Mayor of Milan
The Mayor of Milan 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 Giuseppe Sala, a centre-left wing independent leading a progressive alliance composed by the Democratic Party and Italian Left.
Overview
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 Mayor and of the City Council is the city hall Palazzo Marino, in Piazza della Scala.
List
Rectors
Mayors
Kingdom of Italy (1860-1946)
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 | 13 December 1967 | PSDI | DC - PSDI - PSI |
| 5 | Aldo Aniasi | 13 December 1967 | 12 May 1976 | PSI | DC - PSDI - PSI PCI - PSI |
| 6 | Carlo Tognoli | 12 May 1976 | 21 December 1986 | PSI | PCI - PSI PCI - PSI - PSDI DC - PSI - PRI |
| 7 | Paolo Pillitteri | 21 December 1986 | 18 January 1992 | PSI | DC - PSI - PRI PCI - PSI - FdV - PSDI PCI - PSI - PRI - FdV - PSDI |
| 8 | Giampiero Borghini | 18 January 1992 | 11 March 1993 | PSI | DC - PSI - PSDI - PLI |
| - | Claudio Gelati | 11 March 1993 | 21 June 1993 | - | Special prefectural commissioner |
;Notes
Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Milan is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 2001 every five years.
Timeline
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