Mayor of Bologna

Mayor of Bologna
Mayor of Bologna
	Incumbent; Matteo Lepore; since 11 October 2021
Residence	Palazzo d'Accursio
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Luigi Pizzardi
Formation	April 6, 1860
Deputy	Sergio Porena
Salary	€114,960
Website	Official website

The Mayor of Bologna is an elected politician who, along with the Bologna’s City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Bologna, the regional capital of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

This is a list of mayors of Bologna, Italy.

List of Mayors of Bologna[]

Kingdom of Italy (1860-1946)[]

In 1860 the nascent Kingdom of Italy created the office of the Mayor of Bologna (Sindaco di Bologna), 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	Luigi Pizzardi	6 April 1860	11 January 1862	Historical Right
2	Carlo Pepoli	11 January 1862	7 May 1866	Independent
3		7 May 1866	6 April 1870	Historical Left
4	Camillo Casarini	6 April 1870	3 January 1875	Historical Left
5	Gaetano Tacconi	3 January 1875	29 March 1890	Historical Right
6		29 March 1890	1 June 1891	Historical Left
7		1 June 1891	22 December 1902	Historical Left
8		22 December 1902	30 January 1905	Historical Left
9		30 January 1905	21 November 1910	Historical Right
10		21 November 1910	15 July 1914	Historical Left
11		15 July 1914	21 November 1920	Italian Socialist Party
12		21 November 1920	4 March 1923	Italian Socialist Party
13	Umberto Puppini	4 March 1923	26 December 1926	National Fascist Party
Fascist Podestà (1926-1945)
1	Leandro Arpinati	26 December 1926	22 September 1929	National Fascist Party
2		22 September 1929	10 July 1930	National Fascist Party
3		10 July 1930	1 October 1933	National Fascist Party
4		1 October 1933	10 July 1936	National Fascist Party
5		10 July 1936	23 November 1939	National Fascist Party
6		23 November 1939	26 August 1943	National Fascist Party
7		26 August 1943	25 April 1945	Republican Fascist Party
Liberation (1945-1946)
14	Giuseppe Dozza	25 April 1945	7 April 1946	Italian Communist Party

Republic of Italy (1946–present)[]

From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Bologna was chosen by the City council. Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law (1993), the Mayor of Bologna is chosen by direct election, originally every four years, and since 1999 every five years.

		Took office	Left office	Party		Election
1	Giuseppe Dozza (1901–1974)	7 April 1946	2 April 1966	PCI	PCI 7 April 1946 – 2 April 1966	1946 1951 1956 1960 1964
2	Guido Fanti (1925–2012)	2 April 1966	29 July 1970	PCI	PCI 2 April 1966 – 29 July 1970	—
3	Renato Zangheri (1925–2015)	29 July 1970	29 April 1983	PCI	PCI 29 July 1970 – 29 April 1983	1970 1975 1980
4	Renzo Imbeni (1944–2005)	29 April 1983	27 February 1993	PCI PDS	PCI 29 April 1983 – 27 February 1993	1985 1990
5	Walter Vitali (b. 1952)	28 February 1993	24 April 1995	PDS	PDS 28 February 1993 – 24 April 1995	—
Directly elected mayors (1995–present)
(5)	Walter Vitali (b. 1952)	24 April 1995	30 June 1999	PDS DS	The Olive Tree 24 April 1995 – 30 June 1999	1995
6	Giorgio Guazzaloca (1944–2017)	30 June 1999	14 June 2004	Ind	Pole for Freedoms 30 June 1999 – 14 June 2004	1999
7	Sergio Cofferati (b. 1948)	14 June 2004	23 June 2009	DS PD	The Olive Tree 14 June 2004 – 23 June 2009	2004
8	Flavio Delbono (b. 1959)	23 June 2009	17 February 2010^[1]	PD	PD • IdV • FdS • FdV 23 June 2009 – 17 February 2010	2009
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (17 February 2010 – 16 May 2011)
9	Virginio Merola (b. 1955)	16 May 2011	11 October 2021	PD	PD • SEL • IdV 16 May 2011 – 20 June 2016	2011
9	Virginio Merola (b. 1955)	16 May 2011	11 October 2021	PD	PD 20 June 2016 – 4 October 2021	2016
10	Matteo Lepore (b. 1980)	11 October 2021	Incumbent	PD	PD • LeU • IV • EV • M5S since 4 October 2021	2021

Timeline[]

Mayors by time in office[]

Rank	Mayor	Political Party	Total time in office	Terms
1	Giuseppe Dozza	PCI	20 years, 342 days	5
2	Renato Zangheri	PCI	12 years, 274 days	3
3	Virginio Merola	PD	10 years, 141 days	2
4	Renzo Imbeni	PCI	9 years, 304 days	2
5	Walter Vitali	PDS	6 years, 123 days	2
6	Sergio Cofferati	DS / PD	5 years, 9 days	1
7	Giorgio Guazzaloca	Ind	4 years, 350 days	1
8	Guido Fanti	PCI	4 years, 118 days	1
9	Flavio Delbono	PD	239 days	1
10	Matteo Lepore	PD	121 days	1

References[]

^ He resigned following the so-called Cinziagate scandal. Until May 2011 the local government was then presided by Anna Maria Cancellieri, a state-appointed prefect.[1]

[1] He resigned following the so-called Cinziagate scandal. Until May 2011 the local government was then presided by Anna Maria Cancellieri, a state-appointed prefect.[1]

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