List of mayors of Bologna

Mayor of Bologna
Incumbent Virginio Merola (Democratic Party) since May 16, 2011
Residence	Palazzo d'Accursio
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Luigi Pizzari
Formation	April 6, 1860
Succession	May-June 2016
Deputy	Sergio Porena
Website	[3]

The Mayor of Bologna is an elected politician who, along with the Bologna’s City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Bologna. Since May 16 2011, Virginio Merola is the current mayor of Bologna.

This is a list of mayors of Bologna, Italy.

Contents 1 Mayors 2 Fascist Rectors 3 Democratic Mayors 4 Elected Mayors 5 Elections 5.1 Mayoral and Council election, 2004 5.2 Mayoral and Council election, 2009 5.3 Mayoral and Council election, 2011 6 References

Mayors

Since 1860, newborn Kingdom of Italy created the office of the Mayor of Bologna (Sindaco di Bologna), chosen by the City council:

• 1860-1861: Luigi Pizzari
• 1861-1862: Ulisse Cassarini
• 1862-1866: Carlo Pepoli
• 1866-1868: Gioacchino Napoleone Pepoli
• 1868: Gaspare Bolla, special commissioner
• 1868-1872: Camillo Casarini
• 1872: Carlo Berti Pichat
• 1872-1873: Ulisse Bandera
• 1873-1874: Cesare Albicini
• 1874-1889: Gaetano Tacconi
• 1889: Alberto Dallolio
• 1889-1891: Carlo Carli
• 1891-1902: Alberto Dallolio
• 1902: Ettore Nadalini
• 1902-1904: Enrico Golinelli
• 1904-1905: Giovanni Bellini
• 1905-1911: Giuseppe Tanari
• 1911-1914: Ettore Nadalini
• 1914-1919: Francesco Zanardi (PSI)
• 1919-1920: Nino Bixio Scota
• 1920: Enio Gnudi
• 1920-1923: Vittorio Ferrero, special commissioner
• 1923-1926: Umberto Puppini

Fascist Rectors

Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils in 1926, replacing them with a single authoritarian Rector (Podestà) chosen by the National Fascist Party:

• 1926-1928: Leandro Arpinati
• 1928-1939: Cesare Colliva
• 1939-1943: Enzo Fermè
• 1943-1945: Mario Agnoli

Democratic Mayors

From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Bologna was chosen by the City council:

#	Name	Start year	End year	Political Party	Coalition	Elections
1	Giuseppe Dozza	1945	1966	Communist	PCI	1946, 1951, 1956, 1960, 1964
2	Guido Fanti	1966	1970	Communist	PCI	none
3	Renato Zangheri	1970	1983	Communist	PCI	1970, 1975, 1980
4	Renzo Imbeni	1983	1993	Communist	PCI	1985, 1990
5	Walter Vitali	1993	1995	Democratic Party of the Left	PDS	none

Elected Mayors

Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law (1993), the Mayor of Bologna is chosen by popular election, originally every four, and since 1999 every five year:

	Mayor of Bologna			Took office	Left office	Party	Coalition
5			Walter Vitali	April 23, 1995	June 27, 1999	Democratic Party of the Left then Democrats of the Left		PDS - FV April 23, 1995 – June 27, 1999
6			Giorgio Guazzaloca	June 27, 1999	June 14, 2004	Civic Lists		Civic Lists - FI June 27, 1999 – June 14, 2004
7			Sergio Cofferati	June 14, 2004	June 22, 2009	Democrats of the Left then Democratic Party		The Olive Tree June 14, 2004 – June 22, 2009
8			Flavio Delbono	June 22, 2009	January 28, 2010[1]	Democratic Party		PD - IDV - FV - PRC - PdCI June 22, 2009 – January 28, 2010
9			Virginio Merola	May 16, 2011	incumbent	Democratic Party		PD - IDV - SEL since May 16, 2011

Elections

Mayoral and Council election, 2004

The election took place on June 12-13 2004.

The main candidates were the trade uniononist Sergio Cofferati, supported by Romano Prodi's The Olive Tree, and the incumbent mayor Giorgio Guazzaloca, supported by some center-right civic lists.

Bologna Mayoral Election Results 2004
	Name	Party	1st Round (June 12-13)	%
	Sergio Cofferati	Democrats of the Left	140,795	55.2
	Giorgio Guazzaloca	Forza Italia	102,221	40.6

Mayoral and Council election, 2009

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

The main candidates were the university teacher Flavio Delbono, from the Democratic Party, and Alfredo Cazzola.

Bologna Mayoral Election Results 2009
	Name	Party	1st Round (June 6-7)	%	2nd Round (June 21-22)	%
	Flavio Delbono	Democratic Party	112,131	49.4	112,667	60.7
	Alfredo Cazzola	People of Freedom	66,058	29.1	73,020	39.3

Mayoral and Council election, 2011

The election took place on May 15-16 2011.

The election took place before the end of the legislature because the incumbent mayor Flavio Delbono, who was investigated because of Cinziagate scandal, resigned.

For 15 months, Bologna was governed by a special commissioner (Anna Maria Cancelleri) and became the first city of Italy to be governed by a commissioner for so long time.

On May 16, Virginio Merola, from Democratic Party, won the election on the first round and defeating the candidate of Lega Nord Manes Bernardini. The turnout was only the 71%, a decrease compared to 2009 and 2004 elections. Beppe Grillo's Five Star Movement received nearly the 10% of the votes.

Bologna Mayoral Election Results 2011
	Name	Party	1st Round (May 15-16)	%
	Virginio Merola	Democratic Party	106,070	50.46
	Manes Bernardini	Lega Nord	63,799	30.35

Bologna Council Election 2011 - Parties [2]
	Coalition	votes	%	seats	Party	votes	%	seats
	Center-left (Merola)	102,560	54.3	22	Democratic Party Left Ecology Freedom Italy of Values Communist Refoundation Party Italian Socialist Party	72,335 19,358 6,983 2,766 1,118	38.3 10.2 3.7 1.5 0.6	17 4 1 - -
	Center-right (Bernardini)	51,642	27.3	9	People of Freedom Lega Nord	31,374 20,268	16.6 10.7	6 3

References