The mayor of Milan (; ) is the first citizen and head of the municipal government of the city of Milan in Lombardy, Italy. The incumbent mayor is Giuseppe Sala, a centre-left independent who won the 2016 Milan municipal election, leading a progressive alliance composed of the Democratic Party, Green Europe, and some civic lists. He won a second term after the 2021 Milan municipal election.
Overview
According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Milan is a member of the City Council of Milan. The mayor and the other 48 city councillors (consiglieri comunali) are elected by the Italian and European Union citizens residing in Milan. Concurrently, albeit with a different ballot paper, nine presidents and 270 councillors are chosen for the nine assemblies of the nine municipalities of Milan, often referred to as zones, in which the city is divided, each one having one president and 30 councillors. All the offices are elected for five-year terms. The official seat of the mayor and of the City Council is Milan's City Hall, Palazzo Marino, in Piazza della Scala (Zone 1 of Milan). Each municipality has its own official seat within its respective territory. After the election, the mayor can appoint one vice mayor (Anna Scavuzzo is the incumbent) and up to 16 assessors.
The mayor, vice mayor, and assessors form the municipal government (giunta comunale) and they implement the municipal policies, which are determined and controlled by the City Council. The City Council has also the power to dismiss the mayor or any of the assessors with a motion of no confidence. Similar procedures take place at the municipality level, where the mayor is called the president of the municipality (presidente del municipio) and there are three assessors. Since 1993, Italian mayors of municipalities of more than 15,000 inhabitants have been directly elected by their respective electorates. Voters can express their choice for the mayor and for a list of municipal councillors not necessarily supporting the same mayor-candidate (voto disgiunto). If no mayor-candidate receives a majority of votes, a run-off election is held two weeks later among the top two candidates. In the list choice, each voter can express one or two preferences for councillor candidates; in the case of two preferences, their gender must be different. The party and civic lists supporting the elected mayor are granted a majority of the City Council seats, divided proportionally to each list result, by means of a majority bonus; the remaining seats are then assigned proportionally to the opposition lists.
List Rectors Rector Term start Term end Appointer 1 Antonio Durini30 November 180722 October 1814 Napoleon I of France 2 Cesare Giulini Della Porta22 October 18142 January 1820Francis I of Austria 3 Carlo Villa2 January 18207 August 1827 (1) Antonio Durini7 August 18272 January 1837 4 Gabrio Casati2 January 18373 August 1848 Ferdinand I of Austria 5 Franz Graf von Wimpffen3 August 18486 January 1849Franz Joseph I of Austria 6 Antonio Pestalozza6 January 184927 November 1856 7 Giuseppe Sebregondi27 November 185610 June 1859 8 Luigi Barbiano di Belgioioso10 June 185926 January 1860 Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
Mayors Kingdom of Italy (1860–1946) Mayor Term start Term end Party1Antonio Beretta(1808–1891)26 January 186013 February 1867Right2Giulio Belinzaghi(1818–1892)13 February 186725 April 1884Right3Gaetano Negri(1838–1902)25 April 188421 November 1889Right(2)Giulio Belinzaghi(1818–1892)21 November 188928 September 1892Right4Giuseppe Vigoni(1846–1914)28 September 189218 September 1899Right5Giuseppe Mussi(1836–1904)18 September 189916 September 1903Left6Giovanni Battista Barinetti(1849–1942)16 September 19037 February 1905Left7Ettore Ponti(1855–1919)7 February 190511 May 1909Right8Bassano Gabba(1844–1928)11 May 190930 January 1911Right9Emanuele Greppi(1853–1931)30 January 191130 June 1914Liberal10Emilio Caldara(1868–1942)30 June 191420 November 1920PSI11Angelo Filippetti(1866–1936)20 November 192030 December 1922PSI12Luigi Mangiagalli(1850–1928)30 December 192219 August 1926PLI Fascist Podestà (1926–1945)1Ernesto Belloni(1883–1938)19 August 19266 September 1928PNF2Giuseppe De Capitani D'Arzago(1870–1945)6 September 192820 November 1929PNF3Marcello Visconti di Modrone(1898–1964)20 November 192919 November 1935PNF4Guido Pesenti(1884–1962)19 November 193513 June 1938PNF5Gian Giacomo Gallarati Scotti(1886–1983)13 June 193814 August 1943PNF6Piero Parini(1894–1993)14 October 19434 May 1944PFR7Guido Andreoni4 May 194413 September 1944PFR8Giuseppe Spinelli(1908–1987)13 September 194423 January 1945PFR9Mario Colombo23 January 194525 April 1945PFR Liberation (1945-1946)13Antonio Greppi(1894–1982)25 April 19457 April 1946PSI
Italian Republic (1946–present) City Council election (1946–1993) From 1946 to 1993, the mayor was chosen by the City Council of Milan.
Mayor Term start Term end Party Coalition Election1Antonio Greppi(1894–1982)7 April 194628 March 1949PSIPSI PCI DC194628 March 194925 June 1951PSI PRI PSLI2Virgilio Ferrari(1888–1975)25 June 195110 September 1956PSDIDC PSDI PRI PLI195110 September 195621 January 1961DC PSDI19563Gino Cassinis(1885–1964)21 January 196113 January 1964PSDIDC PSDI PSI19604Pietro Bucalossi(1905–1992)17 February 196422 January 1965PSDI22 January 196513 December 196719645Aldo Aniasi(1921–2005)13 December 196730 July 1970PSI30 July 197031 July 1975DC PSI PSDI PRI197031 July 197512 May 1976PCI PSI 19756Carlo Tognoli(1938–2021)12 May 19767 February 1977PSI7 February 197731 July 1980PCI PSI PSDI31 July 19805 August 198519805 August 198521 December 1986DC PSI PRI PSDI PLI19857Paolo Pillitteri(1940–2024)21 December 19868 January 1988PSI8 January 19883 August 1990PCI PSI PSDI FLV3 August 199018 January 1992PCI PSI PRI FdV19908Giampiero Borghini(b. 1943)18 January 199211 March 1993PSIDC PSI PSDI PLI -Claudio Gelati11 March 199321 June 1993 —Special prefectural commissioner Notes
Direct election (since 1993) Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the mayor of Milan is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 2001 every five years.
Mayor of Milan Took office Left office Party Coalition Election9 Marco Formentini (1930–2021) 21 June 1993 12 May 1997 LN LN 199310 Gabriele Albertini (b. 1950) 12 May 1997 14 May 2001 FI Pole for Freedoms(FI-AN-CCD) 1997 14 May 2001 1 June 2006 House of Freedoms(FI-AN-LN-UDC) 200111 Letizia Moratti (b. 1949) 1 June 2006 1 June 2011 FI House of Freedoms(FI-AN-LN-UDC) 2006 12 Giuliano Pisapia (b. 1949) 1 June 2011 21 June 2016 Ind PD SEL FdS RI 2011 13 Giuseppe Sala (b. 1958) 21 June 2016 6 October 2021 Ind PD SI 2016 6 October 2021 In office PD EV IV A 2021 Notes
Timeline
By time in office RankMayorPolitical PartyTotal time in officeTerms1Carlo TognoliPSI 32Giuseppe SalaInd23Virgilio FerrariPSDI 24Gabriele AlbertiniFI 25Aldo AniasiPSI 36Antonio GreppiPSI 17Paolo PillitteriPSI 28Giuliano PisapiaInd 19Letizia MorattiFI 110Marco FormentiniLN 111Pietro BucalossiPSDI 112Gino CassinisPSDI 113Giampiero BorghiniPSI1
Elections
Deputy mayor The office of the deputy mayor of Milan was officially created in 1993 with the adoption of the new local administration law. The deputy mayor is nominated and eventually dismissed by the mayor.
Deputy Term start Term end Party Mayor1 Marisa Bedoni24 June 199322 April 1994 LN Formentini2 Giorgio Malagoli22 April 199412 May 1997 Ind3Riccardo De Corato21 May 199714 May 2001ANAlbertini21 May 20011 June 200620 June 20061 June 2011Moratti4Maria Grazia Guida10 June 201121 January 2013PDPisapia5Ada Lucia De Cesaris 28 January 201315 July 2015PD6Francesca Balzani17 July 201521 June 2016PD7Anna Scavuzzo29 June 20166 October 2021PDSala13 October 2021Incumbent Notes
See also Rulers of Milan Timeline of Milan
References
External links Official website (in English)