List of mayors of Alessandria

Mayor of Alessandria
Sindaco di Alessandria
Incumbent Giorgio Abonante (PD) since 28 June 2022
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Formation	1848
Website	Official website

Palazzo del Municipio is the seat of the Mayor of Alessandria.

The Mayor of Alessandria is an elected politician who, along with the Alessandria's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Alessandria in Piedmont, Italy.

The current Mayor is Giorgio Abonante (PD), who took office on 28 June 2022. ^[1]

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Alessandria is member of the City Council.

The Mayor is elected by the population of Alessandria, 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 Alessandria'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.

Republic of Italy (since 1946)

City Council election (1946–1993)

From 1946 to 1993, the Mayor of Alessandria was elected by the City Council.

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
1	Giuseppe Moccagatta	1946	1946	PSI
2	Giovanni Porta	1946	1947	PSI
3	Nicola Basile	1947	1964	PSI
4	Amaele Abbiati	1964	1967	PSI
5	Piero Magrassi	1967	1972	PSI
6	Felice Borgoglio	1972	1979	PSI
7	Francesco Barrera	1979	1985	PSI
8	Giuseppe Mirabelli	1985	1991	PSI
9	Giovanni Battista Priano	1991	1992	PSI
10	Gian Luca Veronesi	1992	1993	PSI

Direct election (since 1993)

Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Alessandria is chosen by popular election, originally every four and since 1997 every five years.

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party	Coalition		Election
11	Francesca Calvo	6 December 1993	1 December 1997	LN		LN	1993
		1 December 1997	10 June 2002			LN	1997
12	Mara Scagni	10 June 2002	28 May 2007	DS		DS  • DL  • PdCI	2002
13	Piercarlo Fabbio	28 May 2007	21 May 2012	FI		FI  • AN  • LN  • UDC	2007
14	Maria Rita Rossa	21 May 2012	27 June 2017	PD		PD  • IdV  • SEL  • FdS	2012
15	Gianfranco Cuttica di Revigliasco	27 June 2017	28 June 2022	LN		FI  • LN  • FdI	2017
16	Giorgio Abonante	28 June 2022	Incumbent	PD		PD  • M5S	2022

References

1. "Il neo sindaco di Alessandria: lo scatto di Abonante al ballottaggio". la Stampa (in Italian). 27 June 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.