List of mayors of Pisa

Mayor of Pisa
Sindaco di Pisa
Incumbent
Michele Conti
since 27 June 2018
AppointerPopular election
Term length5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holderAngelo Del Punta
Formation1865
WebsiteOfficial website
Palazzo Gambacorti is Pisa' City Hall

The mayor of Pisa is an elected politician who, along with the Pisa's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Pisa in Tuscany, Italy.

The current mayor is Michele Conti, a member of the right-wing populist party Lega Nord, who took office on 27 June 2018.[1]

Overview

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According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Pisa is member of the city council.

The mayor is elected by the population of Pisa, who also elect 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 Pisa'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)

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In 1865, the Kingdom of Italy created the office of the mayor of Pisa (Sindaco di Pisa), 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
1 Angiolo Del Punta 1865 1867
2 Giuseppe Bianchi 1869 1873
3 Mario Rizzari 1873 1876
4 Tommaso Simonelli 1877 1884
5 Leopoldo Peverada 1884 1889
6 Angiolo Nardi Dei 1889 1895
7 Giuseppe Gambini 1895 1899
8 Giuseppe Raffaello Cerrai 1899 1900
9 Vittorio Frascani 1900 1901
(7) Giuseppe Gambini 1901 1903
(9) Vittorio Frascani 1903 1904
10 Dario Baldi 1904 1905
– Vittorio Menzinger 1905 1906 Royal commissioner
11 Alessandro D'Ancona 1906 1907
(7) Giuseppe Gambini 1907 1910
12 Francesco Buonamici 1910 1914
(9) Vittorio Frascani 1914 1920
13 Francesco Pardi 1920 1922
14 Guido Buffarini Guidi 1922 1925 National Fascist Party
Fascist Podestà (1926–1943)
1 Guido Buffarini Guidi 1927 1933 National Fascist Party
2 Giovanni D'Achiardi 1936 1939 National Fascist Party
3 Carlo Zanetto Lami 1939 1943 National Fascist Party
Allied occupation (1944–1946)
15 Italo Bargagna[2] 1944 1946 Italian Communist Party

Republic of Italy (since 1946)

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City Council election (1946-1994)

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From 1946 to 1994, the Mayor of Pisa was elected by the City's Council.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party Election
1 Italo Bargagna 31 March 1946 11 June 1951 PCI 1946
2 Renato Pagni 11 June 1951 1 July 1956 DC 1951
3 Italo Pellegrini 1 July 1956 14 August 1956 DC 1956
4 Vittorio Galluzzi 14 August 1956 17 December 1958 PSI
(2) Renato Pagni 17 December 1958 7 July 1960 DC 1958
5 Enrico Pistolesi 7 July 1960 2 January 1961 DC
(4) Vittorio Galluzzi 2 January 1961 14 October 1961 PSI 1960
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (14 October 1961–1 July 1962)
6 Umberto Viale 1 July 1962 14 August 1964 DC 1962
(2) Renato Pagni 14 August 1964 14 March 1965 DC
7 Roberto Supino 14 March 1965 14 May 1965 PSDI
(2) Renato Pagni 14 May 1965 6 July 1966 DC
6 July 1966 14 February 1967 1966
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (14 February 1967–1 July 1967)
8 Giulio Battistini 1 July 1967 14 December 1968 DC 1967
9 Fausta Giani Cecchini 14 December 1968 8 July 1970 PSI
10 Franco Gemignani 8 July 1970 14 October 1970 DC 1970
11 Giuseppe Prosperi 14 October 1970 14 April 1971 DC
12 Vinicio Bernardini 14 April 1971 14 June 1971 PCI
(8) Giulio Battistini 14 June 1971 14 July 1971 DC
13 Elia Lazzari 14 July 1971 15 July 1975 PCI
15 July 1975 14 May 1976 1975
14 Luigi Bulleri 14 May 1976 30 July 1980 PCI
30 July 1980 14 May 1983 1980
(12) Vinicio Bernardini 14 May 1983 14 September 1985 PCI
15 Oriano Ripoli 14 September 1985 15 July 1986 PSI 1985
16 Giacomino Granchi 15 July 1986 20 January 1990 PSI
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (20 January 1990–16 July 1990)
17 Sergio Cortopassi 16 July 1990 1 September 1994 PSI 1990
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (1 September 1994–24 November 1994)

Direct election (since 1994)

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Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Pisa is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 2003 every five years.


Mayor Took office Left office Party Coalition Election
18 Piero Floriani
(1942–2018) 		24 November 1994 14 December 1998 PDS PDS • PRC • FdV 1994
19 Paolo Fontanelli
(b. 1953) 		14 December 1998 27 May 2003 DS
PD 		The Olive Tree
(DS-PPI-FdV-PdCI-SDI) 		1998
27 May 2003 13 February 2008[a] The Olive Tree
(DS-DL-PdCI-SDI) 		2003
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (13 February 2008 – 29 April 2008)
20 Marco Filippeschi
(b. 1960) 		29 April 2008 28 May 2013 PD PD • PSI • IdV
and leftist lists 		2008
28 May 2013 27 June 2018 PD • SEL
and leftist lists 		2013
21 Michele Conti
(b. 1970) 		27 June 2018 30 May 2023 LN LN • FI • FdI 2018
30 May 2023 Incumbent FdI • LN • FI 2023
Notes
  1. ^ Resigned in order to participate in the national general election.

Timeline

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References

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  1. ^ "Pisa: Michele Conti è il nuovo sindaco, centrodestra in trionfo tra cori e caroselli". Il Tirreno. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  2. ^ Appointed by the National Liberation Committee.
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