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

The current mayor is Pierluigi Peracchini, a centre-right independent, who took office on 29 June 2017.

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

The mayor is elected by the population of La Spezia, 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 La Spezia'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 La Spezia was elected by the City Council.   Mayor Term start Term end Party Osvaldo Prosperi19461951PCI Varese Antoni19511957PCI 3Carlo Alberto Federici19571965DC 4Ezio Musiani19651969DC 5Ettore Spora19691970DC Bruno Ferdeghini19701971PRI 7Walter Corsini19711971DC Varese Antoni19711976PCI Aldo Giacché19761983PCI Sandro Bertagna19831985PCI Bruno Montefiori19851990PSI Gianluigi Buffarato19901992PSI Flavio Luigi Bertone19921993PDS

Direct election (since 1993) Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of La Spezia is chosen by direct electionis chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five years.   Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election Roberto Lucio Rosaia6 December 199317 November 1997ADPDSADFdV1993 Giorgio Pagano17 November 199728 May 2002PDSDSPDSADPRCPPI199728 May 200228 May 2007DSDLSDIPRC2002 Massimo Federici28 May 20077 May 2012 DSPDDSDLPdCIPRC20077 May 201229 June 2017PDSELFdSIdV2012 16Pierluigi Peracchini29 June 201714 June 2022IndFILegaFdIAP201714 June 2022IncumbentLegaFdIC!NM2022

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