The mayor of L'Aquila is an elected politician who, along with the L'Aquila City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of L'Aquila in Abruzzo, Italy, capital city of the region.
The current mayor is Pierluigi Biondi from the far-right party Brothers of Italy, who took office on 28 June 2017.
Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of L'Aquila is member of the city council.
The mayor is elected by the population of L'Aquila, 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 1994 the mayor is elected directly by L'Aquila'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.
1861–1946
+Government-Appointed Mayors(1861-1889)State Archive of L'AquilaMayorTerm startTerm endPartyFabio Cannella17 March 186118 November 1865Historical LeftAntonio Chiarizia18 November 1865Historical LeftMichael IacobucciHistorical LeftAntonio CiolinaHistorical Left
Italian Republic (since 1946) City Council election (1946–1994) Until 1994, the Mayor of L'Aquila was elected by the City Council. Mayor Term start Term end Party Carlo Chiarizia1 June 194614 May 1948PCI 2Cesare Di Palma14 May 194825 May 1950DC Antonio Rainaldi25 May 195012 July 1951PRI Angelo Colagrande12 July 195114 July 1956PLI 5Federico Trecco14 July 195625 February 1961DC 6Amedeo Cervelli25 February 196127 February 1961DC 7Felice Natellis27 February 196118 March 1961DC 8Francesco Gaudieri18 March 196112 March 1965DC 9Umberto Albano12 March 19657 October 1966DC 10Tullio De Rubeis7 October 196614 January 1970DC 11Giovanni De Santis14 January 197025 April 1970DC (10)Tullio De Rubeis21 October 19709 September 1975DC 12Ubaldo Lopardi9 September 197527 August 1980PSDI (10)Tullio De Rubeis27 August 198012 October 1985DC 13Romeo Ricciuti12 October 198524 October 1985DC 14Enzo Lombardi24 October 198513 January 1992DC 15Maria Luisa Baldoni13 January 199228 February 1993DC 16Giuseppe Placidi28 February 199325 October 1993DC –Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (25 October 1993 – 26 June 1994)
Direct election (since 1994) Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of L'Aquila is chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five years.
Mayor Term start Term end Party Coalition Election Antonio Carmine Centi26 June 19948 June 1998PDS PDSLR1994 Biagio Tempesta8 June 199828 May 2002FI FIANCCDCDU199828 May 200229 May 2007 FIANUDC2002 Massimo Cialente29 May 200722 May 2012PD PDUDEURPSIIdVPRC200722 May 201228 June 2017 PDApIPSISELFdS2012 Pierluigi Biondi 28 June 201720 June 2022FdI FIFdIUDCLega201720 June 2022incumbent FIFdIUDCLega2022
See also Timeline of L'Aquila
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