The mayor of Turin (Italian: sindaco di Torino) is an elected politician who, along with the Turin City Council of 40 members, is accountable for the government of Turin, in the Italian region of Piedmont. The incumbent mayor is Stefano Lo Russo, a university professor of Geology and member of the Democratic Party, who took office on 27 October 2021.
Mayor of Turin | |
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Sindaco di Torino | |
since 27 October 2021 | |
Residence | Palazzo Civico |
Appointer | Electorate of Turin |
Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | Francesco Luigi de Margherita |
Formation | 30 November 1848 |
Deputy | Michela Favaro |
Salary | €62,592 annually |
Website | [1] |
List
editKingdom of Sardinia (1814–1848)
editFrom 1814 to 1848, the City of Turin was administrated by a Decurionato (City Council) led by two annual syndics (sindici).[1]
Syndics | Term start | Term end | Party |
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Paolo Mazzetti di Saluggia Giovanni Battista Arbaudi |
1 January 1814 | 31 December 1815 | Legitimist |
Bernardo Ripa di Meana Giulio Marenco di Moriondo |
1 January 1816 | 31 December 1816 | Legitimist |
Michele Provana del Sabbione Saverio Morelli |
1 January 1817 | 31 December 1817 | None |
Agostino Lascaris di Ventimiglia Giuseppe Cavalli |
1 January 1818 | 31 December 1818 | None |
Michele Provana del Sabbione Luigi Bertalazone di San Fermo |
1 January 1819 | 31 December 1819 | None |
Enrico Seyssel d'Aix Giuseppe Sobrero |
1 January 1820 | 31 December 1820 | None |
Luigi Coardi Bagnasco Gaetano Calliani |
1 January 1821 | 31 December 1821 | None |
Giuseppe Provana di Collegno Giuseppe Adami di Bergolo |
1 January 1822 | 31 December 1822 | None |
Domenico Rovero di Piobesi Giuseppe Gaetano Rignon |
1 January 1823 | 31 December 1823 | None |
Carlo Perrone di San Martino Pietro Gay di Quarti |
1 January 1824 | 31 December 1824 | None |
Cesare Romagnano di Virle Edoardo Tholozan |
1 January 1825 | 31 December 1825 | None |
Tancredi Farletti di Barolo Davide Revelly |
1 January 1826 | 31 December 1827 | None |
Giacomo Asinari di Bernezzo Luigi Francesetti di Hautecourt e Mezzenile |
1 January 1828 | 31 December 1828 | None |
Luigi Nomis di Cossilla Luigi Ricciolio |
1 January 1829 | 31 December 1829 | None |
Giuseppe Provana di Collegno Gerolamo Cravosio |
1 January 1830 | 31 December 1831 | None |
Enrico Seyssel d'Aix Ignazio Michelotti |
1 January 1832 | 31 December 1832 | None |
Michele Benso di Cavour Giuseppe Villa |
1 January 1833 | 31 December 1834 | None |
Carlo Pallio di Rinco Luca Martin di San Martino |
1 January 1835 | 31 December 1835 | None |
Luigi Mola di Larissé Giovanni Ignazio Pansoya |
1 January 1836 | 31 December 1836 | None |
Carlo Nicolis di Robilant Amedeo Chiavarina di Rubiana |
1 January 1837 | 31 December 1837 | None |
Carlo Cacherano d'Osasco Giuseppe Bosco di Ruffino |
1 January 1838 | 31 December 1838 | None |
Carlo Galli della Loggia Luigi Rostagno di Villaretto |
1 January 1839 | 31 December 1839 | None |
Giuseppe Pochettini di Serravalle Ignazio Marchetti Melina |
1 January 1840 | 31 December 1840 | None |
Paolo Gazzelli di Rossana Pietro Villanis |
1 January 1841 | 31 December 1841 | None |
Antonio Nomis di Pollone Angelo Borbonese |
1 January 1842 | 31 December 1843 | None |
Cesare Romagnano di Virle Giuseppe Ponte di Pino |
1 January 1844 | 31 December 1844 | None |
Giuseppe Pochettini di Serravalle Giuseppe Bosco di Ruffino |
1 January 1845 | 31 December 1845 | None |
Vittorio Colli di Felizzano Giovanni Nigra |
1 January 1846 | 31 December 1848 | None |
Kingdom of Sardinia (1848–1861)
editThe office of Mayor of Turin (Sindaco di Torino) was created by the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1848 after the promulgation of the Albertine Statute.[1]
Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | |
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1 | Luigi de Margherita | 31 December 1848 | 7 April 1849 | Moderate |
2 | Carlo Pinchia | 7 April 1849 | 1 February 1850 | Moderate |
3 | Giorgio Bellono | 1 February 1850 | 1 January 1853 | Moderate |
4 | Giovanni Notta | 1 January 1853 | 3 February 1860 | Moderate |
5 | Augusto Nomis di Cossilla | 3 February 1860 | 26 December 1861 | Moderate |
Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
editAfter the creation of the Kingdom of Italy, the mayor of Turin was elected as continuation of the previous office created during the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia. The Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils in 1926, replacing them with an authoritarian Podestà chosen by the National Fascist Party. The office of mayor was restored in 1945 during the Allied occupation.[1]
Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | ||||
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6 | Emanuele Luserna di Rorà | 26 December 1861 | 1 January 1866 | Right | |||
7 | Giovanni Filippo Galvagno | 1 January 1866 | 1 April 1869 | Independent | |||
8 | Cesare Valperga di Masino | 1 April 1869 | 20 November 1870 | Right | |||
9 | Felice Rignon | 20 November 1870 | 19 January 1878 | Right | |||
10 | Luigi Ferraris | 19 January 1878 | 28 March 1883 | Right | |||
11 | Ernesto Balbo Bertone di Sambuy | 28 March 1883 | 1 January 1887 | Right | |||
12 | Melchiorre Voli | 1 January 1887 | 26 June 1895 | Left | |||
(9) | Felice Rignon | 26 June 1895 | 13 April 1898 | Right | |||
13 | Severino Casana | 13 April 1898 | 26 September 1902 | Left | |||
14 | Alfonso Badini Confalonieri | 26 September 1902 | 6 July 1903 | Left | |||
15 | Secondo Frola | 6 July 1903 | 28 July 1909 | Right | |||
16 | Teofilo Rossi | 28 July 1909 | 15 June 1917 | Liberal | |||
17 | Leopoldo Usseglio | 15 June 1917 | 17 October 1917 | Liberal | |||
(15) | Secondo Frola | 17 October 1917 | 24 November 1919 | Liberal | |||
18 | Riccardo Cattaneo | 19 November 1920 | 2 July 1923 | Liberal | |||
– | Donato Etna | 26 June 1925 | 4 December 1926 | Special Commissioner | |||
Fascist Podestà (1926–1945) | |||||||
– | Luigi Balbo Bertone di Sambuy | 4 December 1926 | 11 September 1928 | Special Commissioner | |||
– | Umberto Ricci | 11 September 1928 | 11 February 1929 | Special Commissioner | |||
1 | Paolo Ignazio Maria Thaon di Revel | 11 February 1929 | 4 February 1935 | PNF | |||
2 | Ugo Sartirana | 4 February 1935 | 25 June 1938 | PNF | |||
3 | Cesare Giovara | 25 June 1938 | 24 August 1939 | PNF | |||
4 | Matteo Bonino | 24 August 1939 | 18 August 1943 | PNF | |||
5 | Bruno Villabruna | 18 August 1943 | 20 September 1943 | PFR | |||
6 | Michele Fassio | 2 December 1944 | 25 April 1945 | PFR | |||
Allied occupation (1945–1946) | |||||||
19 | Giovanni Roveda | 28 April 1945 | 17 December 1946 | Communist |
Italian Republic (since 1946)
editCity Council election (1946–1993)
editFrom 1946 to 1993, the mayor of Turin was elected by the City Council.[1]
Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | Coalition | Election | |
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1 | Celeste Negarville | 17 December 1946 | 13 May 1948 | PCI | PCI · PSI | 1946 |
2 | Domenico Coggiola | 13 May 1948 | 16 July 1951 | PCI | ||
3 | Amedeo Peyron | 16 July 1951 | 26 February 1962 | DC | DC · PLI | 1951 |
1956 | ||||||
1960 | ||||||
4 | Giovanni Carlo Anselmetti | 26 February 1962 | 21 October 1964 | DC | ||
5 | Luciano Jona | 21 October 1964 | 20 February 1965 | PLI | ||
6 | Giuseppe Grosso | 20 February 1965 | 9 September 1968 | DC | 1964 | |
7 | Andrea Guglielminetti | 9 September 1968 | 22 July 1970 | DC | ||
8 | Giovanni Porcellana | 22 July 1970 | 12 April 1973 | DC | DC · PSI · PSDI · PRI (Organic centre-left) |
1970 |
9 | Guido Secreto | 12 April 1973 | 5 December 1973 | PSDI | ||
10 | Giovanni Picco | 5 December 1973 | 14 July 1975 | DC | ||
11 | Diego Novelli | 14 July 1975 | 25 January 1985 | PCI | PCI · PSI | 1975 |
1980 | ||||||
12 | Giorgio Cardetti | 25 January 1985 | 20 July 1987 | PSI | ||
DC · PSI · PLI · PSDI · PRI (Pentapartito) |
1985 | |||||
13 | Maria Magnani Noya | 20 July 1987 | 30 July 1990 | PSI | ||
14 | Valerio Zanone | 30 July 1990 | 11 February 1992 | PLI | 1990 | |
15 | Giovanna Cattaneo Incisa | 11 February 1992 | 14 December 1992 | PRI | ||
- | Riccardo Malpica | 14 December 1992 | 24 June 1993 | Special prefectural commissioner[a] | – |
- Notes
- ^ Nominated by the prefect after the mayor and the members of the City Council resigned in order to hold a new election under the provision of the new local electoral law
Direct election (since 1993)
editSince 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the mayor of Turin is chosen by direct election, originally every four then every five years.
Mayor of Turin | Took office | Left office | Party | Coalition | Election | |||
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16 | Valentino Castellani (b. 1940) |
24 June 1993 | 12 May 1997 | Ind | PDS · AD · FdV | 1993 | ||
12 May 1997 | 28 May 2001 | The Olive Tree | 1997 | |||||
17 | Sergio Chiamparino (b. 1948) |
28 May 2001 | 30 May 2006 | DS PD |
The Olive Tree | 2001 | ||
30 May 2006 | 16 May 2011 | The Olive Tree | 2006 | |||||
18 | Piero Fassino (b. 1949) |
16 May 2011 | 20 June 2016 | PD | PD · SEL · IdV | 2011 | ||
19 | Chiara Appendino (b. 1984) |
20 June 2016 | 27 October 2021 | M5S | M5S | 2016 | ||
20 | Stefano Lo Russo (b. 1975) |
27 October 2021[a] | Incumbent | PD | PD · Mod · SI | 2021 |
- Notes
- ^ Election originally scheduled for June 2021 then postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
Timeline
editElections
editMayoral and City Council election, 1993
editThe election took place in two rounds: the first on 6 June, the second on 20 June 1993.
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- Notes
- ^ As a result of the majority bonus granted by the electoral law to the candidate who wins the run-off competition if no coalition reaches more than 50% of the votes on the first round
Mayoral and City Council election, 1997
editThe election took place in two rounds: the first on 27 April, the second on 11 May 1997.
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- Notes
- ^ Officially endorsed the centre-left coalition candidate only on the second round
Mayoral and City Council election, 2001
editThe election took place in two rounds: the first on 13 May, the second on 27 May 2001.
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- Notes
- ^ As a result of the majority bonus granted by the electoral law to the candidate who wins the run-off competition if no coalition reaches more than 50% of the votes on the first round
Mayoral and City Council election, 2006
editThe election took place on 28–29 May 2006.
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Mayoral and City Council election, 2011
editThe election took place on 15–16 May 2011.
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Mayoral and City Council election, 2016
editThe election took place in two rounds: the first on 5 June, the second on 19 June 2016.
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- Notes
- ^ As a result of the majority bonus granted by the electoral law to the candidate who wins the run-off competition if no coalition reaches more than 50% of the votes on the first round
Mayoral and City Council election, 2021
editThe election took place in two rounds: the first on 3–4 October, the second on 17–18 October 2021.
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Deputy Mayor
editThe office of the Deputy Mayor of Turin 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 | Mayor | |
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1 | Guido Brosio | 5 July 1993 | 12 May 1997 | AD | Castellani |
2 | Domenico Carpanini | 20 May 1997 | 28 February 2001[a] | PDS | |
3 | Marco Calgaro | 28 June 2001 | 30 May 2006 | DL | Chiamparino |
4 | Tommaso Dealessandri | 13 June 2006 | 16 May 2011 | PD | |
2 June 2011 | 16 July 2013[b] | Fassino | |||
5 | Elide Tisi | 16 July 2013 | 20 June 2016 | PD | |
6 | Guido Montanari | 1 July 2016 | 15 July 2019[c] | M5S | Appendino |
7 | Sonia Schellino | 29 July 2019 | 27 October 2021 | M5S | |
8 | Michela Favaro | 28 October 2021 | Incumbent | PD | Lo Russo |
- Notes
See also
edit- it:Sindaci di Torino (since 1564)
- Timeline of Turin
References
editBibliography
edit- Davide Giovanni Cravero, Trecento anni di vita del Palazzo Civico di Torino: 1663–1963, Published by the City of Turin, 1964, available online here