List of mayors of Turin
The Mayor of Turin is an elected politician who, along with the Turin's City Council of 40 members, is accountable for the government of Turin, Piedmont, northern Italy.
The current Mayor is Chiara Appendino, a member of the Five Star Movement, who took office on 20 June 2016.
List
Kingdom of Sardinia (1814-1848)
From 1814 to 1848 the City of Turin was administrated by a Decurionato led by two annual syndics.Syndics | Term start | Term end | Party |
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 | - |
Michele Provana del Sabbione Luigi Bertalazone di San Fermo | 1 January 1819 | 31 December 1819 | - |
Enrico Seyssel d'Aix Giuseppe Sobrero | 1 January 1820 | 31 December 1820 | - |
Luigi Coardi Bagnasco Gaetano Calliani | 1 January 1821 | 31 December 1821 | - |
Giuseppe Provana di Collegno Giuseppe Adami di Bergolo | 1 January 1822 | 31 December 1822 | - |
Domenico Rovero di Piobesi Giuseppe Gaetano Rignon | 1 January 1823 | 31 December 1823 | - |
Carlo Perrone di San Martino Pietro Gay di Quarti | 1 January 1824 | 31 December 1824 | - |
Cesare Romagnano di Virle Edoardo Tholozan | 1 January 1825 | 31 December 1825 | - |
Tancredi Farletti di Barolo Davide Revelly | 1 January 1826 | 31 December 1827 | - |
Giacomo Asinari di Bernezzo Luigi Francesetti di Hautecourt e Mezzenile | 1 January 1828 | 31 December 1828 | - |
Luigi Nomis di Cossilla Luigi Ricciolio | 1 January 1829 | 31 December 1829 | - |
Giuseppe Provana di Collegno Gerolamo Cravosio | 1 January 1830 | 31 December 1831 | - |
Enrico Seyssel d'Aix Ignazio Michelotti | 1 January 1832 | 31 December 1832 | - |
Michele Benso di Cavour Giuseppe Villa | 1 January 1833 | 31 December 1834 | - |
Carlo Pallio di Rinco Luca Martin di San Martino | 1 January 1835 | 31 December 1835 | - |
Luigi Mola di Larissé Giovanni Ignazio Pansoya | 1 January 1836 | 31 December 1836 | - |
Carlo Nicolis di Robilant Amedeo Chiavarina di Rubiana | 1 January 1837 | 31 December 1837 | - |
Carlo Cacherano d'Osasco Giuseppe Bosco di Ruffino | 1 January 1838 | 31 December 1838 | - |
Carlo Galli della Loggia Luigi Rostagno di Villaretto | 1 January 1839 | 31 December 1839 | - |
Giuseppe Pochettini di Serravalle Ignazio Marchetti Melina | 1 January 1840 | 31 December 1840 | - |
Paolo Gazzelli di Rossana Pietro Villanis | 1 January 1841 | 31 December 1841 | - |
Antonio Nomis di Pollone Angelo Borbonese | 1 January 1842 | 31 December 1843 | - |
Cesare Romagnano di Virle Giuseppe Ponte di Pino | 1 January 1844 | 31 December 1844 | - |
Giuseppe Pochettini di Serravalle Giuseppe Bosco di Ruffino | 1 January 1845 | 31 December 1845 | - |
Vittorio Colli di Felizzano Giovanni Nigra | 1 January 1846 | 31 December 1848 | - |
Kingdom of Sardinia (1848–1861)
The office of Mayor of Turin was created by the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1848 after the promulgation of the Albertine Statute.Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | |
1 | Francesco 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)
After 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.Italian Republic (since 1946)
City Council election (1946-1993)
From 1946 to 1993, the Mayor of Turin was elected by the City Council.Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | Coalition | Election | |
1 | Celeste Negarville | 17 December 1946 | 13 May 1948 | PCI | PCI PSI | 1946 |
2 | Domenico Coggiola | 13 May 1948 | 16 July 1951 | PCI | PCI PSI | 1946 |
3 | Amedeo Peyron | 16 July 1951 | 26 February 1962 | DC | DC PLI | 1951 |
3 | Amedeo Peyron | 16 July 1951 | 26 February 1962 | DC | DC PLI | 1956 |
3 | Amedeo Peyron | 16 July 1951 | 26 February 1962 | DC | DC PLI | 1960 |
4 | Giovanni Carlo Anselmetti | 26 February 1962 | 21 October 1964 | DC | DC PLI | 1960 |
5 | Luciano Jona | 21 October 1964 | 20 February 1965 | PLI | DC PLI | 1960 |
6 | Giuseppe Grosso | 20 February 1965 | 9 September 1968 | DC | DC PLI | 1964 |
7 | Andrea Guglielminetti | 9 September 1968 | 22 July 1970 | DC | DC PLI | 1964 |
8 | Giovanni Porcellana | 22 July 1970 | 12 April 1973 | DC | DC PSI PSDI PRI | 1970 |
9 | Guido Secreto | 12 April 1973 | 5 December 1973 | PSDI | DC PSI PSDI PRI | 1970 |
10 | Giovanni Picco | 5 December 1973 | 14 July 1975 | DC | DC PSI PSDI PRI | 1970 |
11 | Diego Novelli | 14 July 1975 | 25 January 1985 | PCI | PCI PSI | 1975 |
11 | Diego Novelli | 14 July 1975 | 25 January 1985 | PCI | PCI PSI | 1980 |
12 | Giorgio Cardetti | 25 January 1985 | 20 July 1987 | PSI | PCI PSI | - |
12 | Giorgio Cardetti | 25 January 1985 | 20 July 1987 | PSI | DC PSI PLI PSDI PRI | 1985 |
13 | Maria Magnani Noya | 20 July 1987 | 30 July 1990 | PSI | DC PSI PLI PSDI PRI | 1985 |
14 | Valerio Zanone | 30 July 1990 | 11 February 1992 | PLI | DC PSI PLI PSDI PRI | 1990 |
15 | Giovanna Cattaneo Incisa | 11 February 1992 | 14 December 1992 | PRI | DC PSI PLI PSDI PRI | 1990 |
- | Riccardo Malpica | 14 December 1992 | 24 June 1993 | Special prefectural commissioner | – |
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Direct election (since 1993)
Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Turin is chosen by direct election, originally every four then every five years.Timeline
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from: 13/04/1948 till: 16/07/1951 color:claret text:"Coggiola" fontsize:10
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from: 26/02/1962 till: 21/10/1964 color:skyblue text:"Anselmetti" fontsize:10
from: 21/10/1964 till: 20/02/1965 color:blue text:"Jona" fontsize:10
from: 20/02/1965 till: 09/09/1968 color:skyblue text:"Grosso" fontsize:10
from: 09/09/1968 till: 22/07/1970 color:skyblue text:"Giglielminetti" fontsize:10
from: 20/07/1970 till: 12/04/1973 color:skyblue text:"Porcellana" fontsize:10
from: 12/04/1973 till: 12/12/1973 color:pink text:"Secreto" fontsize:10
from: 12/12/1973 till: 14/07/1975 color:skyblue text:"Picco" fontsize:10
from: 14/07/1975 till: 25/01/1985 color:claret text:"Novelli" fontsize:10
from: 25/01/1985 till: 20/07/1987 color:red text:"Cardetti" fontsize:10
from: 20/07/1987 till: 30/07/1990 color:red text:"Noya" fontsize:10
from: 30/07/1990 till: 11/02/1992 color:blue text:"Zanone" fontsize:10
from: 11/02/1992 till: 14/12/1992 color:green text:"Incisa" fontsize:10
from: 24/06/1993 till: 01/06/2001 color:pink text:"Castellani" fontsize:10
from: 01/06/2001 till: 16/05/2011 color:red text:"Chiamparino" fontsize:10
from: 16/05/2011 till: 20/06/2016 color:red text:"Fassino" fontsize:10
from: 20/06/2016 till: 20/02/2020 color:yellow text:"Appendino" fontsize:10
Elections
Mayoral and Council election, 1993
The election took place in two rounds: the first on 21 November and the second on 5 DecemberThe main candidates were Diego Novelli, former mayor of Turin supported by The Network and the Communist Refoundation Party, and Valentino Castellani, supported by the Democratic Party of the Left, Democratic Alliance and the Federation of the Greens.
Mayoral and Council election, 1997
The election took place in two rounds: the first on 27 April and the second on 11 MayThe main candidates were Raffaele Costa, supported by Silvio Berlusconi's coalition Pole of Freedoms and by some Christian-democratic parties, and the outgoing mayor Valentino Castellani, supported by Romano Prodi's coalition The Olive Tree.
Mayoral and Council election, 2001
The election took place in two rounds: the first on 13 May and the second on 27 May 2001.The main candidates were Roberto Rosso, supported by Silvio Berlusconi's center-right coalition, and Sergio Chiamparino, supported by Francesco Rutelli's center-left coalition The Olive Tree.
Mayoral and Council election, 2006
The election took place on 29–30 May 2006.The main candidates were the incumbent mayor Sergio Chiamparino, supported by Romano Prodi's coalition The Olive Tree, and the minister Rocco Buttiglione, from the centrist party UDC and supported by Silvio Berlusconi's coalition House of Freedom.
Chiamparino won the election with the 66% of the votes.
Mayoral and Council election, 2011
The election took place on 15–16 MayThe main candidates were the Michele Coppola, from Silvio Berlusconi's party People of Freedom, and the Piero Fassino, from Democratic Party. Fassino was chosen as the candidate for the center-left coalition on 26 February 2011 with the coalition primary elections.
Michele Coppola was supported by a big center-right coalition, composed by People of Freedom, Lega Nord, The Right – Tricolour Flame and some civic lists. Piero Fassino was supported by Democratic Party, Left Ecology Freedom, Italy of Values and some civic lists.
Mayoral and Council election, 2016
The election took place in two rounds: the first on 5 June and the second on 19 June.The main candidates were the incumbent mayor Piero Fassino, from Democratic Party, Chiara Appendino, from Five Star Movement, Alberto Morano, supported by Northern League and Brothers of Italy, Osvaldo Napoli, from Forza Italia, and Giorgio Airaudo, from Italian Left.
On the first round Fassino was ahead with the 41% of the votes, but then Appendino won the second round with the 54% of the votes.