The mayor of Ragusa is an elected politician who, along with the Ragusa's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Ragusa in Sicily, Italy.

The current mayor is Giuseppe Cassì, a right-wing independent and former basketball player, who took office on 27 June 2018.

Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Ragusa is member of the city council.

The mayor is elected by the population of Ragusa, 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 Ragusa'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 Ragusa was elected by the City Council.   Mayor Term start Term end Party 1Giuseppe Arezzi7 April 194616 June 1952DC 2Salvatore Di Giacomo16 June 195216 June 1956DC 3Carmelo Pisana16 June 195614 September 1970DC 4Giuseppe Di Natale14 September 197024 September 1974DC 5Giovanni Minardi24 September 19742 March 1981DC 6Sebastiano Tumino2 March 198118 May 1983DC Angelo Schembri18 May 19831 August 1983PLI 8Sebastiano Tumino1 August 198316 May 1984DCSpecial Prefectural Commissioner tenure (16 May 1984 – 2 March 1985) 9Franco Antoci2 March 198526 June 1987DC 10Raffaele Rizzone26 June 19875 December 1987DC Lorenzo Migliore5 December 19873 October 1988PSI (9)Franco Antoci3 October 19885 November 1991DC 12Corrado Roccaro5 November 19915 October 1992DC 13Giorgio Massari5 October 199220 February 1994DCSpecial Prefectural Commissioner tenure (20 February 1994 – 28 June 1994)

Direct election (since 1994) Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Ragusa is chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five years.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party Coalition Election Giorgio Chessari28 June 199410 June 1998PDS PDSPPILRAD 1994 Domenico Arezzo10 June 199810 June 2003FI FIANCCD 1998 16Antonio Solarino10 June 200318 November 2005DL DSDLSDIPRC 2003 Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (18 November 2005 – 26 June 2006) Nello Dipasquale26 June 20061 June 2011FIPdL FIANUDC 20061 June 201130 August 2012 PdLUDCPID2011 Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (30 August 2012 – 26 June 2013) 18Federico Piccitto26 June 201327 June 2018M5S M5S2013 19Giuseppe Cassì 27 June 20181 June 2023Ind Right-wing independent lists20181 June 2023Incumbent AUDCScN2023 Notes

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