List of mayors of Brescia

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Mayor of Brescia
Sindaca di Brescia
Coat of arms of Brescia.svg
Castelletti.jpg
Incumbent
Laura Castelletti
since 20 May 2023
Style No title, courtesy or style
Reports toBrescia City Council
Seat Palazzo della Loggia
AppointerElectorate of Brescia
Term length 5 years, renewable once
Formation2 March 1860
Salary€ 5.929,83 per month
Website Official website

The mayor of Brescia is an elected politician who, along with the Brescia City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Brescia in Lombardy, Italy.

Contents

The current mayor is Laura Castelletti, elected on 15 May 2023. [1]

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Brescia is a member of the City Council.

The mayor is elected by the population of Brescia, who also elects the members of the City Council, the legislative body which checks 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 executive.

Since 1994 the mayor is elected directly by Brescia's electorate: in all mayoral elections in Italy in cities with a population higher than 15,000 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 on the base of a majority bonus system.

Podestà

Kingdom of Italy (1807-1814)

 PodestàTerm startTerm endAppointer
1Gaetano Maggi di Gradella18071808 Napoleon I of France
2Tommaso Balucanti18081813
3Pietro Ducco18131816

Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (1815-1859)

 PodestàTerm startTerm endAppointer
4 Count Francesco Maggi di Gradella18161819 Francis I of Austria
5Roberto Corniani18191825
6 Count Giovanni Calini18251829
7 Count Bartolomeo Fenaroli Avogadro18291838
8Faustino Feroldi18381847 Ferdinand I of Austria
9Angelo Averoldi18471849
10 Count Luigi Maggi18491855 Franz Joseph I of Austria
11Alessandro Pirlo18551856
(9)Angelo Averoldi18561859
12Diogene Valotti18591860 Victor Emmanuel II of Italy

Mayors

Kingdom of Italy (1860–1946)

 MayorTerm startTerm endParty
Mayors appointed by the King (1860-1889)
1 Tartarino Caprioli.jpg Tartarino Caprioli
(1804–1891)		March 1860April 1860 Right
– No image.svg Nicola Zoppola (acting)
(1827–1907)		April 1860March 1861 Right
2 Diogene Valotti.jpg Diogene Valotti
(1830–1910)		March 1861July 1862 Right
– Paolo Baruchelli.jpg Paolo Baruchelli (acting)
(1810–1872)		20 July 186222 January 1863 Right
– Giovan Battista Formentini.jpg Giovanni Battista Formentini (acting)
(1808–1881)		22 January 186316 March 1863 Right
3 Gaetano Facchi.jpg Gaetano Facchi
(1812–1895)		16 March 186322 March 1867 Right
4 Giovan Battista Formentini.jpg Giovanni Battista Formentini
(1808–1881)		22 March 186724 November 1872 Right
5 Giuseppe Salvadego camera.jpg Giuseppe Salvadego
(1830–1906)		24 November 187216 December 1874 Right
(4) Giovan Battista Formentini.jpg Giovanni Battista Formentini
(1808–1881)		16 December 18742 February 1880 Right
– Giuseppe Bonardi.jpg Giuseppe Bonardi (acting)
(1836–1898)		2 February 188021 September 1880 Left
6 No image.svg Antonio Barbieri
(1828–1886)		21 September 188018 December 1882 Left
– Arturo Finadri.jpg Arturo Finadri (acting)
(1856–1924)		18 December 188231 July 1883 Left
– Teodoro Pertusati.jpg Teodoro Pertusati (acting)
(1836–1897)		31 July 18837 September 1883 Left
7 Giuseppe Bonardi.jpg Giuseppe Bonardi
(1836–1898)		7 September 18831 September 1884 Left
– No image.svg Paolo Riccardi (acting)
(1835–1910)		1 September 188427 September 1884 Left
– Francesco Caprioli.jpg Francesco Caprioli (acting)
(1833–1916)		27 September 18849 May 1885 Right
–Angelo Tasca9 May 18854 July 1885Special Commissioner
(7) Giuseppe Bonardi.jpg Giuseppe Bonardi
(1836–1898)		4 July 188518 November 1889 Left
Mayors elected by the City Council (1889-1926)
(7) Giuseppe Bonardi.jpg Giuseppe Bonardi
(1836–1898)		18 November 188911 May 1895 Left
8 Francesco Bettoni Cazzago.jpg Francesco Bettoni-Cazzago
(1835–1898)		11 May 189512 May 1898 Right
– Giovanni Gottardi.jpg Giovanni Gottardi (acting)
(1840–1915)		12 May 18989 August 1898 Right
9 Carlo Fisogni.jpg Carlo Fisogni
(1854–1936)		9 August 189823 July 1902 Right
–Vittorio Ballauri23 July 190218 August 1902Special Commissioner
10 Federico bettoni.gif Federico Bettoni-Cazzago
(1865–1923)		18 August 190217 December 1904 Left
–Nunzio Vitelli17 December 19049 March 1906Special Commissioner
11 Vincenzo Bettoni Cazzago.jpg Vincenzo Bettoni-Cazzago
(1856–1924)		9 March 19053 September 1906 Right
–Enrico Cerboni3 September 19061 December 1906Special Commissioner
12 Girolamo Orefici Camera.jpg Girolamo Orefici
(1867–1932)		1 December 190626 October 1912 Left
– Paolo Cuzzetti.jpg Paolo Cuzzetti (acting)
(1855–1925)		26 October 191212 July 1914 Left
–Giuseppe Ajroldi12 July 19149 March 1915Special Commissioner
13 Dominatore Mainetti.jpg Dominatore Mainetti
(1861–1920)		9 March 191517 July 1919 Liberal
– Arturo Reggio.jpg Arturo Reggio (acting)
(1879–1959)		17 July 191919 November 1920 Liberal
14 No image.svg Luigi Gadola
(1861–1930)		19 November 192030 March 1923Independent
–Antonio Zanon30 March 192317 July 1924Special Commissioner
–Vittorio Buti17 July 1924March 1925Special Commissioner
–Salvatore PortelliMarch 19257 March 1926Special Commissioner
–Antonio Amorth7 March 192618 March 1926Special Commissioner
–Pietro Calzoni18 March 192616 December 1926Special Commissioner
Fascist Podestà (1926-1945)
1 No image.svg Pietro Calzoni
(1870–1957)		December 1926January 1933 PNF
–Osvaldo BolisJanuary 1933March 1933Special Commissioner
2 No image.svg Fausto Lechi
(1892–1979)		March 1933March 1937 PNF
–Renato PascucciMarch 1937September 1937Special Commissioner
3 No image.svg Pietro BersiSeptember 1937February 1943 PNF
4 No image.svg Innocente Dugnani
(1902–1971)		February 1943July 1943 PNF
– No image.svg Giuseppe Cacciatore (acting)July 1943August 1943 PNF
–Osvaldo BolisAugust 1943September 1943Special Commissioner
(4) No image.svg Innocente Dugnani
(1902–1971)		September 1943May 1944 PFR
5 No image.svg Ruggero FriggeriMay 1944April 1945 PFR
Allied occupation (1945-1946)
15 Guglielmo Ghislandi.jpg Guglielmo Ghislandi
(1887–1965)		1 May 194530 April 1946 PSI

Republic of Italy (since 1946)

City Council election (1946–1994)

From 1946 to 1994 the mayor of Brescia was elected by the City Council.

 MayorTerm startTerm endPartyCoalitionElection
1 Guglielmo Ghislandi.jpg Guglielmo Ghislandi
(1887–1965)		30 April 194616 June 1948 PSI CLN 1946
2 Bruno Boni cropped.jpg Bruno Boni
(1918–1998)		16 June 194811 July 1949 DC DC  • PSI  • PCI
11 July 194918 June 1951 DC  • PLI  • PSDI
18 June 195118 June 19561951
18 June 195610 December 19601956
10 December 196022 December 19641960
22 December 196429 July 1970 DC  • PSI  • PSDI 1964
29 July 197015 May 1975 [lower-alpha 1] 1970
3 Italy politic personality icon.svg Cesare Trebeschi
(1925–2020)		28 July 197520 October 1980 DC DC  • PSI  • PSDI  • PRI 1975
20 October 198014 October 19851980
4 Pietro Padula.jpg Pietro Padula
(1934–2009)		14 October 198512 August 1990 DC DC  • PSI  • PSDI  • PRI  • PLI 1985
5 Italy politic personality icon.svg Gianni Boninsegna
(1923–1993)		12 August 199015 September 1991 DC DC  • PSI  • PRI  • PLI 1990
–Goffredo Sottile15 September 199127 January 1992-Special commissioner [lower-alpha 2]
6 Italy politic personality icon.svg Gianni Panella
(1948–2003)		27 January 199227 September 1992 PSI DC  • PSI  • PLI 1991
7 Paolocorsinidatisenato.jpg Paolo Corsini
(b. 1947)		27 September 199213 June 1994 PDS DC  • PDS  • PSI  • FdV
–Roberto Frassinet13 June 199425 July 1994-Special commissioner [lower-alpha 3]
–Romano Fusco25 July 19945 December 1994-Special commissioner
Notes
  1. ↑ Resigned after being elected President of the Province of Brescia. The deputy mayor held the office till the City Council elected a new mayor.
  2. ↑ Nominated by the prefect after the City Council failed to elect a new mayor.
  3. ↑ Nominated by the prefect after the mayor and the members of the City Council resigned in order to hold a new election under the provision of the new local electoral law.

Direct election (since 1994)

Since 1994, under provisions of the new local electoral law (Law 25 March 1993, n. 81), the mayor of Brescia is chosen by direct election, originally every four and since 1998 every five years.

 MayorTerm startTerm endPartyCoalitionElection
8 Mino Martinazzoli.jpg Mino Martinazzoli
(1931–2011)		5 December 199414 December 1998 PPI PDS  • PPI 1994
(7) Paolocorsinidatisenato.jpg Paolo Corsini
(b. 1947)		14 December 199810 June 2003 DS
PD 		The Olive Tree
(DS-PPI-SDI-FdV)		 1998
10 June 20038 March 2008 [lower-alpha 1] The Olive Tree
(DS-DL-SDI-FdV)		 2003
– Gaffurini 2008.jpg Luigi Gaffurini (acting)
(b. 1948)		8 March 200817 April 2008 PD
9 Adriano Paroli daticamera 2006.jpg Adriano Paroli
(b. 1962)		17 April 200812 June 2013 PdL PdL  • LN  • UDC 2008
10 Delbono.jpg Emilio Del Bono
(b. 1965)		12 June 201314 June 2018 PD PD  • SEL
and leftist lists 		2013
14 June 201831 March 2023 [lower-alpha 2] PD  • SI
and leftist lists 		2018
– Castelletti (cropped).jpg Laura Castelletti
(b. 1962)		31 March 202320 May 2023 Ind
1120 May 2023Incumbent PD  • A  • EV  • SI
and leftist lists 		2023
Notes
  1. ↑ Resigned in order to participate to the national general elections. The Deputy Mayor Luigi Gaffurini (PD) held the office till a new municipal election was held.
  2. ↑ Resigned after being elected regional councillor. The Deputy Mayor Laura Castelletti (Ind) held the office till a new municipal election was held.

Timeline

List of mayors of Brescia

By time in office

RankMayorPolitical PartyTotal time in officeTerms
1Bruno Boni DC 26 years, 333 days6
2 Paolo Corsini PDS / DS 10 years, 346 days3
3Cesare Trebeschi DC 10 years, 78 days2
4 Emilio Del Bono PD 9 years, 292 days2
5 Adriano Paroli PdL 5 years, 56 days1
6Pietro Padula DC 4 years, 304 days1
7 Mino Martinazzoli PPI 4 years, 9 days1
8Guglielmo Ghislandi PSI 2 years, 47 days1
9 Laura Castelletti Ind 1 year, 38 days1
10Gianni Boninsegna DC 1 year, 34 days1
11Gianni Panella PSI 244 days1

Elections

City Council elections, 1946–1991

Results

Number of votes for each party:

Election DC PCI PSI PLI PRI PSDI MSI LN OthersTotal
31 March 194632,678
(43.6%)		17,534
(23.4%)		19,511
(26.1%)		2,902
(3.9%)		2,248
(3.0%)		---74,873
27 May 195136,693
(43.7%)		13,437
(16.0%)		12,769
(15.2%)		2,168
(2.6%)		1,376
(1.6%)		6,756
(8.1%)		6,732
(8.0%)		3,700
(4.4%)		83,901
27 May 195643,004
(46.2%)		13,948
(15.0%)		15,970
(17.2%)		3,126
(3.4%)		-5,801
(6.2%)		6,249
(6.7%)		4,887
(5.2%)		92,985
6 November 196046,360
(44.5%)		17,235
(16.6%)		18,391
(17.8%)		5,338
(5.1%)		1,088
(0.4%)		6,648
(6.5%)		6,745
(6.6%)		2,294
(2.2%)		104,099
22 November 196447,372
(41.1%)		21,181
(18.4%)		13,516
(11.7%)		13,372
(11.6%)		1,856
(0.7%)		8,657
(7.5%)		6,752
(5.7%)		3,668
(3.2%)		115,260
7 June 197052,460
(39.6%)		26,131
(19.7%)		14,124
(10.6%)		9,992
(7.5%)		4,393
(3.3%)		12,469
(9.4%)		7,712
(5.8%)		5,305
(4.0%)		132,588
15 June 197556,204
(38.5%)		39,793
(27.3%)		19,797
(13.6%)		6,553
(4.5%)		5,329
(3.6%)		7,361
(5.0%)		9,109
(6.2%)		887
(0.6%)		145,932
8 June 198055,194
(39.1%)		37,070
(26.2%)		16,198
(11.5%)		6,536
(4.6%)		5,386
(3.8%)		7,751
(5.5%)		8,490
(6.0%)		4,648
(3.2%)		141,273
12 May 198555,541
(38.0%)		36,262
(24.8%)		18,825
(12.9%)		5,517
(3.8%)		7,951
(5.4%)		4,560
(3.1%)		9,690
(6.6%)		7,833
(5.4%)		146,179
6 May 199046,588
(32.5%)		23,939
(16.7%)		18,776
(13.1%)		2,784
(1.9%)		5,305
(3.7%)		2,450
(1.7%)		3,823
(2.7%)		29,892
(20.4%)		11,601
(8.1%)		143,309
24 November 1991 [lower-alpha 1] 34,410
(24.3%)		13,377 [lower-alpha 2]
(9.5%)		14,609
(10.3%)		4,733
(3.3%)		7,842
(5.5%)		2,274
(1.6%)		5,287
(3.7%)		34,482
(24.4%)		24,302
(17.2%)		141,316
Notes
  1. ↑ First snap election ever.
  2. ↑ As Democratic Party of the Left (PDS).

Number of seats in the City Coucl for each party:

Election DC PCI PSI PLI PRI PSDI MSI LN OthersTotal
31 March 194622121321---50
27 May 195128652133250
27 May 195625891-33150
6 November 196024892-33150
22 November 196421966-43150
7 June 1970211054143250
15 June 1975211462223-50
8 June 1980211462223-50
12 May 1985201372213250
6 May 1990169712-111350
24 November 1991 [lower-alpha 1] 135 [lower-alpha 2] 513-214750
Notes
  1. ↑ First snap election ever.
  2. ↑ As Democratic Party of the Left (PDS).

Mayoral and City Council election, 1994

The election took place on two rounds: the first on 20 November, the second on 4 December 1994.

Results

Mayoral and City Council election, 1998

The election took place on two rounds: the first on 29 November, the second on 13 December 1998.

Results

Mayoral and City Council election, 2003

The election took place on two rounds: the first on 25–26 May, the second on 8–9 June 2003. [lower-alpha 1]

Results
Notes
  1. ↑ Under the provisions of the new local administration law (Legislative Decree 18 August 2000, n. 267), which reintroduced the five years term for City Councils and directly-elected Mayors, the election would have been scheduled for December 2003. Nonetheless since 1999 local elections in Italy have always taken place between April and June. For this reason the 2003 election was anticipated on 25–26 May that year.

Mayoral and City Council election, 2008

The election took place on 13–14 April 2008, the same dates of the national general election.

Results

Mayoral and City Council election, 2013

The election took place on two rounds: the first on 26–27 May, the second on 9–10 June 2013.

Results
Notes
  1. ↑ Officially endorsed the centre-left candidate only on the second round.

Mayoral and City Council election, 2018

The election took place on 10 June 2018.

Results

Mayoral and City Council election, 2023

The election took place on 14–15 May 2023.

Results

Deputy Mayor

The office of the deputy mayor of Brescia was officially created in 1994 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 Brescia: [2]

 DeputyTerm startTerm endPartyMayor
1 Paolo Corsini 14 December 199429 March 1996 [lower-alpha 1] PDS Martinazzoli
2Giovanni Comboni29 March 199614 December 1998 PDS
3Giuseppe Onofri21 December 199810 June 2003 PPI Corsini
4Luigi Morgano30 June 200312 December 2007 [lower-alpha 2] DL
5Luigi Gaffurini19 December 200717 April 2008 DL
6Fabio Rolfi23 April 200827 March 2013 [lower-alpha 3] LN Paroli
7Silvano Pedretti27 March 201312 June 2013 Ind
8 Laura Castelletti 24 June 201314 June 2018 Ind Del Bono
26 June 201820 May 2023
9Federico Manzoni20 May 2023Incumbent PD Castelletti
Notes
  1. ↑ Resigned in order to participate in the national general election.
  2. ↑ Resigned.
  3. ↑ Resigned after being elected regional councillor.

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  2. ↑ Anagrafe amministratori locali
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