The mayor of Alessandria is an elected politician who, along with the Alessandria's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Alessandria in Piedmont, Italy.
The current mayor is Giorgio Abonante (PD), who took office on 28 June 2022.
Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Alessandria is member of the city council.
The mayor is elected by the population of Alessandria, 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 Alessandria'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 (1946–1993) From 1946 to 1993, the Mayor of Alessandria was elected by the City Council.
Mayor Term start Term end Party Giuseppe Moccagatta19461946PSI Giovanni Porta19461947PSI Nicola Basile19471964PSI Amaele Abbiati19641967PSI Piero Magrassi 19671972PSI Felice Borgoglio19721979PSI Francesco Barrera19791985PSI Giuseppe Mirabelli19851991PSI Giovanni Battista Priano19911992PSI Gian Luca Veronesi19921993PSI Cosimo Vincenzo Macrì19931993 Prefectural commissioner
Direct election (since 1993) Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Alessandria is chosen by popular election, originally every four and since 1997 every five years.
Mayor Term start Term end Party Coalition Election Francesca Calvo6 December 19931 December 1997LN LN19931 December 199710 June 2002 LN1997 Mara Scagni10 June 200228 May 2007 DS DSDLPdCI2002 Piercarlo Fabbio28 May 200721 May 2012 FI FIANLNUDC2007 Maria Rita Rossa21 May 201227 June 2017 PD PDIdVSELFdS2012 Gianfranco Cuttica di Revigliasco27 June 201728 June 2022LN FILNFdI2017 Giorgio Abonante28 June 2022Incumbent PD PDM5S2022
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