List of mayors of Ferrara

Mayor of Ferrara
Sindaco di Ferrara

Incumbent Alan Fabbri since 11 June 2019
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Formation	1859
Website	Official website

The Mayor of Ferrara is an elected politician who, along with Ferrara City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Ferrara in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

The current Mayor is Alan Fabbri, a member of the right-wing populist party Lega Nord, who took office on 11 June 2019.^[1]^[2]

Overview

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

The Mayor is elected by the population of Ferrara, 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 1995 the Mayor is elected directly by Ferrara'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.

1105–1946

Republic of Italy (since 1946)

City Council election (1946–1995)

From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Ferrara was elected by the City Council.

		Term start	Term end	Party
1	Giovanni Buzzoni (1916–1989)	1946	1948	PCI
2	Werther Curti (1916–1995)	1948	1951	PCI
3	Luisa Gallotti Balboni (1913–1979)	1951	1958	PCI
4	Spero Ghedini (1911–1997)	1958	1964	PCI
5	Giuseppe Ferrari (1920–2001)	1964	1970	PCI
6	Radames Costa (1930–2020)	1970	1980	PCI
7	Claudio Vecchi (1929–2001)	1980	1983	PCI
8	Roberto Soffritti (b. 1941)	1983	1995	PCI

Popular election (since 1995)

Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Ferrara is chosen by popular election, originally every four and since 1999 every five years.

		Term start	Term end	Party		Election
(8)	Roberto Soffritti (b. 1941)	8 May 1995	15 June 1999	PDS DS	The Olive Tree (PDS-PPI-SI-AD)	1995
9	Gaetano Sateriale (b. 1951)	15 June 1999	14 June 2004	DS PD	The Olive Tree (DS-PPI-PRC-SDI)	1999
9	Gaetano Sateriale (b. 1951)	14 June 2004	24 June 2009	DS PD	The Olive Tree (DS-DL-PRC-FdV)	2004
10	Tiziano Tagliani (b. 1959)	24 June 2009	28 May 2014	PD	PD • SEL • IdV and leftist lists	2009
10	Tiziano Tagliani (b. 1959)	28 May 2014	11 June 2019	PD	PD • SEL	2014
11	Alan Fabbri (b. 1979)	11 June 2019	Incumbent	Lega	Lega • FI • FdI	2019

Timeline

References

^ "Alan Fabbri (Lega) nuovo sindaco di Ferrara. Il rosso sparisce dopo 70 anni". Il Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 10 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
^ "Passaggio di consegne storico, questa mattina, tra Tiziano Tagliani e Alan Fabbri, con una stretta di mano". Telestense (in Italian). 11 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.