Mayor of Bari


The Mayor of Bari is an elected politician who, along with the Bari's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Bari in Apulia, Italy, the biggest city of the region. The current Mayor is Antonio Decaro from the Democratic Party, who took office on 23 June 2014.

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Bari is member of the City Council.
The Mayor is elected by the population of Bari, who also elects 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 1995 the Mayor is elected directly by Bari'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.

Italian Republic (since 1946)

City Council election (1946-1995)

From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Bari was elected by the City's Council.
MayorTerm startTerm endParty
1Vito Antonio Di Cagno21 December 194623 June 1952Christian Democracy
Francesco Chieco23 June 195214 July 1956Monarchist National Party
3Nicola Damiani14 July 195628 March 1957Christian Democracy
4Renato Dell'Andro25 July 195914 December 1959Christian Democracy
Giuseppe Papalia21 December 195923 July 1960Italian Socialist Party
Renato Dell'Andro1 August 196025 July 1961Christian Democracy
6Pasquale Prestipino31 July 19615 September 1962Christian Democracy
7Vitantonio Lozupone5 September 19625 August 1964Christian Democracy
8Gennaro Trisorio Liuzzi29 September 196430 July 1970Christian Democracy
9Antonio Laforgia14 October 197023 January 1971Christian Democracy
10Nicola Vernola4 October 19718 May 1976Christian Democracy
11Nicola Lamaddalena12 October 197627 July 1978Christian Democracy
12Luigi Farace28 July 197827 September 1981Christian Democracy
Francesco De Lucia28 September 198121 March 1990Italian Socialist Party
14Enrico Dalfino11 August 199028 December 1991Christian Democracy
Daniela Mazzucca13 January 199230 November 1992Italian Socialist Party
Pietro Laforgia28 January 19936 September 1993Democratic Party of the Left
17Michele Buquicchio3 November 19936 June 1994Christian Democracy
Giovanni Memola15 November 199429 March 1995Italian Socialist Party

Direct election (since 1995)

Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Bari is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and later every five years.