List of mayors of Grosseto

Mayor of Grosseto
Sindaco di Grosseto
Incumbent Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna (Centre-right independent) since 23 June 2016
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Domenico Ponticelli
Formation	1865
Deputy	Bruno Ceccherini
Website	Official website

The mayor of Grosseto is an elected politician who, along with the Grosseto's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Grosseto in Tuscany, Italy. The current mayor is Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna, a centre-right independent, who took office on 23 June 2016. ^{[1] [2]}

Overview

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

The mayor is elected by the population of Grosseto, 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 Grosseto'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 (1861–1946)

In 1865, the Kingdom of Italy created the office of the mayor of Grosseto (Sindaco di Grosseto), appointed by the King himself. From 1889 to 1926 the mayor was elected 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. The office of mayor was restored in 1944 during the Allied occupation.

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
–	Angelo Ferri [3]	1859	1864
–	Luigi Romualdi [3]	1864	1865
1	Domenico Ponticelli	1865	1867
2	Angelo Ferri	1870	1870
3	Ippolito Andreini	1870	1879
4	Ippolito Luciani	1880	1886
5	Benedetto Ponticelli	1888	1891
6	Giovanni Pizzetti	1891	1894
7	Carlo Ponticelli	1895	1902
8	Egidio Bruchi	1902	1919
9	Tito Bolognesi	1920	1921	Italian Socialist Party
10	Benedetto Pallini	1922	1924	Italian Liberal Party
11	Ado Scaramucci	1925	1926	National Fascist Party
Fascist Podestà (1926–1943)
1	Ado Scaramucci	1926	1935	National Fascist Party
2	Ezio Saletti	1935	1937	National Fascist Party
3	Angelo Maestrini	1938	1943	National Fascist Party
Allied occupation (1944–1946)
12	Lio Lenzi [4]	17 June 1944	27 March 1946	Italian Communist Party

Timeline

Italian Republic (since 1946)

City Council election (1946–1993)

From 1946 to 1993, the Mayor of Grosseto was elected by the City's Council.

	Mayor		Term start	Term end	Party
1		Lio Lenzi	27 March 1946	10 June 1951	Italian Communist Party
2		Renato Pollini	29 July 1951	7 June 1970	Italian Communist Party
3		Giovanni Battista Finetti	20 July 1970	15 February 1982	Italian Communist Party
4		Flavio Tattarini	15 February 1982	23 January 1992	Italian Communist Party
5		Loriano Valentini	23 January 1992	22 June 1993	Democratic Party of the Left

Direct election (since 1993)

Since 1993, under provisions of a new local administration law, the Mayor of Grosseto is chosen by direct election.

	Mayor		Term start	Term end	Party
(5)		Loriano Valentini	22 June 1993	28 April 1997	Democratic Party of the Left
6		Alessandro Antichi	28 April 1997	14 May 2001	Forza Italia
			14 May 2001	16 May 2005 [5]
–		Gabriele Bellettini (acting mayor)	16 May 2005	30 May 2006	Union of the Centre
7		Emilio Bonifazi	30 May 2006	29 May 2011	The Daisy Democratic Party
			29 May 2011	23 June 2016
8		Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna	23 June 2016	8 October 2021	Centre-right independent
			8 October 2021	Incumbent

Timeline

By time in office

Rank	Mayor	Political Party	Total time in office	Terms
1	Renato Pollini	PCI	18 years, 343 days	4
2	Giovanni Battista Finetti	PCI	11 years, 210 days	3
3	Emilio Bonifazi	PD	10 years, 24 days	2
4	Flavio Tattarini	PCI	8 years, 357 days	3
5	Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna	Ind	8 years, 153 days	2
6	Alessandro Antichi	FI	8 years, 18 days	2
7	Loriano Valentini	PDS	5 years, 95 days	2
8	Lio Lenzi	PCI	4 years, 228 days	1

Deputy Mayor

The office of the deputy mayor of Grosseto was officially created in 1993 with the adoption of the new local administration law. The deputy mayor is nominated and eventually dismissed by the mayor. Here is a list of deputy mayors of Grosseto: ^{[6] [7]}

	Deputy	Term start	Term end	Party	Mayor
1	Anna Maria Spada	23 June 1993	7 May 1997	Ind	Valentini
2	Andrea Agresti	7 May 1997	24 May 2001	AN	Antichi
		24 May 2001	4 April 2005 [a]
3	Gabriele Bellettini	4 April 2005	15 June 2006	UdC
4	Lucia Matergi	15 June 2006	17 May 2010 [b]	DS-PD	Bonifazi
5	Paolo Borghi	17 May 2010	11 June 2011	PD
		11 June 2011	27 June 2016
6	Luca Agresti	27 June 2016	18 October 2021	FI	Vivarelli Colonna
7	Fabrizio Rossi	18 October 2021	21 February 2023 [c]	FdI
8	Bruno Ceccherini	21 February 2023	Incumbent	FdI

Notes

1. Resigned after his election at the Regional Council of Tuscany.
2. Resigned after her election at the Regional Council of Tuscany.
3. Resigned after his election at the Chamber of Deputies.

References

1. "Grosseto, la roccaforte Pd va al centrodestra". Corriere della Sera . 20 June 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
2. "Vivarelli Colonna indossa la fascia tricolore: è ufficialmente sindaco di Grosseto". Il Tirreno . 23 June 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
3. Gonfaloniere.
4. Appointed by the National Liberation Committee.
5. Resigned in order to run for the Presidency of Tuscany during the 2005 regional elections.
6. Anagrafe amministratori locali
7. Bonifazi, Emilio (2015). Grosseto e i suoi amministratori dal 1944 al 2015. Grosseto: Innocenti Editore.

Bibliography

• Corsi, Hubert (1987). La lotta politica in Maremma 1900-1925. Rome: Edizioni Cinque Lune.
• Bonifazi, Emilio (2015). Grosseto e i suoi amministratori dal 1944 al 2015. Grosseto: Innocenti Editore.
• Giorgio Bonfiglioli, ed. (2017). Grosseto. Appunti storici. Grosseto: Innocenti Editore.
• Valeria Galimi, ed. (2018). Il fascismo a Grosseto. Figure e articolazioni del potere in provincia (1922-1938). Arcidosso: Edizioni Effigi.