The mayor of Lodi is an elected politician who, along with the Lodi's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Lodi in Lombardy, Italy.
The current mayor is Andrea Furegato (PD), who took office on 15 June 2022.
Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Lodi is member of the city council.
The mayor is elected by the population of Lodi, 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 Lodi'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 Lodi was elected by the city council.
Mayor Term start Term end Party 1Defendente Vaccari2 April 194616 June 1951DC 2Apollonio Oliva16 June 195111 November 1952DC 3Natale Riatti11 November 195226 June 1956DC (1)Defendente Vaccari26 June 195614 December 1960DC 4Antonio Allegri14 December 196013 July 1962DC 5Antonio Montani13 July 196212 January 1965DC (3)Natale Riatti12 January 196520 June 1968DC (4)Antonio Allegri20 June 196817 July 1970DC 6Valerio Manfrini17 July 19706 September 1975DC 7Gianfranco Meani6 September 197518 September 1975PRI Edgardo Alboni18 September 197517 September 1980PCI Andrea Cancellato17 September 198010 July 1990PSI (5)Antonio Montani10 July 19908 October 1992DC 10Marco Magrini8 October 199213 September 1993DCSpecial Prefectural Commissioner tenure (13 September 1993 – 6 December 1993)
Direct election (since 1993) Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the mayor of Lodi is chosen by direct election, originally every four then every five years.
Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election Alberto Segalini(b. 1955)6 December 199322 December 1995LN LN1993Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (22 December 1995 – 11 July 1996) 12Aurelio Ferrari(b. 1948)11 July 19962 May 2000PPIDL PDSPPIRISI1996 2 May 2000 7 April 2005 DSPPIPRC2000 Lorenzo Guerini(b. 1966)7 April 20051 April 2010DLPD DSDLPRCPdCISDI20051 April 201031 December 2012 PDIdVFdS2010Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (1 January 2013 – 11 June 2013) Simone Uggetti(b. 1973)11 June 201331 July 2016PD PDSELPRC2013Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (1 August 2016 – 27 June 2017) Sara Casanova(b. 1977)27 June 201715 June 2022LN LNFIFdI2017 Andrea Furegato(b. 1997)15 June 2022IncumbentPD PDSIEVAIV2022 Notes
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