List of mayors of Palermo


The Mayor of Palermo is an elected politician who, along with the Palermo’s City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Palermo in Sicily, Italy. The current Mayor is Leoluca Orlando from Italy of Values, who took office on 22 May 2012.

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Palermo is member of the Palermo City Council.
The Mayor is elected by the population of Palermo. 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 has been elected directly by Palermo'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.

Kingdom of Italy (1860-1946)

Mayors

In 1860, the nascent Kingdom of Italy created the office of the Mayor of Palermo, chosen by the city council.
The Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils in 1926, replacing them with an authoritarian Podestà chosen by the National Fascist Party:
From 1946 to 1993, the Mayor of Palermo was chosen by the City council.
MayorTerm startTerm endPartyCoalition
Gennaro PatricoloNovember 1946March 1948UQUQ - PLI
Guido AvolioMarch 1948November 1948UQDC - PRI - PLI - UQ
3Gaspare CausenzaNovember 1948April 1951DCDC - PRI - PLI
Guido AvolioApril 1951January 1952DCDC - PRI - PLI
4Gioacchino ScadutoJanuary 1952April 1956DCDC - PRI - PLI
5Luciano MaugeriApril 1956May 1958DCDC - PRI - PLI
6Salvatore LimaMay 1958January 1963DCDC - PRI - PLI
7Francesco Saverio DilibertoJanuary 1963July 1964DCDC - PRI - PLI
8Paolo BevilacquaJuly 1964January 1965DCDC - PRI - PLI
Salvatore LimaJanuary 1965July 1966DCDC - PRI - PLI
Paolo BevilacquaJuly 1966October 1968DCDC - PRI - PLI
9Francesco SpagnoloOctober 1968November 1970DC
10Vito CianciminoNovember 1970April 1971DCDC - PRI - PLI
11Giacomo MarchelloApril 1971January 1976DCDC - PRI - PLI
12Carmelo ScomaJanuary 1976October 1978DCDC - PRI - PLI
13Giovanni LapiOctober 1978November 1978DCDC - PRI - PLI
14Salvatore MantioneNovember 1978July 1980DCDC - PRI - PLI
15Nello MartellucciJuly 1980April 1983DCDC - PRI - PLI
16Elda PucciApril 1983April 1984DCDC - PSI - PRI - PLI
17Giuseppe InsalacoApril 1984August 1984DCDC - PSI - PRI - PLI
18Stefano CamilleriAgusut 1984October 1984DCDC - PSI - PRI - PLI
Nello MartellucciOctober 1984December 1984DCDC - PSI - PRI - PLI
19Leoluca OrlandoJuly 1985August 1990DCDC - PSI - PRI - PLI
20Domenico Lo VascoAugust 1990June 1992DCDC - PSI - PRI - PLI
Aldo RizzoJune 1992December 1992SIPDS - SI
Manlio OrobelloDecember 1992April 1993PSIDC - PSI - PRI - PLI

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