Mayor of Florence

The mayor of Florence is an elected politician who, along with the Florence City Council of 36 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Florence. The title is the equivalent of Lord Mayor in the meaning of an actual executive leader. The office of Gonfaloniere was created in 1781 by Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany. It was replaced by the office of mayor in 1865, during the early Kingdom of Italy. The incumbent mayor of Florence is Sara Funaro of the Democratic Party, who was elected on 23–24 June 2024.

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Florence is member of Florence's city council. The title of mayor is not held by the heads of the five boroughs of Florence because they do not actually preside over self-governmental municipalities, and instead is elected by the population of Florence. Citizens also elect the members of the Florence City Council, which also controls the 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 1995, the mayor is elected directly by Florence'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 Vecchio in Piazza della Signoria.

List of mayors of Florence (1781–present)

Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1781–1859)

In 1781 was created the office of Annual Gonfaloniere of Florence who was appointed by the Grand Duke of Tuscany every year.

1781–1783 – Giuseppe Maria Panzanini
1783–1784 – Francesco Catellini da Castiglione
1784–1785 – Giovan Giorgio Ugolini
1785–1786 – Maldonato Amadio d'Alma
1786–1787 – Alberto Rimbotti
1787–1788 – Giuseppe Baldovinetti di Poggio
1788–1789 – Giuseppe Arnaldi
1789–1790 – Alberto Rimbotti
1790–1791 – Miniato Miniati
1791–1792 – Pietro Baldigiani
1792–1793 – Ferdinando de' Bardi
1793–1794 – Pietro Soderini
1794–1795 – Antonio da Castiglione
1795–1796 – Francesco Passerini
1796–1797 – Vieri De' Cerchi
1797–1798 – Ottavio Pitti
1798–1799 – Leonardo Buonarroti
1799–1800 – Orazio Smeraldo Morelli
1800–1801 – Francesco Catellini da Castiglione
1801–1802 – Niccolò Arrighi
1802–1803 – Michele Roti
1803–1804 – Pietro Mancini
1804–1805 – Giovanni Carlo Mori Ubaldini
1805–1806 – Giulio Orlandini
1806–1807 – Vespasiano Marzichi
1807–1808 – Tommaso Guadagni
1808–1809 – Filippo Guadagni

In 1809, during the period of the newborn Kingdom of Etruria, it was temporarily created the office of Maire of Florence.

1809–1813 – Emilio Pucci
1813–1815 – Girolamo Bartolommei

In 1815, the office of Gonfaloniere of Florence was restored.

1815–1816 – Giovanni Battista Gondi
1816–1817 – Giovanni Rosselli de Turco
1817–1821 – Tommaso Corsi
1821–1825 – Jacopo Guidi
1826–1828 – Giovanni Battista Covoni
1829–1831 – Giovanni Battista Andrea Boubon del Monte
1832–1834 – Cosimo Antinori
1835–1840 – Gaetano de' Pazzi
1841–1842 – Luigi de Cambray Digny
1843–1846 – Pier Francesco Rinuccini
1847 – Vincenzo Peruzzi
1847–1848 – Bettino Ricasoli
1848–1850 – Ubaldino Peruzzi
1850 – Carlo Torrigiani
1850–1853 – Vincenzo Capponi
1854–1859 – Eduardo Dufour Berté
Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

In 1865, the Kingdom of Italy created the office of the Mayor of Florence, chosen by the City council. In 1926, the Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils, replacing them with an authoritarian podestà chosen by the Fascist Party">Fascist Italy">Fascist Party.
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Timeline

Republic of Italy (1946–present)

City Council election (1946–1995)

From 1946 to 1995, the mayor of Florence was chosen by the city council.
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Direct election (since 1995)

Since 1995, enacting a new law on local administrations, the mayor of Florence is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 1999 every five years.
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Timeline

By time in office

Elections

City Council elections, 1946–1990

Number of votes for each party:

Election	DC	PCI	PSI	PLI	PRI	Italian [Democratic Socialist Party\|PSDI]	MSI	Others	Total
Election
10 November 1946	45,168	64,040	41,377	6,544	4,249	–	–	28,476	189,854
27 May 1951	87,899	81,980	24,842	10,808	14,476	–	12,621	10,536	243,162
27 May 1956	101,961	69,190	44,551	11,105	3,955	13,684	15,423	–	259,869
6 November 1960	99,577	92,841	39,586	13,653	3,711	18,620	15,337	2,326	285,651
22 November 1964	87,117	106,596	32,801	46,723	2,345	19,830	13,669	7,588	316,669
12 June 1966	85,335	104,820	30,945	30,945	2,828	22,102	10,707	8,735	301,038
7 June 1970	95,272	110,928	30,011	17,330	6,320	33,617	15,151	8,234	316,863
15 June 1975	96,019	137,433	34,392	7,415	12,259	17,327	17,217	9,232	331,294
8 June 1980	94,139	127,229	38,844	7,323	12,289	11,668	13,775	9,017	314,284
12 May 1985	83,258	125,442	38,565	7,316	17,738	6,433	15,855	19,032	314,227
6 May 1990	73,238	90,566	37,248	4,420	19,419	6,786	9,796	278,692

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Number of seats in the City Council for each party:

Election	DC	PCI	PSI	PLI	PRI	PSDI	MSI	Others	Total
Election
10 November 1946	14	21	13	2	1	–	–	9	60
27 May 1951	31	13	4	4	5	–	1	1	60
27 May 1956	25	17	10	2	–	3	3	–	60
6 November 1960	22	20	8	3	–	4	3	–	60
22 November 1964	18	22	6	7	–	4	2	–	60
12 June 1966	18	22	7	7	–	4	2	–	60
7 June 1970	19	22	5	3	1	6	3	1	60
15 June 1975	18	26	6	1	2	3	3	1	60
8 June 1980	19	26	8	1	2	2	2	–	60
12 May 1985	17	25	7	1	3	1	3	3	60
6 May 1990	17	21	9	1	4	1	2	5	60

Mayoral and City Council election, 1995

Mayoral and City Council election, 1999

Mayoral and City Council election, 2004

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 12–13 June and the second on 26–27 June 2004.
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Mayoral and City Council election, 2009

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 6–7 June and the second on 21–22 June 2009.
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Mayoral and City Council election, 2014

Mayoral and City Council election, 2019

Mayoral and City Council election, 2024

Deputy Mayor

The office of the Deputy Mayor of Florence was officially created in 1995 with the adoption of the new local administration law. The Deputy Mayor is nominated and eventually dismissed by the mayor.

	Deputy	Term start	Term end	Party	Mayor
1	Alberto Brasca	2 May 1995	14 June 1999	PDS	Primicerio
2	Andrea Ceccarelli	30 June 1999	4 March 2002	DS	Domenici
3	Giuseppe Matulli	4 March 2002	28 June 2004	DL PD	Domenici
3	Giuseppe Matulli	8 July 2004	22 June 2009	DL PD	Domenici
4	Dario Nardella	27 June 2009	11 March 2013	PD	Renzi
5	Stefania Saccardi	11 March 2013	14 February 2014	PD	Renzi
	Dario Nardella	14 February 2014	5 June 2014	PD	Renzi
6	Cristina Giachi	5 June 2014	29 May 2019	PD	Nardella
6	Cristina Giachi	3 June 2019	20 October 2020	PD	Nardella
7	Alessia Bettini	24 October 2020	26 June 2024	None	Nardella
8	Paola Galgani	12 July 2024	Incumbent	None	Funaro

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Mayor of Florence

Overview

List of mayors of Florence (1781–present)

Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1781–1859)

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

Timeline

Republic of Italy (1946–present)

City Council election (1946–1995)

Direct election (since 1995)

Timeline

By time in office

Elections

City Council elections, 1946–1990

Mayoral and City Council election, 1995

Mayoral and City Council election, 1999

Mayoral and City Council election, 2004

Mayoral and City Council election, 2009

Mayoral and City Council election, 2014

Mayoral and City Council election, 2019

Mayoral and City Council election, 2024

Deputy Mayor