List of mayors of Lucca

The Mayor of Lucca is an elected politician who, along with the city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Lucca in Tuscany, Italy. The current mayor is Mario Pardini, a right-wing independent, who took office on 29 June 2022.

Mayor of Lucca
Sindaco di Lucca
since 29 June 2022
AppointerPopular election
Term length5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holderDemetrio Del Prete
Formation1865
WebsiteOfficial website

Overview

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According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Lucca is member of the city council.

The mayor is elected by the population of Lucca, who also elect 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 dismiss the members of his government.

Since 1994, the mayor has been elected directly by Lucca'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 two weeks later. 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 Italy (1861–1946)

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In 1865, the Kingdom of Italy created the office of Mayor of Lucca (Sindaco di Lucca), appointed by the King himself. From 1892 to 1926, the mayor was elected by the city council. 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.[1]

  Mayor Term start Term end Party
Paolo Sinibaldi[2] 1859 1863
Basilio Gianni[2] 1864 1865
1 Demetrio Del Prete 1865 1870
2 Cesare Giorgetti 1871 1878
3 Achille Pucci 1883 1888
4 Enrico Del Carlo 1889 1896
5 Carlo Pierantoni 1896 1899
6 Giovanni Battista Carrara 1899 1900
7 Giulio Lippi 1900 1903
8 Massimo Del Carlo 1903 1906
9 Lelio Chicca 1906 1910
10 Giulio Cesare Ballerini 1910 1911
(8) Massimo Del Carlo 1912 1919
11 Umberto Teghini 1919 1920
12 Pietro Pfanner 1920 1922
13 Lorenzo Del Prete 1922 1923
14 Mario Guidi 1923 1926 National Fascist Party
Fascist Podestà (1926–1944)
1 Mario Guidi 1926 1927 National Fascist Party
2 Lorenzo Grossi 1927 1929 National Fascist Party
3 Guido Politi 1930 1933 National Fascist Party
4 Pietro Minutoli Tegrimi 1935 1939 National Fascist Party
5 Domenico Giannini 1944 1944 National Fascist Party
Allied occupation (1944–1946)
15 Gino Baldassarri[3] 1944 1946 Italian Communist Party

Timeline

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Italian Republic (since 1946)

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City Council election (1946–1994)

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From 1946 to 1994, the mayor of Lucca was elected by the city's council.[1]

  Mayor Term start Term end Party
1 Ferdinando Martini 24 April 1946 23 March 1948 Christian Democracy
2 Umberto Giannini 23 March 1948 30 June 1951 Christian Democracy
3 Tito Giovanni Marchetti 30 June 1951 26 November 1960 Christian Democracy
4 Italico Baccelli 27 November 1960 16 January 1965 Christian Democracy
5 Giovanni Martinelli 17 January 1965 18 December 1972 Christian Democracy
6 Mauro Favilla 19 December 1972 27 November 1984 Christian Democracy
7 Franco Antonio Fanucchi 28 November 1984 31 July 1985 Christian Democracy
8 Piero Baccelli 31 July 1985 30 March 1988 Christian Democracy
(6) Mauro Favilla 30 March 1988 1 December 1988 Christian Democracy
(7) Franco Antonio Fanucchi 1 December 1988 18 July 1990 Christian Democracy
9 Arturo Pacini 9 August 1990 19 October 1993 Christian Democracy

Direct election (since 1994)

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Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the mayor of Lucca is chosen by direct election.[1]

  Mayor Term start Term end Party
10 Giulio Lazzarini 12 July 1994 8 June 1998 Social Christians
11 Pietro Fazzi 8 June 1998 28 May 2002 Forza Italia
28 May 2002 6 June 2006
(6) Mauro Favilla 13 June 2007 22 May 2012 Forza Italia
The People of Freedom
12 Alessandro Tambellini 22 May 2012 26 June 2017 Democratic Party
26 June 2017 29 June 2022
13 Mario Pardini 29 June 2022 Incumbent Right-wing independent

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Maires, Gonfalonieri, Sindaci, Podestà e Commissari Prefettizi di Lucca dal 1806 ad oggi – Città di Lucca" (in Italian). Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b Gonfaloniere.
  3. ^ Chosen by the National Liberation Committee and appointed by the Prefect.

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