The mayor of Benevento is an elected politician who, along with the Benevento City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Benevento in Campania, Italy.

The current mayor is Clemente Mastella, former minister of Justice and former minister of Labour, who took office on 20 June 2016.

Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Benevento is member of the City Council.

The mayor is elected by the population of Benevento, 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 1993 the mayor is elected directly by Benevento'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.

Italian Republic (since 1947) City Council election (1947-1993) From 1947 to 1993, the mayor of Benevento was elected by the City Council.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party 1Salvatore Pennella7 January 194729 November 1949DC Vincenzo Cardone19 December 194916 June 1952PLI Alfredo Zazo16 June 195220 December 1952PNM Alberto Cangiano27 December 195216 January 1954MSI Antonio Rivellini6 March 195426 May 1955PNM Giuseppe D'Alessandro31 May 195517 June 1956MSI 7Mario Rotili17 June 195612 June 1963DC 8Ciriaco del Pozzo12 June 196314 February 1965DC 9Pasquale Meomartini14 February 196515 November 1967DCSpecial Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (15 November 1967 – 16 July 1970) 10Lucio Facchiano16 July 197018 November 1974DC 11Pasquale Columbro18 November 197410 February 1977DC 12Ernesto Mazzoni10 February 197719 June 1980DC 13Nicola Di Donato12 November 198025 February 1982DC 14Antonio Pietrantonio25 February 198228 November 1992DC 15Raffaele Verdicchio28 November 199231 May 1993DCSpecial Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (31 May 1993 – 7 December 1993)

Direct election (since 1993) Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the mayor of Benevento is chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five years. Mayor Took office Left office Party Coalition Election16 Pasquale Viespoli (b. 1955) 7 December 1993 23 May 1996 MSI MSI 1993Special Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (23 May 1996 – 3 December 1996)(16) Pasquale Viespoli (b. 1955) 3 December 1996 5 April 2001 AN AN 1996Special Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (5 April 2001 – 28 May 2001)17 Sandro Nicola D'Alessandro (b. 1956) 28 May 2001 30 May 2006 AN House of Freedoms(AN-FI-UDC) 200118 Fausto Pepe(b. 1963) 30 May 2006 16 May 2011 UDEURPD The Union(DS-DL-UDEUR) 2006 16 May 2011 20 June 2016 PDIdVApI 201119 Clemente Mastella (b. 1947) 20 June 2016 21 October 2021 FINDC FIUDCand centrist lists 2016 21 October 2021 Incumbent NDCIVand centrist lists 2021 Notes

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