Mayor of Rome
Mayor of Rome Sindaco di Roma Capitale |
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Incumbent
Francesco Paolo Tronca as Special Commissioner since 1 November 2015 |
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Style | No title or style |
Residence | Capitoline Hill |
Appointer | Electorate of Rome |
Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | Giuseppe Lunati |
Formation | 23 September 1870 |
Deputy | vacant |
Salary | €4,500 per month |
Website | Official website |
The Mayor of Rome (Italian: Sindaco di Roma Capitale ) is an elected politician who, along with Rome’s City Council (Italian: Assemblea Capitolina ) of 48 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Rome. As Rome is a comune speciale since 2009, the office is different from the offices of the other Italian cities. The title is the equivalent of Lord Mayor in the meaning of an actual executive leader.
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Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Rome is a member of Rome's City Council (Italian: Assemblea Capitolina ). Although the title Mayor is not held by the heads of the fifteen municipi of Rome, because they do not actually preside over self-governmental municipalities.
The Mayor is elected by the population of Rome. Citizens elect also the members of the City Council, which also controls 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, which are twelve (Italian: Assessori delle Giunta Capitolina ) according to the Italian Constitution.
The seat of the City Council is the city hall Palazzo Senatorio on the Capitoline Hill.
History
As capital of the Papal States, Rome did not receive its Mayor until 1870, when it became the capital of Kingdom of Italy. The new Mayor served as member of the city council and he was appointed every three years by the King of Italy. Then since 1889 the Mayor was elected every four years by the City Council. Although, fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils in 1926, replacing them with a single authoritarian Rector (Podestà) chosen by the National Fascist Party. The rector of Rome was called "Governatore" (Governor).
After the Second World War, the Mayor was chosen by the City Council and only in 1993 the Mayor was firstly elected by the population (originally every four, then every five years).
List of Mayors of Rome
Papal States (1558-1870)
From 1558 to 1870, the Papal States created the office of Governatore (Governor), also called Vice Camerlengo, chosen by the Pope.
- 1558-1560 — Virgilio Rosario
- 1560-1588 — Giacomo Savelli
- 1588-1603 — Girolamo Rusticucci
- 1603-1605 — Camillo Borghese
- 1605-1610 — Girolamo Pamphili
- 1610-1629 — Giovanni Garzia Millini
- 1629-1671 — Marzio Ginetti
- Acting 1671 Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni
- 1671-1714 — Gaspare Carpegna
- 1714-1721 — Giovanni Domenico Paracciani
- 1721-1726 — Fabrizio Paolucci
- 1726-1732 — Prospero Marefoschi
- 1732-1759 — Giovanni Antonio Guadagni
- 1759-1762 — Antonio Maria Erba Odescalchi
- 1762-1793 — Marcantonio Colonna
- 1793-1795 — Andrea Corsini
- 1795-1810 — Giulio Maria della Somaglia
- 1810-1813 — Antonio Despuig y Dameto
- 1813-1820 — Lorenzo Litta
- 1820-1823 — Annibale Sermattei della Genga
- Acting 1823-1824 — Giuseppe della Porta Rodiani
- 1824-1834 — Placido Zurla
- 1834-1838 — Carlo Odescalchi
- 1838-1841 — Giuseppe della Porta Rodiani
- 1841-1870 — Costantino Patrizi Naro
Kingdom of Italy (1870-1946)
From 1870, when Rome was annexed, the Kingdom of Italy created the office of the Mayor of Rome (Sindaco di Roma), chosen by the City council. In 1926, the Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils, replacing them with a single authoritarian Governatore (Governor) chosen by the National Fascist Party.
Republic of Italy (1946-present)
From 1946 to 1993, the Mayor of Rome was chosen by the City council.
Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | Coalition | |
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1 | Salavatore Rebecchini | 10 December 1946 | 2 July 1956 | DC | DC - PLI - UQ (1946–52) DC - PLI - PRI (1952–56) |
2 | Umberto Tupini | 2 July 1956 | 10 January 1958 | DC | DC - PRI - PSDI |
3 | Urbano Ciocchetti | 10 January 1958 | 17 July 1962 | DC | DC - PLI - PSDI |
4 | Glauco Della Porta | 17 July 1962 | 12 March 1964 | DC | DC - PSI - PSDI - PRI |
5 | Amerigo Petrucci | 12 March 1964 | 29 December 1967 | DC | DC - PSI - PSDI - PRI |
6 | Rinaldo Santini | 29 December 1967 | 30 July 1969 | DC | DC - PSI - PSDI - PRI |
7 | Clelio Darida | 30 July 1969 | 9 August 1976 | DC | DC - PSI - PSDI (1969–71) DC (1971-76) |
8 | Giulio Carlo Argan | 9 August 1976 | 29 September 1979 | PCI | PCI - PSI - PSDI |
9 | Luigi Petroselli | 29 September 1979 | 15 October 1981 | PCI | PCI - PSI - PSDI |
10 | Ugo Vetere | 15 October 1981 | 30 July 1985 | PCI | PCI - PSI - PSDI |
11 | Nicola Signorello | 30 July 1985 | 6 August 1988 | DC | DC - PSI - PSDI - PRI |
12 | Pietro Giubilo | 6 August 1988 | 19 December 1989 | DC | DC - PSI - PSDI - PRI |
13 | Franco Carraro | 19 December 1989 | 5 December 1993 | PSI | DC - PSI - PSDI - PRI |
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 | Election | ||||
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Francesco Rutelli | 5 December 1993 | 8 January 2001[1] | Greens | PDS - Greens 5 December 1993 – 17 November 1997 |
1993 | ||
PDS - PPI - PRC - Greens 17 November 1997 – 8 January 2001 |
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Walter Veltroni | 1 June 2001 | 13 February 2008[2] | DS / PD | The Olive Tree 1 June 2001 – 1 June 2006 |
2001 | ||
The Olive Tree 1 June 2006 – 13 February 2008 |
2006 | ||||||||
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Gianni Alemanno | 28 April 2008 | 12 June 2013 | PDL | PDL 28 April 2008 – 12 June 2013 |
2008 | ||
17 | Ignazio Marino | 12 June 2013 | 31 October 2015[3] | PD | PD – SEL 12 June 2013 - 31 October 2015 |
2013 |
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- ↑ He left the office because he was candidate at the general election as Prime Minister.
- ↑ He left the office because he was candidate at the general election as Prime Minister.
- ↑ Ousted from office after more than half the city's councillors stepped down.