| Mayor of Palermo | |
|---|---|
| Sindaco di Palermo | |
 | |
| Residence | Palazzo Pretorio |
| Appointer | Popular election |
| Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Salesio Balsano |
| Formation | July 1861 |
| Salary | €121,188 |
| Website | Official website |
The mayor of Palermo is an elected politician who, along with the Palermo's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Palermo in Sicily, Italy. The current mayor is Roberto Lagalla, who took office on 20 June 2022. [1]
According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Palermo is a member of the Palermo city council.
The mayor is elected by the population of Palermo. Citizens elect also the members of the city council, which also controls 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 has been elected directly by Palermo'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.
In 1860, the nascent Kingdom of Italy created the office of the mayor of Palermo (Italian : Sindaco di Palermo), chosen by the city council.
The Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and city councils in 1926, replacing them with an authoritarian Podestà chosen by the National Fascist Party:
From 1946 to 1993, the mayor of Palermo was chosen by the city council.
| Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | Coalition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gennaro Patricolo | November 1946 | March 1948 | UQ | UQ • PLI |
| 2 | Guido Avolio | March 1948 | November 1948 | UQ | DC • PRI • PLI • UQ |
| 3 | Gaspare Causenza | November 1948 | March 1951 | DC | DC • PRI • PLI |
| (2) | Guido Avolio | November 1951 | January 1952 | DC | |
| 4 | Gioacchino Scaduto | July 1952 | December 1955 | DC | |
| 5 | Luciano Maugeri | June 1956 | May 1958 | DC | |
| 6 | Salvatore Lima | May 1958 | January 1963 | DC | |
| 7 | Francesco Saverio Diliberto | January 1963 | June 1964 | DC | |
| 8 | Paolo Bevilacqua | July 1964 | January 1965 | DC | |
| (6) | Salvatore Lima | January 1965 | July 1966 | DC | |
| (8) | Paolo Bevilacqua | July 1966 | October 1968 | DC | |
| 9 | Francesco Spagnolo | October 1968 | November 1970 | DC | DC |
| 10 | Vito Ciancimino | November 1970 | April 1971 | DC | DC • PRI • PLI |
| 11 | Giacomo Marchello | April 1971 | January 1976 | DC | |
| 12 | Carmelo Scoma | January 1976 | October 1978 | DC | |
| 13 | Giovanni Lapi | October 1978 | November 1978 | DC | |
| 14 | Salvatore Mantione | November 1978 | July 1980 | DC | |
| 15 | Nello Martellucci | July 1980 | April 1983 | DC | |
| 16 | Elda Pucci | April 1983 | April 1984 | DC | DC • PSI • PRI • PLI |
| 17 | Giuseppe Insalaco | April 1984 | August 1984 | DC | |
| 18 | Stefano Camilleri | August 1984 | October 1984 | DC | |
| (15) | Nello Martellucci | October 1984 | December 1984 | DC | |
| 19 | Leoluca Orlando | July 1985 | August 1990 | DC | |
| 20 | Domenico Lo Vasco | August 1990 | June 1992 | DC | |
| 21 | Aldo Rizzo | June 1992 | December 1992 | SI | PDS • FdV • PSDI • SI |
| 22 | Manlio Orobello | December 1992 | April 1993 | PSI | DC • PSI • PRI • PLI |
Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the mayor of Palermo is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and later every five years.
| Mayor of Palermo | Took office | Left office | Party | Coalition | Election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (19) |  | Leoluca Orlando (b. 1947) | 3 December 1993 | 1 December 1997 | LR | Progressives (PDS-PRC-LR-FdV) | 1993 | ||
| 1 December 1997 | 18 December 2000 [lower-alpha 1] | The Olive Tree (PDS-PPI-PRC-LR-FdV) | 1997 | ||||||
| Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (18 December 2000 – 26 November 2001) | |||||||||
| 23 |  | Diego Cammarata (b. 1951) | 26 November 2001 | 14 May 2007 | FI PdL | House of Freedoms (FI-AN-CCD-CDU) | 2001 | ||
| 14 May 2007 | 26 January 2012 | House of Freedoms (FI-AN-UDC) | 2007 | ||||||
| Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (27 January – 22 May 2012) | |||||||||
| (19) |  | Leoluca Orlando (b. 1947) | 22 May 2012 | 22 June 2017 | LR18 PD | IdV • FdS • FdV and leftist lists | 2012 | ||
| 22 June 2017 | 20 June 2022 | PD • SI • PRC and leftist lists | 2017 | ||||||
| 24 |  | Roberto Lagalla (b. 1955) | 20 June 2022 | Incumbent | UDC | FI • FdI • IV • L • UDC | 2022 | ||
Salvatore Achille Ettore Lima was an Italian politician from Sicily who was associated with, and murdered by, the Sicilian Mafia. He is often just referred to as Salvo Lima. According to the pentito Tommaso Buscetta, Lima's father, Vincenzo Lima, was a member of the Mafia but is not known whether Lima himself was a "made member" of Cosa Nostra. In the final report of the first Italian Antimafia Commission (1963–1976), Lima was described as one of the pillars of Mafia power in Palermo.
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