List of mayors of Palermo

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]

Mayor of Palermo
Sindaco di Palermo
Incumbent
Leoluca Orlando (PD)
since 22 May 2012
ResidencePalazzo Pretorio
AppointerPopular election
Term length5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holderSalesio Balsano
FormationJuly 1861
Salary€121,188
WebsiteOfficial website

Overview
Palermo's City Hall

According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Palermo is member of the Palermo 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 has been 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)

Mayors

In 1860, the nascent Kingdom of Italy created the office of the Mayor of Palermo (Italian: Sindaco di Palermo), chosen by the city council.

  • 1861-1862, Salesio Balsamo
  • 1862-1863, Mariano Stabile
  • 1863-1866, Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì
  • 1866-1873, Salesio Balsano
  • 1873-1876, Emanuale Notarbartolo
  • 1876-1878, Francesco Paolo Perez
  • 1878-1880, Giovanni Raffaele
  • 1880-1881, Salesio Balsano
  • 1881-1882, Nicolò Turrisi Colonna
  • 1882-1885, Piero Ugo Delle Fave
  • 1885, Salvatore Romano Lo Faso
  • 1885, Fortunato Vergara di Fraco
  • 1885-1886, Giulio Benso Sammartino Duca della Verdura
  • 1886-1887, Nicolò Turrisi Colonna
  • 1887-1890, Giulio Benso Sammartino Duca della Verdura
  • 1890-1892, Emanuele Paternò
  • 1892-1893, Piero Ugo Delle Fave
  • 1893-1895, Eugenio Olivieri
  • 1895-1897, Angelo Pantaleone
  • 1897-1898, Michele Amato Pojero
  • 1898-1900, Eugenio Olivieri
  • 1900, Maria Rebucci
  • 1900-1901, Paolo Beccadelli di Camporeale
  • 1901-1902, Pietro Vayrat
  • 1902-1903, Giuseppe Tasca Lanza
  • 1903-1905, Pietro Buonanno
  • 1905-1906, Girolamo di Martino
  • 1906-1907, Giuseppe Tasca Lanza
  • 1907-1908, Pietro Francesco Tesauro
  • 1908-1909, Gennauro Bladier
  • 1909-1910, Romualdo Trigona di Sant'Elia
  • 1910-1911, Francesco Gay
  • 1911-1912, Girolamo di Martino
  • 1912-1914, Vincenzo di Salvo
  • 1914-1920, Salvatore Tagliavia
  • 1920-1924, Giuseppe Lanza di Scalea
  • 1924-1925, Salvatore Del Sano
  • 1925-1926, Salvatore Di Marzo

Fascist Podestà

The Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils in 1926, replacing them with an authoritarian Podestà chosen by the National Fascist Party:

  • 1926-1929, Salvatore Di Marzo
  • 1929-1933, Michele Spadafora
  • 1933-1934, prefectural dictator Giuseppe Borrelli
  • 1934-1939, Giuseppe Noto
  • 1939-1943, Giuseppe Sofia
  • 1943-1946, some special commissioners (Allied invasion of Sicily)

Republic of Italy (1946-present)

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

  Mayor Term start Term end Party Coalition
1 Gennaro Patricolo November 1946 March 1948 UQ UQ - PLI
2 Guido Avolio March 1948 November 1948 UQ DC - PRI - PLI - UQ
3 Gaspare Causenza November 1948 April 1951 DC DC - PRI - PLI
(2) Guido Avolio April 1951 January 1952 DC DC - PRI - PLI
4 Gioacchino Scaduto January 1952 April 1956 DC DC - PRI - PLI
5 Luciano Maugeri April 1956 May 1958 DC DC - PRI - PLI
6 Salvatore Lima May 1958 January 1963 DC DC - PRI - PLI
7 Francesco Saverio Diliberto January 1963 July 1964 DC DC - PRI - PLI
8 Paolo Bevilacqua July 1964 January 1965 DC DC - PRI - PLI
(6) Salvatore Lima January 1965 July 1966 DC DC - PRI - PLI
(8) Paolo Bevilacqua July 1966 October 1968 DC DC - PRI - PLI
9 Francesco Spagnolo October 1968 November 1970 DC
10 Vito Ciancimino November 1970 April 1971 DC DC - PRI - PLI
11 Giacomo Marchello April 1971 January 1976 DC DC - PRI - PLI
12 Carmelo Scoma January 1976 October 1978 DC DC - PRI - PLI
13 Giovanni Lapi October 1978 November 1978 DC DC - PRI - PLI
14 Salvatore Mantione November 1978 July 1980 DC DC - PRI - PLI
15 Nello Martellucci July 1980 April 1983 DC DC - PRI - PLI
16 Elda Pucci April 1983 April 1984 DC DC - PSI - PRI - PLI
17 Giuseppe Insalaco April 1984 August 1984 DC DC - PSI - PRI - PLI
18 Stefano Camilleri Agusut 1984 October 1984 DC DC - PSI - PRI - PLI
(15) Nello Martellucci October 1984 December 1984 DC DC - PSI - PRI - PLI
19 Leoluca Orlando July 1985 August 1990 DC DC - PSI - PRI - PLI
20 Domenico Lo Vasco August 1990 June 1992 DC DC - PSI - PRI - PLI
21 Aldo Rizzo June 1992 December 1992 SI PDS - SI
22 Manlio Orobello December 1992 April 1993 PSI DC - PSI - PRI - PLI

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


 Mayor of Palermo Took office Left office Party Coalition Election
(19) Leoluca Orlando 3 December 1993 16 December 2000[2] LR
Dem		 Progressives
(PDS  • PRC  • LR  • FdV)
3 December 1993 – 30 November 1997		 1993
The Olive Tree
(PDS  • PPI  • PRC  • LR  • FdV)
30 November 1997 – 16 December 2000		 1997
Guglielmo Serio 16 December 2000 26 November 2001 Special Commissioner
23 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
(19) 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

References
  1. "Sindaci e commissari dal 1861 a oggi". Comune di Palermo. 22 May 2012. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  2. Resigned.
  3. Resigned.
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