The mayor of Massa is an elected politician who, along with the Massa City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Massa in Tuscany, Italy.

The current mayor is Francesco Persiani (Lega), who took office on 31 May 2023.

Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Massa is member of the City Council.

The mayor is elected by the population of Massa, 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 Massa'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 Massa was elected by the City Council.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party 1Giulio Guidoni3 May 19469 March 1948DC 2Gino Cecchieri 9 March 19484 October 1957DCSpecial Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (4 October 1957 – 2 December 1958) 3Alberto Del Nero2 December 1958 5 December 1962 DC Renato Argini5 December 1962 22 January 1963PSI 5Silvio Balderi22 January 19633 January 1968DC 6Ennio Fialdini 3 January 1968 5 March 1968DC Umberto Barbaresi5 March 1968 17 April 1969PSISpecial Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (17 April 1969 – 11 September 1970) (6)Ennio Fialdini11 September 1970 25 September 1975DC Silvio Tongiani 25 September 1975 8 August 1980PCI Umberto Barbaresi 8 August 198020 September 1985PSI Sauro Panesi 20 September 19855 August 1986PSI Mauro Carlo Pennacchiotti5 August 19869 August 1990PRI 11Ermenegildo Manfredi9 August 199016 November 1993DC 12Luigi Della Pina16 November 19939 August 1994DCSpecial Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (9 August 1994 – 5 December 1994)

Direct election (since 1994) Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Massa is chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five years.

  Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election Roberto Pucci5 December 19941 December 1998PDSDSPDSPPIPRIFL19941 December 199827 May 2003DSPPIPRISDI1998 Fabrizio Neri27 May 200328 April 2008DLPDDSDLPdCISDIFdV2003 (13)Roberto Pucci28 April 200829 May 2013IndSA2008 Alessandro Volpi29 May 201326 June 2018PDPDSELPSIPRC2013 Francesco Persiani26 June 20183 March 2023LegaFILegaFdI2018Special Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (3 March 2023 – 31 May 2023) Francesco Persiani31 May 2023IncumbentLegaFILegaFdI2023 Notes

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