List of mayors of Latina

Mayor of Latina
Sindaco di Latina
Incumbent Matilde Celentano (FdI) since 17 May 2023
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Formation	1932
Website	Official website

The seat of the Mayor of Latina.

The Mayor of Latina is an elected politician who, along with the Latina's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Latina in Lazio, Italy.

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Latina is member of the City Council.

The Mayor is elected by the population of Latina, 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 Latina'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)

The city of Littoria was founded by the fascist government in 1932 and was ruled by an authoritarian Podestà chosen by the National Fascist Party. The office of Mayor of Latina was created in 1944 during the Allied occupation.

	Mayor		Term start	Term end	Party
Fascist Podestà (1932–1944)
1		Valentino Orsolini Cencelli (1898-1971)	1932	1933	PNF
2		Aurelio Leone	1933	1935	PNF
3		Enrico Pasqualucci	1936	1939	PNF
4		Alfredo Scalfati	1939	1944	PNF
Allied occupation (1944–1945)
1		Cornelio Rosati [1]	1944	1945	Pd'A

Italian Republic (since 1946)

City Council election (1946-1993)

From 1946 to 1993, the Mayor of Latina was elected by the City's Council. ^[2]

	Mayor		Term start	Term end	Party	Election
1		Fernando Bassoli (1907-1988)	1946	1951	PRI	1946
2		Vittorio Cervone (1917-1993)	1951	1953	DC	1951
3		Igino Salvezza (1914–2001)	1953	1956	DC
1956			1960	1956
1960			1962	1960
4		Angelo Onorati (1912–2005)	1962		1964	DC
5		Guido Bernardi (1923–1995)	1964	1967	DC	1964
6		Vincenzo Tasciotti (1898-1984)	1967	1970	DC
1970			1972	1970
7		Antonio Corona (1933-1994)	1972		1975	DC
1975			1980	1975
8		Delio Redi (1939-2017)	1980	1983	DC	1980
(7)		Antonio Corona (1933-1994)	1983	12 May 1985	DC
(8)		Delio Redi (1939-2017)	12 May 1985	14 June 1990	DC	1985
14 June 1990			11 January 1992	1990
9		Mario Romagnoli (b. 1934)	11 January 1992		12 May 1993	DC
10		Maurizio Mansutti (b. 1955)	12 May 1993		17 August 1993	DC
–		Emilio De Luca	12 May 1993	6 December 1993	Special Commissioner

Direct election (since 1993)

Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Latina is chosen by direct election. ^[2]

	Mayor		Term start	Term end	Party	Coalition		Election
11		Ajmone Finestra (1921–2012)	6 December 1993	17 November 1997	MSI		MSI	1993
			17 November 1997	29 May 2002			Pole for Freedoms (FI-AN-CCD-CDU)	1997
12		Vincenzo Zaccheo (b. 1947)	29 May 2002	10 June 2007	AN		House of Freedoms (FI-AN-CCD-CDU)	2002
			10 June 2007	15 April 2010 [lower-alpha 1]			House of Freedoms (FI-AN-UDC)	2007
–		Guido Nardone	15 April 2010	20 May 2011	Special commissioner
13		Giovanni Di Giorgi (b. 1967)	20 May 2011	11 June 2015 [lower-alpha 2]	PdL FdI		PdL  • UDC	2011
–		Giacomo Barbato	11 June 2015	20 June 2016	Special commissioner
14		Damiano Coletta (b. 1960)	20 June 2016	18 October 2021	IC		Centre-left independents [lower-alpha 3]	2016
			18 October 2021	11 July 2022 [3]			IC  • PD  • M5S [lower-alpha 4]	2021
–		Carmine Valente	11 July 2022	8 September 2022	Special Commissioner
(14)		Damiano Coletta (b. 1960)	8 September 2022	29 September 2022 [lower-alpha 5]	IC		IC  • PD  • M5S [lower-alpha 6]	(2022) [lower-alpha 7]
–		Carmine Valente	29 September 2022	17 May 2023	Special Commissioner
15		Matilde Celentano (b. 1959)	17 May 2023	Incumbent	FdI		FdI  • R  • L  • FI  • UDC	2023

Notes

1. Forced to resign after losing a motion of no confidence in the City Council.
2. Forced to resign after losing a motion of no confidence in the City Council.
3. Sustained by the political groups "Latina Common Good", "Latina Rebirths" and "Latina Common Good Youth".
4. Sustained also by the civic lists "For Latina 2032" and "It Concerns Latina".
5. Forced to resign after losing a motion of no confidence in the City Council.
6. Sustained also by the civic lists "For Latina 2032" and "It Concerns Latina".
7. Re-vote after 2021 results were annulled in some districts.

References

1. Appointed by the National Liberation Committee.
2. "Albo dei Sindaci del Comune di Latina" . Retrieved 7 March 2019.
3. Results of the 2021 elections annulled.

External links

• "Albo dei Sindaci del Comune di Latina" . Retrieved 7 March 2019.