The Mayor of Cosenza is an elected politician who, along with the Cosenza's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Cosenza in Calabria, Italy.

The current mayor is Franz Caruso (PSI), who took office on 20 October 2021.

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

The mayor is elected by the population of Cosenza, 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 Cosenza'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 Cosenza was elected by the City Council.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party 1Adolfo Quintieri10 April 194623 February 1948DC 2Alberto Serra23 February 194828 June 1952DC 3Arnaldo Clausi Schettini28 June 195222 October 1962DC 4Mario Stancati21 January 196311 November 1967DCSpecial Prefectural Commissioner tenure (11 November 1967 – 24 August 1970) 5Fausto Lio24 August 197029 July 1975DC Battista Iacino29 July 197525 October 1980PSI Antonio Rugiero25 October 198025 November 1982PSI Pino Gentile25 November 198214 September 1985PSI Giacomo Mancini14 September 198515 July 1986PSI 10Francesco Santo15 July 198618 May 1989DC 11Giuseppe Carratelli18 May 198910 August 1990DC Pietro Mancini10 August 199020 December 1991PSI (11)Giuseppe Carratelli 20 December 199116 June 1992DC 13Piero Minutolo16 June 199231 August 1993DCSpecial Prefectural Commissioner tenure (31 August 1993 – 6 December 1993)

Direct election (since 1993) Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Cosenza is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 2000 every five years. Mayor of Cosenza Took office Left office Party Coalition Election(9) Giacomo Mancini (1916–2002) 6 December 1993 17 November 1997 PSISDI PSI 1993 17 November 1997 8 April 2002 The Olive Tree(PDS-PPI-FL-SDI-PRC) 199714 Eva Catizzone (b. 1965) 21 June 2002 25 January 2006 DS The Olive Tree(DS-FdV-SDI-PdCI) 2002Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (25 January 2006 – 15 June 2006)15 Salvatore Perugini (b. 1951) 15 June 2006 31 May 2011 PD The Olive Tree(DS-DL-FdV-SDI-IdV) 2006 16 Mario Occhiuto (b. 1964) 31 May 2011 7 June 2016 PdLFI PdL UDC PLand right-wing lists 2011 7 June 2016 20 October 2021 FIand right-wing lists 2016 17 Franz Caruso (b. 1959) 20 October 2021 Incumbent PSI PD PSIand leftist lists 2021 Notes

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