The mayor of Brindisi is an elected politician who, along with the Brindisi City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Brindisi in Apulia, Italy.
The current mayor is Giuseppe Marchionna, a centre-right independent, who took office on 1 June 2023.
Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Brindisi is member of the City Council. The mayor is elected by the population of Brindisi, 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 1994, the mayor is elected directly by Brindisi'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 (1946–1994) From 1946 to 1994, the Mayor of Brindisi was elected by the City Council.
Mayor Term start Term end Party Francesco Lazzaro19461948PCI 2Vincenzo Guadalupi19481951DC Francesco Lazzaro19511955PCI Antonio Di Giulio19551956PSI 4Manlio Poto19561959DC 5Vitantonio Bruno19591965DC 6Giuseppe Sasso19651967DC 7Francesco Arina19671971DC 8Francesco Lo Parco19711975DC (7)Francesco Arina19751980DC 9Bruno Carluccio19801985DC Errico Ortese19851987PSI Cosimo Ennio Masiello19871989PCI 12Cosimo Quaranta19891990DC Giuseppe Marchionna19901992PSI Teodoro Saponaro19921993PDS (7)Francesco Arina19931994DC
Direct election (since 1994) Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Brindisi is chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five years.
Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election Michele Errico5 December 199418 December 1995PDSPDSADPPIPSCS1994Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (18 December 1995 – 10 June 1996) 16 Lorenzo Maggi10 June 19969 June 1997CDUFIANCCDCDU1996 17Giovanni Antonino17 November 199728 May 2002 FIIndFIANCCDCDUPRI199728 May 20025 November 2003DSDLPRC2002Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (5 November 2003 – 14 June 2004) Domenico Mennitti14 June 200423 June 2009ANPdLFIANUDCPRI200423 June 20091 September 2011PdLPRI2009Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (1 September 2011 – 9 May 2012) Cosimo Consales9 May 201211 February 2016 PDPDUDCPRISEL2012Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (11 February 2016 – 22 June 2016) Angela Carluccio22 June 201627 May 2017 CoRCoRInd2016Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (27 May 2017 – 29 June 2018) Riccardo Rossi29 June 20181 June 2023 EVPDLeUEV2018 (13) Giuseppe Marchionna1 June 2023Incumbent IndFIFdIPRIUDCLega2023 Notes
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