Mayor of Milan

The mayor of Milan (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is the first citizen and head of the municipal government of the city of Milan, Lombardy, Italy.

The current office holder is Giuseppe Sala, a centre-left independent who has been in charge since 2016 leading a progressive alliance composed by the Democratic Party, Green Europe and some civic lists. The last election took place in 2021.

Overview

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Milan's City Hall, Palazzo Marino

According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Milan is a member of the Milan's City Council. The mayor and the other 48 city councillors (consiglieri comunali) are elected by the Italian and EU citizens residing in Milan. Concurrently, albeit with a different ballot paper, nine presidents and 270 councillors are chosen for the nine assemblies of the nine municipalities, often referred to as zones, in which the city is divided, each one having one president and 30 councillors. All the offices are elected for five-year terms.

After the election, the mayor can appoint one vice mayor (currently Anna Scavuzzo) and up to 16 assessors; together they form the municipal government (giunta comunale) and they implement the municipal policies, which are determined and controlled by the City Council. The City Council has also the power to dismiss the mayor or any of the assessors with a motion of no confidence. Similar procedures take place at the municipality level, where the mayor is called the president of the municipality (presidente del municipio) and there are three assessors.

Since 1993, Italian mayors of municipalities of more than 15,000 inhabitants have been directly elected by their respective electorates. Voters can express their choice for the mayor and for a list of municipal councillors not necessarily supporting the same mayor-candidate (voto disgiunto). If no mayor-candidate receives a majority of votes, a run-off election is held two weeks later among the top two candidates. In the list choice, each voter can express one or two preferences for councillor candidates; in the case of two preferences, their gender must be different. The party and civic lists supporting the elected mayor are granted a majority of the City Council seats, divided proportionally to each list result, by means of a majority bonus; the remaining seats are then assigned proportionally to the opposition lists.

The official seat of the mayor and of the City Council is Milan's City Hall, Palazzo Marino, in Piazza della Scala (Municipality 1). Each municipality has its own official seat as well, within its respective territory.

List

Rectors

	Rector		Term start	Term end	Appointer
1		Antonio Durini	30 November 1807	22 October 1814	Napoleon I of France
2		Cesare Giulini Della Porta	22 October 1814	2 January 1820	Francis I of Austria
3		Carlo Villa	2 January 1820	7 August 1827
(1)		Antonio Durini	7 August 1827	2 January 1837
4	File:Gabrio Casati.gif	Gabrio Casati	2 January 1837	3 August 1848	Ferdinand I of Austria
5		Franz Graf von Wimpffen	3 August 1848	6 January 1849	Franz Joseph I of Austria
6		Antonio Pestalozza	6 January 1849	27 November 1856
7		Giuseppe Sebregondi	27 November 1856	10 June 1859
8	File:Luigi Barbiano di Belgioioso.jpg	Luigi Barbiano di Belgioioso	10 June 1859	26 January 1860	Victor Emmanuel II of Italy

Kingdom of Italy (1860–1946)

	Mayor		Term start	Term end	Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|1	File:Antonio Beretta.jpg	Antonio Beretta (1808–1891)	26 January 1860	13 February 1867	Right
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|2	File:Giulio Belinzaghi.JPG	Giulio Belinzaghi (1818–1892)	13 February 1867	25 April 1884	Right
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|3	File:Gaetano Negri.jpg	Gaetano Negri (1838–1902)	25 April 1884	21 November 1889	Right
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|(2)	File:Giulio Belinzaghi.JPG	Giulio Belinzaghi (1818–1892)	21 November 1889	28 September 1892	Right
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|4	File:Vigoni.jpg	Giuseppe Vigoni (1846–1914)	28 September 1892	18 September 1899	Right
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black"|5	File:GiuseppeMussi (cropped).jpg	Giuseppe Mussi (1836–1904)	18 September 1899	16 September 1903	Left
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black"|6	File:Giovanni Battista Barinetti.jpg	Giovanni Battista Barinetti (1849–1942)	16 September 1903	7 February 1905	Left
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|7	File:Senatore Ettore Ponti (1855-1919) (cropped).jpg	Ettore Ponti (1855–1919)	7 February 1905	11 May 1909	Right
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|8	File:Bassano Gabba.jpg	Bassano Gabba (1844–1928)	11 May 1909	30 January 1911	Right
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|9	File:Conte Emanuele Greppi (cropped).jpg	Emanuele Greppi (1853–1931)	30 January 1911	30 June 1914	Liberal
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|10	File:Emilio Caldara.jpg	Emilio Caldara (1868–1942)	30 June 1914	20 November 1920	Socialist
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|11	File:Angelo Filippetti.jpg	Angelo Filippetti (1866–1936)	20 November 1920	30 December 1922	Socialist
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|12	File:Luigi Mangiagalli.jpg	Luigi Mangiagalli (1850–1928)	30 December 1922	19 August 1926	Liberal
Fascist Podestà (1926–1945)
rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|1	File:Ernesto Belloni 1926.jpg	Ernesto Belloni (1883–1938)	19 August 1926	6 September 1928	PNF
rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|2	File:De Capitani.gif	Giuseppe De Capitani D'Arzago (1870–1945)	6 September 1928	20 November 1929	PNF
rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|3	File:Marcello Visconti di Modrone.png	Marcello Visconti di Modrone (1898–1964)	20 November 1929	19 November 1935	PNF
rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|4		Guido Pesenti (1884–1962)	19 November 1935	13 June 1938	PNF
rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|5	File:Gian Giacomo Gallarati Scotti.gif	Gian Giacomo Gallarati Scotti (1886–1983)	13 June 1938	14 August 1943	PNF
rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|6	File:Piero Parini.jpg	Piero Parini (1894–1993)	14 October 1943	4 May 1944	PFR
rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|7		Guido Andreoni	4 May 1944	13 September 1944	PFR
rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|8		Giuseppe Spinelli (1908–1987)	13 September 1944	23 January 1945	PFR
rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|9		Mario Colombo	23 January 1945	25 April 1945	PFR
Liberation (1945-1946)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|13	File:Antonio Greppi.jpg	Antonio Greppi (1894–1982)	25 April 1945	7 April 1946	Socialist

Italian Republic (1946–present)

City Council election (1946–1993)

From 1946 to 1993, the mayor of Milan was chosen by the City Council.

	Mayor		Term start	Term end	Party	Coalition	Election
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|1	File:Antonio Greppi.jpg	Antonio Greppi (1894–1982)	7 April 1946	28 March 1949	PSI	PSI REDIRECT Template:• PCI REDIRECT Template:• DC	1946
28 March 1949			25 June 1951	PSI REDIRECT Template:• PRI REDIRECT Template:• PSLI
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:black"|2	File:Virgilio Ferrari daticamera.jpg	Virgilio Ferrari (1888–1975)	25 June 1951	10 September 1956	PSDI	DC REDIRECT Template:• PSDI REDIRECT Template:• PRI REDIRECT Template:• PLI	1951
10 September 1956			21 January 1961	DC REDIRECT Template:• PSDI		1956
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black"|3	File:Gino Cassinis.png	Gino Cassinis (1885–1964)	21 January 1961	13 January 1964Template:Efn	PSDI	DC REDIRECT Template:• PSDI REDIRECT Template:• PSI	1960
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:black"|4	File:Pietro Bucalossi.jpg	Pietro Bucalossi (1905–1992)	17 February 1964	22 January 1965	PSDI
22 January 1965			13 December 1967	1964
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|5	File:Deputato Aldo Aniasi.jpg	Aldo Aniasi (1921–2005)	13 December 1967		30 July 1970		PSI
30 July 1970			31 July 1975	DC REDIRECT Template:• PSI REDIRECT Template:• PSDI REDIRECT Template:• PRI	1970
31 July 1975			12 May 1976	PCI REDIRECT Template:• PSI	1975
rowspan=4 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|6	File:Carlo Tognoli.jpg	Carlo Tognoli (1938–2021)	12 May 1976			7 February 1977	PSI
7 February 1977			31 July 1980	PCI REDIRECT Template:• PSI REDIRECT Template:• PSDI
31 July 1980			5 August 1985		1980
5 August 1985			21 December 1986	DC REDIRECT Template:• PSI REDIRECT Template:• PRI REDIRECT Template:• PSDI REDIRECT Template:• PLI	1985
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|7	File:Paolo Pillitteri daticamera.jpg	Paolo Pillitteri (1940–2024)	21 December 1986			8 January 1988	PSI
8 January 1988			3 August 1990	PCI REDIRECT Template:• PSI REDIRECT Template:• PSDI REDIRECT Template:• FLV
3 August 1990			18 January 1992	PCI REDIRECT Template:• PSI REDIRECT Template:• PRI REDIRECT Template:• FdV	1990
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|8	File:Italy politic personality icon.svg	Giampiero Borghini (b. 1943)	18 January 1992	11 March 1993		PSI	DC REDIRECT Template:• PSI REDIRECT Template:• PSDI REDIRECT Template:• PLI
-		Claudio Gelati	11 March 1993	21 June 1993	—	Special prefectural commissionerTemplate:Efn

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Direct election (since 1993)

Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the mayor of Milan is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 2001 every five years.

	Mayor of Milan		Took office	Left office	Party	Coalition		Election
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color; color:white"|9	File:FORMENTINI Marco.jpg	Marco Formentini (1930–2021)	21 June 1993	12 May 1997	LN	style="background: Template:Party color;" |	LN	1993
rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color; color:white"|10	File:Gabriele Albertini datisenato 2013.jpg	Gabriele Albertini (b. 1950)	12 May 1997	14 May 2001	FI	style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Pole for Freedoms (FI-AN-CCD)	1997
14 May 2001			1 June 2006	style="background: Template:Party color;" |		House of Freedoms (FI-AN-LN-UDC)	2001
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color; color:white"|11	File:Letizia Moratti.jpg	Letizia Moratti (b. 1949)	1 June 2006	1 June 2011	FI	style="background: Template:Party color;" |	House of Freedoms (FI-AN-LN-UDC)	2006
rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;" | 12	File:Giuliano Pisapia in Piazza Scala a Milano, 27 giugno 2012.jpg	Giuliano Pisapia (b. 1949)	1 June 2011	21 June 2016	IndTemplate:Efn	style="background: Template:Party color;" |	PD REDIRECT Template:• SEL REDIRECT Template:• FdS REDIRECT Template:• RI	2011
rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color;" | 13	File:Giuseppe Sala.jpeg	Giuseppe Sala (b. 1958)	21 June 2016	6 October 2021	IndTemplate:Efn	style="background: Template:Party color;" |	PD REDIRECT Template:• SI	2016
6 October 2021Template:Efn			In office	style="background: Template:Party color;" |		PD REDIRECT Template:• EV REDIRECT Template:• IV REDIRECT Template:• A	2021

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Timeline

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from: 21/01/1961 till: 17/02/1964 color:pink text:"Cassinis" fontsize:10
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By time in office

Rank	Mayor	Political Party	Total time in office	Terms
1	Carlo Tognoli	PSI	Template:Age in years and days	2
2	Virgilio Ferrari	PSDI	Template:Age in years and days	2
3	Gabriele Albertini	FI	Template:Age in years and days	2
4	Giuseppe Sala	Ind	Template:Age in years and days	2
5	Aldo Aniasi	PSI	Template:Age in years and days	2
6	Antonio Greppi	PSI	Template:Age in years and days	1
7	Paolo Pillitteri	PSI	Template:Age in years and days	2
8	Giuliano Pisapia	Ind	Template:Age in years and days	1
9	Letizia Moratti	FI	Template:Age in years and days	1
10	Marco Formentini	LN	Template:Age in years and days	1
11	Pietro Bucalossi	PSDI	Template:Age in years and days	1
12	Gino Cassinis	PSDI	Template:Age in years and days	1
13	Giampiero Borghini	PSI	Template:Age in years and days	1

Deputy Mayor

The office of the Deputy Mayor of Milan was officially created in 1993 with the adoption of the new local administration law. The Deputy Mayor is nominated and eventually dismissed by the Mayor.

	Deputy	Term start	Term end	Party	Mayor
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|1	Giorgio Malagoli	24 June 1993	12 May 1997	LN	Formentini
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|2	Riccardo De Corato	21 May 1997	14 May 2001	AN	Albertini
21 May 2001		1 June 2006
20 June 2006		1 June 2011	Moratti
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|3	Maria Grazia Guida	10 June 2011	21 January 2013Template:Efn	PD	Pisapia
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|3	Ada Lucia De Cesaris	28 January 2013	15 July 2015Template:Efn	PD
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|4	Francesca Balzani	17 July 2015	21 June 2016	PD
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|5	Anna Scavuzzo	29 June 2016	6 October 2021	PD	Sala
13 October 2021		Incumbent

Notes

See also

• List of rulers of Milan
• Timeline of Milan

External links

• Official website (in English)