The mayor of Mantua is an elected politician who, along with the Mantua's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Mantua in Lombardy, Italy.
The current mayor is Andrea Murari (PD), who took office on 26 May 2026. Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Mantua is member of the City Council.
The mayor is elected by the population of Mantua, 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 1995 the mayor is elected directly by Mantua'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.
Republic of Italy (since 1946) City Council election (1946-1995) From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Mantua was elected by the City Council.
Mayor Term start Term end Party Giuseppe Rea19461955PCI Pietro Denicolai19551956PCI Eugenio Dugoni19561960PSI Luigi Grigato19601973PSI Gianni Usvardi19731985PSI Vladimiro Bertazzoni19851990PSI Sergio Genovesi19901993PSI Claudia Corradini19931995PRI
Direct election (since 1995) Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Mantua is chosen by direct election, originally every four then every five years.
Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election 9 Chiara Pinfari8 May 199515 September 1995PPI PDSPPIADFdV1995Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (15 September 1995 – 24 June 1996) Gianfranco Burchiellaro 24 June 199630 April 2000PDSDS PDSPPI199630 April 200019 April 2005 DSPdCIFdV2000 Fiorenza Brioni19 April 200513 April 2010DSPD DSDLPdCIFdV2005 Nicola Sodano13 April 201015 June 2015PdL PdLLN2010 Mattia Palazzi 15 June 201523 September 2020PD PDSEL201523 September 202026 May 2026 PDSIIVEV2020 Andrea Murari 26 May 2026IncumbentPD PDAVSIVA2026 Notes
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