The mayor of Siena is an elected politician who, along with the Siena's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Siena in Tuscany, Italy.
The current mayor is Nicoletta Fabio, a centre-right independent and the first woman to hold the office, who took office on 19 June 2023.
Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Siena is member of the City Council.
The mayor is elected by the population of Siena, who also elects the members of the City Council, controlling the mayor's policy guidelines and is able to enforce their resignation by a motion of no confidence. The mayor is entitled to appoint and release the members of their government.
Since 1993 the mayor is elected directly by Siena'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 Mayor of Siena (Sindaco di Siena), appointed by the King himself. From 1892 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 Mayors appointed by the King (1865–1889) 1Bernardo Tolomei(1823–1910)18651866 2Tiberio Sergardi(1816–1886)18661867 (1)Bernardo Tolomei(1823–1910)18671869 3Luciano Banchi(1837–1887)18691870 4Federico Comini(1803–1884)18701871 5Domenico Mazzi(1822–1896)18711877 (3)Luciano Banchi(1837–1887)18771878 6Giuseppe Palmieri Nuti(1843–1893)18781879 (3)Luciano BanchiActing mayor from 1880 to 1881.(1837–1887)18801887 7Aristodemo Ficalbi(1821–1894)18881889 Mayors elected by the City Council (1889–1926) 8Luigi Valenti Serini(?–1912)18891890 9Remigio Bartalini(1839–1918)18921893 10Enrico Crocini(1839–1916)18941896 11Enrico Falaschi(1863–1929)18961898 12Bonaventura Chigi Zondadari(1841–1908)18991899 13Guido Sarrocchi(1868–1934)18991899 14Alessandro Lisini(1851–1945)19001905 15Carlo Ponticelli(1848–1907)19051906 16Mario Bianchi Bandinelli(1848–1930)19061913 17Livio Socini(1866–?)19141916 18Emanuello Pannocchieschi d'Elci(1875–1937)19161920 19Angiolo Rosini(1864–?)19201921 20Fabio Bargagli Petrucci(1875–1939)19231923PNF 21Vittorio Martini19231925PNF Fascist Podestà (1926–1944)1Fabio Bargagli Petrucci(1875–1939)19261936PNF2Mario Tadini Buoninsegni(1889–1974)19361938PNF3Luigi Socini Guelfi(1906–2008)19381944PNF Allied occupation (1944–1946) 22Carlo CiampoliniChosen by the National Liberation Committee and appointed by the Prefect.(1888–1986)19441946Ind
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Republic of Italy (since 1946) City Council election (1946–1993) From 1946 to 1993 the Mayor of Siena was elected by the City Council.
Mayor Term start Term end Party Coalition Election Ilio Bocci(1904–1975)5 April 194620 September 1949PCIPCIPSIDC1946 Ilio Bocci(1904–1975)23 June 195124 June 1956PCIPCIPSI1951 2Bruno Bottai(1895–1967)24 June 195616 July 1956DCnone1956 Ugo Bartalini(1899–2000)31 August 19566 November 1960 PSIPCIPSI6 November 1960 25 January 1965 1960 Fazio Fabbrini(1926–2018)25 January 196519 July 1966PCIPCIPSI1964 Canzio Vannini(1920–2001)20 December 19683 June 1969PSIUPPSIUPDCPRI1968 Luciano Mencaraglia(1915–2002)26 July 19692 December 1969PCIPCIPSIUP Roberto Barzanti(b. 1939)2 December 196911 January 1974PSIUPPCIPSIUP Canzio Vannini(1920–2001)11 January 197431 July 1979PSIPCIPSI1973 Mauro Barni(1927–2017)31 July 197920 September 1983PSIPCIPSI1979 Vittorio Mazzoni della Stella(b. 1941)20 September 19832 September 1988PSIPCIPSI19832 September 198829 November 19901988 Pierluigi Piccini(b. 1952)29 November 199021 June 1993PCIPCIPSI Notes
Direct election (since 1993) Since 1993, under the provisions of a new law on local administrations, the Mayor of Siena is chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five years.
Mayor Took office Left office Party Coalition Election Pierluigi Piccini(b. 1952) 21 June 1993 28 April 1997 PDSDS PDS 1993 28 April 1997 14 May 2001 The Olive Tree(PDS-PRC-PPI) 1997 Maurizio Cenni(b. 1955) 14 May 2001 30 May 2006 DSPD The Olive Tree(DS-PRC-DL) 2001 30 May 2006 18 May 2011 The Olive Tree(DS-PRC-DL) 2006 Franco Ceccuzzi(b. 1967) 18 May 2011 12 June 2012 PD PD SEL 2011 Special Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (12 June 2012 – 11 June 2013) Bruno Valentini(b. 1955) 11 June 2013 25 June 2018 PD PD SEL 2013 14 Luigi De Mossi(b. 1960) 25 June 2018 19 June 2023 Ind Lega FdI FI 2018 15 Nicoletta Fabio(b. 1961) 19 June 2023 Incumbent Ind FdI Lega FI 2023 Notes
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Elections City Council elections, 1946–1988
Number of votes for each party: Election DC PCI PSI PLI PRI PSDI MSI Others Total 24 March 1946 7,849(27.0%) 8,991(30.9%) 5,876(20.2%) 3,997(13.8%) 1,899(6.5%) – – 466(1.6%) 29,078 10 June 1951 12,359(36.0%) 15,421(45.0%) 1,140(3.3%) 1,187(3.4%) 1,485(4.3%) 2,704(7.9%) – 34,296 27 May 1956 12,311(33.1%) 11,559(31.1%) 6,280(16.9%) 1,291(3.5%) 661(1.8%) 1,768(4.8%) 2,497(6.7%) – 37,132 6 November 1960 12,511(30.3%) 15,548(37.6%) 5,447(13.2%) 975(2.4%) – – 2,228(5.4%) 4,613(11.2%) 41,332 22 November 1964 13,084(29.4%) 18,346(41.3%) 3,500(7.9%) 3,654(8.2%) 300(0.7%) 1,840(4.1%) 2,033(4.6%) 1,701(3.8%) 44,458 11 June 1967 15,093(33.5%) 18,172(40.4%) 5,885(13.1%) 1,754(3.9%) 427(0.9%) – 1,496(3.3%) 2,177(4.8%) 45,004 17 November 1968 17,264(38.1%) 20,558(45.3%) 6,031(13.3%) – – – 1,570(3.4%) –45,423 18 November 1973 13,266(28.7%) 19,733(42.7%) 5,540(12.0%) 1,147(2.5%) 1,479(3.2%) 1,339(2.9%) 2,650(5.7%) 1,103(2.4%)46,257 3 June 1979 14,637(30.6%) 20,546(43.0%) 5,600(11.7%) 850(1.8%) 1,640(3.4%) 993(2.1%) 1,705(3.6%) 1,831(3.8%)47,802 26 June 1983 12,773(28.3%) 18,538(41.1%) 6,383(14.1%) 1,184(2.6%) 2,175(4.8%) 1,149(2.5%) 1,901(4.2%) 992(2.2%)45,095 29 May 1988 12,525(28.2%) 15,962(35.9%) 9,135(20.5%) 787(1.8%) 1,617(3.6%) 681(1.5%) 1,564(3.5%) 2,213(4.98%)44,484 Notes
Number of seats in the City Council for each party: Election DC PCI PSI PLI PRI PSDI MSI Others Total 24 March 1946 11 13 8 6 2 – – – 40 10 June 1951 9 17 9 1 1 1 2 – 40 27 May 1956 14 13 7 1 – 2 3 – 40 6 November 1960 13 16 5 1 – – 2 3 40 22 November 1964 12 18 3 3 – 1 2 1 40 11 June 1967 14 17 5 1 – – 1 2 40 17 November 1968 15 19 5 – – – 1 –40 18 November 1973 12 17 5 1 1 1 2 140 3 June 1979 13 19 5 – 1 – 1 140 26 June 1983 12 17 6 1 2 1 1 –40 29 May 1988 12 16 9 – 1 – 1 140
Mayoral and City Council election, 1993 The election took place in two rounds: the first on 6 June and the second on 20 June 1993.
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! colspan="3" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;" | Parties and coalitions ! colspan="1" | Votes ! colspan="1" | % ! colspan="1" | Seats |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Democratic Party of the Left (Partito Democratico della Sinistra) | PDS | 13,449 || 35.89% || 24 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Christian Democracy (Democrazia Cristiana) | DC | 7,715 || 20.59% || 6 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Alliance for Siena (Alleanza per Siena) | ApS | 5,808 || 15.50% || 4 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Together for Siena (Insieme per Siena) Socialist Party–Democratic Socialist Party–Liberal Party | PSI–PSDI–PLI | 5,484 || 14.64% || 4 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Communist Refoundation Party (Partito della Rifondazione Comunista) | PRC | 2,430 || 6.49% || 1 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Italian Social Movement (Movimento Sociale Italiano) | MSI | 1,982 || 5.29% || 1 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Others | | 601 || 1.60% || 0 |- | colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- style="font-weight:bold;" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3" | Total | 37,469 || 100% || 40 |- | colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3" | Votes cast/turnout | 42,645 || 85.39% || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3" | Registered voters | 49,940 || || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | |- | colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="7" | Source: Ministry of the Interior
CandidatePartyCoalitionFirst roundSecond roundVotes%Votes%Pierluigi Piccini PDS 15,123 37.80 18,667 55.95 Vittorio CarnesecchiDC 8,947 22.36 14,694 44.05 Achille NeriAD 6,738 16.84 Mario MenicoriPSIPSI-PSDI-PLI 4,190 10.47 Eriase BelardiPRC 2,548 6.37 Amedeo MonfardiniMSI 1,839 4.60Others 6211.55Eligible voters100.00100.00Voted85.3971.80Blank or invalid ballotsTotal valid votes
Mayoral and City Council election, 1997 The election took place on 27 April 1997.
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! colspan="4" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;" | Parties and coalitions ! colspan="1" | Votes ! colspan="1" | % ! colspan="1" | Seats |- | style="background-color:pink" rowspan="4" | | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Democratic Party of the Left (Partito Democratico della Sinistra) | PDS | 11,462 || 33.03% || 14 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista) | PRC | 2,746 || 7.91% || 3 |- | style="background-color:pink" | | style="text-align:left;" | Italian People's Party (Partito Popolare Italiano) | PPI | 2,644 || 7.62% || 3 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Others | | 5,237 || 15.10% || 6 |- style="background-color:pink" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Piccini coalition (Centre-left) | 22,089 || 63.66% || 26 |- | style="background-color:lightblue" rowspan="2" | | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Siena for Freedoms (Siena per le Libertà) | SpL | 7,144 || 20.59% || 9 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Others | | 4,349 || 12.53% || 4 |- style="background-color:lightblue" | colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Sensi coalition (Centre-right) | 11,493 || 33.12% || 13 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi) | FdV | 1,117 || 3.22% || 1 |- | colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- style="font-weight:bold;" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Total | 34,699 || 100% || 40 |- | colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Votes cast/turnout | 40,324 || 83.27% || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Registered voters | 48,428 || || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | |- | colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="7" | Source: Ministry of the Interior
CandidatePartyCoalitionFirst roundVotes%Pierluigi Piccini PDSThe Olive Tree 23,176 60.55 Senio SensiFIPole for Freedoms 13,620 35.58 Giovanni GiulianiFdV 1,480 3.87Eligible voters100.00Voted83.27Blank or invalid ballotsTotal valid votes
Mayoral and City Council election, 2001 The election took place on 13 May 2001.
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! colspan="4" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;" | Parties and coalitions ! colspan="1" | Votes ! colspan="1" | % ! colspan="1" | Seats |- | style="background-color:pink" rowspan="5" | | style="background-color:" |