List of mayors of Palermo

Mayor of Palermo Sindaco di Palermo
Incumbent Leoluca Orlando (PD) since 22 May 2012
Residence	Palazzo Pretorio
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Salesio Balsano
Formation	July 1861
Succession	May 2017
Salary	€121,188
Website	Official website

The Mayor of Palermo is an elected politician who, along with the Palermo’s City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Palermo in Sicily, Italy. The current Mayor is Leoluca Orlando from Italy of Values, who took office on 22 May 2012.^[1]

Overview

Palermo's City Hall

According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Palermo is member of the Palermo's City Council.

The Mayor is elected by the population of Palermo. 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 1993 the Mayor is elected directly by Palermo'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 (1860-1946)

Republic of Italy (1946-present)

From 1946 to 1993, the Mayor of Palermo was chosen by the City council.

Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Palermo is chosen by popular election, originally every four, and later every five years.

	Mayor of Palermo			Took office	Left office	Party	Coalition		Election
(15)			Leoluca Orlando	22 November 1993	4 December 2000[2]	LR		Progressives (PDS - PRC - LR - FdV) 22 November 1993 – 30 November 1997	1993
								The Olive Tree (PDS - PPI - PRC - LR - FdV) 30 November 1997 – 4 December 2000	1997
			Guglielmo Serio	4 December 2000	26 November 2001			Special Commissioner
19			Diego Cammarata	26 November 2001	19 January 2012[3]	FI / PdL		House of Freedoms (FI - AN - CCD - CDU) 26 November 2001 – 14 May 2007	2001
								House of Freedoms (FI - AN - UDC) 14 May 2007 – 19 January 2012	2007
			Luisa Latella	19 January 2012	22 May 2012			Special Commissioner
(15)			Leoluca Orlando	22 May 2012	Incumbent	IdV / LR18 / PD		IdV - FdS - FdV 22 May 2012 – 13 June 2017	2012
								PD - SI - PRC and other center-left independents since 13 June 2017	2017

See also

• Timeline of Palermo

References