List of mayors of Verona

Mayor of Verona
Sindaco di Verona
Incumbent Damiano Tommasi since 29 June 2022
Style	No courtesy, title or style
Seat	Palazzo Barbieri
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Alessandro Carlotti
Formation	1866
Salary	€ 6,767 (monthly)
Website	www.comune.verona.it

The mayor of Verona (Italian : Sindaco di Verona) is an elected politician who, along with Verona's city council, is accountable for the government of Verona in Veneto, Italy.

The current mayor of Verona is Damiano Tommasi, a centre-left independent, who took office on 29 June 2022. ^[1]

Overview

Palazzo Barbieri is Verona's City Hall.

From 1866, when the former Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (part of the Austrian Empire) was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy, the central government created the mayor's office, chosen by city council.

In 1926, the Fascist Italy replaced the mayor with a Podestà , chosen by National Fascist Party. After the fall of the Italian Social Republic and the end of the Nazi Germany's occupation, the Mayor was re-established.

From 1994, the mayor is chosen by the citizens of Verona, originally for a four-year term. In 2000 the term was extended to five years.

List

Kingdom of Italy (1866–1946)

In 1866, after the Third War of Independence and the subsequent annexion of Veneto to the Kingdom of Italy, the national government created the office of the mayor of Verona (Sindaco di Verona), chosen by the city council. In 1926, the Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils, replacing them with an authoritarian Podestà chosen by the National Fascist Party.

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
1	Alessandro Carlotti	1866	1867	Independent
2	Giulio Camuzzoni	1867	1883	Right
3	Antonio Guglielmi	1883	1887	Right
4	Giovanni Battista Albertini	1887	1888	Right
5	Antonio Perez	1888	1889	Right
6	Augusto Renzi Tessari	1889	1891	Right
7	Augusto Caperle	1891	1895	Right
(3)	Antonio Guglielmi	1895	1907	Right
8	Luigi Bellini Carnesali	1907	1909	Right
9	Eugenio Gallizioli	1909	1914	PRI
10	Tullio Zanella	1914	1920	PSI
11	Albano Pontedera	1920	1922	PSI
12	Vittorio Raffaldi	1922	1926	PNF
Fascist Podestà (1926–1945)
1	Vittorio Raffaldi	1926	1928	PNF
2	Filippo Nereo Vignola	1928	1930	PNF
3	Mario Pasti	1930	1930	PNF
4	Luigi Marenzi	1930	1933	PNF
5	Alberto Donella	1933	1943	PNF
6	Luigi Grancelli	1943	1945	PFR
Liberation (1945–1946)
13	Aldo Fedeli	1945	1946	PSI

Republic of Italy (1946–present)

City Council election (1946–1994)

From 1946 to 1994, the Mayor of Verona was chosen by the City Council.

	Mayor		Term start	Term end	Party	Coalition	Election
1		Aldo Fedeli (1895–1955)	1946	1951	PSI	PCI  • PSI	1946
2		Giovanni Uberti (1888–1964)	1951	1956	DC	DC  • PLI  • PSDI	1951
3		Giorgio Zanotto (1920–1999)	1956	1960	DC	DC  • PLI  • PSDI	1956
			1960	1965			1960
4		Renato Gozzi (1915–1999)	1965	1970	DC	DC  • PSI  • PSDI	1964
5		Carlo Delaini (1927–2008)	1970	1971	DC	DC  • PSI  • PSDI	1970
6		Leonzio Veggio (1922–2019)	1971	1973	DC	DC  • PSI  • PSDI
(5)		Carlo Delaini (1927–2008)	1973	1975	DC	DC  • PSI  • PSDI
(4)		Renato Gozzi (1915–1999)	1975	1980	DC	DC  • PSI  • PSDI	1975
7		Gabriele Sboarina (b. 1935)	1980	1985	DC	DC  • PSI  • PSDI  • PRI  • PLI	1980
			1985	1990			1985
8		Aldo Sala (b. 1945)	1990	1993	DC	DC  • PSI  • PRI  • PSDI  • PLI	1990
9		Enzo Erminero (1931–2023)	1993	1993	DC	DC  • PSI  • PSDI  • PLI
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (1 December 1993 – 27 June 1994)

Direct election (since 1994)

Since 1994, enacting a new law on local administrations (1993), the Mayor of Verona is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 2002 every five years.

	Mayor of Verona		Took office	Left office	Party	Coalition		Election
10		Michela Sironi Mariotti (b. 1946)	27 June 1994	25 June 1998	FI		Pole of Freedoms (FI-AN-LN-CCD)	1994
			25 June 1998	12 June 2002			Pole for Freedoms (FI-AN-CDU-CCD)	1998
11		Paolo Zanotto (b. 1953)	12 June 2002	28 May 2007	Ind		The Olive Tree (DL-DS-FdV-SDI-PdCI)	2002
12		Flavio Tosi (b. 1969)	28 May 2007	12 May 2012	LN F!		House of Freedoms (FI-AN-LN-UDC)	2007
			12 May 2012	27 June 2017			LN and right-wing lists	2012
13		Federico Sboarina (b. 1971)	27 June 2017	29 June 2022	FdI		FI  • FdI  • LN	2017
14		Damiano Tommasi (b. 1974)	29 June 2022	In office	Ind		PD  • SI and leftist lists	2022

Timeline

Elections

Mayoral and City Council election, 1994

The election took place on two rounds: the first on 12 June, the second on 26 June 1994.

Results

Summary of the 1994 Verona City Council election results Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats Forza Italia [a] FI 45,235 28.58 14 Lega Nord [b] LN 28,261 17.86 9 National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) [c] AN 15,565 9.84 5 Others 1.591 1.00 0 Sironi Mariotti coalition (Centre-right) 90,652 57.28 28 Democratic Party of the Left (Partito Democratico della Sinistra) PDS 16,157 10.21 5 Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista) PRC 6,640 4.20 2 Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi) FdV 5,434 3.43 1 Others 4,245 2.68 1 Donella coalition (Left) 32,476 20.52 9 Italian People's Party (Partito Popolare Italiano) PPI 24,473 15.46 7 Segni Pact (Patto Segni) PS 5,315 3.36 1 Lega Autonomia Veneta LAV 4,308 2.72 1 Others 1,034 0.65 0 Total 158,258 100.00 46 Votes cast / turnout 179,612 81.97 Registered voters 219,109 Source: Ministry of the Interior

Candidate Party Coalition First round Second round Votes % Votes % Michela Sironi Mariotti FI FI-CCD 50,314 29.50 74,032 61.51 Dario Donella PDS PDS-PRC-FdV 38,610 22.64 46,316 38.49 Giovanni Maccagnani LN 29,461 17.27 Gian Antonio Vaccaro PPI 24,629 14.44 Massimo Galli Righi AN 16,242 9.52 Elmo Padovani PS 5,647 3.31 Massimo Guerra LAV 4,553 2.67 Antonio Barzon Ind 1,107 0.65 Eligible voters 219,109 100.00 219,109 100.00 Voted 179,612 81.97 128,182 58.50 Blank or invalid ballots 9,049 7,834 Total valid votes 170,563 120,348

Notes

1. Including Christian Democratic Centre (CCD).
2. Endorsed the candidate only on the second round.
3. Endorsed the candidate only on the second round.

Mayoral and City Council election, 1998

The election took place on two rounds: the first on 24 May, the second on 7 June 1998.

Results

Summary of the 1998 Verona City Council election results Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats Forza Italia FI 27,774 21.60 16 National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) AN 10,899 8.48 6 Christian Democratic Centre (Centro Cristiano Democratico) CCD 6,741 5.24 4 United Christian Democrats (Cristiano Democratici Uniti) CDU 3,762 2.93 2 Sironi Mariotti coalition (Centre-right) 49,176 38.24 28 Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra) DS 15,618 12.15 5 Italian People's Party (Partito Popolare Italiano) PPI 10,183 7.92 3 Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista) PRC 5,223 4.06 1 Italian Democratic Socialists (Socialisti Democratici Italiani) SDI 3,983 3.10 1 Others 4,915 3.82 0 Brugnoli coalition (Centre-left) 39,922 31.05 10 Lega Nord LN 21,948 17.07 5 Others 17,547 13.65 3 Total 128,593 100.00 46 Votes cast / turnout 159,793 73.97 Registered voters 216,014 Source: Ministry of the Interior

Candidate Party Coalition First round Second round Votes % Votes % Michela Sironi Mariotti FI Pole for Freedoms 60,772 40.28 64,604 58.33 Giuseppe Brugnoli DS The Olive Tree 46,100 30.56 46,160 41.67 Francesco Girondini LN 24,053 15.94 Tito Brunelli Ind 5,544 3.67 Massimo Guerra LAV LAV-RI 4,558 3.02 Others 9,844 6.53 Eligible voters 216,014 100.00 216,014 100.00 Voted 159,793 73.97 113,842 52.70 Blank or invalid ballots 8,922 3,078 Total valid votes 150,871 128,593

Mayoral and City Council election, 2002

The election took place on two rounds: the first on 26–27 May, the second on 9–10 June 2002.

Results

Summary of the 2002 Verona City Council election results Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats Forza Italia FI 32,670 24.50 10 National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) AN 13,154 9.86 3 Union of the Centre (Unione di Centro) UDC 9,141 6.14 2 Lega Nord LN 8,191 6.14 2 Bolla coalition (Centre-right) 63,156 47.35 17 [a] The Daisy (La Margherita) DL 17,366 13.02 9 Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra) [b] DS 16,535 12.40 9 For Verona (Per Verona) 11,884 8.91 6 Defend Verona (Difendi Verona) [c] 7,067 5.30 3 Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi) FdV 2,461 1.85 1 Zanotto coalition (Centre-left) 55,313 41.47 28 [d] Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista) PRC 4,170 3.13 1 Others 10,733 8.05 0 Total 133,372 100.00 46 Votes cast / turnout 157,382 74.14 Registered voters 212,284 Source: Ministry of the Interior

Candidate Party Coalition First round Second round Votes % Votes % Pierluigi Bolla FI House of Freedoms 68,935 45.64 63,889 45.77 Paolo Zanotto DL The Olive Tree 58,506 38.73 75,711 54.23 Aventino Frau Ind 7,733 5.12 Fiorenzo Fasoli PRC 4,106 2.72 Roberto Bussinello FN 2,424 1.60 Fabrizio Comencini LVR 1,913 1.27 Antonio Borghesi IdV 1,882 1.25 Others 5,547 3.67 Eligible voters 212,284 100.00 212,284 100.00 Voted 157,382 74.14 141,823 66.81 Blank or invalid ballots 6,336 2,223 Total valid votes 151,046 139,600

Notes

1. Even if the coalition received the most votes, its mayoral candidate lost the election on the second round. As a consequence, the coalition didn't win the majority bonus which was instead awarded to the coalition whose mayoral candidate won the run-off.
2. Including Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI) and Party of Italian Communists (PdCI).
3. Endorsed the candidate only on the second round.
4. Awarded the majority bonus since its mayoral candidate won the run-off.

Mayoral and City Council election, 2007

The election took place on 27–28 May 2007.

Results

Summary of the 2007 Verona City Council election results Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats Tosi List (Lista Tosi) 22,482 16.38 8 Forza Italia FI 20,681 15.07 8 National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) AN 17,861 13.02 6 Lega Nord LN 16,417 11.96 6 Union of the Centre (Unione di Centro) UDC 6,277 4.57 2 Others 925 0.67 0 Tosi coalition (Centre-right) 84,643 61.68 30 The Olive Tree (L'Ulivo) 23,860 17.39 10 Zanotto List (Lista Zanotto) 12,805 9.33 5 Party of Italian Communists (Partito dei Comunisti Italiani) PdCI 2,743 2.00 1 Others 5,183 3.77 0 Zanotto coalition (Centre-left) 44,591 32.49 16 Others 7,991 5.83 0 Total 137,225 100.00 46 Votes cast / turnout 157,378 76.69 Registered voters 205,207 Source: Ministry of the Interior

Candidate Party Coalition First round Votes % Flavio Tosi LN House of Freedoms 92,943 60.75 Paolo Zanotto DL The Union 51,828 33.87 Others 8,227 5.38 Eligible voters 205,207 100.00 Voted 157,378 76.69 Blank or invalid ballots 4,380 Total valid votes 152,998

Mayoral and City Council election, 2012

The election took place on 6–7 May 2012.

Results

Summary of the 2012 Verona City Council election results Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats Tosi List (Lista Tosi) 45,327 37.22 17 Lega Nord LN 13,065 10.73 5 Others 8,728 7.09 0 Tosi coalition (Right) 67,030 55.04 22 Democratic Party (Partito Democratico) PD 18,075 14.84 6 Left Ecology Freedom (Sinistra Ecologia Libertà) SEL 3,260 2.68 2 Others 7,030 5.77 0 Bertucco coalition (Centre-left) 28,365 23.29 8 Five Star Movement (Movimento Cinque Stelle) M5S 11,584 9.51 3 The People of Freedom (Il Popolo della Libertà) PdL 6,447 5.29 2 Union of the Centre (Unione di Centro) UDC 4,075 3.35 1 Others 2,546 2.09 0 Castelletti coalition (Centre-right) 13,068 10.73 3 Others 1,730 1.42 0 Total 121,777 100.00 36 Votes cast / turnout 139,531 69.65 Registered voters 200,338 Source: Ministry of the Interior

Candidate Party Coalition First round Votes % Flavio Tosi LN 76,904 57.33 Michele Bertucco SEL PD-SEL-IdV-PRC 30,493 22.73 Gianni Benciolini M5S 12,513 9.33 Luigi Castelletti PdL PdL-UDC-FLI 11,915 8.88 Luca Castellini FN 1,023 0.76 Barry Ibrahima PdAC 951 0.71 Patrizia Badii Ind 349 0.26 Eligible voters 200,338 100.00 Voted 139,531 69.65 Blank or invalid ballots 5,383 Total valid votes 134,148

Mayoral and City Council election, 2017

The election took place on two rounds: the first on 11 June, the second on 25 June 2017.

Results

Summary of the 2017 Verona City Council election results Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats Sboarina List (Lista Sboarina) 14,978 13.63 11 Lega Nord LN 9,704 8.83 7 Forza Italia FI 3,763 3.42 2 Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d'Italia) FdI 2,991 2.72 2 Others 1,158 1.05 0 Sboarina coalition (Centre-right) 32,594 29.65 22 Tosi List (Lista Tosi) 17,969 16.35 4 Love Verona (Ama Verona) AV 4,614 4.20 1 Act! (Fare!) F! 3,025 2.75 0 Others 1,037 0.94 0 Bisinella coalition (Centre-right) 26,645 24.24 5 Democratic Party (Partito Democratico) PD 17,406 15.83 4 Civic Verona (Verona Civica) VC 5,579 5.08 1 Others 943 0.86 0 Salemi coalition (Centre-left) 23,928 21.77 5 Five Star Movement (Movimento Cinque Stelle) M5S 10,386 9.45 2 Clean Verona (Verona Pulita) VP 5,315 4.84 1 Verona in Common (Verona in Comune) ViC 4,824 4.39 1 Others 6,231 5.67 0 Total 109,923 100.00 36 Votes cast / turnout 118,076 58.81 Registered voters 200,767 Source: Ministry of the Interior

Candidate Party Coalition First round Second round Votes % Votes % Federico Sboarina FdI FI-LN-FdI 33,440 29.13 46,962 58.11 Patrizia Bisinella F! 26,946 23.47 33,848 41.89 Orietta Salemi PD 25,724 22.41 Alessandro Gennari M5S 10,891 9.49 Michele Croce Ind 5,803 5.06 Michele Bertucco SI SI-PRC 5,288 4.61 Filippo Grigolini PdF 3,925 3.42 Marco Giorlo Ind 1,538 1.34 Roberto Bussinello CP 1,234 1.08 Eligible voters 200,767 100.00 200,767 100.00 Voted 118,076 58.81 85,112 42.39 Blank or invalid ballots 3,287 4,302 Total valid votes 114,789 80,810

Mayoral and City Council election, 2022

The election took place on two rounds: the first on 12 June, the second on 26 June 2022.

Results

Summary of the 2022 Verona City Council election results Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats Tommasi List (Lista Tommasi) 16,452 15.97 10 Democratic Party (Partito Democratico) PD 13,500 13.10 8 Goals (Traguardi) 5,724 5.55 3 Civic Ecologic Left (Sinistra Civica Ecologista) SCE 2,619 2.54 1 Others 1,378 2.30 0 Tommasi coalition (Centre-left) 40,673 39.47 22 Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d'Italia) FdI 12,278 11.91 4 Sboarina List (Lista Sboarina) 7,548 7.32 2 League (Lega) L 6,797 6.60 1 Coraggio Italia CI 5,381 5.22 1 Others 2,397 2.32 0 Sboarina coalition (Right) 34,401 33.38 8 Tosi List (Lista Tosi) 10,937 10.61 4 Act! (Fare!) F! 4,548 4.41 1 Forza Italia FI 4,479 4.35 1 Others 4,306 4.18 0 Tosi coalition (Centre-right) 24,270 23.55 6 Others 3,728 3.61 0 Total 103,049 100.00 36 Votes cast / turnout 111,606 55.08 Registered voters 202,638 Source: Ministry of the Interior

Candidate Party Coalition First round Second round Votes % Votes % Damiano Tommasi Ind PD-SI-EV-A-+E 43,106 39.80 50,118 53.40 Federico Sboarina FdI FdI-L-CI 35,404 32.69 43,730 46.60 Flavio Tosi FI FI-F! 25,843 23.86 Alberto Zelger PdF 2,857 2.64 Anna Sautto 3V 646 0.60 Paola Barollo Ind 443 0.41 Eligible voters 202,638 100.00 202,638 100.00 Voted 111,606 55.08 94,924 46.84 Blank or invalid ballots 3,307 1,076 Total valid votes 108,299 93,848

Deputy Mayor

The office of the deputy mayor of Verona was officially created in 1994 with the adoption of the new local administration law. The deputy mayor is nominated and eventually dismissed by the mayor. Here is a list of deputy mayors of Verona:

	Deputy	Term start	Term end	Party	Mayor
1	Francesco Girondini	30 June 1994	25 June 1998	LN	Sironi Mariotti
2	Luca Bajona	25 June 1998	12 June 2002	AN
3	Maurizio Pedrazza Gorlero	1 July 2002	28 May 2007	Ind	Zanotto
4	Alfredo Meocci	16 June 2007	2 July 2008 [a]	UDC	Tosi
5	Vito Giacino	3 July 2008	12 May 2012	PdL
		22 May 2012	15 November 2013 [b]
6	Stefano Casali	22 November 2013	1 July 2015 [c]	Ind
7	Edoardo Lana	2 July 2015	27 June 2017	Ind
8	Lorenzo Fontana	8 July 2017	12 June 2018 [d]	Lega	Sboarina
9	Luca Zanotto	13 June 2018	29 June 2022	Lega
10	Barbara Bissoli	18 July 2022	Incumbent	Ind	Tommasi

Notes

1. Resigned.
2. Resigned.
3. Resigned after being elected regional councillor.
4. Resigned after being elected member of the Chamber of Deputies.

See also

• Timeline of Verona

References

1. "Damiano Tommasi è il nuovo sindaco di Verona". Il Post (in Italian). 2022-06-26. Retrieved 2022-06-27.