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List of mayors of Florence

List of mayors of Florence

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The Mayor of Florence is an elected politician who, along with Florence's City Council of 36 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Florence. The title is the equivalent of Lord Mayor in the meaning of an actual executive leader.

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The office of Gonfaloniere was created in 1781 by Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany. It was replaced by the office of Mayor in 1865, during the early Kingdom of Italy.

The current mayor of Florence is Dario Nardella, a left-wing musician member of the Democratic Party.

Overview

Palazzo Vecchio.

According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Florence is member of the Florence's City Council. Although the title Mayor is not held by the heads of the five boroughs of Florence, because they do not actually preside over self-governmental municipalities.

The Mayor is elected by the population of Florence. Citizens elect also the members of the City Council, which also controls 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 Florence'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 seat of the City Council is the city hall Palazzo Vecchio in Piazza della Signoria.

List of Mayor of Florence (1781–present)

Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1781–1859)

In 1781 was created the office of Annual Gonfaloniere of Florence who was appointed by the Grand Duke of Tuscany every year.[1]

  • 1781–1783 – Giuseppe Maria Panzanini
  • 1783–1784 – Francesco Catellini da Castiglione
  • 1784–1785 – Giovan Giorgio Ugolini
  • 1785–1786 – Maldonato Amadio d'Alma
  • 1786–1787 – Alberto Rimbotti
  • 1787–1788 – Giuseppe Baldovinetti di Poggio
  • 1788–1789 – Giuseppe Arnaldi
  • 1789–1790 – Alberto Rimbotti
  • 1790–1791 – Miniato Miniati
  • 1791–1792 – Pietro Baldigiani
  • 1792–1793 – Ferdinando de' Bardi
  • 1793–1794 – Pietro Soderini
  • 1794–1795 – Antonio da Castiglione
  • 1795–1796 – Francesco Passerini
  • 1796–1797 – Vieri De' Cerchi
  • 1797–1798 – Ottavio Pitti
  • 1798–1799 – Leonardo Buonarroti
  • 1799–1800 – Orazio Smeraldo Morelli
  • 1800–1801 – Francesco Catellini da Castiglione
  • 1801–1802 – Niccolò Arrighi
  • 1802–1803 – Michele Roti
  • 1803–1804 – Pietro Mancini
  • 1804–1805 – Giovanni Carlo Mori Ubaldini
  • 1805–1806 – Giulio Orlandini
  • 1806–1807 – Vespasiano Marzichi
  • 1807–1808 – Tommaso Guadagni
  • 1808–1809 – Filippo Guadagni

In 1809, during the period of the newborn Kingdom of Etruria, it was temporarily created the office of Maire of Florence.

  • 1809–1813 – Emilio Pucci
  • 1813–1815 – Girolamo Bartolommei

In 1815 the office of Gonfaloniere of Florence was restored.

  • 1815–1816 – Giovanni Battista Gondi
  • 1816–1817 – Giovanni Rosselli de Turco
  • 1817–1821 – Tommaso Corsi
  • 1821–1825 – Jacopo Guidi
  • 1826–1828 – Giovanni Battista Covoni
  • 1829–1831 – Giovanni Battista Andrea Boubon del Monte
  • 1832–1834 – Cosimo Antinori
  • 1835–1840 – Gaetano de' Pazzi
  • 1841–1842 – Luigi de Cambray Digny
  • 1843–1846 – Pier Francesco Rinuccini
  • 1847 – Vincenzo Peruzzi
  • 1847–1848 — Bettino Ricasoli
  • 1848–1850 — Ubaldino Peruzzi
  • 1850 – Carlo Torrigiani
  • 1850–1853 – Vincenzo Capponi
  • 1854–1859 – Eduardo Dufour Berté

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

In 1865, the Kingdom of Italy created the office of the Mayor of Florence (Sindaco di Firenze), 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.[1]

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Republic of Italy (1946–present)

City Council election (1946–1995)

From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Florence was chosen by the City Council.[1]

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  1. Nominated by the Prefect after the City Council failed to elect a Mayor. The Commissioner held the office for nearly 4 years. This tenure is still today one of the longest in the history of the Italian Republic.
  2. Nominated by the Prefect after the City Council failed to elect a new Mayor.
  3. Nominated by the Prefect after the City Council failed to elect a new Mayor.
  4. Nominated by the Prefect after the City Council failed to elect a new Mayor.
  5. Died in office.

Direct election (since 1995)

Since 1995, enacting a new law on local administrations (1993), the Mayor of Florence is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 1999 every five years.

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  1. Resigned after swearing as Prime Minister. He was replaced by the deputy mayor Dario Nardella till a new municipal election was called.

Timeline

Dario NardellaMatteo RenziLeonardo DomeniciMario PrimicerioGiorgio MoralesLelio LagorioGiorgio La PiraGiorgio La Pira

By time in office

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Elections

City Council elections, 1946–1990

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Results

Number of votes for each party:

Notes
  1. First snap election ever.

Number of seats in the City Council for each party:

Mayoral and City Council election, 1995

The election took place on 23 April 1995.

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Mayoral and City Council election, 1999

The election took place on 13 June 1999.

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Mayoral and City Council election, 2004

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 12–13 June and the second on 26–27 June 2004.

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Mayoral and City Council election, 2009

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 6–7 June and the second on 21–22 June 2009.

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Mayoral and City Council election, 2014

The election took place on 25 May 2014.

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Mayoral and City Council election, 2019

The election took place on 26 May 2019.

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Deputy Mayor

The office of the Deputy Mayor of Florence was officially created in 1995 with the adoption of the new local administration law. The Deputy Mayor is nominated and eventually dismissed by the Mayor.

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Notes
  1. Resigned after being elected regional councillor.

See also


References

  1. "Gonfaloni, Podestà e Sindaci del Comune di Firenze" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  2. Gonfaloniere appointed by the King.
  3. Gonfaloniere from January 1864 to September 1865.

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