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

The current mayor is Gianguido D'Alberto, a centre-left independent, who took office on 28 June 2018.

Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Teramo is member of the City Council.

The mayor is elected by the population of Teramo, 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 1995 the mayor is elected directly by Teramo'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 Teramo was elected by the City Council.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party Francesco Franchi19461949PdA 2Alfredo Biocca19511956DC 3Carino Gambacorta19561969DC 4Ferdinando Di Paola19691979DC 5Gennaro Valeri19791985DC 6Pietro D'Ignazio19851993DC 7Antonio Gatti19931995DC

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

  Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election Angelo Sperandio24 April 199514 June 1999PDSDSPDSPPIPdDFdV199514 June 199914 June 2004DSPPIDem1999 Giovanni Chiodi14 June 200428 July 2008 FIPdLFIANUDC2004Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (28 July 2008 – 8 June 2009) Maurizio Brucchi8 June 20099 June 2014PdLFIPdLUDC20099 June 20146 December 2017FINCD2014Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (6 December 2017 – 28 June 2018) 11Gianguido D'Alberto28 June 201823 May 2023 IndPD201823 May 2023IncumbentPDAVSM5S2023 Notes

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