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

The current mayor is Walter Tesauro (FI), who took office on 25 June 2024.

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

The mayor is elected by the population of Caltanissetta, who also elects 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 1993 the mayor is elected directly by Caltanissetta'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 (1946–1993) From 1946 to 1993, the mayor of Caltanissetta was elected by the city council.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party 1Gabriele Amico Valenti23 April 194617 November 1947DC 2Vincenzo Marcenò27 November 194712 July 1948DC 3Pietro Restivo12 July 19487 July 1952DC 4Carmelo Longo7 July 19529 December 1954DC Gioacchino Papa9 December 195420 December 1954PCI (4)Carmelo Longo20 December 195424 June 1956DC 6Ottavio Rizza24 June 19566 April 1957DC 7Calogero Traina6 April 195714 March 1959DC 8Francesco Saverio D'Angelo14 March 195916 January 1961Ind (7)Calogero Traina16 January 196110 January 1962DC 9Umberto Traina10 January 196219 January 1965DC (7)Calogero Traina19 January 196528 February 1967DC 10Piero Oberto28 February 196716 March 1972DC 11Raimondo Collodoro16 March 197219 September 1972DC 12Giusepe Giliberto19 September 197230 March 1974DC 13Giuseppe Sapia30 March 197415 March 1975DC (12)Giuseppe Giliberto15 March 19751 August 1975DC 14Vincenzo Assennato1 August 197513 May 1977DC 15Aldo Giarratano13 May 19777 August 1980DC (12)Giuseppe Giliberto7 August 198018 May 1982DC 16Rudy Maira18 May 198212 July 1984DC 17Salvatore Vizzini12 July 198415 July 1985DC 18Silvestro Coco15 July 198523 December 1985DC 19Massimo Taglialavore23 December 198521 January 1988DC (16)Rudy Maira21 January 198818 June 1990DC (15)Aldo Giarratano18 June 19901 June 1992DC –Onofrio Zaccone, Special Commissioner (1 June 1992 – 6 December 1993)

Direct election (since 1993) Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the mayor of Caltanissetta is chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five years.

  Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election Giuseppe Mancuso6 December 199315 December 1997MSIMSI1993Michele Abbate15 December 19977 May 1999ADPDSPPIPRCAD1997Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (9 May 1999 – 16 December 1999) Salvatore Messana16 December 199915 June 2004DLPDDLDSPRCSDI199915 June 200425 June 2009DLDSPRCSDI2004 Michele Campisi25 June 200911 June 2014PdLPdLDC2009 Giovanni Ruvolo11 June 201415 May 2019PDPDUDC2014 25Roberto Gambino15 May 201925 June 2024M5SM5S2019 Walter Tesauro25 June 2024IncumbentFIFIFdINM2024 Notes

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