Mayor of Milan
The Mayor of Milan (Italian: Sindaco di Milano) is an elected politician who, along with the Milan’s City Council of 48 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Milan in northern Italy. The title is the equivalent of Lord Mayor in the meaning of an actual executive leader.
| Mayor of Milan
Sindaco di Milano | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Appointer | Electorate of Milan |
| Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Antonio Durini |
| Formation | 8 November 1807 |
| Deputy | Anna Scavuzzo |
| Salary | €114,741 per year |
The current mayor of Milan is Giuseppe Sala, a centre-left wing independent leading a progressive alliance composed by the Democratic Party and Italian Left.
Overview
According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Milan is member of the Milan's City Council. Although the title Mayor is not held by the heads of the nine boroughs of Milan, because they do not actually preside over self-governmental municipalities.
The Mayor is elected by the population of Milan. 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 Milan'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 Mayor and of the City Council is the city hall Palazzo Marino, in Piazza della Scala.
List
Rectors
| Mayor | Term start | Term end | Appointer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Durini | 30 November 1807 | 22 October 1814 | Napoleon I of France |
| 2 | Cesare Giulini Della Porta | 22 October 1814 | 2 January 1820 | Francis I of Austria |
| 3 | Carlo Villa | 2 January 1820 | 7 August 1827 | |
| (1) | Antonio Durini | 7 August 1827 | 2 January 1837 | |
| 4 | Gabrio Casati | 2 January 1837 | 3 August 1848 | Ferdinand I of Austria |
| 5 | Franz Graf von Wimpffen | 3 August 1848 | 6 January 1849 | Franz Joseph I of Austria |
| 6 | Antonio Pestalozza | 6 January 1849 | 27 November 1856 | |
| 7 | Giuseppe Sebregondi | 27 November 1856 | 10 June 1859 | |
| 8 | Luigi Barbiano di Belgioioso | 10 June 1859 | 26 January 1860 | Victor Emmanuel II of Italy |
Mayors
Kingdom of Italy (1860-1946)
| Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Beretta | 26 January 1860 | 13 February 1867 | Right | |||
| 2 | Giulio Belinzaghi | 13 February 1867 | 25 April 1884 | Right | |||
| 3 | Gaetano Negri | 25 April 1884 | 21 November 1889 | Right | |||
| (2) | Giulio Belinzaghi | 21 November 1889 | 28 September 1892 | Right | |||
| 4 | Giuseppe Vigoni | 28 September 1892 | 18 September 1899 | Right | |||
| 5 | Giuseppe Mussi | 18 September 1899 | 16 September 1903 | Left | |||
| 6 | Giambattista Barinetti | 16 September 1903 | 7 February 1905 | Left | |||
| 7 | Ettore Ponti | 7 February 1905 | 11 May 1909 | Right | |||
| 8 | Bassano Gabba | 11 May 1909 | 30 January 1911 | Right | |||
| 9 | Emanuele Greppi | 30 January 1911 | 30 June 1914 | Liberal | |||
| 10 | Emilio Caldara | 30 June 1914 | 20 November 1920 | Socialist | |||
| 11 | Angelo Filippetti | 20 November 1920 | 30 December 1922 | Socialist | |||
| 12 | Luigi Mangiagalli | 30 December 1922 | 19 August 1926 | Liberal | |||
| Fascist Podestà (1926-1945) | |||||||
| 1 | Ernesto Belloni | 19 August 1926 | 6 September 1928 | PNF | |||
| 2 | Giuseppe De Capitani d'Arzago | 6 September 1928 | 20 November 1929 | PNF | |||
| 3 | Marcello Visconti di Modrone | 20 November 1929 | 19 November 1935 | PNF | |||
| 4 | Guido Pesenti | 19 November 1935 | 13 June 1938 | PNF | |||
| 5 | Gian Giacomo Gallarati Scotti | 13 June 1938 | 14 August 1943 | PNF | |||
| 6 | Piero Parini | 14 October 1943 | 4 May 1944 | PFR | |||
| 7 | Guido Andreoni | 4 May 1944 | 13 September 1944 | PFR | |||
| 8 | Giuseppe Spinelli | 13 September 1944 | 23 January 1945 | PFR | |||
| 9 | Mario Colombo | 23 January 1945 | 25 April 1945 | PFR | |||
| Liberation (1945-1946) | |||||||
| 13 | Antonio Greppi | 25 April 1945 | 7 April 1946 | Socialist | |||
Republic of Italy (1946-present)
From 1946 to 1993, the Mayor of Milan was chosen by the City Council.
| Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | Coalition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Greppi | 7 April 1946 | 25 June 1951 | PSI | PSI - PCI - DC |
| 2 | Virgilio Ferrari | 25 June 1951 | 21 January 1961 | PSDI | DC - PSDI |
| 3 | Gino Cassinis | 21 January 1961 | 17 February 1964 | PSDI | DC - PSDI - PSI |
| 4 | Pietro Bucalossi | 17 February 1964 | 13 December 1967 | PSDI | DC - PSDI - PSI |
| 5 | Aldo Aniasi | 13 December 1967 | 12 May 1976 | PSI | DC - PSDI - PSI (1967–75) PCI - PSI (1975–76) |
| 6 | Carlo Tognoli | 12 May 1976 | 21 December 1986 | PSI | PCI - PSI (1976–77) PCI - PSI - PSDI (1977–85) DC - PSI - PRI (1985–86) |
| 7 | Paolo Pillitteri | 21 December 1986 | 18 January 1992 | PSI | DC - PSI - PRI (1986–87) PCI - PSI - FdV - PSDI (1987–90) PCI - PSI - PRI - FdV - PSDI (1990–92) |
| 8 | Giampiero Borghini | 18 January 1992 | 11 March 1993 | PSI | DC - PSI - PSDI - PLI |
| - | Claudio Gelati | 11 March 1993 | 21 June 1993 | - | Special prefectural commissioner[lower-alpha 1] |
- Notes
- Nominated by the Prefect after the Mayor and the members of the City Council resigned in order to hold a new election under the provision of the new local electoral law.
Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Milan is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 2001 every five years.
| Mayor of Milan | Took office | Left office | Party | Coalition | Election | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 |  |
Marco Formentini (b. 1930) |
21 June 1993 | 12 May 1997 | LN | LN 21 June 1993 – 12 May 1997 |
1993 | |
| 10 |  |
Gabriele Albertini (b. 1950) |
12 May 1997 | 1 June 2006 | FI | FI • AN • CCD 12 May 1997 – 14 May 2001 |
1997 | |
| FI • AN • LN • UDC 14 May 2001 – 1 June 2006 |
2001 | |||||||
| 11 |  |
Letizia Moratti (b. 1949) |
1 June 2006 | 1 June 2011 | FI | FI • AN • LN • UDC 1 June 2006 – 1 June 2011 |
2006 | |
| 12 |  |
Giuliano Pisapia (b. 1949) |
1 June 2011 | 21 June 2016 | SEL | PD • SEL • FdS 1 June 2011 – 21 June 2016 |
2011 | |
| 13 |  |
Giuseppe Sala (b. 1958) |
21 June 2016 | incumbent | PD | PD • SI since 21 June 2016 |
2016 | |
Timeline
By time in office
| Rank | Mayor | Political Party | Total time in office | Terms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlo Tognoli | PSI | 10 years, 223 days | 2 |
| 2 | Virgilio Ferrari | PSDI | 9 years, 210 days | 2 |
| 3 | Gabriele Albertini | FI | 9 years, 20 days | 2 |
| 4 | Aldo Aniasi | PSI | 8 years, 151 days | 2 |
| 5 | Antonio Greppi | PSI | 5 years, 79 days | 1 |
| 6 | Paolo Pillitteri | PSI | 5 years, 28 days | 2 |
| 7 | Giuliano Pisapia | SEL | 5 years, 20 days | 1 |
| 8 | Letizia Moratti | FI | 5 years, 0 days | 1 |
| 9 | Giuseppe Sala | PD | 4 years, 1 day | 1 |
| 10 | Marco Formentini | LN | 3 years, 325 days | 1 |
| 11 | Pietro Bucalossi | PSDI | 3 years, 299 days | 1 |
| 12 | Gino Cassinis | PSDI | 3 years, 27 days | 1 |
| 13 | Giampiero Borghini | PSI | 1 year, 52 days | 1 |
