The Mayor of Sassari is an elected politician who, along with the Sassari's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Sassari in Sardinia, Italy.
The elected Mayor is Giuseppe Mascia, a member of the Democratic Party who was elected on 9 June 2024.
Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Sassari is member of the City Council.
The Mayor is elected by the population of Sassari, 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 Sassari'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 Sassari was elected by the City Council.
Mayor Term start Term end Party 1Candido Mura10 April 19464 September 1946DC 2Oreste Pieroni4 September 194625 September 1954DC 3Vittorio Devilla25 September 195427 June 1956DC 4Giuseppe Binna27 June 195611 February 1957DC 5Piero Masia11 February 195728 November 1960DC 6Lorenzo Ganadu28 November 19606 September 1963DC 7Antonio Maria Brianda6 September 19639 January 1965DC 8Salvino Naitana9 January 19659 May 1966DC 9Nicolò Piras9 May 196620 December 1968DC 10Francesco Guarino20 December 196815 January 1971DC 11Benito Saba15 January 197110 December 1973DC 12Sebastiano Virdis10 December 19736 September 1975DC Fausto Fadda6 September 197513 December 1978PSI Franco Meloni13 December 197829 September 1980PSd'Az 15Pietro Montresori29 September 198030 May 1983DC 16Raimondo Rizzu30 May 198328 January 1988DC Marco Fumi28 January 19888 August 1990PSI Franco Borghetto8 August 199028 January 1994PSI 19Franco Masala28 January 19948 August 1994PSDI Giacomo Spissu8 August 19947 May 1995PSI
Direct election (since 1995) Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Sassari is chosen by direct election.
Mayor Term start Term end Party Coalition Election Anna Sanna (b. 1948)8 May 19953 May 2000PDS PDS PSd'Az PdD PPI1995 Nanni Campus (b. 1952)3 May 20009 May 2005AN FI AN CCD RS2000 Gianfranco Ganau (b. 1955)9 May 200531 May 2010DSPD The Olive Tree(DS-DL-PSd'Az-SDI-PRC)200531 May 201028 March 2014 PD IdV FdS2010Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (28 March 2014 – 31 May 2014) Nicola Sanna (b. 1963)31 May 20142 July 2019PD PD SEL CD2014 (22)Nanni Campus (b. 1952)2 July 201917 June 2024Ind Ind2019 Giuseppe Mascia (b. 1975)17 June 2024IncumbentPD PD AVS M5S2024 Notes
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