List of mayors of Barletta

Mayor of Barletta
Sindaco di Barletta
Incumbent Cosimo Cannito (centre-right independent) since 15 June 2018
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Formation	1860
Website	Official website

The mayor of Barletta is an elected politician who, along with the Barletta's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Barletta in Apulia, Italy. The current mayor is Cosimo Cannito, a centre-right independent, who took office on 15 June 2018 and was re-elected for a second term in 2022. ^{[1] [2]}

Overview

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

The mayor is elected by the population of Barletta, 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 1994 the mayor is elected directly by Barletta'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.

Italian Republic (since 1946)

City Council election (1946–1994)

From 1946 to 1994, the mayor of Barletta was elected by the city's council.

Direct election (since 1994)

Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the mayor of Barletta is chosen by direct election.

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
21	Raffaele Fiore	27 June 1994	6 February 1996	Italian People's Party
22	Ruggiero Dimiccoli	24 June 1996	10 June 1997	Democratic Party of the Left
23	Francesco Salerno	4 December 1997	28 May 2002	Democrats of the Left
		28 May 2002	31 May 2005
24	Nicola Maffei	30 May 2006	21 May 2011	The Daisy Democratic Party
		21 May 2011	30 October 2012
25	Pasquale Cascella	12 June 2013	4 May 2018	Democratic Party
26	Cosimo Cannito	15 June 2018	13 October 2021	Independent (centre-right)
		29 June 2022	Incumbent

References

1. "Cosimo Cannito". Ministry of the Interior of Italy (in Italian). Retrieved 15 May 2019.
2. "Risultati elezioni comunali 2018 a Barletta. Cosimo Damiano Cannito vince le elezioni amministrative con il 53,0% dei voti". Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). Retrieved 15 May 2019.

Bibliography

• "Storia politica: sindaci di Barletta dal '90 ad oggi". Barletta Viva (in Italian). 1 February 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2019.