List of mayors of Ragusa

This article is about the mayors of the Italian city of Ragusa. For the Croatian town, see Dubrovnik.

Mayor of Ragusa
Sindaco di Ragusa
Incumbent Giuseppe Cassì since 27 June 2018
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Formation	1860
Website	Official website

Ragusa's City Hall

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

The current Mayor is Giuseppe Cassì, a right-wing independent and former basketball player, who took office on 27 June 2018. ^[1]

Overview

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

The Mayor is elected by the population of Ragusa, 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 1994 the Mayor is elected directly by Ragusa'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 Ragusa was elected by the City's Council. ^[2]

Direct election (since 1994)

Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Ragusa is chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five years.

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party	Coalition		Election
15	Giorgio Chessari	28 June 1994	10 June 1998	PDS		PDS  • PPI  • LR  • AD	1994
16	Domenico Arezzo	10 June 1998	10 June 2003	FI		FI  • AN  • CCD	1998
17	Antonio Solarino	10 June 2003	18 November 2005 [lower-alpha 1]	DL		DS  • DL  • SDI  • PRC	2003
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (18 November 2005 – 26 June 2006)
18	Nello Dipasquale	26 June 2006	30 May 2011	FI PdL		FI  • AN  • UDC	2006
		30 May 2011	30 August 2012 [lower-alpha 2]			PdL  • UDC  • PID	2011
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (30 August 2012 – 26 June 2013)
19	Federico Piccitto	26 June 2013	27 June 2018	M5S		M5S	2013
20	Giuseppe Cassì	27 June 2018	30 May 2023	Ind		Right-wing independent lists	2018
		30 May 2023	Incumbent			Centrist independent lists	2023

Notes

1. Ousted out of office after losing the majority in the City Council.
2. Resigned.

Timeline

References

1. "M5S, cade la roccaforte Ragusa: il nuovo sindaco è Cassì". la Repubblica (in Italian). 24 June 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
2. "I Sindaci del Comune di Ragusa". Comune di Ragusa (in Italian). Retrieved 11 April 2019.

External links

• "I Sindaci del Comune di Ragusa". Comune di Ragusa (in Italian). Retrieved 11 April 2019.