List of mayors of Ferrara

Mayor of Ferrara
Sindaco di Ferrara
Incumbent Alan Fabbri since 11 June 2019
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Formation	1859
Website	Official website

Ferrara's City Hall

The mayor of Ferrara is an elected politician who, along with Ferrara City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Ferrara in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

The current mayor is Alan Fabbri, a member of the right-wing populist party Lega Nord, who took office on 11 June 2019. ^{[1] [2]}

Overview

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

The mayor is elected by the population of Ferrara, who also elect 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 1995 the mayor is elected directly by Ferrara'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 Italy (1859-1946)

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Government-appointed mayors (1859-1889)

From 1859 to 1889, the mayor of Ferrara was appointed by the King of Italy.

	Mayor		Term Start	Term End
1		Rodolfo Varano	1859	1867
2		Antonio Francesco Trotti	1867	1870
3		Antonio Niccolini (acting)	September 1870	December 1870
4		Rodolfo Varano	1874	1875
5		Antonio Francesco Trotti	1878	1887
6		Cosimo Masi	1887	1888

City Council election (1889-1926)

From 1889 to 1926, the Mayor of Ferrara was elected by the City Council.

	Mayor		Term Start	Term End	Party
7		Carlo Giustiniani	1889	?
8		Pietro Niccolini	1897	1902	Historic Right
		Giussepe Rivani	1902	1903
		Attilio De-Johannis	1903	1903
		Manfredi Grillenzoni	1903	1904
		Girolamo Chiozzi	1904	1904
		Stefano Gatti-Casazza	1904	1905
		Ettore Magni	1905	1907
		Pietro Niccolini (acting)	1907	1908	Historic Right
		Ettore Magni	1908	1910
		Vincenzo Bianchi (acting)	1913	1914
		Ettore Magni	1914	1919
		Costantino Cellario	1919	1920
		Temistocle Bogianckino	1920	1921	PSI
		Alberto Cian (acting)	1921	1922
		Raoul Caretti	1923	1926	PNF

Government-appointed mayors (1926-1945)

From 1926 to 1945, the mayor of Ferrara was appointed by the Fascist government of Italy.

	Mayor		Term Start	Term End	Party
		Renzo Ravenna	1926	1938	PNF
		Alberto Verdi	1938	1943	PNF
		Marolla Act	1943	1943	PNF
		Alberto Verdi	1943	1945	PFR
		Eolo Fagioli	1945	1945	PFR

Transitional Constitutional Period mayor (1945-1946)

	Mayor		Term Start	Term End	Party
		Michael Tortora	1945	1946	PSI

Republic of Italy (since 1946)

City Council election (1946–1995)

From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Ferrara was elected by the City Council.

	Mayor		Term start	Term end	Party
1		Giovanni Buzzoni (1916–1989)	1946	1948	PCI
2		Werther Curti (1916–1995)	1948	1951	PCI
3		Luisa Gallotti Balboni (1913–1979)	1951	1958	PCI
4		Spero Ghedini (1911–1997)	1958	1964	PCI
5		Giuseppe Ferrari (1920–2001)	1964	1970	PCI
6		Radames Costa (1930–2020)	1970	1980	PCI
7		Claudio Vecchi (1929–2001)	1980	1983	PCI
8		Roberto Soffritti (b. 1941)	1983	1995	PCI

Popular election (since 1995)

Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Ferrara is chosen by popular election, originally every four and since 1999 every five years.

	Mayor		Term start	Term end	Party	Coalition		Election
(8)		Roberto Soffritti (b. 1941)	8 May 1995	15 June 1999	PDS DS		The Olive Tree (PDS-PPI-SI-AD)	1995
9		Gaetano Sateriale (b. 1951)	15 June 1999	14 June 2004	DS PD		The Olive Tree (DS-PPI-PRC-SDI)	1999
			14 June 2004	24 June 2009			The Olive Tree (DS-DL-PRC-FdV)	2004
10		Tiziano Tagliani (b. 1959)	24 June 2009	28 May 2014	PD		PD  • SEL  • IdV and leftist lists	2009
			28 May 2014	11 June 2019			PD  • SEL	2014
11		Alan Fabbri (b. 1979)	11 June 2019	11 June 2024	Lega		Lega  • FI  • FdI	2019
			11 June 2024	Incumbent			Lega  • FI  • FdI	2024

Timeline

See also

• Timeline of Ferrara

References

1. "Alan Fabbri (Lega) nuovo sindaco di Ferrara. Il rosso sparisce dopo 70 anni". Il Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 10 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
2. "Passaggio di consegne storico, questa mattina, tra Tiziano Tagliani e Alan Fabbri, con una stretta di mano". Telestense (in Italian). 11 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

External links

• "L'elenco dei sindaci di Ferrara dal secondo dopoguerra". La Nuova Ferrara . Retrieved 30 October 2018.