List of mayors of Florence
The Mayor of Florence is an elected politician who, along with Florence's City Council of 36 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Florence. The title is the equivalent of Lord Mayor in the meaning of an actual executive leader.
The office of Gonfaloniere was created in 1781 by Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany. It was replaced by the office of Mayor in 1865, during the early Kingdom of Italy.
The current mayor of Florence is Dario Nardella, a left-wing musician member of the Democratic Party.
Overview
According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Florence is member of the Florence's City Council. Although the title Mayor is not held by the heads of the five boroughs of Florence, because they do not actually preside over self-governmental municipalities.The Mayor is elected by the population of Florence. Citizens elect also the members of the City Council, which also controls 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 1995 the Mayor is elected directly by Florence'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.
The seat of the City Council is the city hall Palazzo Vecchio in Piazza della Signoria.
List of Mayor of Florence (1781–present)
Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1781–1859)
In 1781 was created the office of Annual Gonfaloniere of Florence who was appointed by the Grand Duke of Tuscany every year.- 1781–1783 – Giuseppe Maria Panzanini
- 1783–1784 – Francesco Catellini da Castiglione
- 1784–1785 – Giovan Giorgio Ugolini
- 1785–1786 – Maldonato Amadio d'Alma
- 1786–1787 – Alberto Rimbotti
- 1787–1788 – Giuseppe Baldovinetti di Poggio
- 1788–1789 – Giuseppe Arnaldi
- 1789–1790 – Alberto Rimbotti
- 1790–1791 – Miniato Miniati
- 1791–1792 – Pietro Baldigiani
- 1792–1793 – Ferdinando de' Bardi
- 1793–1794 – Pietro Soderini
- 1794–1795 – Antonio da Castiglione
- 1795–1796 – Francesco Passerini
- 1796–1797 – Vieri De' Cerchi
- 1797–1798 – Ottavio Pitti
- 1798–1799 – Leonardo Buonarroti
- 1799–1800 – Orazio Smeraldo Morelli
- 1800–1801 – Francesco Catellini da Castiglione
- 1801–1802 – Niccolò Arrighi
- 1802–1803 – Michele Roti
- 1803–1804 – Pietro Mancini
- 1804–1805 – Giovanni Carlo Mori Ubaldini
- 1805–1806 – Giulio Orlandini
- 1806–1807 – Vespasiano Marzichi
- 1807–1808 – Tommaso Guadagni
- 1808–1809 – Filippo Guadagni
- 1809–1813 – Emilio Pucci
- 1813–1815 – Girolamo Bartolommei
- 1815–1816 – Giovanni Battista Gondi
- 1816–1817 – Giovanni Rosselli de Turco
- 1817–1821 – Tommaso Corsi
- 1821–1825 – Jacopo Guidi
- 1826–1828 – Giovanni Battista Covoni
- 1829–1831 – Giovanni Battista Andrea Boubon del Monte
- 1832–1834 – Cosimo Antinori
- 1835–1840 – Gaetano de' Pazzi
- 1841–1842 – Luigi de Cambray Digny
- 1843–1846 – Pier Francesco Rinuccini
- 1847 – Vincenzo Peruzzi
- 1847–1848 — Bettino Ricasoli
- 1848–1850 — Ubaldino Peruzzi
- 1850 – Carlo Torrigiani
- 1850–1853 – Vincenzo Capponi
- 1854–1859 – Eduardo Dufour Berté
Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
In 1926, the Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils, replacing them with an authoritarian Podestà chosen by the National Fascist Party.
Timeline
Republic of Italy (1946–present)
From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Florence was chosen by the City Council.;Notes
Since 1995, enacting a new law on local administrations, the Mayor of Florence is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 1999 every five years.
Timeline
By time in office
Elections
City Council elections, 1946–1990
Number of votes for each party:| Election | DC | PCI | PSI | PLI | PRI | PSDI | MSI | Others | Total |
| Election | |||||||||
| 10 November 1946 | 45,168 | 64,040 | 41,377 | 6,544 | 4,249 | – | – | 28,476 | 189,854 |
| 27 May 1951 | 87,899 | 81,980 | 24,842 | 10,808 | 14,476 | – | 12,621 | 10,536 | 243,162 |
| 27 May 1956 | 101,961 | 69,190 | 44,551 | 11,105 | 3,955 | 13,684 | 15,423 | – | 259,869 |
| 6 November 1960 | 99,577 | 92,841 | 39,586 | 13,653 | 3,711 | 18,620 | 15,337 | 2,326 | 285,651 |
| 22 November 1964 | 87,117 | 106,596 | 32,801 | 46,723 | 2,345 | 19,830 | 13,669 | 7,588 | 316,669 |
| 12 June 1966 | 85,335 | 104,820 | 30,945 | 30,945 | 2,828 | 22,102 | 10,707 | 8,735 | 301,038 |
| 7 June 1970 | 95,272 | 110,928 | 30,011 | 17,330 | 6,320 | 33,617 | 15,151 | 8,234 | 316,863 |
| 15 June 1975 | 96,019 | 137,433 | 34,392 | 7,415 | 12,259 | 17,327 | 17,217 | 9,232 | 331,294 |
| 8 June 1980 | 94,139 | 127,229 | 38,844 | 7,323 | 12,289 | 11,668 | 13,775 | 9,017 | 314,284 |
| 12 May 1985 | 83,258 | 125,442 | 38,565 | 7,316 | 17,738 | 6,433 | 15,855 | 19,032 | 314,227 |
| 6 May 1990 | 73,238 | 90,566 | 37,248 | 4,420 | 19,419 | 6,786 | 9,796 | 278,692 |
;Notes
Number of seats in the City Coucl for each party:
| Election | DC | PCI | PSI | PLI | PRI | PSDI | MSI | Others | Total |
| Election | |||||||||
| 10 November 1946 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 9 | 60 |
| 27 May 1951 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | 60 |
| 27 May 1956 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 2 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 60 |
| 6 November 1960 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 60 |
| 22 November 1964 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 7 | – | 4 | 2 | – | 60 |
| 12 June 1966 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 7 | – | 4 | 2 | – | 60 |
| 7 June 1970 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 60 |
| 15 June 1975 | 18 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 60 |
| 8 June 1980 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 60 |
| 12 May 1985 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 60 |
| 6 May 1990 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 60 |
Mayoral and City Council election, 1995
The election took place on 23 April 1995.For the first time under the new electoral law citizens could vote directly the mayor; before this choice was made by the City Council.
For the first time a center-left coalition, composed by the former communist Democratic Party of the Left and some other progressives party, presented its candidate: the independent Mario Primicerio. The main opposition to Primicerio's coalition was represented by Giorgio Morales, the outgoing mayor, former member of the Italian Socialist Party and now a supporter of Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party.
Primicerio easily won the election on the first round and became the first elected mayor of Florence.
'''Summary of the 1995 Florence City Council election results
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Mayoral and City Council election, 1999
The election took place on 13 June 1999.The candidate Leonardo Domenici, supported by Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema's center-left coalition, narrowly won the election on the first round defeating Franco Scaramuzzi, supported by Silvio Berlusconi's center-right alliance.
'''Summary of the 1999 Florence City Council election results
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Mayoral and City Council election, 2004
The election took place for the first time in two rounds: the first on 12–13 June and the second on 26–27 June 2004.The outgoing mayor Leonardo Domenici, member of the center-left Democrats of the Left party, was forced to seek the re-election on the second round by Domenico Antonio Valentino, sustained by the governmental House of Freedoms coalition.
'''Summary of the 2004 Florence City Council election results
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Mayoral and City Council election, 2009
The election took place in two rounds: the first on 6–7 June and the second on 21–22 June 2009.The main candidates were Matteo Renzi, a member of the center-left Democratic Party and outgoing President of the Province of Florence, and Giovanni Galli, a retired notorious footballer.
'''Summary of the 2009 Florence City Council election results
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Mayoral and City Council election, 2014
The election took place on 25 May 2014.The acting mayor Dario Nardella, supported by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's Democratic Party, heavily won the election on the first round.
'''Summary of the 2014 Florence City Council election results
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Mayoral and City Council election, 2019
The election took place on 26 May 2019.The incumbent mayor Dario Nardella heavily won the election on the first round.
'''Summary of the 2019 Florence City Council election results
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