The mayor of Parma is an elected politician who, along with the Parma's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Parma in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
The current mayor is Michele Guerra (IC), who took office on 1 July 2022.
Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Parma is member of the city council.
The mayor is elected by the population of Parma, 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 Parma'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 (1946-1994) From 1946 to 1994, the Mayor of Parma was elected by the City Council. Mayor Term start Term end Party Primo Savani20 May 19463 March 1948PCI Giuseppe Botteri3 March 194817 October 1951PCI Giacomo Ferrari17 October 19516 February 1963PCI Vincenzo Baldassi6 February 196316 October 1970PCI Cesare Gherri16 October 19701 October 1976PSI Aldo Cremonini1 October 197610 September 1980PSI Lauro Grossi10 September 19803 June 1989PSI Mara Colla3 June 19897 August 1992PSI Stefano Lavagetto7 August 199213 March 1994PDSSpecial Prefectural Commissioner tenure (13 March – 29 June 1994)
Direct election (since 1994) Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Rimini is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 2002 every five years. Mayor Took office Left office Party Coalition Election Stefano Lavagetto(1935–2005) 29 June 1994 8 June 1998 PDS PDS 1994 10 Elvio Ubaldi(1947–2014) 8 June 1998 26 May 2002 Ind FICCD 1998 26 May 2002 21 June 2007 FIUDC 2002 Pietro Vignali(b. 1968) 21 June 2007 28 September 2011 FI FIUDC 2007Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (28 September 2011 – 25 May 2012) 12Federico Pizzarotti(b. 1973) 25 May 2012 30 June 2017M5SIC M5S 2012 30 June 2017 1 July 2022 IC 2017 Michele Guerra(b. 1982) 1 July 2022 Incumbent IC ICPDSI 2022 Notes
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