List of mayors of Rome

Mayor of Rome
Incumbent Gianni Alemanno (PDL) since April 28, 2008
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Giuseppe Lonati
Formation	September 23, 1870
Succession	April–May 2013
Deputy	Sveva Belviso
Website	[5]

Rome City Hall.

The Mayor of Rome is an elected politician who, along with the Rome’s City Council of 52 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Rome. Since 28 April 2008, Gianni Alemanno holds the position. Previously, the position was held by Walter Veltroni from the May 2001 until his succession by Alemanno.

The following is a list of Mayors of Rome, Italy.

Mayors

Since 1870, newborn Kingdom of Italy created the office of the Mayor of Rome (Sindaco di Roma), chosen by the City council:

• 1870, Giuseppe Lunati
• 1870–1871, Filippo Doria Pamphili
• 1871, Giovanni Angelini
• 1871, Francesco Pallavicini
• 1871–1872, Francesco Grispigni
• 1872, Pietro Venturi
• 1872–1874, Luigi Pianciani
• 1874–1877, Pietro Venturi
• 1877–1880, Emanuele Ruspoli
• 1880–1881, Augusto Armellini
• 1881–1882, Luigi Pianciani
• 1882–1887, Leopoldo Torlonia
• 1888–1889, Alessandro Guiccioli
• 1889–1890, Augusto Armellini
• 1890, Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile
• 1890–1892, Onorato Caetani
• 1892–1899, Emanuele Ruspoli
• 1899, Enrico Galluppi
• 1899–1904, Prospero Colonna
• 1904, Carlo Palomba
• 1904–1905, Giovanni Cruciani Alibrandi
• 1905–1907, Giovanni Cruciani Alibrandi
• 1907, Cesare Salvarezza
• 1907–1913, Ernesto Nathan (Radical Party)
• 1913–1914, Fausto Aphel
• 1914–1919, Prospero Colonna
• 1919–1920, Adolfo Apolloni
• 1920–1921, Luigi Rava
• 1921–1922, Giovanni Valli
• 1922–1926, Filippo Cremonesi

Fascist Rectors

Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils in 1926, replacing them with a single authoritarian Rector (Podestà) chosen by the National Fascist Party:

• 1926–1928, Ludovico Spada Potenziani
• 1928–1935, Francesco Boncompagni Ludovisi
• 1935–1936, Giuseppe Bottai
• 1936–1939, Piero Colonna
• 1939–1943, Giangiacomo Borghese
• 1943–1944, Riccardo Motta
• 1944, Giovanni Orgera

Democratic Mayors

From 1944 to 1993, the Mayor of Rome was chosen by the City council:

#	Name	Start date	End date	Party	Coalition	Elections
1	Andrea Doria Pamphili	June 4, 1944	November 10, 1946	none	CLN	none
2	Mario De Cesare	November 10, 1946	November 4, 1947	Communist	PCI – PSI	1946
3	Salvatore Rebecchini	November 4, 1947	May 26, 1956	Christian democratic	DC – PRI – PLI	1947, 1952
4	Umberto Tupini	July 2, 1956	January 9, 1958	Christian democratic	DC – PRI – PLI	1956
5	Urbano Ciocchetti	January 9, 1958	April 29, 1961	Christian democratic	DC – PRI – PLI	–
6	Glauco Della Porta	July 17, 1962	March 4, 1964	Christian democratic	DC	1962
7	Americo Petrucci	March 4, 1964	November 27, 1967	Christian democratic	DC	–
8	Rinaldo Santini	December 27, 1967	May 6, 1969	Christian democratic	DC	1967
9	Clelio Darida	May 6, 1969	May 6, 1976	Christian democratic	DC	1972
10	Giulio Carlo Argan	May 6, 1976	September 25, 1979	Communist	PCI	1976
11	Luigi Petroselli	September 25, 1979	October 8, 1981	Communist	PCI	–
12	Ugo Vetere	October 8, 1981	May 12, 1985	Communist	PCI	1981
13	Nicola Signorello	July 31, 1985	May 10, 1988	Christian democratic	DC – PRI – PSI	1985
14	Pietro Giubilo	August 6, 1988	December 18, 1989	Christian democratic	DC – PRI – PSI	–
15	Franco Carraro	December 18, 1989	April 19, 1993	Socialist	DC – PRI – PSI	1989

Elected Mayors

Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Rome is chosen by popular election, originally every four, and since 2001 every five years:

	Mayor of Rome			Took office	Left office	Party	Coalition
16			Francesco Rutelli	5 December 1993	8 January 2001[1]	Greens		PDS – FV – PPI 5 December 1993 – 16 November 1997
								DS – FV – PPI 16 November 1997 – 1 June 2001
17			Walter Veltroni	1 June 2001	13 February 2008[2]	Democrats of the Left then Democratic Party		DS – FV – DL – PRC – PdCI 1 June 2001 – 1 June 2006
								DS – FV – DL – PRC – PdCI 1 June 2006 – 28 April 2008
18			Gianni Alemanno	28 April 2008	incumbent	People of Freedom		PDL since 28 April 2008

Elections

Mayoral and Council election, 1993

The election took place in two rounds: the first on November 21 and the second on December 5.

For the first time under the new electoral law citizens could vote directly the mayor; before this choise was made by the City Council. For the first time in the municipal political history there weren't parties like Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party or Italian Communist Party: the main parties were the Italian Social Movement and the Democratic Party of the Left, united with other center-left parties.

The main candidates were Francesco Rutelli, member of the Greens and supported by a center-left coalition, and Gianfranco Fini, one of the founder of the Italian Social Movement. However there were a lot of others candidates from different parties.

Also the pornstars Moana Pozzi and her Love Party ran for the election.

On December 5, 1993, Rutelli won the election and became the first elected mayor of Rome.

Rome Mayoral Election Results 1993
	Name	Party	1st Round (November 21)	%	2nd Round (December 5)	%
	Francesco Rutelli	Greens	684,529	39.6	955,859	53.1
	Gianfranco Fini	Italian Social Movement	619,309	35.8	844,030	46.9

Mayoral and Council election, 1997

The municipal elections were held on November 16, 1997.

The center-left coalition of outgoing mayor Francesco Rutelli, a member of the Greens, takes precedence over the center-right coalition led by Pierluigi Borghini, member of the neo-fascist party National Alliance.^[3]

Rome Mayoral Election Results 1997
	Name	Party	1st Round (November 16)	%
	Francesco Rutelli	Greens	985,361	60.4
	Pierluigi Borghini	National Alliance	586,083	35.9

Mayoral and Council election, 2001

The municipal elections were held in two separate rounds.

In the second round, on May 27, 2001, is elected the candidate of the center-left coalition (Democrats of the Left, Federation of the Greens, Party of Italian Communists and Communist Refoundation Party) Walter Veltroni. The candidate of the center-right coalition (Forza Italia and National Alliance) Antonio Tajani reaches only 47% of the vote.^[4]

Rome Mayoral Election Results 2001
	Name	Party	1st Round (May 13)	%	2nd Round (May 27)	%
	Walter Veltroni	Democrats of the Left	800,660	48.3	871,930	52.2
	Antonio Tajani	Forza Italia	747,169	45.1	799,363	47.8

Mayoral and Council election, 2006

These municipal elections were held on May 28–29, 2006.

The citizens of Rome elected the incumbent mayor Walter Veltroni, supported by a center-left coalition (The Olive Tree, Communist Refoundation Party, Federation of the Greens and Party of Italian Communists), while the candidate of the center-right coalition Gianni Alemanno received only the 37% of the vote.^[5]

Rome Mayoral Election Results 2006
	Name	Party	1st Round (May 28–29)	%
	Walter Veltroni	Democrats of the Left	921,491	61.4
	Gianni Alemanno	National Alliance	556,176	37.1

Mayoral and Council election, 2008

The 2008 elections were held before the end of the term that started in 2006, following incumbent mayor Walter Veltroni's decision to stand for parliamentary election in 2008.

The centre-right coalition put forward the same candidate it had backed in 2006, Gianni Alemanno. The centre-left coalition backed Francesco Rutelli, who previously served as mayor of the city from 1993 to 2001.

Gianni Alemanno won the mayoral elections after the second round on April 28, 2008, making him the first conservative mayor of Rome in republican history.

Rome Mayoral Election Results 2008
	Name	Party	1st Round (April 13–14)	%	2nd Round (April 27–28)	%
	Gianni Alemanno	People of Freedom	677,350	40.7	783,255	53.7
	Francesco Rutelli	Democratic Party	761,126	45.8	676,472	46.3

Rome Council Election 2008 - Parties [6]
	Coalition	votes	%	seats	Party	votes	%	seats
	Center-right (Alemanno)	606,176	39.62	36	People of Freedom Movement for Autonomy Italian Republican Party Civic Lists (3)	559,559 9,185 3,308 34,124	36.58 0.60 0.22 2.23	35 - - 1
	Center-left (Rutelli)	733,084	47.92	21	Democratic Party The Left - The Rainbow Italy of Values Italian Radicals Civic Lists (7)	520,723 69,079 50,704 10,427 82,151	34.04 4.52 3.31 0.68 5.38	17 2 1 - 1

References

1. ^ He left the office because he was candidate at the general election as Prime Minister.
2. ^ He left the office because he was candidate at the general election as Prime Minister.
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5. ^ [3] Italian Ministry of the Interior – 2006.
6. ^ [4] Italian Ministry of the Interior – 2008.