The mayor of Treviso is an elected politician who, along with the Treviso's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Treviso in Veneto, Italy.
The current mayor is Mario Conte, a member of the right-wing populist party Lega Nord, who took office on 13 June 2018.
Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Treviso is member of the city council.
The mayor is elected by the population of Treviso, 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 Treviso'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 Treviso was elected by the City Council.
Mayor Term start Term end Party 1Antonio Ferrarese18 April 19461 March 1948DC 2Giorgio Gregorj1 March 194820 March 1948DC 3Raffaello Bettazzi18 March 194818 June 1951DC (2)Giorgio Gregorj18 June 195119 May 1952DC 4Alessandro Tronconi19 May 19523 March 1959DC 5Luigi Chiereghin3 March 195925 January 1965DC 6Bruno Marton25 January 19652 October 1975DC 7Antonio Mazzarolli2 October 197510 March 1976DC 8Enrico Azzi10 March 197627 November 1976PRI (7)Antonio Mazzarolli27 November 197622 June 1987DC 9Alessandro Reggiani22 June 198711 July 1988PSDI 10Vittorio Pavan11 July 198821 November 1992DC 11Gianfranco Gagliardi21 November 19929 May 1994DC –Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (9 May 1994 – 5 December 1994)
Direct election (since 1994) Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Treviso is chosen by direct election, originally every four then every five years.
Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election Giancarlo Gentilini5 December 199414 December 1998LN LN199414 December 199810 June 2003 LN1998 Gian Paolo Gobbo10 June 200315 April 2008LN LN200315 April 200810 June 2013 PdLLN2008 Giovanni Manildo10 June 201313 June 2018PD PDSEL2013 Mario Conte13 June 20186 June 2023LN LNFI20186 June 2023Incumbent LNFdIFI2023
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