List of mayors of Naples

Mayor of Naples Sindaco di Napoli
Incumbent Luigi De Magistris since 1 June 2011
Appointer	Electorate of Naples
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Andrea Colonna
Formation	August 8, 1860
Succession	May–June 2016
Deputy	Tommaso Sodano
Salary	€63,167
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Naples' City Hall.

Castel Nuovo, seat of the City Council.

The Mayor of Naples is an elected politician who, along with the Naples’s City Council of 50 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Naples. Since 1 June 2011, Luigi De Magistris holds the position. Previously, the position was held by Rosa Russo Iervolino from the May 2001 until his succession by De Magistris.

The following is a list of Mayors of Naples, Italy.

List of Mayors of Naples

Kingdom of Naples (1806-1815)

• 1806-1808 — Antonio Lignola
• 1808-1813 — Michele Filangieri
• 1813-1817 — Marino Carafa

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1815-1861)

• 1817-1818 — Michele dei Medici
• 1818-1821 — Carlo Caracciolo
• 1821-1923 — Francesco Tocco
• 1823-1829 — Giuseppe Pignatelli
• 1829-1830 — Andrea Coppola
• 1830-1835 — Troiano Spinelli
• 1835-1839 — Giuseppe Caracciolo
• 1839-1848 — Nazario Sanfelice
• 1848-1857 — Antonio Carafa
• 1857-1860 — Giuseppe Pignone del Carretto

Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)

In 1860, the nascent Kingdom of Italy created the office of the Mayor of Naples (Sindaco di Napoli), which from 1889 were chosen by the City council.

Republic of Italy (1946-present)

From 1946 to 1993, the Mayor of Naples was chosen by the City council. Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Naples is chosen by popular election, originally every four, and later every five years:

	Mayor of Naples			Took office	Left office	Party	Coalition
1			Giuseppe Buonocore	14 December 1946	28 February 1948	Monarchist National Party		BNL - DC 14 December 1946 – 28 February 1948
2			Domenico Moscati	28 February 1948	9 July 1952	Christian Democracy		BNL - DC - PLI 28 February 1948 – 9 July 1952
3			Achille Lauro	9 July 1952	18 October 1962	Monarchist National Party then Italian Democratic Party		PNM - MSI 9 July 1952 – 19 September 1957
								PDIUM - DC - PLI 19 September 1957 – 18 October 1962
4			Vincenzo Maria Palmieri	18 October 1962	30 July 1963	Christian Democracy		PDIUM - DC 18 October 1962 – 30 July 1963
5			Fernando Clemente di San Luca	31 July 1963	19 January 1966	Christian Democracy		PDIUM - DC 31 July 1963 – 10 April 1964
								DC - PSI - PSDI 10 April 1964 – 19 January 1966
6			Giovanni Principe	19 January 1966	16 November 1970	Christian Democracy		DC - PSI - PSDI 19 January 1966 – 16 November 1970
7			Gerardo De Michele	16 November 1970	27 September 1975	Christian Democracy		DC - PSI - PSDI - PRI 16 November 1970 – 27 September 1975
8			Maurizio Valenzi	27 September 1975	18 August 1983	Italian Communist Party		PCI - PSI - PSDI 27 September 1975 – 18 August 1983
9			Francesco Picardi	18 August 1983	29 November 1984	Italian Democratic Socialist Party		DC - PSI - PSDI 18 August 1983 – 29 November 1984
10			Carlo D'Amato	29 November 1984	29 July 1986	Italian Socialist Party		DC - PSI - PSDI - PRI - PLI 29 November 1984 – 29 July 1986
11			Pietro Lezzi	29 July 1986	1 August 1990	Italian Socialist Party		DC - PSI - PRI - PLI 29 November 1984 – 1 August 1990
12			Nello Polese	1 August 1990	5 December 1993	Italian Socialist Party		DC - PSI - PRI - PLI 1 August 1990 – 5 December 1993
Elected mayors (1993–present)
13			Antonio Bassolino	5 December 1993	1 June 2001[1]	Democratic Party of the Left then Democrats of the Left		PDS - PRC - FV 5 December 1993 – 1 June 2001
								The Olive Tree December 1, 1997 – June 1, 2001
14			Rosa Russo Iervolino	1 June 2001	1 June 2011	Democracy is Freedom - The Daisy then Democratic Party		The Olive Tree 1 June 2001 – 1 June 2006
								The Olive Tree 1 June 2006 – 1 June 2011
15			Luigi De Magistris	1 June 2011	Incumbent	Italy of Values		IdV - PRC 1 June 2011 – 20 June 2016
						Civic		Civic Lists - SI - IdV - FdV since 20 June 2016

Timeline

Elections

Council elections (1946-1993)

After the Second World War, the first democratic election in Naples took place on November 10, 1946;^[2] for the first time since 1926 the inhabitants (men and women, without distinction) could vote their representatives in the City Council with the proportional system of vote.

In 1946 the conservatives parties of the monarchists and Christian democratics received the 53% of the votes and a big representation in the City Council; the Popolar Democratic Front, which was composed by communists and socialists, received the 31% of the votes and didn't hav the majority in the City Council.

The same thing happened in the others elections (May 25, 1952; May 27, 1956; November 6, 1960; June 10, 1962); instead of the rest of Italy, in Naples the monarchists were very populars and obteined the majority in the City Council for more than 15 years.

In 1964 for the first time the Christian Democracy obteined the 34% of the votes and a strong majority in the City Council.

On 15 June 1975 the communists won the election and could form a coalition with the socialists for have the majority in the Council: the first communist mayor of Naples was Mauro Valenzi (who was re-elected after 1980's election).^[3]

The following is the number of seats of each party in the City Council after each election:

Mayoral and Council election, 1993

The election took place in two rounds: the first on November 21 and the second on December 5.

For the first time under the new electoral law citizens could vote directly the mayor; before this choice was made by the City Council. For the first time in the municipal political history there weren't parties like Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party or Italian Communist Party: the main parties were the Italian Social Movement and the Democratic Party of the Left.

The main candidates were Antonio Bassolino and Benito Mussolini's granddaughter Alessandra. However, there were a lot of others candidates from different parties.

On December 5, 1993, Bassolino won the election and became the first elected mayor of Naples.

Mayoral and Council election, 1997

The election took place on November 16.

The main candidates were Emiddio Novi, supported by Silvio Berlusconi's coalition Pole of Freedoms and by some Christian-democratic parties, and Antonio Bassolino, supported by Romano Prodi's coalition The Olive Tree.

Bassolino won the election with the 73% of the votes.

Mayoral and Council election, 2001

The election took place in two rounds: the first on May 13 and the second on May 27.

The main candidates were Antonio Martusciello, supported by Silvio Berlusconi's center-right coalition, and Rosa Russo Iervolino, supported by Francesco Rutelli's center-left coalition The Olive Tree.

Mayoral and Council election, 2006

The election took place on May 28–29.

The incumbent mayor Rosa Russo Iervolino won with the 57% of the votes.

Mayoral and Council election, 2011

The election took place in two rounds: the first on May 15–16 and the second on May 29–30.

The main candidates were the entrepreneur Gianni Lettieri, from Silvio Berlusconi's party People of Freedom, the prefect Mario Morcone, from Democratic Party, and the magistrate Luigi De Magistris, from Antonio Di Pietro's party Italy of Values.

In March 2011, Morcone was chosen as the candidate center-left coalition with the coalition primary elections. However, De Magistris decided to run without the support of the center-left coalition; he was supported by his party, Communist Refoundation Party and some civic lists.

On the first round Lettieri was ahead with the 37% of the votes, but on the second round De Magistris won the election with the 65% of the votes.

In these election Democratic Party obtained the worst result since 1993, People of Freedom failed once again to conquer the city and De Magistris became the first elected mayor of Naples from a left-wing party.

See also

• Timeline of Naples

References