Mayor of Milan
| Mayor of Milan | |
|---|---|
| Sindaco di Milano | |
 | |
| 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 | Anna Scavuzzo |
| 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 Giuseppe Sala, a left-wing independent leading a progressive alliance composed by the Democratic Party and Italian 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
Rectors
| Mayor | Term start | Term end | Appointer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Durini | 30 November 1807 | 22 October 1814 | Napoleon I of France |
| 2 | Cesare Giulini Della Porta | 22 October 1814 | 2 January 1820 | Francis I of Austria |
| 3 | Carlo Villa | 2 January 1820 | 7 August 1827 | |
| (1) | Antonio Durini | 7 August 1827 | 2 January 1837 | |
| 4 | Gabrio Casati | 2 January 1837 | 3 August 1848 | Ferdinand I of Austria |
| 5 | Franz Graf von Wimpffen | 3 August 1848 | 6 January 1849 | Franz Joseph I of Austria |
| 6 | Antonio Pestalozza | 6 January 1849 | 27 November 1856 | |
| 7 | Giuseppe Sebregondi | 27 November 1856 | 10 June 1859 | |
| 8 | Luigi Barbiano di Belgioioso | 10 June 1859 | 26 January 1860 | Victor Emmanuel II of Italy |
Mayors
Kingdom of Italy (1860-1946)
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:Template:Italian Socialist Party/meta/color; color:white"|1 | Antonio Greppi | 7 April 1946 | 25 June 1951 | PSI | PSI - PCI - DC |
| style="background:Template:Italian Democratic Socialist Party/meta/color; color:black"|2 | Virgilio Ferrari | 25 June 1951 | 21 January 1961 | PSDI | DC - PSDI |
| style="background:Template:Italian Democratic Socialist Party/meta/color; color:black"|3 | Gino Cassinis | 21 January 1961 | 17 February 1964 | PSDI | DC - PSDI - PSI |
| style="background:Template:Italian Democratic Socialist Party/meta/color; color:black"|4 | Pietro Bucalossi | 17 February 1964 | 16 November 1967 | PSDI | DC - PSDI - PSI |
| style="background:Template:Italian Socialist Party/meta/color; color:white"|5 | Aldo Aniasi | 16 November 1967 | 12 May 1976 | PSI | DC - PSDI - PSI (1967–75) PCI - PSI (1975–76) |
| style="background:Template:Italian Socialist Party/meta/color; color:white"|6 | Carlo Tognoli | 12 May 1976 | 21 December 1986 | PSI | PCI - PSI (1976–77) PCI - PSI - PSDI (1977–85) DC - PSI - PRI (1985–86) |
| style="background:Template:Italian Socialist Party/meta/color; color:white"|7 | Paolo Pillitteri | 21 December 1986 | 18 January 1992 | PSI | DC - PSI - PRI (1986–87) PCI - PSI - FdV - PSDI (1987–90) PCI - PSI - PRI - FdV - PSDI (1990–92) |
| style="background:Template:Italian Socialist Party/meta/color; color:white"|8 | Gianpietro Borghini | 18 January 1992 | 11 March 1993 | PSI | DC - PSI - PSDI - PLI |
| - | Claudio Gelati | 11 March 1993 | 21 June 1993 | - | Special prefectural commissioner[a] |
- Notes
- ^ 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.
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.
| Mayor of Milan | Took office | Left office | Party | Coalition | Election | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Lega Nord/meta/color; color:white"|9 | 
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Marco Formentini | 21 June 1993 | 12 May 1997 | LN | style="background: Template:Lega Nord/meta/color;" | | LN 21 June 1993 – 12 May 1997 |
1993 |
| rowspan="2" style="background: Template:The People of Freedom/meta/color; color:white"|10 | 
|
Gabriele Albertini | 12 May 1997 | 1 June 2006 | FI | style="background: Template:The People of Freedom/meta/color;" | | FI - AN - CCD 12 May 1997 – 14 May 2001 |
1997 |
| style="background: Template:The People of Freedom/meta/color;" | | FI - AN - LN - UDC 14 May 2001 – 1 June 2006 |
2001 | ||||||
| rowspan="1" style="background: Template:The People of Freedom/meta/color; color:white"|11 | 
|
Letizia Moratti | 1 June 2006 | 1 June 2011 | FI | style="background: Template:The People of Freedom/meta/color;" | | FI - AN - LN - UDC 1 June 2006 – 1 June 2011 |
2006 |
| rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Left Ecology Freedom/meta/color;" | 12 | 
|
Giuliano Pisapia | 1 June 2011 | 21 June 2016 | SEL | style="background: Template:Democratic Party (Italy)/meta/color;" | | PD - SEL - FdS 1 June 2011 – 21 June 2016 |
2011 |
| rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Democratic Party (Italy)/meta/color;" | 13 | 
|
Giuseppe Sala | 21 June 2016 | incumbent | PD | style="background: Template:Democratic Party (Italy)/meta/color;" | | PD - SI since 21 June 2016 |
2016 |
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