The Mayor of Viterbo is an elected politician who, along with the Viterbo's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Viterbo in Lazio, Italy.

The current mayor is Chiara Frontini, a centre-right independent, who took office on 27 June 2022.

Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Viterbo is member of the City Council.

The Mayor is elected by the population of Viterbo, 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 Viterbo'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 Viterbo was elected by the City Council.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party 1Felice Mignone19461956DC 2Domenico Smargiassi19561965DC 3Giuseppe Benigni19651966DC 4Salvatore Arena19661970DC 5Santino Clementi19701970DC 6Rodolfo Gigli19701975DC 7Rosato Rosati19751983DC 8Silvio Ascenzi19831986DC 9Francesco Pio Marcoccia19861989DC 10Giuseppe Fioroni19891995DC

Direct election (since 1995) Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Viterbo is chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five years.

  Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election Marcello Meroi8 May 199514 June 1999AN FIAN1995 Giancarlo Gabbianelli14 June 199914 June 2004AN FIANCCD199914 June 200426 February 2008 FIANUDC2004Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (26 February 2008 – 30 April 2008) Giulio Marini30 April 200812 June 2013PdL PdL2008 14 Leonardo Michelini12 June 201327 June 2018Ind PDSEL2013 Giovanni Arena27 June 201827 December 2021FI FILegaFdI2018Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (27 December 2021 – 27 June 2022) 16 Chiara Frontini27 June 2022IncumbentInd Ind2022 Notes

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