List of mayors of Parma

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Mayor of Parma
Sindaco di Parma
Coat of arms of Parma.svg
Michele Guerra 2023 04 22 Guerra De Vanna inaug Parco Gelsi (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Michele Guerra (IC)
since 1 July 2022
AppointerPopular election
Term length 5 years, renewable once
FormationSeptember 1861
Website Official website
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Parma's Town Hall.

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.

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The current mayor is Michele Guerra (IC), 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 Council.

 MayorTerm startTerm endParty
1Primo Savani20 May 19463 March 1948 PCI
2Giuseppe Botteri3 March 194817 October 1951 PCI
3 Giacomo Ferrari 17 October 19516 February 1963 PCI
4Vincenzo Baldassi6 February 196316 October 1970 PCI
5Cesare Gherri16 October 19701 October 1976 PSI
6Aldo Cremonini1 October 197610 September 1980 PSI
7Lauro Grossi10 September 19803 June 1989 PSI
8Mara Colla3 June 19897 August 1992 PSI
9Stefano Lavagetto7 August 199213 March 1994 PDS
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (13 March – 29 June 1994)

Direct election (since 1994)

Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Rimini is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 2002 every five years.


MayorTook officeLeft officePartyCoalitionElection
(9) Italy politic personality icon.svg Stefano Lavagetto
(1935–2005)
29 June 19948 June 1998 PDS PDS 1994
10 Italy politic personality icon.svg Elvio Ubaldi
(1947–2014)
8 June 199826 May 2002 Ind FI   CCD 1998
26 May 200221 June 2007 FI   UDC 2002
11 Pietro Vignali (2010).jpg Pietro Vignali
(b. 1968)
21 June 200728 September 2011 [a] FI FI   UDC 2007
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (28 September 2011 – 25 May 2012)
12 Federico Pizzarotti (2021) (cropped).jpg Federico Pizzarotti
(b. 1973)
25 May 201230 June 2017 M5S
IC
M5S 2012
30 June 20171 July 2022 IC 2017
13 Michele Guerra 2023 crop.jpg Michele Guerra
(b. 1982)
1 July 2022Incumbent IC IC   PD   SI 2022
Notes
  1. Resigned.

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