The mayor of Barletta is an elected politician who, along with the Barletta City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Barletta in Apulia, Italy.
The current mayor is Cosimo Cannito, a centre-right independent, who took office on 29 June 2022.
Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Barletta is member of the City Council.
The mayor is elected by the population of Barletta, 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 Barletta'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 Barletta was elected by the City Council. Mayor Term start Term end Party 1Isidoro Alvisi19461952DC Giovanni Paparella19521956PSI 3Giuseppe Palmitessa19561962DC 4Carlo Ettore Borgia19621965DC 5Michele Morelli19651970DC Domenico Borraccino19701972PCI Giuseppe Rizzi19721973PCI 8Michele Tupputi19731975DC (3)Giuseppe Palmitessa19751976DC 9Armando Messina19761978DC Franco Borgia19781980PSI Michele Frezza19801983PSI 12Gabriele Lionetti19831983DC 13Renato Russo19831984DC 14Aldo Bernardini19841985DC Sabino Carpagnano19851986PSI (12)Gabriele Lionetti19861988DC 16Nicola Larosa19881989DC Pino Dicuonzo19891990PSI 18Raffaele Grimaldi19901992DC 19Sebastiano Lavecchia19921992DC 20Anna Chiumeo19921993DC (18)Raffaele Grimaldi19931994DC
Direct election (since 1994) Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the mayor of Barletta is chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five eyars.
Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election 21 Raffaele Fiore27 June 19946 February 1996PPIPDSPdDPPIPSI1994Special Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (6 February 1996 – 24 June 1996) 22 Ruggero Dimiccoli24 June 199610 June 1997IndPDSPPIPRCCS1996Special Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (10 June 1997 – 4 December 1997) Francesco Salerno4 December 199728 May 2002 PDSDSPDSPPIPRCRISDI199728 May 200231 May 2005DSSDIPRC2002Special Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (31 May 2005 – 30 May 2006) Nicola Maffei30 May 200621 May 2011DLPDDSDLSDIFdVRnP200621 May 201130 October 2012PDPSIFdSSELIdV2011Special Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (30 October 2012 – 12 June 2013) Pasquale Cascella12 June 20137 May 2018 PDPDSEL2013Special Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (7 May 2018 – 15 June 2018) 26 Cosimo Cannito15 June 201813 October 2021 IndAPFINcI2018Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (13 October 2021 – 29 June 2022) (26) Cosimo Cannito29 June 2022Incumbent IndFdIFILega2022 Notes
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