Mayor of Milan
Mayor of Milan
Sindaco di Milano | |
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Style | No courtesy, title or style |
Appointer | Electorate of Milan |
Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | Antonio Durini |
Formation | 8 November 1807 |
Deputy | Francesca Balzani |
Salary | €43,200 per year |
Website | www.comune.milano.i |
The Mayor of Milan (Italian: Sindaco di Milano) is an elected politician who, along with the Milan’s City Council of 48 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Milan in northern Italy. The title is the equivalent of Lord Mayor in the meaning of an actual executive leader.
The current mayor of Milan is Giuliano Pisapia, a left-wing independent leading a progressive alliance composed by the Democratic Party, Left Ecology Freedom, the Greens and Federation of the Left.
Overview
According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Milan is member of the Milan's City Council. Although the title Mayor is not held by the heads of the nine boroughs of Milan, because they do not actually preside over self-governmental municipalities.
The Mayor is elected by the population of Milan. 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 1993 the Mayor is elected directly by Milan'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 Marino in Piazza della Scala.
List of Mayors of Milan
Podestà (1807-1860)
From 1807, Podestà di Milano were appointed by the kings who reigned over the city during the early- to mid-19th century: Napoleon, the Habsburgs and Victor Emmanuel II.
- 1807-1814 — Antonio Durini
- 1814-1820 — Giovanni Cesare Giulini Della Porta
- 1820-1827 — Carlo Villa
- 1827-1837 — Antonio Durini
- 1837-1848 — Gabrio Casati
- 1848-1849 — Franz Graf von Wimpffen (military dictatorship)
- 1849-1856 — Antonio Pestalozza
- 1856-1859 — Giuseppe Sebregondi
- 1859-1860 — Luigi Barbiano di Belgioioso
Kingdom of Italy (1860-1946)
Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | ||||
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1 | Antonio Beretta | 26 January 1860 | 13 February 1867 | Historical Right | |||
2 | Giulio Belinzaghi | 13 February 1867 | 25 April 1884 | Historical Right | |||
3 | Gaetano Negri | 25 April 1884 | 21 November 1889 | Historical Right | |||
(2) | Giulio Belinzaghi | 21 November 1889 | 28 September 1892 | Historical Right | |||
4 | Giuseppe Vigoni | 28 September 1892 | 18 September 1899 | Historical Right | |||
5 | Giuseppe Mussi | 18 September 1899 | 16 September 1903 | Historical Left | |||
6 | Giambattista Barinetti | 16 September 1903 | 7 February 1905 | Historical Left | |||
7 | Ettore Ponti | 7 February 1905 | 11 May 1909 | Historical Right | |||
8 | Bassano Gabba | 11 May 1909 | 30 January 1911 | Historical Right | |||
9 | Emanuele Greppi | 30 January 1911 | 30 June 1914 | Liberal Party | |||
10 | Emilio Caldara | 30 June 1914 | 20 November 1920 | Socialist Party | |||
11 | Angelo Filippetti | 20 November 1920 | 30 December 1922 | Socialist Party | |||
12 | Luigi Mangiagalli | 30 December 1922 | 19 August 1926 | Liberal Party | |||
Fascist Podestà (1926-1945) | |||||||
1 | Ernesto Belloni | 19 August 1926 | 6 September 1928 | National Fascist Party | |||
2 | Giuseppe De Capitani d'Arzago | 6 September 1928 | 20 November 1929 | National Fascist Party | |||
3 | Marcello Visconti di Modrone | 20 November 1929 | 19 November 1935 | National Fascist Party | |||
4 | Guido Pesenti | 19 November 1935 | 13 June 1938 | National Fascist Party | |||
5 | Gian Giacomo Gallarati Scotti | 13 June 1938 | 14 October 1943 | National Fascist Party | |||
6 | Piero Parini | 14 October 1943 | 4 May 1944 | Republican Fascist Party | |||
7 | Guido Andreoni | 4 May 1944 | 13 September 1944 | Republican Fascist Party | |||
8 | Giuseppe Spinelli | 13 September 1944 | 23 January 1945 | Republican Fascist Party | |||
9 | Mario Colombo | 23 January 1945 | 25 April 1945 | Republican Fascist Party | |||
Liberation (1945-1946) | |||||||
13 | Antonio Greppi | 25 April 1945 | 7 April 1946 | Socialist Party |
Republic of Italy (1946-present)
From 1946 to 1993, the Mayor of Milan was chosen by the City Council.
Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | Coalition | |
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1 | Antonio Greppi | 7 April 1946 | 25 June 1951 | PSI | PSI - PCI - DC |
2 | Virgilio Ferrari | 25 June 1951 | 21 January 1961 | PSDI | DC - PSDI |
3 | Gino Cassinis | 21 January 1961 | 17 February 1964 | PSDI | DC - PSDI - PSI |
4 | Pietro Bucalossi | 17 February 1964 | 16 November 1967 | PSDI | DC - PSDI - PSI |
5 | Aldo Aniasi | 16 November 1967 | 12 May 1976 | PSI | DC - PSDI - PSI (1967–75) PSI - PCI (1975–76) |
6 | Carlo Tognoli | 12 May 1976 | 21 December 1986 | PSI | PSI - PCI |
7 | Paolo Pillitteri | 21 December 1986 | 18 January 1992 | PSI | PSI - DC (1986–87) PSI - PCI - Greens (1987–92) |
8 | Gianpietro Borghini | 21 January 1992 | 20 June 1993 | PSI | PSI - DC |
Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Milan is chosen by popular election, originally every four, and since 2001 every five years.
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Mayor of Milan | Took office | Left office | Party | Coalition | Election | ||
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9 | Marco Formentini | 21 June 1993 | 12 May 1997 | LN | LN 21 June 1993 – 12 May 1997 |
1993 | ||
10 | Gabriele Albertini | 12 May 1997 | 1 June 2006 | FI | FI - AN - CCD 12 May 1997 – 14 May 2001 |
1997 | ||
FI - AN - UDC 14 May 2001 – 1 June 2006 |
2001 | |||||||
11 | Letizia Moratti | 1 June 2006 | 1 June 2011 | FI / PDL |
PDL - LN - UDC 1 June 2006 - 1 June 2011 |
2006 | ||
12 | Giuliano Pisapia | 1 June 2011 | incumbent | SEL | PD - SEL - PRC since 1 June 2011 |
2011 | ||