List of mayors of Catanzaro

Mayor of Catanzaro ; Sindaco di Catanzaro
	Incumbent; Sergio Abramo (Forza Italia); since 7 May 2012
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Formation	1860
Website	Official website

The Mayor of Catanzaro is an elected politician who, along with the Catanzaro's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Catanzaro, the regional capital of Calabria, Italy. The current Mayor is Sergio Abramo, a member of the centre-right party Forza Italia, who took office on 7 May 2012.[1]

Overview

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

The Mayor is elected by the population of Catanzaro, who also elect 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 1994 the Mayor is elected directly by Catanzaro'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 (1946-1994)

From 1946 to 1994, the Mayor of Catanzaro was elected by the City's Council.

Direct election (since 1994)

Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Catanzaro is chosen by direct election.

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
13	Benito Gualtieri	27 June 1994	23 March 1996[2]	Italian People's Party
14	Sergio Abramo	11 May 1997	13 May 2001	Forza Italia
14	Sergio Abramo	13 May 2001	18 April 2005	Forza Italia
15	Rosario Olivo	11 June 2006	15 May 2011	Democrats of the Left Democratic Party
16	Michele Traversa	15 May 2011	10 January 2012	The People of Freedom
(14)	Sergio Abramo	7 May 2012	23 November 2012[3]	The People of Freedom Forza Italia
		21 January 2013	25 June 2017
		25 June 2017	Incumbent

References

"Sindaco: Sergio Abramo". Comune di Catanzaro (in Italian). Retrieved 11 November 2018.
Died in office.
The election is invalidated.

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[1] "Sindaco: Sergio Abramo". Comune di Catanzaro (in Italian). Retrieved 11 November 2018.

[2] Died in office.

[3] The election is invalidated.