List of mayors of Verbania
The Mayor of Verbania is an elected politician who, along with Verbania's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Verbania in Piedmont, Italy. The current Mayor is Silvia Marchionini, a member of the Democratic Party, who took office on 9 June 2014.[1]
Mayor of Verbania | |
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Sindaco di Verbania | |
Appointer | Popular election |
Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
Website | Official website |
Overview
According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Verbania is a member of the City Council.
The Mayor is elected by the people of Verbania, 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 has been elected directly by Verbania'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 seats for each party is determined proportionally.
Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
The city of Verbania was founded by the fascist government in 1939 and was ruled by an authoritarian Podestà chosen by the National Fascist Party. The office of Mayor of Verbania was created in 1945 during the Allied occupation.
Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | ||||
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Fascist Podestà (1939–1944) | |||||||
– | Domenico Campanelli | 1939 | 1941 | Prefectural Commissioner | |||
1 | Ernesto Pirola | 1941 | 1944 | National Fascist Party | |||
2 | Enrico Alberini | 1944 | 1945 | Republican Fascist Party | |||
Allied occupation (1944–1945) | |||||||
1 | Vincenzo Andreani[2] | 1945 | 1946 | Italian Socialist Party |
Italian Republic (since 1946)
City Council election (1946-1995)
From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Verbania was elected by the City's Council.
Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | |
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1 | Luigi Zappelli | 1946 | 1948 | Italian Socialist Party |
2 | Giuseppe Perin | 1948 | 1949 | Italian Socialist Party |
3 | Edoardo Cometti | 1949 | 1951 | Italian Socialist Party |
4 | Ugo Sironi | 1951 | 1964 | Italian Socialist Party |
5 | Stefano Ammenti | 1964 | 1970 | Italian Socialist Party |
(4) | Ugo Sironi | 1970 | 1971 | Italian Socialist Party |
6 | Pietro Mazzola | 1971 | 1974 | Italian Communist Party |
7 | Francesco Imperiale | 1974 | 1978 | Italian Socialist Party |
8 | Giovanni Motetta | 1978 | 1979 | Italian Communist Party |
(6) | Pietro Mazzola | 1979 | 1980 | Italian Communist Party |
9 | Giacomo Ramoni | 1980 | 1985 | Italian Socialist Party |
(7) | Francesco Imperiale | 1985 | 1990 | Italian Socialist Party |
10 | Bartolomeo Zani | 1990 | 1993 | Italian Socialist Party |
11 | Aldo Reschigna | 1993 | 1995 | Democratic Party of the Left |
Direct election (since 1995)
Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Verbania is chosen by direct election.
Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | |
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11 | Aldo Reschigna | 8 May 1995 | 28 June 1999 | Democratic Party of the Left Democrats of the Left |
28 June 1999 | 14 June 2004 | |||
12 | Claudio Zanotti | 14 June 2004 | 9 June 2009 | The Daisy Democratic Party |
13 | Marco Zacchera | 9 June 2009 | 30 April 2013 | The People of Freedom |
14 | Silvia Marchionini | 9 June 2014 | 12 June 2019 | Democratic Party |
12 June 2019 | Incumbent | |||
Timeline
References
- "Silvia Marchionini è il nuovo sindaco di Verbania". La Stampa. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- Appointed by the National Liberation Committee.