List of mayors of Turin

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Mayor of Turin
Sindaco di Torino
Stemma di Torino (CoA of Turin) heraldic (2023).svg
Stefano Lo Russo 2021 (less cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Stefano Lo Russo
since 27 October 2021
Residence Palazzo Civico
AppointerElectorate of Turin
Term length 5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holderFrancesco Luigi de Margherita
Formation30 November 1848
DeputyMichela Favaro
Salary€62,592 annually
Website
Turin's City Hall Torino Municipio di Torino 3.jpg
Turin's City Hall

The mayor of Turin (Italian: sindaco di Torino) is an elected politician who, along with the Turin City Council of 40 members, is accountable for the government of Turin, in the Italian region of Piedmont. The incumbent mayor is Stefano Lo Russo, a university professor of Geology and member of the Democratic Party, who took office on 27 October 2021.

Contents

List

Kingdom of Sardinia (1814–1848)

From 1814 to 1848, the City of Turin was administrated by a Decurionato (City Council) led by two annual syndics (sindici). [1]

SyndicsTerm startTerm endParty
Paolo Mazzetti di Saluggia
Giovanni Battista Arbaudi
1 January 181431 December 1815 Legitimist
Bernardo Ripa di Meana
Giulio Marenco di Moriondo
1 January 181631 December 1816 Legitimist
Michele Provana del Sabbione
Saverio Morelli
1 January 181731 December 1817 None
Agostino Lascaris di Ventimiglia
Giuseppe Cavalli
1 January 181831 December 1818None
Michele Provana del Sabbione
Luigi Bertalazone di San Fermo
1 January 181931 December 1819None
Enrico Seyssel d'Aix
Giuseppe Sobrero
1 January 182031 December 1820None
Luigi Coardi Bagnasco
Gaetano Calliani
1 January 182131 December 1821None
Giuseppe Provana di Collegno
Giuseppe Adami di Bergolo
1 January 182231 December 1822None
Domenico Rovero di Piobesi
Giuseppe Gaetano Rignon
1 January 182331 December 1823None
Carlo Perrone di San Martino
Pietro Gay di Quarti
1 January 182431 December 1824None
Cesare Romagnano di Virle
Edoardo Tholozan
1 January 182531 December 1825None
Tancredi Farletti di Barolo
Davide Revelly
1 January 182631 December 1827None
Giacomo Asinari di Bernezzo
Luigi Francesetti di Hautecourt e Mezzenile
1 January 182831 December 1828None
Luigi Nomis di Cossilla
Luigi Ricciolio
1 January 182931 December 1829None
Giuseppe Provana di Collegno
Gerolamo Cravosio
1 January 183031 December 1831None
Enrico Seyssel d'Aix
Ignazio Michelotti
1 January 183231 December 1832None
Michele Benso di Cavour
Giuseppe Villa
1 January 183331 December 1834None
Carlo Pallio di Rinco
Luca Martin di San Martino
1 January 183531 December 1835None
Luigi Mola di Larissé
Giovanni Ignazio Pansoya
1 January 183631 December 1836None
Carlo Nicolis di Robilant
Amedeo Chiavarina di Rubiana
1 January 183731 December 1837None
Carlo Cacherano d'Osasco
Giuseppe Bosco di Ruffino
1 January 183831 December 1838None
Carlo Galli della Loggia
Luigi Rostagno di Villaretto
1 January 183931 December 1839None
Giuseppe Pochettini di Serravalle
Ignazio Marchetti Melina
1 January 184031 December 1840None
Paolo Gazzelli di Rossana
Pietro Villanis
1 January 184131 December 1841None
Antonio Nomis di Pollone
Angelo Borbonese
1 January 184231 December 1843None
Cesare Romagnano di Virle
Giuseppe Ponte di Pino
1 January 184431 December 1844None
Giuseppe Pochettini di Serravalle
Giuseppe Bosco di Ruffino
1 January 184531 December 1845None
Vittorio Colli di Felizzano
Giovanni Nigra
1 January 184631 December 1848None

Kingdom of Sardinia (1848–1861)

The office of Mayor of Turin (Sindaco di Torino) was created by the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1848 after the promulgation of the Albertine Statute. [1]

 MayorTerm startTerm endParty
1 Luigi de Margherita 31 December 18487 April 1849 Moderate
2 Carlo Pinchia 7 April 18491 February 1850 Moderate
3 Giorgio Bellono 1 February 18501 January 1853 Moderate
4 Giovanni Notta 1 January 18533 February 1860 Moderate
5 Augusto Nomis di Cossilla 3 February 186026 December 1861 Moderate

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

After the creation of the Kingdom of Italy, the mayor of Turin was elected as continuation of the previous office created during the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia. The Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils in 1926, replacing them with an authoritarian Podestà chosen by the National Fascist Party. The office of mayor was restored in 1945 during the Allied occupation. [1]

 MayorTerm startTerm endParty
6 Emanuele Luserna di Rorà 26 December 18611 January 1866 Right
7 Giovanni Filippo Galvagno 1 January 18661 April 1869Independent
8 Cesare Valperga di Masino 1 April 186920 November 1870 Right
9 Felice Rignon 20 November 187019 January 1878 Right
10 Luigi Ferraris 19 January 187828 March 1883 Right
11 Ernesto Balbo Bertone di Sambuy 28 March 18831 January 1887 Right
12 Melchiorre Voli 1 January 188726 June 1895 Left
(9) Felice Rignon 26 June 189513 April 1898 Right
13 Severino Casana 13 April 189826 September 1902 Left
14 Alfonso Badini Confalonieri 26 September 19026 July 1903 Left
15 Secondo Frola 6 July 190328 July 1909 Right
16 Teofilo Rossi 28 July 190915 June 1917 Liberal
17 Leopoldo Usseglio 15 June 191717 October 1917 Liberal
(15) Secondo Frola 17 October 191724 November 1919 Liberal
18 Riccardo Cattaneo 19 November 19202 July 1923 Liberal
Donato Etna26 June 19254 December 1926Special Commissioner
Fascist Podestà (1926–1945)
Luigi Balbo Bertone di Sambuy4 December 192611 September 1928Special Commissioner
Umberto Ricci 11 September 192811 February 1929Special Commissioner
1 Paolo Ignazio Maria Thaon di Revel 11 February 19294 February 1935 PNF
2 Ugo Sartirana 4 February 193525 June 1938 PNF
3 Cesare Giovara 25 June 193824 August 1939 PNF
4 Matteo Bonino 24 August 193918 August 1943 PNF
5 Bruno Villabruna 18 August 194320 September 1943 PFR
6 Michele Fassio 2 December 194425 April 1945 PFR
Allied occupation (1945–1946)
19 Giovanni Roveda 28 April 194517 December 1946 Communist

Italian Republic (since 1946)

City Council election (1946–1993)

From 1946 to 1993, the mayor of Turin was elected by the City Council. [1]

 MayorTerm startTerm endPartyCoalitionElection
1 Celeste Negarville 17 December 194613 May 1948 PCI PCI · PSI 1946
2 Domenico Coggiola 13 May 194816 July 1951 PCI
3 Amedeo Peyron 16 July 195126 February 1962 DC DC · PLI 1951
1956
1960
4 Giovanni Carlo Anselmetti 26 February 196221 October 1964 DC
5 Luciano Jona 21 October 196420 February 1965 PLI
6 Giuseppe Grosso 20 February 19659 September 1968 DC 1964
7 Andrea Guglielminetti 9 September 196822 July 1970 DC
8 Giovanni Porcellana 22 July 197012 April 1973 DC DC · PSI · PSDI · PRI
( Organic centre-left )
1970
9 Guido Secreto 12 April 19735 December 1973 PSDI
10 Giovanni Picco 5 December 197314 July 1975 DC
11 Diego Novelli 14 July 197525 January 1985 PCI PCI · PSI 1975
1980
12 Giorgio Cardetti 25 January 198520 July 1987 PSI
DC · PSI · PLI · PSDI · PRI
( Pentapartito )
1985
13 Maria Magnani Noya 20 July 198730 July 1990 PSI
14 Valerio Zanone 30 July 199011 February 1992 PLI 1990
15 Giovanna Cattaneo Incisa 11 February 199214 December 1992 PRI
- Riccardo Malpica 14 December 199224 June 1993Special prefectural commissioner [lower-alpha 1]
Notes
  1. Nominated by the prefect after the mayor and the members of the City Council resigned in order to hold a new election under the provision of the new local electoral law

Direct election (since 1993)

Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the mayor of Turin is chosen by direct election, originally every four then every five years.


Mayor of Turin Took officeLeft officePartyCoalitionElection
16 Castellani-Incisa-campagna (cropped).jpg Valentino Castellani
(b. 1940)
24 June 199312 May 1997 Ind PDS · AD · FdV 1993
12 May 199728 May 2001 The Olive Tree 1997
17 Chiamparino (cropped).jpg Sergio Chiamparino
(b. 1948)
28 May 200130 May 2006 DS
PD
The Olive Tree 2001
30 May 200616 May 2011 The Olive Tree 2006
18 Piero Fassino - Trento 2013.JPG Piero Fassino
(b. 1949)
16 May 201120 June 2016 PD PD · SEL · IdV 2011
19 Chiara Appendino en la presentacion de la sede de la Fundacion Sandretto Re Rebaudengo en Madrid 02.jpg Chiara Appendino
(b. 1984)
20 June 201627 October 2021 M5S M5S 2016
20 Stefano Lo Russo 2021 (cropped).jpg Stefano Lo Russo
(b. 1975)
27 October 2021 [lower-alpha 1] Incumbent PD PD · Mod · SI 2021
Notes
  1. Election originally scheduled for June 2021 then postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

Timeline

Stefano Lo RussoChiara AppendinoPiero FassinoSergio ChiamparinoValentino CastellaniValerio ZanoneMaria Magnani NoyaDiego NovelliList of mayors of Turin

Elections

Mayoral and City Council election, 1993

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 6 June, the second on 20 June 1993.

Results
Notes
  1. As a result of the majority bonus granted by the electoral law to the candidate who wins the run-off competition if no coalition reaches more than 50% of the votes on the first round

Mayoral and City Council election, 1997

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 27 April, the second on 11 May 1997.

Results
Notes
  1. Officially endorsed the centre-left coalition candidate only on the second round

Mayoral and City Council election, 2001

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 13 May, the second on 27 May 2001.

Results
Notes
  1. As a result of the majority bonus granted by the electoral law to the candidate who wins the run-off competition if no coalition reaches more than 50% of the votes on the first round

Mayoral and City Council election, 2006

The election took place on 28–29 May 2006.

Results

Mayoral and City Council election, 2011

The election took place on 15–16 May 2011.

Results

Mayoral and City Council election, 2016

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 5 June, the second on 19 June 2016.

Results
Notes
  1. As a result of the majority bonus granted by the electoral law to the candidate who wins the run-off competition if no coalition reaches more than 50% of the votes on the first round

Mayoral and City Council election, 2021

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 3–4 October, the second on 17–18 October 2021.

Results

Deputy Mayor

The office of the Deputy Mayor of Turin was officially created in 1993 with the adoption of the new local administration law. The Deputy Mayor is nominated and eventually dismissed by the mayor.

 DeputyTerm startTerm endPartyMayor
1Guido Brosio5 July 199312 May 1997 AD Castellani
2Domenico Carpanini20 May 199728 February 2001 [lower-alpha 1] PDS
3Marco Calgaro28 June 200130 May 2006 DL Chiamparino
4Tommaso Dealessandri13 June 200616 May 2011 PD
2 June 201116 July 2013 [lower-alpha 2] Fassino
5Elide Tisi16 July 201320 June 2016 PD
6Guido Montanari1 July 201615 July 2019 [lower-alpha 3] M5S Appendino
7Sonia Schellino29 July 201927 October 2021 M5S
8Michela Favaro28 October 2021Incumbent PD Lo Russo
Notes
  1. Died in office
  2. Resigned
  3. DIsmissed by the mayor

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Davide Giovanni Cravero, Trecento anni di vita del Palazzo Civico di Torino: 1663–1963, Published by the City of Turin, 1964, available online here

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