List of mayors of Palermo

Mayor of Palermo Sindaco di Palermo
Incumbent Leoluca Orlando (Rete2018) 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)

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.

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
19			Leoluca Orlando	22 November 1993	4 December 2000[2]	The Network		PDS - PRC - Rete - Greens 22 November 1993 – 30 November 1997
								PDS - PRC - Rete - Greens 30 November 1997 – 4 December 2000
20			Diego Cammarata	26 November 2001	19 January 2012[3]	Forza Italia then The People of Freedom		House of Freedoms 26 November 2001 – 14 May 2007
								House of Freedoms 14 May 2007 – 19 January 2012
(19)			Leoluca Orlando	22 May 2012	Incumbent	Italy of Values		IdV - FdS since 22 May 2012

Elections

Mayoral and Council election, 2012

See also

• Timeline of Palermo

References