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 Roberto Lagalla, who took office on 20 June 2022.

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Palermo is a 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 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 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 (1861–1946)

Mayors

In 1861, the nascent Kingdom of Italy created the office of the mayor of Palermo, chosen by the city council.

1861–1862: Salesio Balsano
1862–1863: Mariano Stabile
1863–1866: Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì
1866–1868: Salesio Balsano
1868–1873: Domenico Peranni
1873–1876: Emanuale Notarbartolo
1876–1878: Francesco Paolo Perez
1878–1880: Giovanni Raffaele
1880–1881: Salesio Balsano
1881–1882: Nicolò Turrisi Colonna
1882–1885: Pietro Ugo Delle Favare
1885: Salvatore Romano Lo Faso
1885: Giuseppe La Farina
1885: Fortunato Vergara di Craco
1885–1886: Giulio Benso della Verdura
1886–1887: Nicolò Turrisi Colonna
1887–1890: Giulio Benso della Verdura
1890–1892: Emanuele Paternò
1892–1893: Pietro Ugo Delle Favare
1893–1895: Eugenio Olivieri
1895–1897: Angelo Pantaleone
1897–1898: Michele Amato Pojero
1898–1900: Eugenio Olivieri
1900: Mario Rebucci
1900–1901: Paolo Beccadelli di Bologna
1901–1902: Giuseppe Tasca Lanza
1902: Pietro Vayrat
1902–1903: Giuseppe Tasca Lanza
1903–1905: Pietro Bonanno
1905–1906: Girolamo di Martino
1906–1907: Giuseppe Tasca Lanza
1907–1908: Paolo Francesco Tesauro
1908–1909: Gennaro Bladier
1909–1910: Romualdo Trigona di Sant'Elia
1910: Francesco Moncada Grispo
1910–1911: Francesco Gay
1911–1912: Girolamo Di Martino
1912–1914: Vincenzo Di Salvo
1914–1920: Salvatore Tagliavia
1920–1924: Giuseppe Lanza di Scalea
1924–1925: Gennaro Di Donato
1925: Domenico Delli Santi
1925–1926: Salvatore Di Marzo
Fascist Podestà

The Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and city councils in 1926, replacing them with an authoritarian Podestà chosen by the National Fascist Party:

1926–1929: Salvatore Di Marzo
1929–1933: Michele Spadafora
1933–1934: prefectural dictator Giuseppe Borrelli
1934–1939: Giuseppe Noto
1939–1943: Giuseppe Sofia
1943–1946: ''some special commissioners''
Republic of Italy (1946–present)

City council selection (1946–1993)

From 1946 to 1993, the mayor of Palermo was chosen by the city council.

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party	Coalition
	Gennaro Patricolo	November 1946	March 1948	UQ	UQ PLI
	Guido Avolio	March 1948	November 1948	UQ	DC PRI PLI UQ
3	Gaspare Causenza	November 1948	March 1951	DC	DC PRI PLI
	Guido Avolio	November 1951	January 1952	DC	DC PRI PLI
4	Gioacchino Scaduto	July 1952	December 1955	DC	DC PRI PLI
5	Luciano Maugeri	June 1956	May 1958	DC	DC PRI PLI
6	Salvatore Lima	June 1958	January 1963	DC	DC PRI PLI
7	Francesco Saverio Diliberto	January 1963	June 1964	DC	DC PRI PLI
8	Paolo Bevilacqua	July 1964	January 1965	DC	DC PRI PLI
	Salvatore Lima	January 1965	July 1966	DC	DC PRI PLI
	Paolo Bevilacqua	July 1966	October 1968	DC	DC PRI PLI
9	Francesco Spagnolo	October 1968	November 1970	DC	DC
10	Vito Ciancimino	November 1970	April 1971	DC	DC PRI PLI
11	Giacomo Marchello	April 1971	January 1976	DC	DC PRI PLI
12	Carmelo Scoma	January 1976	October 1978	DC	DC PRI PLI
13	Giovanni Lapi	October 1978	November 1978	DC	DC PRI PLI
14	Salvatore Mantione	November 1978	July 1980	DC	DC PRI PLI
15	Nello Martellucci	July 1980	April 1983	DC	DC PRI PLI
16	Elda Pucci	April 1983	April 1984	DC	DC PSI PRI PLI
17	Giuseppe Insalaco	April 1984	August 1984	DC	DC PSI PRI PLI
18	Stefano Camilleri	August 1984	October 1984	DC	DC PSI PRI PLI
	Nello Martellucci	October 1984	December 1984	DC	DC PSI PRI PLI
19	Leoluca Orlando	July 1985	August 1990	DC	DC PSI PRI PLI
20	Domenico Lo Vasco	August 1990	June 1992	DC	DC PSI PRI PLI
	Aldo Rizzo	June 1992	December 1992	SI	PDS FdV PSDI SI
	Manlio Orobello	December 1992	April 1993	PSI	DC PSI PRI PLI

Direct election (since 1993)

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.
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