List of mayors of Rovigo

Mayor of Rovigo
Sindaco di Rovigo
Incumbent Edoardo Gaffeo (centre-left independent) since 13 June 2019
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Formation	1860
Website	Official website

The Mayor of Rovigo is an elected politician who, along with the Rovigo's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Rovigo in Veneto, Italy. The current Mayor is Edoardo Gaffeo, a centre-left independent, who took office on 13 June 2019. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Overview

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

The Mayor is elected by the population of Rovigo, 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 Rovigo'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 Rovigo was elected by the City's Council.

Direct election (since 1994)

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

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
12	Fabio Baratella	26 June 1994	24 May 1998	Democratic Party of the Left Democrats of the Left
		24 May 1998	30 November 2000
13	Paolo Avezzù	27 May 2001	11 June 2006	Forza Italia
14	Fausto Merchiori	11 June 2006	30 May 2011	Democrats of the Left Democratic Party
15	Bruno Piva	30 May 2011	15 July 2014	The People of Freedom
16	Massimo Bergamin	16 June 2015	22 February 2019	Lega Nord
17	Edoardo Gaffeo	13 June 2019	Incumbent	Independent (centre-left)

References

1. "Edoardo Gaffeo (50,94%) supera la leghista Monica Gambardella". ilgazzettino.it. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
2. "Passaggio di consegne a palazzo Nodari". Comune di Rovigo. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
3. "Edoardo Gaffeo, ufficialmente sindaco. L'insediamento del nuovo primo cittadino questa mattina a Palazzo Nodari con il passaggio di consegne". polesine24.it. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

External links

• "Sindaco di Rovigo". Comune di Rovigo. Retrieved 13 April 2019.