List of mayors of Syracuse, Sicily

The Mayor of Syracuse is an elected politician who, along with the Syracuse's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy. The current Mayor is Francesco Italia, a centre-left independent, who took office on 27 June 2018.[1][2]

Mayor of Syracuse
Sindaco di Siracusa
Incumbent
Francesco Italia (centre-left independent)
since 27 June 2018
AppointerPopular election
Term length5 years, renewable once
Formation1860
WebsiteOfficial website

Overview

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

The Mayor is elected by the population of Syracuse, 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 1994 the Mayor is elected directly by Syracuse'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 Syracuse was elected by the City's Council.

Direct election (since 1994)

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

  Mayor Term start Term end Party
23 Marco Fatuzzo 28 June 1994 12 June 1998 Italian People's Party
24 Vincenzo Dell'Arte 12 June 1998 27 July 1999 Italian People's Party
25 Giambattista Bufardeci 22 December 1999 12 June 2004 Forza Italia
12 June 2004 1 March 2008
26 Roberto Visentin 16 June 2008 1 January 2013 The People of Freedom
27 Giancarlo Garozzo 25 June 2013 27 June 2018 Democratic Party
28 Francesco Italia 27 June 2018 Incumbent Independent (centre-left)

References
  1. "Chi è Italia, nuovo sindaco di Siracusa. Ecco la sua giunta". ilSicilia.it (in Italian). 25 June 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. "Francesco Italia è il nuovo sindaco di Siracusa, il ballottaggio lo premia col 53%". Siracusanews.it (in Italian). 25 June 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
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