List of mayors of Cosenza

Mayor of Cosenza
Sindaco di Cosenza
Incumbent Franz Caruso (PSI) since 20 October 2021
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Formation	1860
Website	Official website

Cosenza's Town Hall.

The Mayor of Cosenza is an elected politician who, along with the Cosenza's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Cosenza in Calabria, Italy.

The current mayor is Franz Caruso (PSI), who took office on 20 October 2021. ^[1]

Overview

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

The mayor is elected by the population of Cosenza, 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 Cosenza'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 Cosenza was elected by the City Council.

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
1	Adolfo Quintieri	10 April 1946	23 February 1948	DC
2	Alberto Serra	23 February 1948	28 June 1952	DC
3	Arnaldo Clausi Schettini	28 June 1952	22 October 1962	DC
4	Mario Stancati	21 January 1963	11 November 1967	DC
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (11 November 1967 – 24 August 1970)
5	Fausto Lio	24 August 1970	29 July 1975	DC
6	Battista Iacino	29 July 1975	25 October 1980	PSI
7	Antonio Rugiero	25 October 1980	25 November 1982	PSI
8	Pino Gentile	25 November 1982	14 September 1985	PSI
9	Giacomo Mancini	14 September 1985	15 July 1986	PSI
10	Francesco Santo	15 July 1986	18 May 1989	DC
11	Giuseppe Carratelli	18 May 1989	10 August 1990	DC
12	Pietro Mancini	10 August 1990	20 December 1991	PSI
(11)	Giuseppe Carratelli	20 December 1991	16 June 1992	DC
13	Piero Minutolo	16 June 1992	31 August 1993	DC
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (31 August 1993 – 6 December 1993)

Direct election (since 1993)

Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Cosenza is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 2000 every five years.

	Mayor of Cosenza		Took office	Left office	Party	Coalition		Election
(9)		Giacomo Mancini (1916–2002)	6 December 1993	17 November 1997	PSI SDI		PSI	1993
			17 November 1997	8 April 2002 [a]			The Olive Tree (PDS-PPI-FL-SDI-PRC)	1997
14		Eva Catizzone (b. 1965)	21 June 2002	25 January 2006 [b]	DS		The Olive Tree (DS-FdV-SDI-PdCI)	2002
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (25 January 2006 – 15 June 2006)
15		Salvatore Perugini (b. 1951)	15 June 2006	31 May 2011	PD		The Olive Tree (DS-DL-FdV-SDI-IdV)	2006
16		Mario Occhiuto (b. 1964)	31 May 2011	7 June 2016	PdL FI		PdL  • UDC  • PL and right-wing lists	2011
			7 June 2016	20 October 2021			FI and right-wing lists	2016
17		Franz Caruso (b. 1959)	20 October 2021 [c]	Incumbent	PSI		PD  • PSI and leftist lists	2021

Notes

1. Died in office. The deputy Mayor Luciano Crea (Ind) held the office till a new municipal election was held.
2. Resigned after suffering a vote of no confidence in the City Council.
3. Election originally scheduled for June 2021 then postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Timeline

References

1. "Cosenza, Franz Caruso: "I tempi per l'insediamento del Consiglio comunale mi preoccupano"". corrieredellacalabria.it (in Italian). 20 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

External links

• "I Sindaci dal 1860". Iacchite'.