The mayor of Cremona is an elected politician who, along with the Cremona's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Cremona in Lombardy, Italy.

The current mayor is Andrea Virgilio (PD), who took office on 26 June 2024.

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Cremona is member of the city council.

The mayor is elected by the population of Cremona, 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 Cremona'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.

Republic of Italy (since 1946) City Council election (1946-1995) From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Cremona was elected by the City Council.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party Gino Rossini19461948PSI 2Ottorino Rizzi19481952DC 3Giovani Lombardi19521956DCGiovanni Salazar, Special Prefectural Commissioner (1956–1957) Arnaldo Feraboli19571961PSI 5Vincenzo Vernaschi19611968DCGiovanni Santini, Special Prefectural Commissioner (1968–1970) Emilio Zanoni19701980PSI Renzo Zaffanella19801990PSI 8Alfeo Garini19901995DC

Direct election (since 1995) Since 1995, enacting a new law on local administrations (1993), the Mayor of Cremona is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 1999 every five years. Mayor of Cremona Took office Left office Party Coalition Election9 Paolo Bodini (b. 1948) 27 June 1995 14 June 1999 PDSDS The Olive Tree(PDS-PPI-FdV) 1995 14 June 1999 14 June 2004 The Olive Tree(DS-PPI-FdV-PdCI) 199910 Giancarlo Corada (b. 1951) 14 June 2004 23 June 2009 DSPD The Olive Tree(DS-DL-FdV-PRC) 2004 11 Oreste Perri (b. 1951) 23 June 2009 10 June 2014 PdL PdL LN 2009 12 Gianluca Galimberti (b. 1968) 10 June 2014 10 June 2019 PD PD SELand leftist lists 2014 10 June 2019 26 June 2024 PD SIand leftist lists 2019 13 Andrea Virgilio (b. 1973) 26 June 2024 Incumbent PD PD AVSand leftist lists 2024

Timeline

See also Timeline of Cremona

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