The Mayor of Grosseto is an elected politician who, along with the Grosseto's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Grosseto in Tuscany, Italy. The current Mayor is Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna, a centre-right independent, who took office on 23 June 2016.[1][2]
Mayor of Grosseto | |
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Sindaco di Grosseto | |
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since 23 June 2016 | |
Appointer | Popular election |
Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | Domenico Ponticelli |
Formation | 1865 |
Website | Official website |
Overview
editAccording to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Grosseto is member of the City Council.
The Mayor is elected by the population of Grosseto, 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 Grosseto'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.
Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
editIn 1865, the Kingdom of Italy created the office of the Mayor of Grosseto (Sindaco di Grosseto), appointed by the King himself. From 1889 to 1926 the Mayor was elected by the City council. In 1926, the Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils, replacing them with an authoritarian Podestà chosen by the National Fascist Party. The office of Mayor was restored in 1944 during the Allied occupation.
Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | ||||
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– | Angelo Ferri[3] | 1859 | 1864 | ||||
– | Luigi Romualdi[3] | 1864 | 1865 | ||||
1 | Domenico Ponticelli | 1865 | 1867 | ||||
2 | Angelo Ferri | 1870 | 1870 | ||||
3 | Ippolito Andreini | 1870 | 1879 | ||||
4 | Ippolito Luciani | 1880 | 1886 | ||||
5 | Benedetto Ponticelli | 1888 | 1891 | ||||
6 | Giovanni Pizzetti | 1891 | 1894 | ||||
7 | Carlo Ponticelli | 1895 | 1902 | ||||
8 | Egidio Bruchi | 1902 | 1919 | ||||
9 | Tito Bolognesi | 1920 | 1921 | Italian Socialist Party | |||
10 | Benedetto Pallini | 1922 | 1924 | Italian Liberal Party | |||
11 | Ado Scaramucci | 1925 | 1926 | National Fascist Party | |||
Fascist Podestà (1926–1943) | |||||||
1 | Ado Scaramucci | 1926 | 1935 | National Fascist Party | |||
2 | Ezio Saletti | 1935 | 1937 | National Fascist Party | |||
3 | Angelo Maestrini | 1938 | 1943 | National Fascist Party | |||
Allied occupation (1944–1946) | |||||||
12 | Lio Lenzi[4] | 17 June 1944 | 27 March 1946 | Italian Communist Party |
Timeline
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Italian Republic (since 1946)
editCity Council election (1946–1993)
editFrom 1946 to 1993, the Mayor of Grosseto was elected by the City's Council.
Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | ||
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1 | Lio Lenzi | 27 March 1946 | 10 June 1951 | Italian Communist Party | |
2 | Renato Pollini | 29 July 1951 | 7 June 1970 | Italian Communist Party | |
3 | Giovanni Battista Finetti | 20 July 1970 | 15 February 1982 | Italian Communist Party | |
4 | Flavio Tattarini | 15 February 1982 | 23 January 1992 | Italian Communist Party | |
5 | Loriano Valentini | 23 January 1992 | 22 June 1993 | Democratic Party of the Left |
Direct election (since 1993)
editSince 1993, under provisions of a new local administration law, the Mayor of Grosseto is chosen by direct election.
Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | ||
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(5) | Loriano Valentini | 22 June 1993 | 28 April 1997 | Democratic Party of the Left | |
6 | Alessandro Antichi | 28 April 1997 | 14 May 2001 | Forza Italia | |
14 May 2001 | 16 May 2005[5] | ||||
7 | Emilio Bonifazi | 30 May 2006 | 29 May 2011 | The Daisy Democratic Party | |
29 May 2011 | 23 June 2016 | ||||
8 | Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna | 23 June 2016 | 8 October 2021 | Centre-right independent | |
8 October 2021 | Incumbent |
Timeline
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References
edit- ^ "Grosseto, la roccaforte Pd va al centrodestra". Corriere della Sera. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ^ "Vivarelli Colonna indossa la fascia tricolore: è ufficialmente sindaco di Grosseto". Il Tirreno. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ^ a b Gonfaloniere.
- ^ Appointed by the National Liberation Committee.
- ^ Resigned in order to run for the Presidency of Tuscany during the 2005 regional elections.
Bibliography
edit- Corsi, Hubert (1987). La lotta politica in Maremma 1900-1925. Rome: Edizioni Cinque Lune.
- Bonifazi, Emilio (2015). Grosseto e i suoi amministratori dal 1944 al 2015. Grosseto: Innocenti Editore.
- Giorgio Bonfiglioli, ed. (2017). Grosseto. Appunti storici. Grosseto: Innocenti Editore.
- Valeria Galimi, ed. (2018). Il fascismo a Grosseto. Figure e articolazioni del potere in provincia (1922-1938). Arcidosso: Edizioni Effigi.