List of mayors of Verona
The Mayor of Verona (Italian: Sindaco di Verona) is an elected politician who, along with the Verona's City Council, is accountable for the government of Verona in Veneto, Italy.
Mayor of Verona | |
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Sindaco di Verona | |
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Style | No courtesy, title or style |
Seat | Palazzo Barbieri |
Appointer | Popular election |
Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | Alessandro Carlotti |
Formation | 1866 |
Salary | € 6,767 (monthly) |
Website | www |
The current Mayor of Verona is Damiano Tommasi, a centre-left independent, who took office on 29 June 2022.[1]
Overview
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From 1866, when the former Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (part of the Austrian Empire) was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy, the central government created the Mayor's office, chosen by City Council.
In 1926, the Fascist Italy replaced the Mayor with a Podestà, chosen by National Fascist Party. After the fall of the Italian Social Republic and the end of the Nazi Germany's occupation, the Mayor was re-established.
From 1994, the Mayor is chosen by the citizens of Verona, originally for a four years term. In 2000 the term was extend to five years.
List
Kingdom of Italy (1866–1946)
In 1866, after the Third War of Independence and the subsequent annexion of Veneto to the Kingdom of Italy, the national government created the office of the Mayor of Verona (Sindaco di Verona), chosen 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.
Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | ||||
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1 | Alessandro Carlotti | 1866 | 1867 | Independent | |||
2 | Giulio Camuzzoni | 1867 | 1883 | Right | |||
3 | Antonio Guglielmi | 1883 | 1887 | Right | |||
4 | Giovanni Battista Albertini | 1887 | 1888 | Right | |||
5 | Antonio Perez | 1888 | 1889 | Right | |||
6 | Augusto Renzi Tessari | 1889 | 1891 | Right | |||
7 | Augusto Caperle | 1891 | 1895 | Right | |||
(3) | Antonio Guglielmi | 1895 | 1907 | Right | |||
8 | Luigi Bellini Carnesali | 1907 | 1909 | Right | |||
9 | Eugenio Gallizioli | 1909 | 1914 | Radical | |||
10 | Tullio Zanella | 1914 | 1920 | Socialist | |||
11 | Albano Pontedera | 1920 | 1922 | Socialist | |||
12 | Vittorio Raffaldi | 1922 | 1926 | Fascist | |||
Fascist Podestà (1926–1945) | |||||||
1 | Vittorio Raffaldi | 1926 | 1928 | PNF | |||
2 | Filippo Nereo Vignola | 1928 | 1930 | PNF | |||
3 | Mario Pasti | 1930 | 1930 | PNF | |||
4 | Luigi Marenzi | 1930 | 1933 | PNF | |||
5 | Alberto Donella | 1933 | 1943 | PNF | |||
6 | Luigi Grancelli | 1943 | 1945 | PFR | |||
Liberation (1945–1946) | |||||||
13 | Aldo Fedeli | 1945 | 1946 | Socialist |
City Council election (1946–1994)
From 1946 to 1994, the Mayor of Verona was chosen by the City Council.
Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | Coalition | Election | ||
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Aldo Fedeli (1895–1955) |
1946 | 1951 | PSI | PCI • PSI | 1946 |
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Giovanni Uberti (1888–1964) |
1951 | 1956 | DC | DC • PLI • PSDI | 1951 |
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Giorgio Zanotto (1920–1999) |
1956 | 1960 | DC | DC • PLI • PSDI | 1956 |
1960 | 1965 | 1960 | |||||
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Renato Gozzi (1915–1999) |
1965 | 1970 | DC | DC • PSI • PSDI | 1964 |
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Carlo Delaini (1927–2008) |
1970 | 1971 | DC | DC • PSI • PSDI | 1970 |
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Leonzio Veggio (1922–2019) |
1971 | 1973 | DC | DC • PSI • PSDI | |
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Carlo Delaini (1927–2008) |
1973 | 1975 | DC | DC • PSI • PSDI | |
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Renato Gozzi (1915–1999) |
1975 | 1980 | DC | DC • PSI • PSDI | 1975 |
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Gabriele Sboarina (b. 1935) |
1980 | 1985 | DC | DC • PSI • PSDI • PRI • PLI | 1980 |
1985 | 1990 | 1985 | |||||
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Aldo Sala (b. 1945) |
1990 | 1993 | DC | DC • PSI • PRI • PSDI • PLI | 1990 |
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Enzo Erminero (b. 1931) |
1993 | 1993 | DC | DC • PSI • PSDI • PLI | |
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (1 December 1993 – 27 June 1994) |
Direct election (since 1994)
Since 1994, enacting a new law on local administrations (1993), the Mayor of Verona is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 2002 every five years.
Mayor of Verona | Took office | Left office | Party | Coalition | Election | |||
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Michela Sironi Mariotti (b. 1946) |
27 June 1994 | 25 June 1998 | FI | Pole of Freedoms (FI-AN-LN-CCD) |
1994 | |
25 June 1998 | 12 June 2002 | Pole for Freedoms (FI-AN-CDU-CCD) |
1998 | |||||
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Paolo Zanotto (b. 1953) |
12 June 2002 | 28 May 2007 | Ind | The Olive Tree (DL-DS-FdV-SDI-PdCI) |
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Flavio Tosi (b. 1969) |
28 May 2007 | 12 May 2012 | LN F! |
House of Freedoms (FI-AN-LN-UDC) |
2007 | |
12 May 2012 | 27 June 2017 | LN and rightist lists |
2012 | |||||
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Federico Sboarina (b. 1971) |
27 June 2017 | 29 June 2022 | FdI | FI • FdI • LN | 2017 | |
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Damiano Tommasi (b. 1974) |
29 June 2022 | In office | Ind | PD • SI and leftist lists |
2022 | |
Timeline
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Elections
Mayoral and City Council election, 1994
The election took place on two rounds: the first on 12 June, the second on 26 June 1994.
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- Notes
- Including Christian Democratic Centre (CCD).
- Endorsed the candidate only on the second round.
- Endorsed the candidate only on the second round.
Mayoral and City Council election, 1998
The election took place on two rounds: the first on 24 May, the second on 7 June 1998.
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Mayoral and City Council election, 2002
The election took place on two rounds: the first on 26–27 May, the second on 9–10 June 2002.
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- Notes
- Even if the coalition received the most votes, its mayoral candidate lost the election on the second round. As a consequence, the coalition didn't win the majority bonus which was instead awarded to the coalition whose mayoral candidate won the run-off.
- Including Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI) and Party of Italian Communists (PdCI).
- Endorsed the candidate only on the second round.
- Awarded the majority bonus since its mayoral candidate won the run-off.
Mayoral and City Council election, 2007
The election took place on 27–28 May 2007.
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Mayoral and City Council election, 2012
The election took place on 6–7 May 2012.
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Mayoral and City Council election, 2017
The election took place on two rounds: the first on 11 June, the second on 25 June 2017.
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Mayoral and City Council election, 2022
The election took place on two rounds: the first on 12 June, the second on 26 June 2022.
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See also
References
- "Damiano Tommasi è il nuovo sindaco di Verona". Il Post (in Italian). 2022-06-26. Retrieved 2022-06-27.