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

The current mayor is Davide Galimberti (PD), who took office on 21 June 2016.

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

The mayor is elected by the population of Varese, 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 1997, the mayor has been elected directly by Varese'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 the 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 seats for each party is determined proportionally.

Republic of Italy (since 1946) City Council election (1946-1997) From 1946 to 1997, the mayor of Varese was elected by the City Council.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party Luigi Cova19461951PSI 2 Arturo Dall'Ora19511956Ind 3 Lino Oldrini19561964DC 4 Carlo Martinenghi19641964DC 5 Mario Ossola19641978DC 6 Giuseppe Gibilisco19781985DC 7 Maurizio Sabatini19851990DC Luciano Bronzi19901992PSI 9 Angelo Monti19921992DCSpecial Prefectural Commissioner tenure (1992–1993) Raimondo Fassa19931997 LN

Direct election (since 1997) Since 1997, under provisions of the new local administration law, the Mayor of Varese has been chosen by direct election.

Mayor of Varese Took office Left office Party Coalition Election11 Aldo Fumagalli (b. 1950) 1 December 1997 27 May 2002 LN LN 1997 27 May 2002 11 October 2005 LNFIANUDC 2002Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (11 October 2005 – 29 May 2006)12 Attilio Fontana (b. 1952) 29 May 2006 31 May 2011 LN LNFIANUDC 2006 31 May 2011 21 June 2016 LNPdL 2011 13 Davide Galimberti (b. 1976) 21 June 2016 20 October 2021 PD PD 2016 20 October 2021 Incumbent PD IV 2021 Notes

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