The Mayor of Cagliari is an elected politician who, along with the Cagliari's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Cagliari in Sardinia, Italy.
The elected Mayor is Massimo Zedda, a member of the centre-left party Progressive Party, elected on 9 June 2024.
Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Cagliari is member of the City Council.
The Mayor is elected by the population of Cagliari, who also elects 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 1994 the Mayor is elected directly by Cagliari'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.
Kingdom of Sardinia (1848–1861) The office of Mayor of Cagliari (Sindaco di Cagliari) was created in 1848 after the promulgation of the Albertine Statute.
Mayor Term start Term end Party 1Fortunato Cossu Baille18491850 2Antioco Loru18511852 3Edmondo Roberti1853 1856 4Tommaso Marini Demuro18571859 5Giovanni Meloni Baille18601861
Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) Initially appointed by the King, the Mayor of Cagliari was elected by the City council from 1899 to 1926. In 1926, the Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils, replacing them with an authoritarian Podestà chosen by the National Fascist Party. The office of Mayor was restored in 1944 during the Allied occupation.
Mayor Term start Term end Party 5Giovanni Meloni Baille18611862 (3)Edmondo Roberti18631875 6Francesco Cocco-Ortu18821883 7Salvatore Marcello18831884 8Emanuele Ravot18841888 9Ottone Bacaredda1890 1902 10Giuseppe Picinelli19021904 (9)Ottone Bacaredda19041910 11Francesco Nobilioni19101911 (9)Ottone Bacaredda19111917 (9)Ottone Bacaredda19201921 12Gavino Dessì Deliperi19211923 Fascist Podestà (1926–1944)1Vittorio Tredici19261928PNF2Enrico Endrich19281934PNF3Giovanni Cao19341935PNF4Angelo Prunas19351942PNF Allied occupation (1944–1946) (12)Gavino Dessì Deliperi19441944 13Cesare Pintus19441946PdA
Italian Republic (since 1946) City Council election (1946–1994) From 1946 to 1994, the Mayor of Cagliari was elected by the City Council.
Mayor Term start Term end Party 1Luigi Crespellani19461949DC 2Pietro Leo19491956DC 3Mario Palomba19561960DC 4Antonio Follese19601960DC 5Giuseppe Peretti19601960DC 6Giuseppe Brotzu19601967DC 7Paolo De Magistris19671970DC 8Angelo Lai19701971DC 9Eudoro Fanti19711972DC 10Franco Murtas19721975DC Salvatore Ferrara19751979PSI 12Mario De Sotgiu19791980DC Michele Columbu19801980PSd'Az 14Bachisio Scarpa19801981DC 15Michele Di Martino19811984DC (7)Paolo De Magistris19841990DC Roberto Dal Cortivo19901992PSI 17Gaetano Giua Marassi19921994DC
Direct election (since 1994) Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Cagliari is chosen by direct election.
Mayor Term start Term end Party Coalition Election Mariano Delogu(1933–2016)28 June 199426 May 1998AN Pole of Good Government(FI-AN)199426 May 199821 March 2001 Pole for Freedoms(FI-AN-CCD)1998 Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (21 March 2001 – 16 May 2001) Emilio Floris(b. 1944)16 May 200112 June 2006FIPdL House of Freedoms(FI-AN-CCD-CDU-RS)200112 June 20061 June 2011 House of Freedoms(FI-AN-UDC-RS)2006 Massimo Zedda(b. 1976)1 June 20116 June 2016SELAP PDSELIdVFdSand left-wing lists20116 June 20165 April 2019 PDSIRMand left-wing lists2016 Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (5 April 2019 – 18 July 2019) Paolo Truzzu(b. 1972)18 July 201920 April 2024FdI FdIPSd’AzRSLegaFIUDC2019 Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (20 April 2024 – 17 June 2024) Massimo Zedda(b. 1976)17 June 2024IncumbentPP PDPPM5SAVS2024 Notes
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See also Timeline of Cagliari
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