List of mayors of Siena
| Mayor of Siena | |
|---|---|
| Sindaco di Siena | |
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| Style | No title, courtesy or style |
| Seat | Palazzo Pubblico |
| Appointer | Popular election |
| Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Bernardo Tolomei |
| Formation | 1865 |
| Website | Official website |
The mayor of Siena is an elected politician who, along with the Siena's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Siena in Tuscany, Italy.
The current mayor is Nicoletta Fabio, a centre-right independent and the first woman to hold the office, who took office on 30 May 2023.[1]
Overview
[edit]According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Siena is member of the city council.
The mayor is elected by the population of Siena, who also elects the members of the city council, controlling the mayor's policy guidelines and is able to enforce their resignation by a motion of no confidence. The mayor is entitled to appoint and release the members of their government.
Since 1993 the mayor is elected directly by Siena'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)
[edit]In 1865, the Kingdom of Italy created the office of Mayor of Siena (Sindaco di Siena), appointed by the King himself. From 1892 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.[2]
| Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
|
Bernardo Tolomei (1823–1910) |
1865 | 1866 | |||
| 2 | 
|
Tiberio Sergardi (1816–1886) |
1866 | 1867 | |||
| (1) |
|
Bernardo Tolomei (1823–1910) |
1867 | 1869 | |||
| 3 | 
|
Luciano Banchi (1837–1887) |
1869 | 1870 | |||
| 4 | Federico Comini (1803–1884) |
1870 | 1871 | ||||
| 5 | Domenico Mazzi (1822–1896) |
1871 | 1877 | ||||
| (3) |
|
Luciano Banchi (1837–1887) |
1877 | 1878 | |||
| 6 | Giuseppe Palmieri Nuti (1843–1893) |
1878 | 1879 | ||||
| (3) |
|
Luciano Banchi[3] (1837–1887) |
1880 | 1887 | |||
| 7 | Aristodemo Ficalbi (1821–1894) |
1888 | 1889 | ||||
| 8 | Luigi Valenti Serini (?–1912) |
1889 | 1890 | ||||
| 9 | Remigio Bartalini (1839–1918) |
1892 | 1893 | ||||
| 10 | Enrico Crocini (1839–1916) |
1894 | 1896 | ||||
| 11 | 
|
Enrico Falaschi (1863–1929) |
1896 | 1898 | |||
| 12 | 
|
Bonaventura Chigi Zondadari (1841–1908) |
1899 | 1899 | |||
| 13 | Guido Sarrocchi (1868–1934) |
1899 | 1899 | ||||
| 14 | 
|
Alessandro Lisini (1851–1945) |
1900 | 1905 | |||
| 15 | Carlo Ponticelli (1848–1907) |
1905 | 1906 | ||||
| 16 | Mario Bianchi Bandinelli (1848–1930) |
1906 | 1913 | ||||
| 17 | Livio Socini (1866–?) |
1914 | 1916 | ||||
| 18 | Emanuello Pannocchieschi d'Elci (1875–1937) |
1916 | 1920 | ||||
| 19 | Angiolo Rosini (1864–?) |
1920 | 1921 | ||||
| 20 | 
|
Fabio Bargagli Petrucci (1875–1939) |
1923 | 1923 | National Fascist Party | ||
| 21 | Vittorio Martini | 1923 | 1925 | National Fascist Party | |||
| Fascist Podestà (1926–1944) | |||||||
| 1 |
|
Fabio Bargagli Petrucci (1875–1939) |
1926 | 1936 | National Fascist Party | ||
| 2 | Mario Tadini Buoninsegni (1889–1974) |
1936 | 1938 | National Fascist Party | |||
| 3 | Luigi Socini Guelfi (1906–2008) |
1938 | 1944 | National Fascist Party | |||
| Allied occupation (1944–1946) | |||||||
| 22 | Carlo Ciampolini[4] (1888–1986) |
1944 | 1946 | Independent | |||
Timeline
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Republic of Italy (since 1946)
[edit]City Council election (1946–1993)
[edit]From 1946 to 1993 the Mayor of Siena was elected by the City Council.
| Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | Coalition | Election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ilio Bocci (1904–1975) |
5 April 1946 | 20 September 1949 | PCI | PCI • PSI • DC | 1946 | |
| - | Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (20 September 1949–23 June 1951)[a]
| ||||||
| (1) | Ilio Bocci (1904–1975) |
23 June 1951 | 24 June 1956 | PCI | PCI • PSI | 1951 | |
| 2 | Bruno Bottai (1895–1967) |
24 June 1956 | 16 July 1956[b] | DC | none[c] | 1956 | |
| 3 | Ugo Bartalini (1899–2000) |
31 August 1956 | 6 November 1960 | PSI | PCI • PSI | ||
| 6 November 1960 | 25 January 1965 | 1960 | |||||
| 4 | 
|
Fazio Fabbrini (1926–2018) |
25 January 1965 | 19 July 1966 | PCI | PCI • PSI | 1964 |
| - | Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (19 July 1966–20 December 1968)[d]
| ||||||
| 5 | Canzio Vannini (1920–2001) |
20 December 1968 | 3 June 1969 | PSIUP | PSIUP • DC • PRI | 1968 | |
| 6 | 
|
Luciano Mencaraglia (1915–2001) |
26 July 1969 | 2 December 1969 | PCI | PCI • PSIUP | |
| 7 | 
|
Roberto Barzanti (b. 1939) |
2 December 1969 | 11 January 1974 | PSIUP | PCI • PSIUP | |
| (5) | Canzio Vannini (1920–2001) |
11 January 1974 | 31 July 1979 | PSI | PCI • PSI | 1973 | |
| 8 | Mauro Barni (1927–2017) |
31 July 1979 | 20 September 1983 | PSI | PCI • PSI | 1979 | |
| 9 | Vittorio Mazzoni della Stella (b. 1941) |
20 September 1983 | 2 September 1988 | PSI | PCI • PSI | 1983 | |
| 2 September 1988 | 29 November 1990 | 1988 | |||||
| 10 | Pierluigi Piccini (b. 1952) |
29 November 1990 | 21 June 1993 | PCI | PCI • PSI | ||
- Notes
- ^ Nominated by the Prefect since the City Council failed to elect a new Mayor after the incumbent's resignation.
- ^ Refused to accept the election.
- ^ Elected by DC, PSDI and MSI. He refused the election and never formed an executive.
- ^ Nominated by the Prefect since the City Council failed to elect a new Mayor after the incumbent's resignation.
Direct election (since 1993)
[edit]Since 1993, enacting a new law on local administrations, the Mayor of Siena is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 2001 every five years.
| Mayor | Took office | Left office | Party | Coalition | Election | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (10) | 
|
Pierluigi Piccini (b. 1952) |
21 June 1993 | 28 April 1997 | PDS DS |
PDS | 1993 | |
| 28 April 1997 | 14 May 2001 | The Olive Tree (PDS-PRC-PPI) |
1997 | |||||
| 11 | 
|
Maurizio Cenni (b. 1955) |
14 May 2001 | 30 May 2006 | DS PD |
The Olive Tree (DS-PRC-DL) |
2001 | |
| 30 May 2006 | 18 May 2011 | The Olive Tree (DS-PRC-DL) |
2006 | |||||
| 12 | 
|
Franco Ceccuzzi (b. 1967) |
18 May 2011 | 12 June 2012[a] | PD | PD • SEL | 2011 | |
| Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (12 June 2012 – 11 June 2013) | ||||||||
| 13 | 
|
Bruno Valentini (b. 1955) |
11 June 2013 | 25 June 2018 | PD | PD • SEL | 2013 | |
| 14 |
|
Luigi De Mossi (b. 1960) |
25 June 2018 | 19 June 2023 | Ind | L • FdI • FI | 2018 | |
| 15 |
|
Nicoletta Fabio (b. 1961) |
19 June 2023 | Incumbent | Ind | FdI • L • FI | 2023 | |
- Notes
- ^ Resigned after the City Council didn't approve the annual budget.
Timeline
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Staffetta a Palazzo Primo faccia a faccia tra Fabio e De Mossi "Incontro cordiale"". La Nazione. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Gonfalonieri, podestà e sindaci di Siena dal 1787". Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ Acting mayor from 1880 to 1881.
- ^ Chosen by the National Liberation Committee and appointed by the Prefect.
Bibliography
[edit]- Bisi, Stefano (2012). Sindaci in bianco-nero. Appunti di un cronista. Siena: Betti Editrice. ISBN 978-88-7576-271-1.
