The mayor of Imperia is an elected politician who, along with the Imperia City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Imperia in Liguria, Italy.
The current mayor is Claudio Scajola, former Minister in many Silvio Berlusconi's cabinets and a centre-right independent, who took office on 27 June 2018.
Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Imperia is member of the City Council.
The mayor is elected by the population of Imperia, who also elects the members of the City Council, controlling the 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 1995 the mayor is elected directly by Imperia'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.
Italian Republic (since 1946) City Council election (1946-1995) From 1946 to 1995, the mayor of Imperia was elected by the City Council. Mayor Term start Term end Party Goffredo Alterisio7 April 194627 May 1951PCI 2Ferdinando Scajola27 May 195115 November 1954DC 3Bruno Agen15 November 195430 May 1956DC 4Carlo Gonan30 May 195622 December 1961DC 5Giorgio Luciano Verda22 December 19617 July 1970DC 6Giovanni Parodi7 July 197021 May 1974DC 7Alessandro Scajola21 May 197415 July 1975DC Giuseppe Mauro Torelli15 July 19753 March 1976PCI Francesco Ruscigni3 March 19767 April 1976PSI 10Giuseppe Vassallo7 April 197618 April 1977DC (7)Alessandro Scajola18 April 19777 April 1979DC 11Bartolomeo Re7 April 19798 July 1980DC 12Renato Pilade8 July 198029 October 1983DC 13Claudio Scajola29 October 198318 December 1983DC Giovanni Barbagallo18 December 19832 July 1986PSI 15Giovanni Gramondo2 July 19867 July 1990DC (13)Claudio Scajola7 July 19908 May 1995DC
Direct election (since 1995) Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the mayor of Imperia is chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five years.
Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election Davide Berio8 May 199514 June 1999PDSPDSPRCFdV1995 Luigi Sappa14 June 199914 June 2004 FIPdLFIANCCDRI199914 June 20049 June 2009FIANUDC2004 Paolo Strescino9 June 200915 May 2012PdLPdLLN2009Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (15 May 2012 – 10 June 2013) 19 Carlo Capacci10 June 201327 June 2018IndPD2013 (13)Claudio Scajola27 June 20181 June 2023 IndInd20181 June 2023IncumbentFIFdINMLega2023 Notes
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