The Mayor of Cagliari is an elected politician who, along with the Cagliari's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Cagliari in Sardinia, Italy.
According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Cagliari is member of the City Council.
The Mayor is elected by the population of Cagliari, 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 Cagliari'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 Sardinia (1848–1861)
The office of Mayor of Cagliari (Sindaco di Cagliari) was created in 1848 after the promulgation of the Albertine Statute.[2][3]
Mayor
Term start
Term end
Party
1
Fortunato Cossu Baille
1849
1850
2
Antioco Loru
1851
1852
3
Edmondo Roberti
1853
1856
4
Tommaso Marini Demuro
1857
1859
5
Giovanni Meloni Baille
1860
1861
Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
Initially appointed by the King, the Mayor of Cagliari was elected by the City council from 1899 to 1926. In 1926, the Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils, replacing them with an authoritarianPodestà chosen by the National Fascist Party. The office of Mayor was restored in 1944 during the Allied occupation.[2][3]
↑ Resigned after swearing in as senator. The special commissioner Giovanni Balsamo held the office till a municipal election was held.
↑ Resigned after being elected to the Regional Council of Sardinia. The special commissioner Bruno Carcangiu held the office till the 2019 local elections.
↑ Resigned after being elected to the Regional Council of Sardinia. The special commissioner Luisanna Marras held the office till the 2024 local elections.
The 2019 Italian local elections will be held on different dates; most on 26 May 2019, together with the 2019 European election, with a second round on 9 June. Direct elections will be held in 3,843 out of 7,918 municipalities; in each of these, mayor and members of the City Council are going to be elected. Of the 3,841 municipalities, 30 are provincial capitals.
Massimo Zedda is an Italian politician, Mayor of Cagliari from 2011 to 2019 and again since 2024.
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