Mayor of Rome |
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Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | Giuseppe Lonati |
Formation | September 23, 1870 |
Succession | April–May 2013 |
Deputy | Sveva Belviso |
Website | [5] |
The Mayor of Rome is an elected politician who, along with the Rome’s City Council of 52 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Rome. Since 28 April 2008, Gianni Alemanno holds the position. Previously, the position was held by Walter Veltroni from the May 2001 until his succession by Alemanno.
The following is a list of Mayors of Rome, Italy.
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Since 1870, newborn Kingdom of Italy created the office of the Mayor of Rome (Sindaco di Roma), chosen by the City council:
Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils in 1926, replacing them with a single authoritarian Rector (Podestà) chosen by the National Fascist Party:
From 1944 to 1993, the Mayor of Rome was chosen by the City council:
# | Name | Start date |
End date |
Party | Coalition | Elections |
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1 | Andrea Doria Pamphili | June 4, 1944 | November 10, 1946 | none | CLN | none |
2 | Mario De Cesare | November 10, 1946 | November 4, 1947 | Communist | PCI – PSI | 1946 |
3 | Salvatore Rebecchini | November 4, 1947 | May 26, 1956 | Christian democratic | DC – PRI – PLI | 1947, 1952 |
4 | Umberto Tupini | July 2, 1956 | January 9, 1958 | Christian democratic | DC – PRI – PLI | 1956 |
5 | Urbano Ciocchetti | January 9, 1958 | April 29, 1961 | Christian democratic | DC – PRI – PLI | – |
6 | Glauco Della Porta | July 17, 1962 | March 4, 1964 | Christian democratic | DC | 1962 |
7 | Americo Petrucci | March 4, 1964 | November 27, 1967 | Christian democratic | DC | – |
8 | Rinaldo Santini | December 27, 1967 | May 6, 1969 | Christian democratic | DC | 1967 |
9 | Clelio Darida | May 6, 1969 | May 6, 1976 | Christian democratic | DC | 1972 |
10 | Giulio Carlo Argan | May 6, 1976 | September 25, 1979 | Communist | PCI | 1976 |
11 | Luigi Petroselli | September 25, 1979 | October 8, 1981 | Communist | PCI | – |
12 | Ugo Vetere | October 8, 1981 | May 12, 1985 | Communist | PCI | 1981 |
13 | Nicola Signorello | July 31, 1985 | May 10, 1988 | Christian democratic | DC – PRI – PSI | 1985 |
14 | Pietro Giubilo | August 6, 1988 | December 18, 1989 | Christian democratic | DC – PRI – PSI | – |
15 | Franco Carraro | December 18, 1989 | April 19, 1993 | Socialist | DC – PRI – PSI | 1989 |
Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Rome is chosen by popular election, originally every four, and since 2001 every five years:
Mayor of Rome | Took office | Left office | Party | Coalition | ||||
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16 | Francesco Rutelli | 5 December 1993 | 8 January 2001[1] | Greens | PDS – FV – PPI 5 December 1993 – 16 November 1997 |
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DS – FV – PPI 16 November 1997 – 1 June 2001 |
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17 | Walter Veltroni | 1 June 2001 | 13 February 2008[2] | Democrats of the Left then Democratic Party |
DS – FV – DL – PRC – PdCI 1 June 2001 – 1 June 2006 |
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DS – FV – DL – PRC – PdCI 1 June 2006 – 28 April 2008 |
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18 | Gianni Alemanno | 28 April 2008 | incumbent | People of Freedom | PDL since 28 April 2008 |
The election took place in two rounds: the first on November 21 and the second on December 5.
For the first time under the new electoral law citizens could vote directly the mayor; before this choise was made by the City Council. For the first time in the municipal political history there weren't parties like Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party or Italian Communist Party: the main parties were the Italian Social Movement and the Democratic Party of the Left, united with other center-left parties.
The main candidates were Francesco Rutelli, member of the Greens and supported by a center-left coalition, and Gianfranco Fini, one of the founder of the Italian Social Movement. However there were a lot of others candidates from different parties.
Also the pornstars Moana Pozzi and her Love Party ran for the election.
On December 5, 1993, Rutelli won the election and became the first elected mayor of Rome.
Rome Mayoral Election Results 1993 | ||||||||
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Name | Party | 1st Round (November 21) |
% | 2nd Round (December 5) |
% | |||
Francesco Rutelli | Greens | 684,529 | 39.6 | 955,859 | 53.1 | |||
Gianfranco Fini | Italian Social Movement | 619,309 | 35.8 | 844,030 | 46.9 |
The municipal elections were held on November 16, 1997.
The center-left coalition of outgoing mayor Francesco Rutelli, a member of the Greens, takes precedence over the center-right coalition led by Pierluigi Borghini, member of the neo-fascist party National Alliance.[3]
Rome Mayoral Election Results 1997 | ||||||||
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Name | Party | 1st Round (November 16) |
% | |||||
Francesco Rutelli | Greens | 985,361 | 60.4 | |||||
Pierluigi Borghini | National Alliance | 586,083 | 35.9 |
The municipal elections were held in two separate rounds.
In the second round, on May 27, 2001, is elected the candidate of the center-left coalition (Democrats of the Left, Federation of the Greens, Party of Italian Communists and Communist Refoundation Party) Walter Veltroni. The candidate of the center-right coalition (Forza Italia and National Alliance) Antonio Tajani reaches only 47% of the vote.[4]
Rome Mayoral Election Results 2001 | ||||||||
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Name | Party | 1st Round (May 13) |
% | 2nd Round (May 27) |
% | |||
Walter Veltroni | Democrats of the Left | 800,660 | 48.3 | 871,930 | 52.2 | |||
Antonio Tajani | Forza Italia | 747,169 | 45.1 | 799,363 | 47.8 |
These municipal elections were held on May 28–29, 2006.
The citizens of Rome elected the incumbent mayor Walter Veltroni, supported by a center-left coalition (The Olive Tree, Communist Refoundation Party, Federation of the Greens and Party of Italian Communists), while the candidate of the center-right coalition Gianni Alemanno received only the 37% of the vote.[5]
Rome Mayoral Election Results 2006 | ||||||||
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Name | Party | 1st Round (May 28–29) |
% | |||||
Walter Veltroni | Democrats of the Left | 921,491 | 61.4 | |||||
Gianni Alemanno | National Alliance | 556,176 | 37.1 |
The 2008 elections were held before the end of the term that started in 2006, following incumbent mayor Walter Veltroni's decision to stand for parliamentary election in 2008.
The centre-right coalition put forward the same candidate it had backed in 2006, Gianni Alemanno. The centre-left coalition backed Francesco Rutelli, who previously served as mayor of the city from 1993 to 2001.
Gianni Alemanno won the mayoral elections after the second round on April 28, 2008, making him the first conservative mayor of Rome in republican history.
Rome Mayoral Election Results 2008 | ||||||||
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Name | Party | 1st Round (April 13–14) |
% | 2nd Round (April 27–28) |
% | |||
Gianni Alemanno | People of Freedom | 677,350 | 40.7 | 783,255 | 53.7 | |||
Francesco Rutelli | Democratic Party | 761,126 | 45.8 | 676,472 | 46.3 |
Rome Council Election 2008 - Parties [6] | ||||||||
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Coalition | votes | % | seats | Party | votes | % | seats | |
Center-right (Alemanno) | 606,176 | 39.62 | 36 | People of Freedom Movement for Autonomy Italian Republican Party Civic Lists (3) |
559,559 9,185 3,308 34,124 |
36.58 0.60 0.22 2.23 |
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Center-left (Rutelli) | 733,084 | 47.92 | 21 | Democratic Party The Left - The Rainbow Italy of Values Italian Radicals Civic Lists (7) |
520,723 69,079 50,704 10,427 82,151 |
34.04 4.52 3.31 0.68 5.38 |
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