List of mayors of Genoa

Mayor of Genoa
Incumbent Marta Vincenzi (Democratic Party) since May 30, 2007
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Antonio Profumo
Formation	March 15, 1849
Succession	May 2012
Deputy	Paolo Pissarello
Website	[1]

The Mayor of Genoa is an elected politician who, along with the Genoa’s City Council of 42 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Genoa. Since 28 May 2007, Marta Vincenzi holds the position. Previously, the position was held by Giuseppe Pericu from the May 1997 until his succession by Vincenzi.

Genoa's City Hall

Rectors

Rectors of Genoa were appointed since 1815 to 1863 by the kings of the Kingdom of Sardinia:

• 1849–1851, Antonio Profumo
• 1851–1853, Stefano Centurione
• 1853–1856, Domenico Elena
• 1856–1860, Giuseppe Morro
• 1860, Lodovico Pallavicino
• 1860–1863, Gerolamo Gavotti

Mayors

Since 1863, newborn Kingdom of Italy created the office of the Mayor of Genoa (Sindaco di Genova), chosen by the City council:*

• 1863, Antonio Caveri
• 1864–1865, Luigi Gropallo
• 1866–1873, Andrea Podestà
• 1874–1876, Filippo Lamponi
• 1876–1877, Lazzaro Negrotto Cambiaso
• 1877–1878, Felice Segre
• 1878–1879, Salvatore Calvino
• 1879, Enrico Parodi
• 1879–1883, Carlo Astengo
• 1883–1887, Andrea Podestà
• 1887–1888, Riccardo Pavesi
• 1888–1891, Stefano Castagnola
• 1891, Giacomo Doria
• 1891–1892, Camillo Garroni Carbonara
• 1892–1895, Andrea Podestà
• 1895–1896, Raffaele Pratolongo
• 1896–1903, Francesco Pozzo
• 1903–1904, Gio Batta Boraggini
• 1905–1906, Alberto Cerruti
• 1906–1910, Gerolamo Da Passano
• 1910–1914, Giacomo Grasso
• 1914–1920, Emilio Massone
• 1920–1924, Federico Ricci

Fascist Rectors

Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils in 1924, replacing them with a single authoritarian Rector (Podestà) chosen by the National Fascist Party:

• 1924–1933, Eugenio Broccardi
• 1933–1940, Carlo Bombrini
• 1940–1944, Aldo Gardini
• 1944, Antonio Canevaro
• 1944–1945, Giulio Segoni

Democratic Mayors

From 1945 to 1993, the Mayor of Genoa was chosen by the City council:

#	Name	Start year	End year	Party	Coalition	Elections
1	Vannuccio Faralli	1945	1946	Communist	CLN	none
2	Giovanni Tarello	1946	1948	Communist	PCI - PSI	1946
3	Gelasio Adamoli	1948	1951	Communist	PCI - PSI	-
4	Vittorio Pertusio	1951	1965	Christian democratic	DC	1951, 1956, 1960
5	Augusto Pedullà	1965	1971	Christian democratic	DC - PSI	1965, 1970
6	Giancarlo Piombino	1971	1975	Christian democratic	DC - PSI	-
7	Fulvio Cerofolini	1975	1985	Socialist	DC - PSI	1975, 1980
8	Cesare Campart	1985	1990	Republican	DC - PRI - PSI	1985
9	Romano Merlo	1990	1992	Socialdemocratic	DC - PRI - PSI - PSDI	1990
10	Claudio Burlando	1992	1993	PDS	all Council's parties	-

Elected Mayors

Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Genoa is chosen by popular election, originally every four, and since 1997 every five years:

	Mayor of Genoa			Took office	Left office	Party	Coalition
11			Adriano Sansa	December 5, 1993	November 30, 1997	Democratic Party of the Left		PDS - FV - AD December 5, 1993 – November 30, 1997
12			Giuseppe Pericu	November 30, 1997	May 30, 2007	Democrats of the Left		The Olive Tree November 30, 1997 – May 30, 2002
								The Olive Tree May 30, 2002 - May 30, 2007
13			Marta Vincenzi	May 30, 2007	incumbent	Democratic Party		The Olive Tree since May 30, 2007

Notes

References

This article originated as a translation of this version of its counterpart in the Italian Wikipedia.