List of mayors of Genoa

Mayor of Genoa
Mayor of Genoa
Sindaco di Genova
	Incumbent; Pietro Pitocchi ; (acting); since 6 November 2024
Seat	Palazzo Doria-Tursi
Appointer	Electorate of Genoa
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Antonio Profumo
Formation	15 March 1849
Deputy	Massimo Nicolò
Salary	€88,428 annually
Website	[1]

The mayor of Genoa (Italian: sindaco di Genova) is an elected politician who, along with the Genoa City Council of 40 members, is accountable for the strategic government of the municipality of Genoa, Liguria, Italy.

List of Mayors of Genoa

Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia (1848-1861)

In 1848 the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia created the office of the Mayor of Genoa (Sindaco di Genova), chosen by Genoa citizens.

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
1	Antonio Profumo	15 March 1849	22 December 1851	Historical Right
2	Stefano Centurione	22 December 1851	1 March 1853	Historical Right
3	Domenico Elena	1 March 1853	22 October 1856	Historical Right
4	Giuseppe Morro	22 October 1856	25 February 1860	Historical Right
5	Ludovico Pallavicino	25 February 1860	12 December 1860	Historical Right
6	Gerolamo Gavotti	12 December 1860	26 December 1861	Historical Right

Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)

In 1861 the Kingdom of Italy continued the previous office, 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.

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
1	Gerolamo Gavotti	26 December 1861	20 August 1864	Historical Right
2	Luigi Gropallo	20 August 1864	18 January 1866	Historical Right
3	Andrea Podestà	18 January 1866	30 June 1876	Historical Right
4	Lazzaro Negrotto Cambiaso	30 June 1876	9 January 1879	Independent
5	Enrico Parodi	9 January 1879	31 December 1883	Historical Right
(3)	Andrea Podestà	31 December 1883	27 May 1888	Historical Right
6	Stefano Castagnola	27 May 1888	16 March 1891	Historical Right
7	Giacomo Doria	16 March 1891	23 January 1892	Independent
(3)	Andrea Podestà	23 January 1892	20 July 1895	Historical Right
8	Raffaele Pratolongo	20 July 1895	13 May 1896	Historical Left
9	Francesco Pozzo	13 May 1896	14 April 1903	Historical Left
10	Giovanni Battista Boragini	14 April 1903	25 January 1905	Historical Left
11	Alberto Cerruti	25 January 1905	18 July 1906	Independent
12	Gerolamo Da Passano	18 July 1906	6 August 1910	Historical Right
13	Giacomo Grasso	6 August 1910	2 July 1914	Liberal Union
12	Emilio Massone	2 July 1914	27 November 1920	Liberal Union
13	Federico Ricci	27 November 1920	16 December 1926	Independent
Fascist Podestà (1926-1945)
1	Eugenio Broccardi	16 December 1926	7 September 1933	National Fascist Party
2	Carlo Bombrini	7 September 1933	19 March 1940	National Fascist Party
3	Aldo Gardini	19 March 1940	6 November 1944	National Fascist Party
4	Giulio Segoni	6 November 1944	25 April 1945	Republican Fascist Party
Liberation (1945-1946)
14	Vannuccio Faralli	25 April 1945	4 December 1946	Italian Socialist Party

Republic of Italy (1946-present)

From 1945 to 1993, the Mayor of Genoa was chosen by the City council.

Mayor		Term start	Term end	Party	Coalition	Election
1	Giovanni Tarello	4 December 1946	23 February 1948	PCI	PCI • PSI	1946
2	Gelasio Adamoli	23 February 1948	16 June 1951	PCI	PCI • PSI	1946
3	Vittorio Pertusio	16 June 1951	2 July 1956	DC	DC	1951
3	Vittorio Pertusio	2 July 1956	27 May 1960	DC	DC	1956
-	Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (27 May 1960–8 February 1961)^[a]
(3)	Vittorio Pertusio	8 February 1961	2 February 1965	DC	DC	1960
4	Augusto Pedullà	2 February 1965	5 January 1966	DC	DC	1964
-	Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (5 January 1966–14 July 1966)^[b]
(4)	Augusto Pedullà	14 July 1966	15 October 1971	DC	DC • PSI	1966
5	Giancarlo Piombino	15 October 1971	2 April 1975	DC	DC • PSI	1971
6	Fulvio Cerofolini	2 April 1975	2 August 1976	PSI	PCI • PSI	1971
		2 August 1976	21 September 1981		PCI • PSI	1976
		21 September 1981	13 October 1985		PCI • PSI • PSDI^[c]	1981
7	Cesare Campart	13 October 1985	2 August 1990	PRI	DC • PSI • PSDI • PRI • PLI	1985
8	Romano Merlo	2 August 1990	3 December 1992	PSDI	PCI • PSI • PSDI • PRI	1990
9	Claudio Burlando	3 December 1992	19 May 1993	PDS	PDS • PSI • PSDI	1990
-	Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (19 May 1993 – 7 December 1993)^[d]

Notes

^ Nominated by the Prefect after the City Council failed to elect a new Mayor after the resignation of the previous one.
^ Nominated by the Prefect after the City Council failed to elect a new Mayor after the resignation of the previous one.
^ With the external support of the Radical Party and the Proletarian Unity Party (PdUP).
^ Nominated by the Prefect after the Mayor and the members of the City Council resigned in order to hold a new election under the provision of the new local electoral law.

Direct election (since 1993)

Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Genoa is chosen by direct election, originally every four then every five years.

Mayor of Genoa		Took office	Left office	Party		Election
10	Adriano Sansa (b. 1940)	7 December 1993	1 December 1997	Ind	PDS • AD • FdV	1993
11	Giuseppe Pericu (1937–2022)	1 December 1997	28 May 2002	PDS DS	The Olive Tree (PDS-PPI-PRC-RI)	1997
11	Giuseppe Pericu (1937–2022)	28 May 2002	30 May 2007	PDS DS	The Olive Tree (DS-DL-PRC-PdCI-FdV)	2002
12	Marta Vincenzi (b. 1947)	30 May 2007	21 May 2012	DS PD	The Olive Tree (DS-DL-PRC-PdCI-FdV-IdV)	2007
13	Marco Doria (b. 1957)	21 May 2012	27 June 2017	SEL	PD • SEL • FdS	2012
14	Marco Bucci (b. 1959)	27 June 2017	17 June 2022	Ind	FI • LN • FdI • DI	2017
14	Marco Bucci (b. 1959)	17 June 2022	6 November 2024^[a]	Ind	FI • L • FdI • C! • IV • UDC	2022

Notes

^ Resigned after being elected President of Liguria. The Deputy Mayor Pietro Pitocchi (FdI) is holding the office till a new municipal election will be held.

Timeline

Elections

Mayoral and City Council election, 1993

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 21 November, the second on 5 December 1993.

Results

Summary of the 1993 Genoa City Council election results
Parties and coalitions				Votes	%	Seats
		Democratic Party of the Left (Partito Democratico della Sinistra)	PDS	98,026	26.19%	22
		Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi)	FdV	13,227	3.55%	3
		Democratic Alliance (Alleanza Democratica)	AD	12,255	3.27%	2
		Pannella List (Lista Pannella)	LP	7,962	2.13%	1
		The Network (La Rete)	LR	6,558	1.75%	1
		Others		5,765	1.54%	1
Sansa coalition (Left-wing)				143,843	38.43%	30
	Lega Nord		LN	108,562	29.01%	10
		Christian Democracy (Democrazia Cristiana)	DC	33,604	8.98%	4
		Socialist Rebirth (Rinascita Socialista)	RS	14,840	3.96%	1
		Union of the Centre (Unione di Centro)	UdC	6,975	1.86%	0
Signorini coalition (Centre)				55,419	14.81%	5
	Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista)		PRC	32,238	8.61%	3
	Italian Social Movement (Movimento Sociale Italiano)		MSI-DN	25,213	6.74%	2
	Others			9,004	2.41%	0

Total				374,279	100%	50

Votes cast / turnout				472,436	78.93%
Registered voters				598,584

Source: Ministry of the Interior

Candidate		Party	Coalition	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Coalition	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Adriano Sansa	Ind	Progressives	189,874	42.93	247,547	59.17
	Enrico Serra	LN		116,973	26.45	170,799	40.83
	Ugo Signorini	DC	DC-RS-UdC	66,387	15.01
	Giuliano Boffardi	PRC		32,498	7.35
	Vincenzo Plinio	MSI-DN		27,252	6.16
	Others			9,260	2.10

Eligible voters				598,584	100.00	598,584	100.00
Voted				472,436	78.93	439,769	73.47
Blank or invalid ballots				30,192		21,423
Total valid votes				442,244		418,346

Mayoral and City Council election, 1997

The election took place on two rounds: the first on 16 November, the second on 30 November 1997.

Results

Summary of the 1997 Genoa City Council election results
Parties and coalitions				Votes	%	Seats
		Democratic Party of the Left (Partito Democratico della Sinistra)	PDS	84,635	25.91%	17
		Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista)^[a]	PRC	31,093	9.52%	6
		Italian People's Party (Partito Popolare Italiano)	PPI	19,965	6.11%	4
		Italian Renewal (Rinnovamento Italiano)	RI	6,223	1.91%	1
		Others		10,018	3.06%	2
Pericu coalition (Centre-left)				151,934	46.51%	30
		Forza Italia	FI	42,170	12.91%	6
		National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale)	AN	18,265	5.59%	2
		Christian Democratic Centre (Centro Cristiano Democratico)	CCD	7,524	2.30%	0
Eva coalition (Centre-right)				67,959	20.80%	8
	New Genoa (Genova Nuova)		GN	55,947	17.13%	7
	Sansa for Genoa (Sansa per Genova)		SpG	36,186	11.08%	4
	Lega Nord		LN	11,481	3.51%	1
	Others			3,155	0.97%	0

Total				326,662	100.00%	50

Votes cast / turnout				400,823	69.88%
Registered voters				573,607

Source: Ministry of the Interior

Candidate		Party	Coalition	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Coalition	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Giuseppe Pericu	PDS	The Olive Tree	129,680	34.38	170,211	51.52
	Sergio Castellaneta	GN		75,042	19.90	160,140	48.48
	Claudio Eva	FI	Pole for Freedoms	73,979	19.61
	Adriano Sansa	SpG		51,904	13.76
	Giordano Bruschi	PRC		31,809	8.43
	Giacomo Chiappori	LN		11,265	2.99
	Others			3,505	0.93

Eligible voters				573,607	100.00	573,607	100.00
Voted				400,823	69.88	341,362	59.51
Blank or invalid ballots				23,639		11,011
Total valid votes				377,184		330,351

Notes

^ Officially endorsed the centre-left candidate only on the second round.

Mayoral and City Council election, 2002

The election took place on 26 May 2002.

Results

Summary of the 2002 Genoa City Council election results
Parties and coalitions				Votes	%	Seats
		Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra)	DS	102,944	35.19%	20
		The Daisy (La Margherita)	DL	27,166	9.29%	5
		Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista)	PRC	21,369	7.30%	4
		Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi)	FdV	6,399	2.19%	1
		Party of Italian Communists (Comunisti Italiani)	PdCI	5,176	1.77%	1
		Others		9,691	3.32%	0
Pericu coalition (Centre-left)				172,745	59.05%	31
		Forza Italia	FI	49,609	16.96%	9
		National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale)	AN	17,121	5.85%	3
		Union of the Centre (Unione di Centro)	UDC	6,867	2.35%	1
Magnani coalition (Centre-right)				73,597	25.16%	13
		New Genoa (Genova Nuova)	GN	23,198	7.93%	5
		Lega Nord	LN	9,405	3.22%	1
Castellaneta coalition				32,603	11.15%	6
	Others			13,585	4.64%	0

Total				292,530	100.00%	50

Votes cast / turnout				367,746	67.25%
Registered voters				546,834

Source: Ministry of the Interior

Candidate		Party	Coalition	First round
Candidate		Party	Coalition	Votes	%
	Giuseppe Pericu	DS	The Olive Tree	210,541	60.03
	Rinaldo Magnani	FI	House of Freedoms	79,856	22.77
	Sergio Castellaneta	GN	GN-LN	45,101	12.86
	Others			15,230	4.34

Eligible voters				546,834	100.00
Voted				367,746	67.25
Blank or invalid ballots				17,018
Total valid votes				350,728

Mayoral and City Council election, 2007

The election took place on 27–28 May 2007.

Results

Summary of the 2007 Genoa City Council election results
Parties and coalitions				Votes	%	Seats
		The Olive Tree (L'Ulivo)		89,337	34.60%	22
		Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista)	PRC	15,615	6.05%	3
		Italy of Values (Italia dei Valori)	IdV	9,296	3.60%	2
		Party of Italian Communists (Comunisti Italiani)	PdCI	6,447	2.50%	1
		Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi)	FdV	5,768	2.23%	1
		Others		11,272	4.36%	1
Vincenzi coalition (Centre-left)				137,735	53.34%	30
		Forza Italia	FI	58,396	22.61%	12
		Biasotti List (Lista Biasotti)	LB	18,724	7.25%	3
		National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale)	AN	16,117	6.24%	3
		Lega Nord	LN	9,340	3.62%	1
		Union of the Centre (Unione di Centro)	UDC	8,170	3.16%	1
		Pensioners' Party (Partito Pensionati)	PP	1,932	0.75%	0
Musso coalition (Centre-right)				112,679	43.64%	20
	Others			7,813	3.02%	0

Total				258,227	100.00%	50

Votes cast / turnout				328,289	61.75%
Registered voters				523,529

Source: Ministry of the Interior

Candidate		Party	Coalition	First round
Candidate		Party	Coalition	Votes	%
	Marta Vincenzi	DS	The Olive Tree	158,238	51.21
	Enrico Musso	Ind	House of Freedoms	142,081	45.98
	Others			8,709	2.81

Eligible voters				523,529	100.00
Voted				323,289	61.75
Blank or invalid ballots				14,261
Total valid votes				309,028

Mayoral and City Council election, 2012

The election took place on two rounds: the first on 6–7 May, the second on 20–21 May 2012.

Results

Summary of the 2012 Genoa City Council election results
Parties and coalitions				Votes	%	Seats
		Democratic Party (Partito Democratico)	PD	55,137	23.89%	12
		Doria List (Lista Doria)	LD	26,784	11.60%	6
		Italy of Values (Italia dei Valori)	IdV	13,730	5.95%	3
		Left Ecology Freedom (Sinistra Ecologia Libertà)	SEL	11,606	5.03%	2
		Federation of the Left (Federazione della Sinistra)	FdS	5,274	2.28%	1
		Others		4,723	2.04%	0
Doria coalition (Centre-left)				117,254	50.80%	24
	Five Star Movement (Movimento Cinque Stelle)		M5S	32,516	14.09%	5
		The People of Freedom (Il Popolo della Libertà)	PdL	21,251	9.21%	5
		Others		8,655	3.75%	0
Vinai coalition (Centre-right)				29,906	12.96%	5
	Musso List (Lista Musso)		LM	28,818	12.49%	5
	Lega Nord		LN	10,042	4.35%	1
	Others			12,274	5.31%	0

Total				230,810	100.00%	40

Votes cast / turnout				279,683	55.52%
Registered voters				503,752

Source: Ministry of the Interior

Candidate		Party	Coalition	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Coalition	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Marco Doria	SEL	PD-IdV-SEL-FdS	127,477	48.31	114,245	59.71
	Enrico Musso	Ind		39,589	15.00	77,084	40.29
	Paolo Putti	M5S		36,579	13.86
	Pierluigi Vinai	PdL		33,468	12.68
	Edoardo Rixi	LN		12,409	4.70
	Others			14,327	5.45

Eligible voters				503,752	100.00	503,752	100.00
Voted				279,683	55.52	196,894	39.09
Blank or invalid ballots				15,834		5,565
Total valid votes				263,849		191,329

Mayoral and City Council election, 2017

The election took place on two rounds: the first on 11 June, the second on 25 June 2017.

Results

Summary of the 2017 Genoa City Council election results
Parties and coalitions				Votes	%	Seats
		Lega Nord	LN	28,194	12.96%	9
		Genoa Wins (Vince Genova)	VG	21,243	9.76%	6
		Forza Italia	FI	17,582	8.08%	5
		Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d'Italia)	FdI	11,490	5.28%	3
		Direction Italy (Direzione Italia)	DI	4,638	2.13%	1
Bucci coalition (Centre-right)				83,147	38.22%	24
		Democratic Party (Partito Democratico)	PD	43,156	19.84%	7
		Crivello List (Lista Crivello)	LC	20,601	9.47%	3
		To Left (A Sinistra)	SI	6,598	3.03%	0
		Others		6,933	3.19%	0
Crivello coalition (Centre-left)				77,288	35.52%	10
	Five Star Movement (Movimento Cinque Stelle)		M5S	39,971	18.37%	5
	Call Me Genoa (Chiamami Genova)		CG	10,633	4.89%	1
	Others			6,523	2.99%	0

Total				217,562	100.00%	40

Votes cast / turnout				237,679	48.39%
Registered voters				491,167

Source: Ministry of the Interior

Candidate		Party	Coalition	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Coalition	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Marco Bucci	Ind	LN-FI-FdI-DI	88,781	38.80	112,398	55.24
	Giovanni Crivello	PD	PD-SI	76,407	33.40	91,057	44.76
	Luca Pirondini	M5S		41,347	18.07
	Paolo Putti	Ind		11,153	4.87
	Others			11,108	4.86

Eligible voters				491,167	100.00	491,167	100.00
Voted				237,679	48.39	209,595	42.67
Blank or invalid ballots				8,883		6,140
Total valid votes				228,796		203,455

Mayoral and City Council election, 2022

The election took place on 12 June 2022.

Results

Summary of the 2022 Genoa City Council election results
Parties and coalitions				Votes	%	Seats
		Bucci List (Lista Bucci)	LB	36,335	19.06%	9
		Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d'Italia)	FdI	17,788	9.33%	4
		Let's Change! (Cambiamo!)	C!	17,485	9.17%	4
		Lega	L	12,886	6.76%	3
		Genoa Tomorrow (Genova Domani)	GD	8,952	4.70%	2
		Forza Italia	FI	7,340	3.85%	1
		Union of the Centre (Unione di Centro)	UDC	3,752	1.97%	1
		Others		656	0.35%	0
Bucci coalition (Centre-right)				105,194	55.19%	24
		Democratic Party (Partito Democratico)	PD	39,937	20.95%	10
		Dello Strologo List (Lista Dello Strologo)	LDS	12,032	6.31%	2
		Green Europe (Europe Verde)	EV	9,873	5.18%	2
		Five Star Movement (Movimento Cinque Stelle)	M5S	8,381	4.40%	1
		Italian Left (Sinistra Italiana)	SI	2,930	1.54%	0
Dello Strologo coalition (Centre-left)				73,153	38.38%	15
	United for the Constitution (Uniti per la Costituzione)		UpC	6,771	3.55%	1
	Others			5,480	2.87%	0

Total				190,600	100%	40

Votes cast / turnout				212,199	44.17%
Registered voters				480,424

Source: Ministry of the Interior

Candidate		Party	Coalition	First round
Candidate		Party	Coalition	Votes	%
	Marco Bucci	Ind	FI-L-FdI-C!-UDC-IV	112,457	55.49
	Ariel Dello Strologo	Ind	PD-EV-SI-M5S	77,065	38.03
	Mattia Crucioli	Ind		7,221	3.56
	Others			5,902	2.91

Eligible voters				480,424	100.00
Voted				212,199	44.17
Blank or invalid ballots				9,553
Total valid votes				202,646

Mayoral and City Council election, 2025

The election will take place on a Sunday between 15 April and 15 June 2025.

Notes

References

This article originated as a translation of this version of its counterpart in the Italian Wikipedia.

[1] Nominated by the Prefect after the City Council failed to elect a new Mayor after the resignation of the previous one.

[2] Nominated by the Prefect after the City Council failed to elect a new Mayor after the resignation of the previous one.

[3] With the external support of the Radical Party and the Proletarian Unity Party (PdUP).

[4] Nominated by the Prefect after the Mayor and the members of the City Council resigned in order to hold a new election under the provision of the new local electoral law.

[5] Resigned after being elected President of Liguria. The Deputy Mayor Pietro Pitocchi (FdI) is holding the office till a new municipal election will be held.

[6] Officially endorsed the centre-left candidate only on the second round.

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