List of mayors of Cagliari

Mayor of Cagliari
Sindaco di Cagliari
Incumbent
Paolo Truzzu
(Brothers of Italy)
since 18 July 2019
StyleNo title, courtesy or style
AppointerPopular election
Term lengthFive years, renewable once
Formation1848
Websitecomune.cagliari.it

The Mayor of Cagliari is an elected politician who, along with the Cagliari's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Cagliari in Sardinia, Italy. The current Mayor is Paolo Truzzu, a member of the far-right party Brothers of Italy, elected on 17 June 2019.[1]

Overview

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

The Mayor is elected by the population of Cagliari, who also elects 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 Cagliari'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 Sardinia (1848–1861)

The office of Mayor of Cagliari (Sindaco di Cagliari) was created in 1848 after the promulgation of the Albertine Statute.[2][3]

  Mayor Term start Term end Party
1 Fortunato Cossu Baille 1849 1850
2 Antioco Loru 1851 1852
3 Edmondo Roberti 1853 1856
4 Tommaso Marini Demuro 1857 1859
5 Giovanni Meloni Baille 1860 1861

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

Initially appointed by the King, the Mayor of Cagliari was elected by the City council from 1899 to 1926. 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.[2][3]

  Mayor Term start Term end Party
5 Giovanni Meloni Baille 1861 1862
(3) Edmondo Roberti 1863 1875
6 Francesco Cocco-Ortu 1882 1883
7 Salvatore Marcello 1883 1884
8 Emanuele Ravot 1884 1888
9 Ottone Bacaredda 1890 1902
10 Giuseppe Picinelli 1902 1904
(9) Ottone Bacaredda 1904 1910
11 Francesco Nobilioni 1910 1911
(9) Ottone Bacaredda 1911 1917
(9) Ottone Bacaredda 1920 1921
12 Gavino Dessì Deliperi 1921 1923
Fascist Podestà (1926–1944)
1 Vittorio Tredici 1926 1928 National Fascist Party
2 Enrico Endrich 1928 1934 National Fascist Party
3 Giovanni Cao 1934 1935 National Fascist Party
4 Angelo Prunas 1935 1942 National Fascist Party
Allied occupation (1944–1946)
(12) Gavino Dessì Deliperi 1944 1944
13 Cesare Pintus 1944 1946 Action Party

Italian Republic (since 1946)

City Council election (1946–1994)

From 1946 to 1994, the Mayor of Cagliari was elected by the City Council.[2]

  Mayor Term start Term end Party
1 Luigi Crespellani 1946 1949 Christian Democracy
2 Pietro Leo 1949 1956 Christian Democracy
3 Mario Palomba 1956 1960 Christian Democracy
4 Antonio Follese 1960 1960 Christian Democracy
5 Giuseppe Peretti 1960 1960 Christian Democracy
6 Giuseppe Brotzu 1960 1967 Christian Democracy
7 Paolo De Magistris 1967 1970 Christian Democracy
8 Angelo Lai 1970 1971 Christian Democracy
9 Eudoro Fanti 1971 1972 Christian Democracy
10 Franco Murtas 1972 1975 Christian Democracy
11 Salvatore Ferrara 1975 1979 Italian Socialist Party
12 Mario De Sotgiu 1979 1980 Christian Democracy
13 Michele Columbu 1980 1980 Sardinian Action Party
14 Bachisio Scarpa 1980 1981 Christian Democracy
15 Michele Di Martino 1981 1984 Christian Democracy
(7) Paolo De Magistris 1984 1990 Christian Democracy
16 Roberto Dal Cortivo 1990 1992 Italian Socialist Party
17 Gaetano Giua Marassi 1992 1994 Christian Democracy

Direct election (since 1994)

Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Cagliari is chosen by direct election.[2]

  Mayor Term start Term end Party Coalition Election
18 Mariano Delogu
(1933–2016) 		28 June 1994 26 May 1998 National Alliance Pole of Good Government
(FI-AN) 		1994
26 May 1998 21 March 2001[a] Pole for Freedoms
(FI-AN-CCD) 		1998
19 Emilio Floris
(b. 1944) 		16 May 2001 12 June 2006 Forza Italia
The People of Freedom 		House of Freedoms
(FI-AN-CCD-CDU-RS) 		2001
12 June 2006 1 June 2011 House of Freedoms
(FI-AN-UDC-RS) 		2006
20 Massimo Zedda
(b. 1976) 		1 June 2011 6 June 2016 Left Ecology Freedom
Progressive Area 		Centre-left coalition
(PD-SEL-IdV-FdS) 		2011
6 June 2016 5 April 2019[b] Centre-left coalition
(PD-SI-RM) 		2016
21 Paolo Truzzu
(b. 1972) 		18 July 2019 Incumbent Brothers of Italy Centre-right coalition
(FdI-PSd’AZ-RS-
League-FI-UDC) 		2019
Notes
  1. ^ Resigned after swearing in as senator. The special commissioner Giovanni Balsamo held the office till a snap election was called.
  2. ^ Resigned after being elected to the Regional Council of Sardinia. The special commissioner Bruno Carcangiu held the office till the 2019 local elections.

Timeline

See also

References

  1. ^ "Paolo Truzzu proclamato sindaco: tribunale di Cagliari firma il decreto". sardiniapost.it. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Gli uomini che hanno governato Cagliari". Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Governatori e Sindaci della Città di Cagliari (1400–1900)". Retrieved 14 December 2018.

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