

The Mayor is elected by the population of Pisa, 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 1994 the Mayor is elected directly by Pisa'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 the Mayor of Pisa (Sindaco di Pisa), appointed by the King himself. From 1889 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.

class=unsortable MayorTerm startTerm endParty
1Angiolo Del Punta18651867
2Giuseppe Bianchi18691873
3Mario Rizzari18731876
4Tommaso Simonelli18771884
5Leopoldo Peverada18841889
6Angiolo Nardi Dei18891895
7Giuseppe Gambini18951899
8Giuseppe Raffaello Cerrai18991900
9Vittorio Frascani19001901
(7)Giuseppe Gambini19011903
(9)Vittorio Frascani19031904
10Dario Baldi19041905
Vittorio Menzinger19051906Royal commissioner
11Alessandro D'Ancona19061907
(7)Giuseppe Gambini19071910
12Francesco Buonamici19101914
(9)Vittorio Frascani19141920
13Francesco Pardi19201922
Guido Buffarini Guidi19221925National Fascist Party
Fascist Podestà (1926–1943)
1Guido Buffarini Guidi19271933National Fascist Party
2Giovanni D'Achiardi19361939National Fascist Party
3Carlo Zanetto Lami19391943National Fascist Party
Allied occupation (1944–1946)
Italo Bargagna[2] 19441946Italian Communist Party

Republic of Italy (since 1946)

City Council election (1946-1994)

From 1946 to 1994, the Mayor of Pisa was elected by the City's Council.

class=unsortable MayorTerm startTerm endPartyElection
Italo Bargagna31 March 194611 June 1951PCI1946
2Renato Pagni11 June 19511 July 1956DC1951
3Italo Pellegrini1 July 195614 August 1956DC1956
Vittorio Galluzzi14 August 195617 December 1958PSI
(2)Renato Pagni17 December 19587 July 1960DC1958
5Enrico Pistolesi7 July 19602 January 1961DC
Vittorio Galluzzi2 January 196114 October 1961PSI1960
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (14 October 1961–1 July 1962)
6Umberto Viale1 July 196214 August 1964DC1962
(2)Renato Pagni14 August 196414 March 1965DC
7Roberto Supino14 March 196514 May 1965PSDI
(2)Renato Pagni14 May 19656 July 1966DC
6 July 196614 February 19671966
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (14 February 1967–1 July 1967)
8Giulio Battistini1 July 196714 December 1968DC1967
Fausta Giani Cecchini14 December 19688 July 1970PSI
10Franco Gemignani8 July 197014 October 1970DC1970
11Giuseppe Prosperi14 October 197014 April 1971DC
Vinicio Bernardini14 April 197114 June 1971PCI
(8)Giulio Battistini14 June 197114 July 1971DC
Elia Lazzari14 July 197115 July 1975PCI
15 July 197514 May 19761975
Luigi Bulleri14 May 197630 July 1980PCI
30 July 198014 May 19831980
Vinicio Bernardini14 May 198314 September 1985PCI
Oriano Ripoli14 September 198515 July 1986PSI1985
Giacomino Granchi15 July 198620 January 1990PSI
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (20 January 1990–16 July 1990)
Sergio Cortopassi16 July 19901 September 1994PSI1990
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (1 September 1994–24 November 1994)

Direct election (since 1994)

Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Pisa is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 2003 every five years.


MayorTook officeLeft officePartyCoalitionElection
Piero Floriani
(1942–2018)
24 November 199414 December 1998PDSPDSPRCFdV1994
Paolo Fontanelli
(b. 1953)
14 December 199827 May 2003DS
PD
The Olive Tree
(DS-PPI-FdV-PdCI-SDI)
1998
27 May 200313 February 2008The Olive Tree
(DS-DL-PdCI-SDI)
2003
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (13 February 2008 – 29 April 2008)
Marco Filippeschi
(b. 1960)
29 April 200828 May 2013PDPDPSIIdV
and leftist lists
2008
28 May 201327 June 2018PDSEL
and leftist lists
2013
Michele Conti
(b. 1970)
27 June 201830 May 2023LNLNFIFdI2018
30 May 2023IncumbentFdILNFI2023
Notes

Timeline

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pisa: Michele Conti è il nuovo sindaco, centrodestra in trionfo tra cori e caroselli. Il Tirreno. 25 June 2018. 8 October 2018.
  2. Appointed by the National Liberation Committee.