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.
Overview 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) 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.
Mayor Term start Term end Party –Paolo SinibaldiGonfaloniere.18591863 –Basilio Gianni18641865 1Demetrio Del Prete18651870 2Cesare Giorgetti18711878 3Achille Pucci18831888 4Enrico Del Carlo18891896 5Carlo Pierantoni18961899 6Giovanni Battista Carrara18991900 7Giulio Lippi19001903 8Massimo Del Carlo19031906 9Lelio Chicca19061910 10Giulio Cesare Ballerini19101911 (8)Massimo Del Carlo19121919 11Umberto Teghini19191920 12Pietro Pfanner19201922 13Lorenzo Del Prete19221923 Mario Guidi19231926PNF Fascist Podestà (1926–1944)1Mario Guidi19261927PNF2Lorenzo Grossi19271929PNF3Guido Politi19301933PNF4Pietro Minutoli Tegrimi19351939PNF5Domenico Giannini19441944PNF Allied occupation (1944–1946) Gino BaldassarriChosen by the National Liberation Committee and appointed by the Prefect.19441946PCI
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Italian Republic (since 1946) City Council election (1946–1994) From 1946 to 1994, the mayor of Lucca was elected by the city's council.
Mayor Term start Term end Party 1Ferdinando Martini24 April 194623 March 1948DC 2Umberto Giannini23 March 194830 June 1951DC 3Tito Giovanni Marchetti30 June 195126 November 1960DC 4Italico Baccelli27 November 196016 January 1965DC 5Giovanni Martinelli17 January 196518 December 1972DC 6Mauro Favilla19 December 197227 November 1984DC 7Franco Antonio Fanucchi28 November 198431 July 1985DC 8Piero Baccelli31 July 198530 March 1988DC (6)Mauro Favilla30 March 19881 December 1988DC (7)Franco Antonio Fanucchi1 December 198818 July 1990DC 9Arturo Pacini9 August 199019 October 1993DCSpecial Prefectural Commissioner tenure (19 October 1993 – 12 July 1994)
Direct election (since 1994) Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the mayor of Lucca is chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five years.
Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election Giulio Lazzarini12 July 19948 June 1998CSPDSPPI1994 Pietro Fazzi8 June 199828 May 2002FIFIANCCD199828 May 20026 June 2006FIANUDC2002Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (6 June 2006 – 12 June 2007) Mauro Favilla12 June 200722 May 2012PdLPdLUDC2007 Alessandro Tambellini22 May 201226 June 2017PDPDIdVSELFdS201226 June 201729 June 2022PDSI2017 14Mario Pardini29 June 2022IncumbentIndFdIFILegaUDC2022 Notes
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