The mayor of Belluno is an elected politician who, along with the Belluno's city council. The mayor is accountable for the strategic government of Belluno in Veneto, Italy.
The current mayor is Oscar De Pellegrin, a centre-right independent, who took office on 17 June 2022.
Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Belluno is a member of the city council.
The mayor is elected by the population of Belluno, 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 Belluno'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 Belluno was elected by the City Council. Mayor Term start Term end Party Vincenzo Lante19461951PSI 2Adriano Barcelloni Corte19511957DC 3Annibale De Mas19571967DC 4Giambattista Marson19671968DC 5Piero Zanchetta19681974DC Flavio Dalle Mule19741974PSDI 7Giuseppe Viel19741976DC Romolo Dal Mas19761979PRI (7)Giuseppe Viel19791980DC 9Mario Neri19801983DC Gaetano Toscano19831984PSDI (9)Mario Neri19841986DC Giovanni Crema19861990PSI Aldo Da Rold19901990PRI 13Gianclaudio Bressa19901993DC
Direct election (since 1993) Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Belluno is chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five years. Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election Maurizio Fistarol20 June 199328 April 1997PDSDemPDSFdV199328 April 19974 April 2001PDSPPISIFdV1997Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (4 April 2001 – 28 May 2001) Ermano De Col28 May 200113 June 2006DSDSPPIPRC2001 Celeste Bortoluzzi13 June 200615 September 2006 FIFILNAN2006 Antonio Prade29 May 200722 May 2012 PdLPdLLNUDC2007 18 Jacopo Massaro22 May 201227 June 2017IndInd201227 June 201717 June 2022Ind2017 19 Oscar De Pellegrin17 June 2022IncumbentIndFILegaFdI2022 Notes
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