The mayor of Ascoli Piceno is an elected politician who, along with the Ascoli Piceno City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Ascoli Piceno in Marche, Italy.
The current mayor is Marco Fioravanti (FdI), who took office on 11 June 2019.
Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Ascoli Piceno is member of the City Council.
The mayor is elected by the population of Ascoli Piceno, 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 1995 the mayor is elected directly by Ascoli Piceno'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 Ascoli Piceno was elected by the City Council. Mayor Term start Term end Party 1Serafino Orlini29 April 194629 December 1960DC 2Mario Cataldi29 December 196031 May 1965DCSpecial Commission's tenure (31 May 1965 – 23 July 1966) 3Pacifico Saldari23 July 196623 December 1969DC 4Vincenzo Aliberti23 December 19692 September 1971DC 5Antonio Orlini2 September 19717 December 1978DC 6Luigi De Santis7 December 19783 July 1980DC 7Ugo De Santis3 July 198031 August 1981DC 8Mario Cataldi31 August 19813 July 1985DC 9Gianni Forlini3 July 19856 May 1987DC 10Aldo Loreti6 May 198713 November 1987PSDI 11Amedeo Ciccanti13 November 198726 June 1990DC 12Carlo Mario Nardinocchi26 June 199015 February 1993DC 13Gino Andreani15 February 199331 March 1994DC 14Nazzareno Cappelli31 March 19949 May 1995DC
Direct election (since 1995) Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the mayor of Ascoli Piceno is chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five years.
Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election Roberto Allevi9 May 199514 June 1999PDS PDSPRCFdVPdD1995 Piero Celani14 June 199914 June 2004FI FIANCCD1999 14 June 2004 14 March 2009 FIANUDC2004Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (14 March 2009 – 23 June 2009) Guido Castelli23 June 200928 May 2014PdLFI PdL200928 May 201411 June 2019 FIFdINCD2014 Marco Fioravanti11 June 201913 June 2024FdI LegaFdI201913 June 2024Incumbent FIFdILegaNM2024 Notes
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