List of mayors of Grosseto

Mayor of Grosseto
Sindaco di Grosseto
AppointerPopular election
Term length5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holderDomenico Ponticelli
Formation1865
DeputyBruno Ceccherini
WebsiteOfficial website

The mayor of Grosseto is an elected politician who, along with the Grosseto's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Grosseto in Tuscany, Italy. The current mayor is Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna, a centre-right independent, who took office on 23 June 2016.[1][2]

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Grosseto is member of the city council.

The mayor is elected by the population of Grosseto, who also elects the members of the city council, controlling the 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 Grosseto'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 (1861–1946)

In 1865, the Kingdom of Italy created the office of the mayor of Grosseto (Sindaco di Grosseto), appointed by the King himself. From 1889 to 1926 the mayor was elected by the city council. In 1926, the Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils, replacing them with an authoritarian Podestà chosen by the National Fascist Party. The office of mayor was restored in 1944 during the Allied occupation.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party
– Angelo Ferri[3] 1859 1864
– Luigi Romualdi[3] 1864 1865
1 Domenico Ponticelli 1865 1867
2 Angelo Ferri 1870 1870
3 Ippolito Andreini 1870 1879
4 Ippolito Luciani 1880 1886
5 Benedetto Ponticelli 1888 1891
6 Giovanni Pizzetti 1891 1894
7 Carlo Ponticelli 1895 1902
8 Egidio Bruchi 1902 1919
9 Tito Bolognesi 1920 1921 Italian Socialist Party
10 Benedetto Pallini 1922 1924 Italian Liberal Party
11 Ado Scaramucci 1925 1926 National Fascist Party
Fascist Podestà (1926–1943)
1 Ado Scaramucci 1926 1935 National Fascist Party
2 Ezio Saletti 1935 1937 National Fascist Party
3 Angelo Maestrini 1938 1943 National Fascist Party
Allied occupation (1944–1946)
12 Lio Lenzi[4] 17 June 1944 27 March 1946 Italian Communist Party

Timeline

Italian Republic (since 1946)

City Council election (1946–1993)

From 1946 to 1993, the Mayor of Grosseto was elected by the City's Council.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party
1 Lio Lenzi 27 March 1946 10 June 1951 Italian Communist Party
2 Renato Pollini 29 July 1951 7 June 1970 Italian Communist Party
3 Giovanni Battista Finetti 20 July 1970 15 February 1982 Italian Communist Party
4 Flavio Tattarini 15 February 1982 23 January 1992 Italian Communist Party
5 Loriano Valentini 23 January 1992 22 June 1993 Democratic Party of the Left

Direct election (since 1993)

Since 1993, under provisions of a new local administration law, the Mayor of Grosseto is chosen by direct election.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party
(5) Loriano Valentini 22 June 1993 28 April 1997 Democratic Party of the Left
6 Alessandro Antichi 28 April 1997 14 May 2001 Forza Italia
14 May 2001 16 May 2005[5]
– Gabriele Bellettini
(acting mayor) 		16 May 2005 30 May 2006 Union of the Centre
7 Emilio Bonifazi 30 May 2006 29 May 2011 The Daisy
Democratic Party
29 May 2011 23 June 2016
8 Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna 23 June 2016 8 October 2021 Centre-right independent
8 October 2021 Incumbent

Timeline

By time in office

Rank Mayor Political Party Total time in office Terms
1 Renato Pollini PCI 18 years, 343 days 4
2 Giovanni Battista Finetti PCI 11 years, 210 days 3
3 Emilio Bonifazi PD 10 years, 24 days 2
4 Flavio Tattarini PCI 8 years, 357 days 3
5 Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna Ind 8 years, 180 days 2
6 Alessandro Antichi FI 8 years, 18 days 2
7 Loriano Valentini PDS 5 years, 95 days 2
8 Lio Lenzi PCI 4 years, 228 days 1

Deputy Mayor

The office of the deputy mayor of Grosseto was officially created in 1993 with the adoption of the new local administration law. The deputy mayor is nominated and eventually dismissed by the mayor. Here is a list of deputy mayors of Grosseto:[6][7]

  Deputy Term start Term end Party Mayor
1 Anna Maria Spada 23 June 1993 7 May 1997 Ind Valentini
2 Andrea Agresti 7 May 1997 24 May 2001 AN Antichi
24 May 2001 4 April 2005[a]
3 Gabriele Bellettini 4 April 2005 15 June 2006 UdC
4 Lucia Matergi 15 June 2006 17 May 2010[b] DS-PD Bonifazi
5 Paolo Borghi 17 May 2010 11 June 2011 PD
11 June 2011 27 June 2016
6 Luca Agresti 27 June 2016 18 October 2021 FI Vivarelli Colonna
7 Fabrizio Rossi 18 October 2021 21 February 2023[c] FdI
8 Bruno Ceccherini 21 February 2023 Incumbent FdI
Notes
  1. ^ Resigned after his election at the Regional Council of Tuscany.
  2. ^ Resigned after her election at the Regional Council of Tuscany.
  3. ^ Resigned after his election at the Chamber of Deputies.

References

  1. ^ "Grosseto, la roccaforte Pd va al centrodestra". Corriere della Sera. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Vivarelli Colonna indossa la fascia tricolore: è ufficialmente sindaco di Grosseto". Il Tirreno. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b Gonfaloniere.
  4. ^ Appointed by the National Liberation Committee.
  5. ^ Resigned in order to run for the Presidency of Tuscany during the 2005 regional elections.
  6. ^ Anagrafe amministratori locali
  7. ^ Bonifazi, Emilio (2015). Grosseto e i suoi amministratori dal 1944 al 2015. Grosseto: Innocenti Editore.

Bibliography

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  • Bonifazi, Emilio (2015). Grosseto e i suoi amministratori dal 1944 al 2015. Grosseto: Innocenti Editore.
  • Giorgio Bonfiglioli, ed. (2017). Grosseto. Appunti storici. Grosseto: Innocenti Editore.
  • Valeria Galimi, ed. (2018). Il fascismo a Grosseto. Figure e articolazioni del potere in provincia (1922-1938). Arcidosso: Edizioni Effigi.