| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | Cremona |
| Insignia: | Cremona-Stemma.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 100px |
| Native Name: | Sindaco di Cremona |
| Incumbent: | Andrea Virgilio (PD) |
| Incumbentsince: | 26 June 2024 |
| Appointer: | Electorate of Cremona |
| Termlength: | 5 years, renewable once |
| Formation: | 1860 |
| Website: | Official website |
The Mayor of Cremona is an elected politician who, along with the Cremona's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Cremona in Lombardy, Italy.
The current Mayor is Andrea Virgilio (PD), who took office on 26 June 2024.[1]
According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Cremona is member of the City Council.
The Mayor is elected by the population of Cremona, 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 Cremona'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 Cremona was elected by the City Council.
| class=unsortable | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gino Rossini | 1946 | 1948 | PSI | ||
| 2 | Ottorino Rizzi | 1948 | 1952 | DC | |
| 3 | Giovani Lombardi | 1952 | 1956 | DC | |
| Giovanni Salazar, Special Prefectural Commissioner (1956–1957) | |||||
| Arnaldo Feraboli | 1957 | 1961 | PSI | ||
| 5 | Vincenzo Vernaschi | 1961 | 1968 | DC | |
| Giovanni Santini, Special Prefectural Commissioner (1968–1970) | |||||
| Emilio Zanoni | 1970 | 1980 | PSI | ||
| Renzo Zaffanella | 1980 | 1990 | PSI | ||
| 8 | Alfeo Garini | 1990 | 1995 | DC | |
Since 1995, enacting a new law on local administrations (1993), the Mayor of Cremona is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 1999 every five years.
| Mayor of Cremona | Took office | Left office | Party | Coalition | Election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Paolo Bodini (b. 1948) | 27 June 1995 | 14 June 1999 | The Olive Tree (PDS-PPI-FdV) | 1995 | ||||
| 14 June 1999 | 14 June 2004 | The Olive Tree (DS-PPI-FdV-PdCI) | 1999 | ||||||
| 10 | Giancarlo Corada (b. 1951) | 14 June 2004 | 23 June 2009 | The Olive Tree (DS-DL-FdV-PRC) | 2004 | ||||
| 11 | Oreste Perri (b. 1951) | 23 June 2009 | 10 June 2014 | PdL | 2009 | ||||
| 12 | Gianluca Galimberti (b. 1968) | 10 June 2014 | 10 June 2019 | PD | PD SEL and leftist lists | 2014 | |||
| 10 June 2019 | 26 June 2024 | PD SI and leftist lists | 2019 | ||||||
| 13 | Andrea Virgilio (b. 1973) | 26 June 2024 | Incumbent | PD | PD AVS and leftist lists | 2024 | |||