List of mayors of Turin


The Mayor of Turin is an elected politician who, along with the Turin's City Council of 40 members, is accountable for the government of Turin, Piedmont, northern Italy.
The current Mayor is Chiara Appendino, a member of the Five Star Movement, who took office on 20 June 2016.

List

Kingdom of Sardinia (1814-1848)

From 1814 to 1848 the City of Turin was administrated by a Decurionato led by two annual syndics.
SyndicsTerm startTerm endParty
Paolo Mazzetti di Saluggia
Giovanni Battista Arbaudi
1 January 181431 December 1815Legitimist
Bernardo Ripa di Meana
Giulio Marenco di Moriondo
1 January 181631 December 1816Legitimist
Michele Provana del Sabbione
Saverio Morelli
1 January 181731 December 1817None
Agostino Lascaris di Ventimiglia
Giuseppe Cavalli
1 January 181831 December 1818-
Michele Provana del Sabbione
Luigi Bertalazone di San Fermo
1 January 181931 December 1819-
Enrico Seyssel d'Aix
Giuseppe Sobrero
1 January 182031 December 1820-
Luigi Coardi Bagnasco
Gaetano Calliani
1 January 182131 December 1821-
Giuseppe Provana di Collegno
Giuseppe Adami di Bergolo
1 January 182231 December 1822-
Domenico Rovero di Piobesi
Giuseppe Gaetano Rignon
1 January 182331 December 1823-
Carlo Perrone di San Martino
Pietro Gay di Quarti
1 January 182431 December 1824-
Cesare Romagnano di Virle
Edoardo Tholozan
1 January 182531 December 1825-
Tancredi Farletti di Barolo
Davide Revelly
1 January 182631 December 1827-
Giacomo Asinari di Bernezzo
Luigi Francesetti di Hautecourt e Mezzenile
1 January 182831 December 1828-
Luigi Nomis di Cossilla
Luigi Ricciolio
1 January 182931 December 1829-
Giuseppe Provana di Collegno
Gerolamo Cravosio
1 January 183031 December 1831-
Enrico Seyssel d'Aix
Ignazio Michelotti
1 January 183231 December 1832-
Michele Benso di Cavour
Giuseppe Villa
1 January 183331 December 1834-
Carlo Pallio di Rinco
Luca Martin di San Martino
1 January 183531 December 1835-
Luigi Mola di Larissé
Giovanni Ignazio Pansoya
1 January 183631 December 1836-
Carlo Nicolis di Robilant
Amedeo Chiavarina di Rubiana
1 January 183731 December 1837-
Carlo Cacherano d'Osasco
Giuseppe Bosco di Ruffino
1 January 183831 December 1838-
Carlo Galli della Loggia
Luigi Rostagno di Villaretto
1 January 183931 December 1839-
Giuseppe Pochettini di Serravalle
Ignazio Marchetti Melina
1 January 184031 December 1840-
Paolo Gazzelli di Rossana
Pietro Villanis
1 January 184131 December 1841-
Antonio Nomis di Pollone
Angelo Borbonese
1 January 184231 December 1843-
Cesare Romagnano di Virle
Giuseppe Ponte di Pino
1 January 184431 December 1844-
Giuseppe Pochettini di Serravalle
Giuseppe Bosco di Ruffino
1 January 184531 December 1845-
Vittorio Colli di Felizzano
Giovanni Nigra
1 January 184631 December 1848-

Kingdom of Sardinia (1848–1861)

The office of Mayor of Turin was created by the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1848 after the promulgation of the Albertine Statute.
MayorTerm startTerm endParty
1Francesco Luigi de Margherita31 December 18487 April 1849Moderate
2Carlo Pinchia7 April 18491 February 1850Moderate
3Giorgio Bellono1 February 18501 January 1853Moderate
4Giovanni Notta1 January 18533 February 1860Moderate
5Augusto Nomis di Cossilla3 February 186026 December 1861Moderate

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.

Italian Republic (since 1946)

City Council election (1946-1993)

From 1946 to 1993, the Mayor of Turin was elected by the City Council.
MayorTerm startTerm endPartyCoalitionElection
1Celeste Negarville17 December 194613 May 1948PCIPCI PSI1946
2Domenico Coggiola13 May 194816 July 1951PCIPCI PSI1946
3Amedeo Peyron16 July 195126 February 1962DCDC PLI1951
3Amedeo Peyron16 July 195126 February 1962DCDC PLI1956
3Amedeo Peyron16 July 195126 February 1962DCDC PLI1960
4Giovanni Carlo Anselmetti26 February 196221 October 1964DCDC PLI1960
5Luciano Jona21 October 196420 February 1965PLIDC PLI1960
6Giuseppe Grosso20 February 19659 September 1968DCDC PLI1964
7Andrea Guglielminetti9 September 196822 July 1970DCDC PLI1964
8Giovanni Porcellana22 July 197012 April 1973DCDC PSI PSDI PRI
1970
9Guido Secreto12 April 19735 December 1973PSDIDC PSI PSDI PRI
1970
10Giovanni Picco5 December 197314 July 1975DCDC PSI PSDI PRI
1970
11Diego Novelli14 July 197525 January 1985PCIPCI PSI1975
11Diego Novelli14 July 197525 January 1985PCIPCI PSI1980
12Giorgio Cardetti25 January 198520 July 1987PSIPCI PSI-
12Giorgio Cardetti25 January 198520 July 1987PSIDC PSI PLI PSDI PRI
1985
13Maria Magnani Noya20 July 198730 July 1990PSIDC PSI PLI PSDI PRI
1985
14Valerio Zanone30 July 199011 February 1992PLIDC PSI PLI PSDI PRI
1990
15Giovanna Cattaneo Incisa11 February 199214 December 1992PRIDC PSI PLI PSDI PRI
1990
-Riccardo Malpica14 December 199224 June 1993Special prefectural commissioner

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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.

Timeline


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from: 09/09/1968 till: 22/07/1970 color:skyblue text:"Giglielminetti" fontsize:10
from: 20/07/1970 till: 12/04/1973 color:skyblue text:"Porcellana" fontsize:10
from: 12/04/1973 till: 12/12/1973 color:pink text:"Secreto" fontsize:10
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from: 24/06/1993 till: 01/06/2001 color:pink text:"Castellani" fontsize:10
from: 01/06/2001 till: 16/05/2011 color:red text:"Chiamparino" fontsize:10
from: 16/05/2011 till: 20/06/2016 color:red text:"Fassino" fontsize:10
from: 20/06/2016 till: 20/02/2020 color:yellow text:"Appendino" fontsize:10

Elections

Mayoral and Council election, 1993

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 21 November and the second on 5 December
The main candidates were Diego Novelli, former mayor of Turin supported by The Network and the Communist Refoundation Party, and Valentino Castellani, supported by the Democratic Party of the Left, Democratic Alliance and the Federation of the Greens.

Mayoral and Council election, 1997

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 27 April and the second on 11 May
The main candidates were Raffaele Costa, supported by Silvio Berlusconi's coalition Pole of Freedoms and by some Christian-democratic parties, and the outgoing mayor Valentino Castellani, supported by Romano Prodi's coalition The Olive Tree.

Mayoral and Council election, 2001

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 13 May and the second on 27 May 2001.
The main candidates were Roberto Rosso, supported by Silvio Berlusconi's center-right coalition, and Sergio Chiamparino, supported by Francesco Rutelli's center-left coalition The Olive Tree.

Mayoral and Council election, 2006

The election took place on 29–30 May 2006.
The main candidates were the incumbent mayor Sergio Chiamparino, supported by Romano Prodi's coalition The Olive Tree, and the minister Rocco Buttiglione, from the centrist party UDC and supported by Silvio Berlusconi's coalition House of Freedom.
Chiamparino won the election with the 66% of the votes.

Mayoral and Council election, 2011

The election took place on 15–16 May
The main candidates were the Michele Coppola, from Silvio Berlusconi's party People of Freedom, and the Piero Fassino, from Democratic Party. Fassino was chosen as the candidate for the center-left coalition on 26 February 2011 with the coalition primary elections.
Michele Coppola was supported by a big center-right coalition, composed by People of Freedom, Lega Nord, The Right – Tricolour Flame and some civic lists. Piero Fassino was supported by Democratic Party, Left Ecology Freedom, Italy of Values and some civic lists.

Mayoral and Council election, 2016

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 5 June and the second on 19 June.
The main candidates were the incumbent mayor Piero Fassino, from Democratic Party, Chiara Appendino, from Five Star Movement, Alberto Morano, supported by Northern League and Brothers of Italy, Osvaldo Napoli, from Forza Italia, and Giorgio Airaudo, from Italian Left.
On the first round Fassino was ahead with the 41% of the votes, but then Appendino won the second round with the 54% of the votes.