List of mayors of Florence - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Mayor of Florence is an elected politician who, along with the Florence’s City Council of 42 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Florence. Since 22 June 2009, Matteo Renzi

Matteo Renzi

Matteo Renzi is an Italian politician. He was elected as Mayor of Florence on June 22, 2009 with 59.96% of the vote. In February 2011 he publicly called on all the Italian politicians of the Berlusconi era to retire, citing the fact that Berlusconi is only six years younger than Renzi's...

holds the position. Previously, the position was held by Leonardo Domenici

Leonardo Domenici

Leonardo Domenici is an Italian politician. He was the Mayor of Florence from June 13, 1999 until June 2009.He represents the Italian Democratic Party and is a member of the Socialists and Democrats parliamentary group.- Career :...

from the June 1999 until his succession by Renzi.

This is a list of mayors of Florence, Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

Rectors of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany

For all of the 18th Century the Rectors of Florence were appointed by the Grand Duke

Grand Duchy of Tuscany

The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was a central Italian monarchy that existed, with interruptions, from 1569 to 1859, replacing the Duchy of Florence. The grand duchy's capital was Florence...

of Tuscany

Tuscany

Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....

1782-? Giuseppe Maria Panzanini
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1809–1811: Emilio Pucci
1811–1814: Girolamo Bartolommei
1848: Bettino Ricasoli
Bettino Ricasoli
Bettino Ricàsoli, 1.º Barone Ricàsoli, 1.º Conte di Brolio was an Italian statesman.-Biography:...
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1849–1850: Ubaldino Peruzzi
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Mayors

Since 1859, newborn Kingdom of Italy

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

The Kingdom of Italy was a state forged in 1861 by the unification of Italy under the influence of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which was its legal predecessor state...

created the office of the Mayor of Florence (Sindaco di Firenze), chosen by the City council:

1859–1863: Ferdinando Bartolommei
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1865–1867: Guglielmo De Cambray-Digny
?-? Giuseppe Garzoni
?-1868: Lorenzo Ginori Lisci
1868–1878: Ubaldino Peruzzi
...
1880–1886: Tommaso Corsini
1886–1889: Pietro Torrigiani
1889–1890: Francesco Guicciardini
1891–1902: Pietro Torrigiani
1902–1903: Silvio Berti
1903–1904: commissioner
1904–1907: Ippolito Niccolini
1907–1909: Francesco Sangiorgi
1909–1913: Filippo Corsini
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1915–1917: Orazio Bacci
1917–1920: Pier Francesco Serragli

Fascist Rectors

Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils in 1920, replacing them with a single authoritarian Rector (Podestà) chosen by the National Fascist Party

National Fascist Party

The National Fascist Party was an Italian political party, created by Benito Mussolini as the political expression of fascism...

1920–1928: Antonio Garbasso
1928–1933: Giuseppe Della Gherardesca
1933–1943: Paolo Venerosi Pesciolini
1943–1944: Guido Dainelli Dolfi

Democratic Mayors

From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Florence was chosen by the City council:

#	Name	Start year	End year	Political Party	Coalition	Elections
1	Gaetano Pieraccini	1945	1946	Socialist Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...	CLN National Liberation Committee The National Liberation Committee was the underground political entity of Italian Partisans during the German occupation of Italy in the last years of the Second World War. It was a multi-party entity, whose members were united by their anti-fascism...	none
2	Mario Fabiani	1946	1951	Communist Italian Communist Party The Italian Communist Party was a communist political party in Italy.The PCI was founded as Communist Party of Italy on 21 January 1921 in Livorno, by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party . Amadeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci led the split. Outlawed during the Fascist regime, the party played...	PCI Italian Communist Party The Italian Communist Party was a communist political party in Italy.The PCI was founded as Communist Party of Italy on 21 January 1921 in Livorno, by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party . Amadeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci led the split. Outlawed during the Fascist regime, the party played...	1946
3	Giorgio La Pira Giorgio La Pira Giorgio La Pira was an Italian politician who served as mayor of Florence twice . He also served as deputy of the Christian Democratic Party and participated in the assembly that wrote the Constitution of Italy after World War II...	1951	1964	Christian democratic	DC - PSI Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II... - PRI Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini...	1951, 1956, 1960
4	Lelio Lagorio	1964	1965	Socialist Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...	DC - PSI Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II... - PRI Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini...	1964
5	Piero Bargellini	1965	1967	Christian democratic	DC - PSI Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II... - PRI Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini...	-
6	Luciano Bausi	1967	1974	Christian democratic	DC - PSI Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II... - PRI Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini...	1970
7	Giancarlo Zoli	1974	1975	Christian democratic	DC - PSI Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II... - PRI Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini...	-
8	Elio Gabbuggiani	1975	1983	Communist Italian Communist Party The Italian Communist Party was a communist political party in Italy.The PCI was founded as Communist Party of Italy on 21 January 1921 in Livorno, by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party . Amadeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci led the split. Outlawed during the Fascist regime, the party played...	PCI Italian Communist Party The Italian Communist Party was a communist political party in Italy.The PCI was founded as Communist Party of Italy on 21 January 1921 in Livorno, by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party . Amadeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci led the split. Outlawed during the Fascist regime, the party played... - PSI Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II... - PRI Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini...	1975, 1980
9	Alessandro Bonsanti	1983	1984	Republican Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini...	PCI Italian Communist Party The Italian Communist Party was a communist political party in Italy.The PCI was founded as Communist Party of Italy on 21 January 1921 in Livorno, by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party . Amadeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci led the split. Outlawed during the Fascist regime, the party played... - PSI Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II... - PRI Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini...	-
10	Lando Conti	1984	1985	Republican Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini...	PCI Italian Communist Party The Italian Communist Party was a communist political party in Italy.The PCI was founded as Communist Party of Italy on 21 January 1921 in Livorno, by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party . Amadeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci led the split. Outlawed during the Fascist regime, the party played... - PSI Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II... - PRI Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini...	-
11	Massimo Bogianckino	1985	1989	Socialist Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...	PSI Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...	1985
12	Giorgio Morales	1989	1995	Socialist Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...	PSI Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...	1990

Elected Mayors

Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law (1993), the Mayor of Florence is chosen by popular election, originally every four, and since 1999 every five year:

		Took office	Left office	Party
13	Mario Primicerio	April 23, 1995	June 14, 1999	Independent	PDS Democratic Party of the Left The Democratic Party of the Left was a post-communist, democratic socialist political party in Italy.-History:... - PRC Communist Refoundation Party The Communist Refoundation Party is a communist Italian political party. Its current secretary is Paolo Ferrero.... - FV Federation of the Greens The Federation of the Greens is a green political party in Italy, which includes also a large eco-socialist faction. Since 2009 the party leader is Angelo Bonelli.-Early years:... - FL Labour Federation The Labour Federation was a social-democratic party in Italy.It was founded in 1994 by former members of the Italian Socialist Party and was in close alliance with the Democratic Party of the Left , with which it merged in 1998 to form the Democrats of the Left... April 23, 1995 – June 14, 1999
14	Leonardo Domenici Leonardo Domenici Leonardo Domenici is an Italian politician. He was the Mayor of Florence from June 13, 1999 until June 2009.He represents the Italian Democratic Party and is a member of the Socialists and Democrats parliamentary group.- Career :...	June 14, 1999	June 22, 2009	Democrats of the Left Democrats of the Left The Democrats of the Left was a social-democratic Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition, which merged with a number of centrist and leftist groups to form the Democratic Party on 14 October 2007... then Democratic Party Democratic Party (Italy) The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election....	The Olive Tree June 14, 1999 – June 27, 2004
14		June 14, 1999	June 22, 2009		The Olive Tree June 27, 1999 – June 22, 2009
15	Matteo Renzi Matteo Renzi Matteo Renzi is an Italian politician. He was elected as Mayor of Florence on June 22, 2009 with 59.96% of the vote. In February 2011 he publicly called on all the Italian politicians of the Berlusconi era to retire, citing the fact that Berlusconi is only six years younger than Renzi's...	June 22, 2009	incumbent	Democratic Party Democratic Party (Italy) The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election....	PD Democratic Party (Italy) The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election.... - IDV Italy of Values Italy of Values is a centrist, populist and anti-corruption political party in Italy. The party, which is affiliated to the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party , is headed by former Mani pulite prosecutor Antonio Di Pietro, who entered politics in 1996.The party aims to gather and give... - SEL since June 22, 2009
15		June 22, 2009	incumbent

Mayoral and Council election, 1995

The election took place on April 23.

For the first time under the new electoral law citizens could vote directly the mayor; before this choise was made by the City Council. For the first time in the municipal political history there weren't parties like Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party

Italian Socialist Party

The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...

or Italian Communist Party

Italian Communist Party

The Italian Communist Party was a communist political party in Italy.The PCI was founded as Communist Party of Italy on 21 January 1921 in Livorno, by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party . Amadeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci led the split. Outlawed during the Fascist regime, the party played...

: the main parties were Silvio Berlusconi

Silvio Berlusconi

Silvio Berlusconi , also known as Il Cavaliere – from knighthood to the Order of Merit for Labour which he received in 1977 – is an Italian politician and businessman who served three terms as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006, and 2008 to 2011. Berlusconi is also the...

's Forza Italia

Forza Italia

Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy....

and the Alliance of Progressives

Alliance of Progressives

The Alliance of Progressives was a left-wing electoral coalition in Italy in 1994.It was composed of:*the Democratic Party of the Left ;*the Communist Refoundation Party ;...

, composed by center-left parties.

The main canidates were the incumbent socialist

Italian Socialist Party

mayor Giorgio Morales, supported by Forza Italia

Forza Italia

, and the university teacher Mario Primicerio, indipendent but supported by the Alliance of Progressives

Alliance of Progressives

The Alliance of Progressives was a left-wing electoral coalition in Italy in 1994.It was composed of:*the Democratic Party of the Left ;*the Communist Refoundation Party ;...

.

On April 23 1995, Primicerio won the election and became the first elected mayor of Florence.

Florence Mayoral Election Results 1995
	Name	Party	1st Round (April 23)	%

} || Mario Primicerio || independent || 158,647 || 60.0
|-
|| Giorgio Morales || Forza Italia

Forza Italia

|| 58,431 || 22.1
|}

Mayoral and Council election, 1999

The election took place on June 14.

The main candidates were Franco Scaramuzzi, supported by Silvio Berlusconi

Silvio Berlusconi

's coalition Pole of Freedoms

Pole of Freedoms

The Pole of Freedoms was a centre-right electoral alliance in Italy, launched at the 1994 general election by Silvio Berlusconi.The alliance was composed primarily of Forza Italia and the Lega Nord, but also included Christian Democratic Centre and the Union of the Centre...

and by some christian-democratic parties, and Leonardo Domenici

Leonardo Domenici

, supported by Romano Prodi

Romano Prodi

Romano Prodi is an Italian politician and statesman. He served as the Prime Minister of Italy, from 17 May 1996 to 21 October 1998 and from 17 May 2006 to 8 May 2008...

's coalition The Olive Tree.
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Florence Mayoral Election Results 1999
	Name	Party	1st Round (June 14)	%
Leonardo Domenici Leonardo Domenici Leonardo Domenici is an Italian politician. He was the Mayor of Florence from June 13, 1999 until June 2009.He represents the Italian Democratic Party and is a member of the Socialists and Democrats parliamentary group.- Career :...	Democrats of the Left Democrats of the Left The Democrats of the Left was a social-democratic Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition, which merged with a number of centrist and leftist groups to form the Democratic Party on 14 October 2007...	108,424	51.7
Franco Scaramuzzi	Forza Italia Forza Italia Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy....	74,836	35.7

Mayoral and Council election, 2004

The election took place in two rounds: the first on June 12-13 and the second on June 26-27.

The incumbent mayor Leonardo Domenici

Leonardo Domenici

won the election on the second round.
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Florence Mayoral Election Results 2004
	Name	Party	1st Round (June 12-13)	%	2nd Round (June 26-27)	%
Leonardo Domenici Leonardo Domenici Leonardo Domenici is an Italian politician. He was the Mayor of Florence from June 13, 1999 until June 2009.He represents the Italian Democratic Party and is a member of the Socialists and Democrats parliamentary group.- Career :...	Democrats of the Left Democrats of the Left The Democrats of the Left was a social-democratic Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition, which merged with a number of centrist and leftist groups to form the Democratic Party on 14 October 2007...	109,043	49.2	102,269	66.0
Domenico Valentino	Forza Italia Forza Italia Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy....	66,005	29.8	52,582	34.0

Mayoral and Council election, 2009

The election took place in two rounds: the first on June 6-7 and the second on June 21-22.

The main candidates were Giovanni Galli

Giovanni Galli

Giovanni Galli is an Italian former football goalkeeper and currently a politician.-Club:Galli started his professional career with ACF Fiorentina, where he played nine seasons. In 1986–87, he joined A.C. Milan, being first choice for three of his four years...

, supported by Silvio Berlusconi

Silvio Berlusconi

's People of Freedom, and Matteo Renzi

Matteo Renzi

, supported by a center-elft coalition.
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Florence Mayoral Election Results 2009
	Name	Party	1st Round (June 6-7)	%	2nd Round (June 21-22)	%
Matteo Renzi Matteo Renzi Matteo Renzi is an Italian politician. He was elected as Mayor of Florence on June 22, 2009 with 59.96% of the vote. In February 2011 he publicly called on all the Italian politicians of the Berlusconi era to retire, citing the fact that Berlusconi is only six years younger than Renzi's...	Democratic Party Democratic Party (Italy) The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election....	100,204	47.6	100,978	60.0
Giovanni Galli Giovanni Galli Giovanni Galli is an Italian former football goalkeeper and currently a politician.-Club:Galli started his professional career with ACF Fiorentina, where he played nine seasons. In 1986–87, he joined A.C. Milan, being first choice for three of his four years...	People of Freedom	67,413	32.0	67,426	40.0

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Florence Council Election 2009 - Parties
	Coalition	votes	%	seats	Party	votes	%	seats
Center-left (Renzi)	94,520	48.9	28	Democratic Party Democratic Party (Italy) The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election.... Italy of Values Italy of Values Italy of Values is a centrist, populist and anti-corruption political party in Italy. The party, which is affiliated to the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party , is headed by former Mani pulite prosecutor Antonio Di Pietro, who entered politics in 1996.The party aims to gather and give... Left Ecology Freedom Communist Refoundation Party Communist Refoundation Party The Communist Refoundation Party is a communist Italian political party. Its current secretary is Paolo Ferrero.... Civic Lists (2)	68,245 5,540 4,478 1,843 14,415	35.3 2.9 2.3 0.9 7.4	22 1 1 - 4
Center-right (Galli)	67,931	35.1	13	People of Freedom Lega Nord Civic Lists (5)	39,361 2,660 25,910	20.4 1.4 13.4	9 - 4

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