List of mayors of Parma

Mayor of Parma
Sindaco di Parma
Incumbent Michele Guerra (Italia in Comune) since 1 July 2022
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Formation	September 1861
Website	Official website

The Mayor of Parma is an elected politician who, along with the Parma's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Parma in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The current Mayor is Michele Guerra, member of Italia in Comune, who took office on 1 July 2022.

Overview

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

The Mayor is elected by the population of Parma, 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 1994 the Mayor is elected directly by Parma'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.

Italian Republic (since 1946)

City Council election (1946-1994)

From 1946 to 1994, the Mayor of Parma was elected by the City's Council.

		Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
1		Primo Savani	20 May 1946	3 March 1948	Italian Communist Party
2		Giuseppe Botteri	3 March 1948	17 October 1951	Italian Communist Party
3		Giacomo Ferrari	17 October 1951	6 February 1963	Italian Communist Party
4		Vincenzo Baldassi	6 February 1963	16 October 1970	Italian Communist Party
5		Cesare Gherri	16 October 1970	1 October 1976	Italian Socialist Party
6		Aldo Cremonini	1 October 1976	10 September 1980	Italian Socialist Party
7		Lauro Grossi	10 September 1980	3 June 1989 [1]	Italian Socialist Party
8		Mara Colla	3 June 1989	7 August 1992	Italian Socialist Party
9		Stefano Lavagetto	7 August 1992	13 March 1994	Democratic Party of the Left

Direct election (since 1994)

Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Parma is chosen by direct election.

		Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
(9)		Stefano Lavagetto	29 June 1994	8 June 1998	Democratic Party of the Left
10		Elvio Ubaldi	8 June 1998	25 May 2002	Centre-right independent
			25 May 2002	21 June 2007
11		Pietro Vignali	21 June 2007	28 September 2011	Forza Italia
12		Federico Pizzarotti	25 May 2012	30 June 2017	Five Star Movement [2]
			30 June 2017	1 July 2022	Italia in Comune
13		Michele Guerra	1 July 2022	Incumbent	Italia in Comune

References

1. Died in office.
2. Pizzarotti left the Movement on 3 October 2016.