List of mayors of Carbonia

Mayor of Carbonia
Sindaco di Carbonia
Incumbent Pietro Morittu since 13 October 2021
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Website	Official website

Carbonia's Town Hall.

The mayor of Carbonia is an elected politician who, along with the Carbonia's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Carbonia in Sardinia, Italy.

The current mayor is Pietro Morittu (PD), who took office on 13 October 2021. ^[1]

Overview

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

The mayor is elected by the population of Carbonia, 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 Carbonia'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 (1946-1993)

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

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
1	Renato Mistroni	7 April 1946	1 August 1948	PCI
2	Tullio Mascia	1 August 1948	11 October 1948	PCI
3	Roberto Orani	11 October 1948	27 May 1949	PCI
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (27 May 1949 – 1 April 1953)
4	Pietro Cocco	1 April 1953	2 August 1954	PCI
5	Umberto Giganti	2 August 1954	26 May 1956	PCI
(6)	Pietro Cocco	27 May 1956	2 January 1959	PCI
7	Pietro Doneddu	2 January 1959	26 July 1963	PCI
8	Antonio Saba	26 July 1963	26 January 1965	PCI
9	Aldo Lai	26 January 1965	22 November 1967	PSI
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (22 November 1967 – 7 January 1969)
(6)	Pietro Cocco	7 January 1969	14 March 1983	PCI
10	Bruno Ugo Piano	14 March 1983	27 August 1990	PCI
11	Antonangelo Casula	27 August 1990	22 June 1993	PDS

Direct election (since 1993)

Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Carbonia is chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five years.

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party	Coalition		Election
(11)	Antonangelo Casula	22 June 1993	12 May 1997	PDS DS		PDS  • PSI	1993
		12 May 1997	15 March 2001 [a]			DS  • PPI	1997
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (15 March 2001 – 28 May 2001)
12	Salvatore Cherchi	28 May 2001	13 June 2006	DS PD		DS  • DL  • PRC  • SDI	2001
		13 June 2006	16 July 2010 [b]			DS  • DL  • PRC  • PdCI	2006
13	Giuseppe Casti	23 May 2011	20 June 2016	PD		PD  • SEL  • FdS	2011
14	Paola Massidda	20 June 2016	13 October 2021	M5S		M5S	2016
15	Pietro Morittu	13 October 2021 [c]	Incumbent	PD		PD  • PSd'Az	2021

1. Resigned in order to partecipate to the national general election.
2. Reisgned after being elected President of the Province of Carbonia-Iglesias. The deputy mayor Maria Marongiu (PD) held the office till a new municipal election was held.
3. Election originally scheduled for June 2021 then postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Timeline

References

1. "È iniziata questa mattina la nuova esperienza di Pietro Morittu da sindaco di Carbonia" (in Italian). laprovinciadelsulcisiglesiente.com. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.