List of mayors of Palermo

Mayor of Palermo Sindaco di Palermo
Incumbent Diego Cammarata (People of Freedom) since 2001
Residence	Palazzo Pretorio
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Salesio Balsano
Formation	July, 1861
Succession	May-June 2012
Deputy	Giuseppe Enea
Website	[1]

The Mayor of Palermo is an elected politician who, along with the Palermo’s City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Palermo in Sicily, Italy.

Since November 27 2001, Diego Cammarata holds the position. Previously, the position was held by Leoluca Orlando from the December 1993 until his succession by Camarata.

Palermo's City Hall

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Mayors

Since 1860, newborn Kingdom of Italy created the office of the Mayor of Palermo (Sindaco di Palermo), chosen by the City council.

• 1861-1862, Salesio Balsamo
• 1862-1863, Mariano Stabile
• 1863-1866, Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì
• 1866-1873, Salesio Balsano
• 1873-1876, Emanuale Notarbartolo
• 1876-1878, Francesco Paolo Perez
• 1878-1880, Giovanni Raffaele
• 1880-1881, Salesio Balsano
• 1881-1882, Nicolò Turrisi Colonna
• 1882-1885, Piero Ugo Delle Fave
• 1885, Salvatore Romano Lo Faso
• 1885, Fortunato Vergara di Fraco
• 1885-1886, Giulio Benso Sammartino Duca della Verdura
• 1886-1887, Nicolò Turrisi Colonna
• 1887-1890, Giulio Benso Sammartino Duca della Verdura
• 1890-1892, Emanuele Paternò
• 1892-1893, Piero Ugo Delle Fave
• 1893-1895, Eugenio Olivieri
• 1895-1897, Angelo Pantaleone
• 1897-1898, Michele Amato Pojero
• 1898-1900, Eugenio Olivieri
• 1900, Maria Rebucci
• 1900-1901, Paolo Beccadelli di Camporeale
• 1901-1902, Pietro Vayrat
• 1902-1903, Giuseppe Tasca Lanza
• 1903-1905, Pietro Buonanno
• 1905-1906, Girolamo di Martino
• 1906-1907, Giuseppe Tasca Lanza
• 1907-1908, Pietro Francesco Tesauro
• 1908-1909, Gennauro Bladier
• 1909-1910, Romualdo Trigona di Sant'Elia
• 1910-1911, Francesco Gay
• 1911-1912, Girolamo di Martino
• 1912-1914, Vincenzo di Salvo
• 1914-1920, Salvatore Tagliavia
• 1920-1924, Giuseppe Lanza di Scalea
• 1924-1925, Salvatore Del Sano
• 1925-1926, Salvatore Di Marzo

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.

• 1926-1929, Salvatore Di Marzo
• 1929-1933, Michele Spadafora
• 1933-1934, prefectural dictator Giuseppe Borrelli
• 1934-1939, Giuseppe Noto
• 1939-1943, Giuseppe Sofia

• 1943-1946, some special commissioners (Allied invasion of Sicily)

Democratic mayors

From 1946 to 1993, the Mayor of Palermo was chosen by the City council.

Elected mayors

Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Palermo is chosen by popular election, originally every four, and later every five years.

	Mayor of Palermo			Took office	Left office	Party	Coalition
29			Leoluca Orlando	December 1, 1993	December 19, 2000[1]	Movement for Democracy - The Net then The Olive Tree		PDS - PRC - Civic Lists December 1, 1993 – December 1, 1997
								The Olive Tree December 1, 1997 – December 19, 2000
30			Diego Cammarata	Novemebr 25, 2001	incumbent	Forza Italia then People of Freedom		House of Freedoms November 25, 2001 – June 1, 2007
								PDL - UDC - MpA since June 1, 2007

References

1. ^ He was candidate as president of Sicily.