The mayor of Pisa is an elected politician who, along with the Pisa's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Pisa in Tuscany, Italy.
Michele Conti (Lega) became mayor on 27 June 2018.
Overview
The mayor is elected by the population of Pisa, who also elect 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 1994 the mayor is elected directly by Pisa'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.
Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) In 1865, the Kingdom of Italy created the office of the mayor of Pisa (Sindaco di Pisa), appointed by the King himself. From 1889 to 1926 the mayor was elected 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. The office of mayor was restored in 1944 during the Allied occupation.
Mayor Term start Term end Party 1Angiolo Del Punta18651867 2Giuseppe Bianchi18691873 3Mario Rizzari18731876 4Tommaso Simonelli18771884 5Leopoldo Peverada18841889 6Angiolo Nardi Dei18891895 7Giuseppe Gambini18951899 8Giuseppe Raffaello Cerrai18991900 9Vittorio Frascani19001901 (7)Giuseppe Gambini19011903 (9)Vittorio Frascani19031904 10Dario Baldi19041905 –Vittorio Menzinger19051906Royal commissioner 11Alessandro D'Ancona19061907 (7)Giuseppe Gambini19071910 12Francesco Buonamici19101914 (9)Vittorio Frascani19141920 13Francesco Pardi19201922 Guido Buffarini Guidi19221925National Fascist Party Fascist Podestà (1926–1943)1Guido Buffarini Guidi19271933National Fascist Party2Giovanni D'Achiardi19361939National Fascist Party3Carlo Zanetto Lami19391943National Fascist Party Allied occupation (1944–1946) Italo BargagnaAppointed by the National Liberation Committee.19441946Italian Communist Party
Republic of Italy (since 1946) City Council election (1946-1994) From 1946 to 1994, the Mayor of Pisa was elected by the City's Council. Mayor Term start Term end Party Election Italo Bargagna31 March 194611 June 1951PCI1946 2Renato Pagni11 June 19511 July 1956DC1951 3Italo Pellegrini1 July 195614 August 1956DC1956 Vittorio Galluzzi14 August 195617 December 1958PSI (2)Renato Pagni17 December 19587 July 1960DC1958 5Enrico Pistolesi7 July 19602 January 1961DC Vittorio Galluzzi2 January 196114 October 1961PSI1960Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (14 October 1961–1 July 1962) 6Umberto Viale1 July 196214 August 1964DC1962 (2)Renato Pagni14 August 196414 March 1965DC 7Roberto Supino14 March 196514 May 1965PSDI (2)Renato Pagni14 May 19656 July 1966DC6 July 196614 February 19671966Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (14 February 1967–1 July 1967) 8Giulio Battistini1 July 196714 December 1968DC1967 Fausta Giani Cecchini14 December 19688 July 1970PSI 10Franco Gemignani8 July 197014 October 1970DC1970 11Giuseppe Prosperi14 October 197014 April 1971DC Vinicio Bernardini14 April 197114 June 1971PCI (8)Giulio Battistini14 June 197114 July 1971DC Elia Lazzari14 July 197115 July 1975PCI15 July 197514 May 19761975 Luigi Bulleri14 May 197630 July 1980PCI30 July 198014 May 19831980 Vinicio Bernardini14 May 198314 September 1985PCI Oriano Ripoli14 September 198515 July 1986PSI1985 Giacomino Granchi15 July 198620 January 1990PSISpecial Prefectural Commissioner tenure (20 January 1990–16 July 1990) Sergio Cortopassi16 July 19901 September 1994PSI1990Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (1 September 1994–24 November 1994)
Direct election (since 1994) Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Pisa is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 2003 every five years. Mayor Took office Left office Party Coalition Election Piero Floriani(1942–2018) 24 November 1994 14 December 1998 PDS PDSPRCFdV 1994 Paolo Fontanelli(b. 1953) 14 December 1998 27 May 2003 DSPD The Olive Tree(DS-PPI-FdV-PdCI-SDI) 1998 27 May 2003 13 February 2008 The Olive Tree(DS-DL-PdCI-SDI) 2003 Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (13 February 2008 – 29 April 2008) Marco Filippeschi(b. 1960) 29 April 2008 28 May 2013 PD PDPSIIdVand leftist lists 2008 28 May 2013 27 June 2018 PDSELand leftist lists 2013 Michele Conti(b. 1970) 27 June 2018 30 May 2023LegaFdI LegaFIFdI 2018 30 May 2023 Incumbent FdILegaFI 2023 Notes
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