Mayor of Milan

Mayor of Milan Sindaco di Milano
Incumbent Giuliano Pisapia since 1 June 2011
Style	No courtesy, title or style
Appointer	Electorate of Milan
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Antonio Durini
Formation	8 November 1807
Deputy	Francesca Balzani
Salary	€43,200 per year
Website	www.comune.milano.i

The Mayor of Milan (Italian: Sindaco di Milanocode: it is deprecated ) is an elected politician who, along with the Milan’s City Council of 48 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Milan in northern Italy. The title is the equivalent of Lord Mayor in the meaning of an actual executive leader.

The current mayor of Milan is Giuliano Pisapia, a left-wing independent leading a progressive alliance composed by the Democratic Party, Left Ecology Freedom, the Greens and Federation of the Left.

Overview

Current seat of the Mayor, Palazzo Marino.

According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Milan is member of the Milan's City Council. Although the title Mayor is not held by the heads of the nine boroughs of Milan, because they do not actually preside over self-governmental municipalities.

The Mayor is elected by the population of Milan. Citizens elect also the members of the City Council, which also controls 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 1993 the Mayor is elected directly by Milan'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.

The seat of the City Council is the city hall Palazzo Marino in Piazza della Scala.

List of Mayors of Milan

Podestà (1807-1860)

From 1807, Podestà di Milano were appointed by the kings who reigned over the city during the early- to mid-19th century: Napoleon, the Habsburgs and Victor Emmanuel II.

• 1807-1814 — Antonio Durini
• 1814-1820 — Giovanni Cesare Giulini Della Porta
• 1820-1827 — Carlo Villa
• 1827-1837 — Antonio Durini
• 1837-1848 — Gabrio Casati
• 1848-1849 — Franz Graf von Wimpffen (military dictatorship)
• 1849-1856 — Antonio Pestalozza
• 1856-1859 — Giuseppe Sebregondi
• 1859-1860 — Luigi Barbiano di Belgioioso

Kingdom of Italy (1860-1946)

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
1	Antonio Beretta	26 January 1860	13 February 1867	Historical Right
2	Giulio Belinzaghi	13 February 1867	25 April 1884	Historical Right
3	Gaetano Negri	25 April 1884	21 November 1889	Historical Right
(2)	Giulio Belinzaghi	21 November 1889	28 September 1892	Historical Right
4	Giuseppe Vigoni	28 September 1892	18 September 1899	Historical Right
5	Giuseppe Mussi	18 September 1899	16 September 1903	Historical Left
6	Giambattista Barinetti	16 September 1903	7 February 1905	Historical Left
7	Ettore Ponti	7 February 1905	11 May 1909	Historical Right
8	Bassano Gabba	11 May 1909	30 January 1911	Historical Right
9	Emanuele Greppi	30 January 1911	30 June 1914	Liberal Party
10	Emilio Caldara	30 June 1914	20 November 1920	Socialist Party
11	Angelo Filippetti	20 November 1920	30 December 1922	Socialist Party
12	Luigi Mangiagalli	30 December 1922	19 August 1926	Liberal Party
Fascist Podestà (1926-1945)
1	Ernesto Belloni	19 August 1926	6 September 1928	National Fascist Party
2	Giuseppe De Capitani d'Arzago	6 September 1928	20 November 1929	National Fascist Party
3	Marcello Visconti di Modrone	20 November 1929	19 November 1935	National Fascist Party
4	Guido Pesenti	19 November 1935	13 June 1938	National Fascist Party
5	Gian Giacomo Gallarati Scotti	13 June 1938	14 October 1943	National Fascist Party
6	Piero Parini	14 October 1943	4 May 1944	Republican Fascist Party
7	Guido Andreoni	4 May 1944	13 September 1944	Republican Fascist Party
8	Giuseppe Spinelli	13 September 1944	23 January 1945	Republican Fascist Party
9	Mario Colombo	23 January 1945	25 April 1945	Republican Fascist Party
Liberation (1945-1946)
13	Antonio Greppi	25 April 1945	7 April 1946	Socialist Party

Republic of Italy (1946-present)

From 1946 to 1993, the Mayor of Milan was chosen by the City Council.

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party	Coalition
1	Antonio Greppi	7 April 1946	25 June 1951	PSI	PSI - PCI - DC
2	Virgilio Ferrari	25 June 1951	21 January 1961	PSDI	DC - PSDI
3	Gino Cassinis	21 January 1961	17 February 1964	PSDI	DC - PSDI - PSI
4	Pietro Bucalossi	17 February 1964	16 November 1967	PSDI	DC - PSDI - PSI
5	Aldo Aniasi	16 November 1967	12 May 1976	PSI	DC - PSDI - PSI (1967–75) PSI - PCI (1975–76)
6	Carlo Tognoli	12 May 1976	21 December 1986	PSI	PSI - PCI
7	Paolo Pillitteri	21 December 1986	18 January 1992	PSI	PSI - DC (1986–87) PSI - PCI - Greens (1987–92)
8	Gianpietro Borghini	21 January 1992	20 June 1993	PSI	PSI - DC

Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Milan is chosen by popular election, originally every four, and later every five years.

	Mayor of Milan		Took office	Left office	Party	Coalition		Election
9		Marco Formentini	20 June 1993	11 May 1997	Lega Nord		Lega Nord 20 June 1993 – 11 May 1997	1993
10		Gabriele Albertini	11 May 1997	1 June 2006	FI		FI - AN - CCD 11 May 1997 – 1 June 2001	1997
							FI - AN - UDC 1 June 2001 – 1 June 2006	2001
11		Letizia Moratti	1 June 2006	1 June 2011	FI / PDL		PDL - LN - UDC 1 June 2006 - 1 June 2011	2006
12		Giuliano Pisapia	1 June 2011	incumbent	Independent Leftist		PD - SEL - PRC since 1 June 2011	2011

Timeline

Elections

Main article: Elections in Milan

See also

• List of rulers of Milan
• Timeline of Milan