Mayor of Bari

The Mayor of Bari is an elected politician who, along with the Bari's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Bari in Apulia, Italy, the biggest city of the region. The current Mayor is Antonio Decaro from the Democratic Party, who took office on 23 June 2014.[1]

Mayor of Bari Sindaco di Bari
Incumbent Antonio Decaro (Democratic Party) since 23 June 2014
Residence	Palazzo di Città
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Formation	September 1860
Website	Official website

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Bari is member of the City Council.

The Mayor is elected by the population of Bari, who also elects the members of the City Council, controlling 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 Bari'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.

Italian Republic (since 1946)

City Council election (1946-1995)

From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Bari was elected by the City's Council.

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
1	Vito Antonio Di Cagno	21 December 1946	23 June 1952	Christian Democracy
2	Francesco Chieco	23 June 1952	14 July 1956	Monarchist National Party
3	Nicola Damiani	14 July 1956	28 March 1957	Christian Democracy
4	Renato Dell'Andro	25 July 1959	14 December 1959	Christian Democracy
5	Giuseppe Papalia	21 December 1959	23 July 1960	Italian Socialist Party
(4)	Renato Dell'Andro	1 August 1960	25 July 1961	Christian Democracy
6	Pasquale Prestipino	31 July 1961	5 September 1962	Christian Democracy
7	Vitantonio Lozupone	5 September 1962	5 August 1964	Christian Democracy
8	Gennaro Trisorio Liuzzi	29 September 1964	30 July 1970	Christian Democracy
9	Antonio Laforgia	14 October 1970	23 January 1971	Christian Democracy
10	Nicola Vernola	4 October 1971	8 May 1976	Christian Democracy
11	Nicola Lamaddalena	12 October 1976	27 July 1978	Christian Democracy
12	Luigi Farace	28 July 1978	27 September 1981	Christian Democracy
13	Francesco De Lucia	28 September 1981	21 March 1990	Italian Socialist Party
14	Enrico Dalfino	11 August 1990	28 December 1991	Christian Democracy
15	Daniela Mazzucca	13 January 1992	30 November 1992	Italian Socialist Party
16	Pietro Laforgia	28 January 1993	6 September 1993	Democratic Party of the Left
17	Michele Buquicchio	3 November 1993	6 June 1994	Christian Democracy
18	Giovanni Memola	15 November 1994	29 March 1995	Italian Socialist Party

Direct election (since 1995)

Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Bari is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and later every five years.

	Mayor of Bari			Took office	Left office	Party	Coalition
19			Simeone Di Cagno Abbrescia	4 July 1995	13 June 1999	Forza Italia	Pole for Freedoms (FI - AN - CCD - CDU)
				13 June 1999	3 July 2004		Pole for Freedoms (FI - AN - CCD - CDU)
20			Michele Emiliano	3 July 2004	29 June 2009	Democrats of the Left Democratic Party	L'Ulivo (DS - DL - UDEUR - PRC - SDI)
				29 June 2009	23 June 2014		PD - SEL - IdV
21			Antonio Decaro	23 June 2014	28 May 2019	Democratic Party	PD - SEL - CD
				28 May 2019	Incumbent		PD - Art1 - UdC

References

1. "Decaro è il nuovo sindaco di Bari, il centrosinistra vola ma crolla l'affluenza". La Repubblica. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2018.