The mayor of Foggia is an elected politician who, along with the Foggia City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Foggia in Apulia, Italy.
The current mayor is Maria Aida Episcopo, a centre-left independent, who took office on 30 October 2023, becoming the first woman to hold the office.
Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Foggia is member of the City Council.
The mayor is elected by the population of Foggia, 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 Foggia'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 Foggia was elected by the City Council.
Mayor Term start Term end PartySpecial Prefectural Commissioner tenure (1946–1947) Giuseppe Imperiale19471948PCI Paolo Telesforo19481950UQ Vito Ciampoli19501952UQ Giuseppe Pepe19521956MSI 5Girolamo Caggianelli19561957Ind 6Vittorio de Miro d'Aieta 19571961DC 7Carlo Forcella19621966DC 8Vittorio Salvatori19661972DC 9Pellegrino Graziani19721981DC 10Giovanni Mongiello19811983DC 11Enzo Petrino19831988DC 12Carmine Tavano19881990DC 13Domenico Verile19901992DC 14Salvatore Chirolli19921995DC
Direct election (since 1995) Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Foggia is chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five years.
Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election Paolo Agostinacchio8 May 199514 June 1999ANFIANCCDPPI199514 June 199928 June 2004FIANCCD1999 Orazio Ciliberti28 June 200423 June 2009 DLPDDSDLSDI2004 Gianni Mongelli23 June 200911 June 2014 PDPDPSI2009 Franco Landella11 June 201411 June 2019FILegaFINCDFdIPPT201411 June 201925 May 2021FILegaFdI2019Special Commission tenure (25 May 2021 – 30 October 2023) 19 Maria Aida Episcopo30 October 2023IncumbentIndPDM5SIVA2023 Notes
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