The mayor of Caserta is an elected politician who, along with the Caserta City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Caserta in Campania, Italy.
The current mayor is Carlo Marino (PD), who took office on 21 June 2016.
Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Caserta is member of the City Council.
The mayor is elected by the population of Caserta, 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 Caserta'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 Caserta was elected by the City Council.
Mayor Term start Term end Party 1Roberto Lodati19461947DC 2Vincenzo Cappiello19471948Ind 3Sebastiano Giaquinto 19481951IndSpecial Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (1951–1952) (2)Vincenzo Cappiello19521952Ind Marco Antonio Fusco19521956PLI 5Pasquale Salvatores19561959DC (1)Roberto Lodati19601964DC 6Salvatore Di Nardo19641970DC 7Vincenzo Gallicola19701975DC 8Casimiro De Franciscis 19751978DC 9Gianpaolo Iaselli 19781983DC (7)Vincenzo Gallicola19831988DC 10Domenico Di Cresce19881990DC 11Giuseppe Gasparin19901993DC
Direct election (since 1993) Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the mayor of Caserta is chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five years.
Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election 12 Aldo Bulzoni5 December 19931 December 1997IndPDSLR1993 Luigi Falco1 December 199728 May 2002FIFIANCCDCDU199728 May 20028 December 2005FIANUDC2002Special Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (8 December 2005 – 13 June 2006) 14 Nicodemo Petteruti13 June 20064 January 2011IndDSDLPRCRnPUDEUR2006Special Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (4 January 2011 – 18 May 2011) Pio Del Gaudio18 May 20113 June 2015PdLPdLUDCNPSIMpA2011Special Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (3 June 2015 – 21 June 2016) Carlo Marino21 June 201621 October 2021 PDPDCDPSIFdV201621 October 202123 April 2025PDCDPSIModIV2021Special Commission's tenure (since 23 April 2025) Notes
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