List of mayors of Florence

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Mayor of Florence
FlorenceCoA.svg
Coat of arms of Florence
Sara Funaro.jpg
Incumbent
Sara Funaro (PD)
since 26 June 2024
Style No title or style
Seat Palazzo Vecchio
AppointerElectorate of Florence
Term length 5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder Luigi Guglielmo Cambray-Digny
Formation27 April 1859
DeputyCristina Giachi
Salary€145, 272
Website Official website
Palazzo Vecchio is the seat of the Mayor of Florence. Firenze Palazzo della Signoria, better known as the Palazzo Vecchio.jpg
Palazzo Vecchio is the seat of the Mayor of Florence.

The Mayor of Florence is an elected politician who, along with Florence's City Council of 36 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Florence. The title is the equivalent of Lord Mayor in the meaning of an actual executive leader.

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The office of Gonfaloniere was created in 1781 by Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany. It was replaced by the office of Mayor in 1865, during the early Kingdom of Italy.

The current mayor of Florence is Sara Funaro (PD), elected on 23–24 June 2024.

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Florence is member of the Florence's City Council. Although the title Mayor is not held by the heads of the five boroughs of Florence, because they do not actually preside over self-governmental municipalities.

The Mayor is elected by the population of Florence. Citizens elect also the members of the City Council, which also controls 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 Florence'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.

The seat of the City Council is the city hall Palazzo Vecchio in Piazza della Signoria.

List of Mayor of Florence (1781–present)

Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1781–1859)

In 1781 was created the office of Annual Gonfaloniere of Florence who was appointed by the Grand Duke of Tuscany every year. [1]

In 1809, during the period of the newborn Kingdom of Etruria, it was temporarily created the office of Maire of Florence.

In 1815 the office of Gonfaloniere of Florence was restored.

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

In 1865, the Kingdom of Italy created the office of the Mayor of Florence (Sindaco di Firenze), chosen by the City council. In 1926, the Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils, replacing them with an authoritarian Podestà chosen by the National Fascist Party. [1]

 MayorTerm startTerm endParty
– Ferdinando Bartolommei.gif Ferdinando Bartolommei [2]
(1821–1869)		27 April 185910 October 1863 Independent
Acting councillor Giulio Carobbi (10 October 1863 – 31 December 1864)
Mayors appointed by the King (1865–1889)
1 Luigi Guglielmo Cambray-Digny.jpg Luigi Guglielmo Cambray-Digny [3]
(1820–1906)		1 January 186527 October 1867 Independent
Acting councillor Giuseppe Garzoni (27 October 1867 – 5 March 1869)
2 Lorenzo Ginori Lisci.jpg Lorenzo Ginori Lisci
(1823–1878)		5 March 186929 October 1869 Right
3 Ubaldino peruzzi.jpg Ubaldino Peruzzi
(1822–1891)		29 October 186915 May 1878 Right
Acting councillors (15 May 1878 – 27 January 1880)
4 Tommaso Corsini (senatore).jpg Tommaso Corsini
(1835–1919)		27 January 188030 March 1886 Right
5 Piero Torrigiani2.png Piero Torrigiani
(1846–1920)		14 April 188614 November 1889 Right
Mayors elected by the City Council (1889–1926)
6 Conte Francesco Guicciardini.jpg Francesco Guicciardini
(1851–1915)		14 November 188915 December 1890 Right
Acting councillor Gaspare Gloria (15 December 1890 – 4 February 1891)
(5) Piero Torrigiani2.png Piero Torrigiani
(1846–1920)		4 February 18912 January 1901 Right
Acting councillor Antonio Artimini (2 January 1901 – 8 October 1902)
7 Italy politic personality icon.svg Silvio Berti
(1856–1930)		8 October 190221 July 1903 Right
Acting councillors (21 July 1903 – 15 March 1904)
8 Italy politic personality icon.svg Ippolito Niccolini
(1848–1919)		15 March 190426 June 1907 Right
9 Francesco Sangiorgi.jpg Francesco Sangiorgi
(1860–19?)		30 July 190712 August 1909 Left
10 Giulio Chiarugi (1859-1944) (cropped).jpg Giulio Chiarugi
(1859–1944)		12 August 190912 December 1910 Left
11 Portrait of Prince Filippo Corsini.jpg Filippo Corsini
(1873–1926)		12 December 191021 November 1913 Liberal
Acting councillors (21 November 1913 – 23 February 1915)
12 Italy politic personality icon.svg Oronzo Bacci
(1864–1917)		23 February 191525 December 1917 Liberal
13 Italy politic personality icon.svg Pier Francesco Serragli
(18?–1938)		25 December 191730 January 1919 Liberal
Acting councillors (30 January 1919 – 30 November 1920)
14 Antonio Garbasso 02.jpg Antonio Garbasso
(1871–1933)		1 December 192015 January 1927 Fascist
Fascist Podestà (1927–1944)
1 Antonio Garbasso 02.jpg Antonio Garbasso
(1871–1933)		16 January 192722 September 1928 PNF
2 Giuseppe della Gherardesca.gif Giuseppe Della Gherardesca
(1876–1968)		22 September 192812 December 1933 PNF
3 Italy politic personality icon.svg Paolo Venerosi Pesciolini
(1896–1964)		12 December 19338 August 1943 PNF
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (8 August 1943 – 14 February 1944)
4 Giotto Dainelli.jpg Giotto Dainelli Dolfi
(1878–1968)		14 February 194411 August 1944 PFR
Allied occupation (1944–1946)
15 GaetanoPieraccini.jpg Gaetano Pieraccini
(1864–1957)		11 August 194428 November 1946 Socialist

Timeline

List of mayors of Florence

Republic of Italy (1946–present)

City Council election (1946–1995)

From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Florence was chosen by the City Council. [1]

 MayorTerm startTerm endPartyCoalitionElection
1 Fabiani IV.jpg Mario Fabiani
(1902–1974)		29 November 19465 July 1951 PCI PCI  • PSI  • PRI  • PdA 1946
2 Giorgio La Pira en 1946.png Giorgio La Pira
(1904–1977)		5 July 19513 August 1956 DC DC  • PRI  • PSDI 1951
3 August 195627 June 19571956
-
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (27 June 1957–7 March 1961) [lower-alpha 1]
(2) Giorgio La Pira en 1946.png Giorgio La Pira
(1904–1977)		7 March 196115 February 1965 DC DC  • PSI  • PRI  • PSDI 1960
3 Lelio Lagorio.jpg Lelio Lagorio
(1925–2017)		15 February 196519 November 1965 PSI 1964
-
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (19 November 1965–1 August 1966) [lower-alpha 2]
4 Piero Francesco Bargellini.jpg Piero Bargellini
(1897–1980)		1 August 19663 November 1967 DC DC  • PRI  • PSDI 1966
5 Luciano Bausi.jpg Luciano Bausi
(1921–1995)		3 November 196729 April 1969 DC
-
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (29 April 1969–15 September 1970) [lower-alpha 3]
(5) Luciano Bausi.jpg Luciano Bausi
(1921–1995)		15 September 197012 September 1974 DC DC  • PSI  • PSDI 1970
6 Italy politic personality icon.svg Giancarlo Zoli
(1917–2007)		12 September 197419 October 1974 DC
-
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (19 October 1974–26 July 1975) [lower-alpha 4]
7 Italy politic personality icon.svg Elio Gabbuggiani
(1925–1999)		26 July 19755 August 1980 PCI PCI  • PSI  • PRI 1975
5 August 198014 March 1983 PCI  • PSI  • PRI  • PSDI 1980
8 Bonsanti.jpg Alessandro Bonsanti
(1904–1984)		14 March 198318 February 1984 [lower-alpha 5] PRI DC  • PSI  • PRI  • PSDI  • PLI
9 Italy politic personality icon.svg Lando Conti
(1933–1986)		26 March 198426 September 1985 PRI
10 Italy politic personality icon.svg Massimo Bogianckino
(1922–2009)		26 September 19852 October 1989 PSI PCI  • PSI  • PSDI 1985
11 Italy politic personality icon.svg Giorgio Morales
(1932–2020)		2 October 198918 July 1990 PSI PCI  • PSI  • PSDI  • PLI
18 July 199024 April 1995 DC  • PSI  • PSDI 1990
Notes
  1. ↑ Nominated by the Prefect after the City Council failed to elect a Mayor. The Commissioner held the office for nearly 4 years. This tenure is still today one of the longest in the history of the Italian Republic.
  2. ↑ Nominated by the Prefect after the City Council failed to elect a new Mayor.
  3. ↑ Nominated by the Prefect after the City Council failed to elect a new Mayor.
  4. ↑ Nominated by the Prefect after the City Council failed to elect a new Mayor.
  5. ↑ Died in office.

Direct election (since 1995)

Since 1995, enacting a new law on local administrations (1993), the Mayor of Florence is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 1999 every five years.


Mayor of Florence Took officeLeft officePartyCoalitionElection
12 Mario Primicerio.jpg Mario Primicerio
(b. 1940)		24 April 199514 June 1999 Ind The Olive Tree
(PDS-PRC-FdV-FL)		 1995
13 Leonardo Domenici daticamera.jpg Leonardo Domenici
(b. 1955)		14 June 199928 June 2004 DS
PD 		The Olive Tree
(DS-PdCI-FdV-Dem-PPI-SDI)		 1999
28 June 200422 June 2009 The Olive Tree
(DS-PdCI-FdV-DL-SDI)		 2004
14 Matteo Renzi cropped.png Matteo Renzi
(b. 1975)		22 June 200924 March 2014 [lower-alpha 1] PD PD  • IdV  • SEL 2009
15 Dario Nardella daticamera.jpg Dario Nardella
(b. 1975)		26 May 201429 May 2019 PD PD 2014
29 May 201926 June 2024 PD 2019
16 Sara Funaro (cropped).jpg Sara Funaro
(b. 1976)		26 June 2024Incumbent PD PD  • AVS 2024
Notes
  1. ↑ Resigned after swearing as Prime Minister. He was replaced by the deputy mayor Dario Nardella till a new municipal election was held.

Timeline

Sara FunaroDario NardellaMatteo RenziLeonardo DomeniciMario PrimicerioGiorgio MoralesLelio LagorioGiorgio La PiraGiorgio La PiraList of mayors of Florence

By time in office

RankMayorPolitical PartyTotal time in officeTerms
1 Dario Nardella PD 10 years, 31 days2
2 Leonardo Domenici DS/PD 10 years, 8 days2
3 Giorgio La Pira DC 9 years, 283 days3
4Elio Gabbuggiani PCI 7 years, 231 days2
5 Giorgio Morales PSI 5 years, 204 days2
6Luciano Bausi DC 5 years, 148 days2
7 Matteo Renzi PD 4 years, 275 days1
8Mario Fabiani PCI 4 years, 218 days1
9 Mario Primicerio Ind 4 years, 51 days1
10 Massimo Bogianckino PSI 4 years, 6 days1
11Lando Conti PRI 1 year, 184 days1
12Pietro Bargellini DC 1 year, 94 days1
13Alessandro Bonsanti PRI 1 year, 12 days1
14 Lelio Lagorio PSI 277 days1
15Sara Funaro PD 54 days1
16Giancarlo Zoli DC 37 days1

Elections

City Council elections, 1946–1990

Results

Number of votes for each party:

Election DC PCI PSI PLI PRI PSDI MSI OthersTotal
10 November 194645,168
(23.8%)		64,040
(33.7%)		41,377
(21.8%)		6,544
(3.4%)		4,249
(2.2%)		––28,476
(15.0%)		189,854
27 May 195187,899
(36.1%)		81,980
(33.7%)		24,842
(10.2%)		10,808
(4.4%)		14,476
(5.9%)		–12,621
(5.2%)		10,536
(4.3%)		243,162
27 May 1956101,961
(39.2%)		69,190
(26.6%)		44,551
(17.1%)		11,105
(4.3%)		3,955
(1.5%)		13,684
(5.3%)		15,423
(5.9%)		–259,869
6 November 196099,577
(34.9%)		92,841
(32.5%)		39,586
(13.9%)		13,653
(4.8%)		3,711
(1.3%)		18,620
(6.5%)		15,337
(5.4%)		2,326
(0.8%)		285,651
22 November 196487,117
(27.5%)		106,596
(33.7%)		32,801
(10.4%)		46,723
(14.7%)		2,345
(0.7%)		19,830
(6.4%)		13,669
(4.3%)		7,588
(2.4%)		316,669
12 June 1966 [lower-alpha 1] 85,335
(28.6%)		104,820
(35.2%)		30,945
(10.9%)		30,945
(10.9%)		2,828
(0.9%)		22,102
(7.4%)		10,707
(3.6%)		8,735
(2.9%)		301,038
7 June 197095,272
(30.1%)		110,928
(35.0%)		30,011
(9.5%)		17,330
(5.5%)		6,320
(2.0%)		33,617
(10.6%)		15,151
(4.8%)		8,234
(2.5%)		316,863
15 June 197596,019
(29.9%)		137,433
(41.5%)		34,392
(10.4%)		7,415
(4.5%)		12,259
(3.7%)		17,327
(5.2%)		17,217
(5.2%)		9,232
(2.7%)		331,294
8 June 198094,139
(29.9%)		127,229
(40.5%)		38,844
(12.4%)		7,323
(2.3%)		12,289
(3.9%)		11,668
(3.7%)		13,775
(4.4%)		9,017
(2.9%)		314,284
12 May 198583,258
(26.5%)		125,442
(39.9%)		38,565
(12.3%)		7,316
(2.3%)		17,738
(5.6%)		6,433
(2.0%)		15,855
(5.1%)		19,032
(6.0%)		314,227
6 May 199073,238
(26.3%)		90,566
(32.5%)		37,248
(13.4%)		4,420
(1.6%)		19,419
(7.0%)		6,786
(2.4%)		9,796
(3.5%)		37,219
13.3%)		278,692
Notes
  1. ↑ First snap election ever.

Number of seats in the City Council for each party:

Election DC PCI PSI PLI PRI PSDI MSI OthersTotal
10 November 194614211321––960
27 May 19513113445–1160
27 May 19562517102–33–60
6 November 1960222083–43–60
22 November 1964182267–42–60
12 June 1966182277–42–60
7 June 1970192253163160
15 June 1975182661233160
8 June 1980192681222–60
12 May 1985172571313360
6 May 1990172191412560

Mayoral and City Council election, 1995

The election took place on 23 April 1995.

Results

Mayoral and City Council election, 1999

The election took place on 13 June 1999.

Results

Mayoral and City Council election, 2004

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 12–13 June and the second on 26–27 June 2004.

Results
CandidatePartyCoalitionFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Leonardo Domenici DS The Olive Tree 109,04349.15102,26966.04
Domenico Antonio Valentino FI House of Freedoms 66,00529.7552,58233.96
Ornella De Zordo PRC 27,30212.31
Franco Cardini Ind 10,1154.56
Others9,3714.22
Eligible voters307,035100.00307,035100.00
Voted233,20075.95159,20251.85
Blank or invalid ballots11,3644,351
Total valid votes221,836154,851
Summary of the 2004 Florence City Council election results
Florence City Council 2004.svg
Parties and coalitionsVotes %Seats
Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra)DS62,57230.55%18
The Daisy (La Margherita)DL16,7568.18%5
Party of Italian Communists (Comunisti Italiani)PdCI11,0655.40%3
Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi)FdV5,0242.45%1
Italian Democratic Socialists (Socialisti Democratici Italiani)SDI4,7862.34%1
Others5,6142.73%0
Domenici coalition (Centre-left)105,81751.67%28
Forza Italia FI33,34916.28%8
National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale)AN21,25610.38%5
Union of the Centre (Unione di Centro)UDC7,9133.86%1
Lega Nord LN8880.43%0
Valentino coalition (Centre-right)63,40630.96%14
Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista)PRC21,40910.45%4
Others14,1656.91%0
Total204,797100%46
Votes cast / turnout233,20075.95%
Registered voters307,035
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Mayoral and City Council election, 2009

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 6–7 June and the second on 21–22 June 2009.

Results
CandidatePartyCoalitionFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Matteo Renzi PD PD-IdV-SEL 97,88247.40100,22359.51
Giovanni Galli PdL PdL-LN 66,63232.1468,18240.49
Valdo Spini Ind PRC-FdV 17,2828.37
Others24,96812.10
Eligible voters293,173100.00293,173100.00
Voted216,54173.86172,74358.92
Blank or invalid ballots10,0474,338
Total valid votes206,494168,405
Summary of the 2009 Florence City Council election results
Florence City Council 2009.svg
Parties and coalitionsVotes %Seats
Democratic Party (Partito Democratico)PD68,24535.29%22
Renzi List (Lista Renzi)LR10,5265.44%3
Italy of Values (Italia dei Valori)IdV5,5402.86%1
Left Ecology Freedom (Sinistra Ecologia Libertà)SEL4,4782.32%1
Others5,7322.96%1
Renzi coalition (Centre-left)94,52148.88%28
The People of Freedom (Il Popolo della Libertà)PdL39,36120.36%10
Galli List (Lista Galli)LG17,5639.08%4
Lega Nord LN2,6601.38%0
Others2,0221.04%0
Galli coalition (Centre-right)61,60631.86%14
Greens-European Republicans Movement (Verdi-Repubblicani Europei)FdV-MRE7,6923.98%2
Federation of the Left (Federazione della Sinistra)FdS4,9542.56%0
Others8330.43%0
Spini coalition (Left-wing)13,4796.97%2
De Zordo List (Lista De Zordo)LDZ7,3363.79%1
Citizens' Committees (Comitati Cittadini)CC6,3253.27%1
Others10,1045.23%0
Total193,371100%46
Votes cast / turnout216,54173.86%
Registered voters293,173
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Mayoral and City Council election, 2014

The election took place on 25 May 2014.

Results

Mayoral and City Council election, 2019

The election took place on 26 May 2019.

Results

Mayoral and City Council election, 2024

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 8–9 June and the second on 23–24 June 2024.

Results

Deputy Mayor

The office of the Deputy Mayor of Florence was officially created in 1995 with the adoption of the new local administration law. The Deputy Mayor is nominated and eventually dismissed by the Mayor.

 DeputyTerm startTerm endPartyMayor
1Alberto Brasca2 May 199514 June 1999 PDS Primicerio
2Andrea Ceccarelli30 June 19994 March 2002 DS Domenici
3Giuseppe Matulli4 March 200228 June 2004 DL
PD
8 July 200422 June 2009
4 Dario Nardella 27 June 200926 May 2014 PD Renzi
5Cristina Giachi5 June 201429 May 2019 PD Nardella
3 June 201920 October 2020 [lower-alpha 1]
6Alessia Bettini24 October 202026 June 2024 Ind
7Paola Galgani12 July 2024Incumbent Ind Funaro
Notes
  1. ↑ Resigned after being elected regional councillor.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gonfaloni, Podestà e Sindaci del Comune di Firenze" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  2. ↑ Gonfaloniere appointed by the King.
  3. ↑ Gonfaloniere from January 1865 to September 1865.
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