The Mayor of Biella is an elected politician who, along with the Biella's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Biella in Piedmont, Italy.

The current mayor is Marzio Olivero, a member of the far-right party Brothers of Italy (FdI), who took office on 12 June 2024.

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

The mayor is elected by the population of Biella, 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 Biella'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.

Republic of Italy (since 1946) City council election (1946-1995) From 1946 to 1995, the mayor of Biella was elected by the City Council.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party Virgilio Luisetti19461949PSI Mario Coda Spirito 19491951PCI 3Bruno Blotto Baldo19511960DC 4Novellino Casalvolone19601964DC 5Franco Borri Brunetto19641980DC 6Luigi Squillario19801990DC 7Luigi Petrini19901992DC 8Gianluca Susta19921995DC

Direct election (since 1995) Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Biella is chosen by direct election, originally every four, than every five years.

  Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election 8Gianluca Susta8 May 199528 June 1999PPIDLPDSPPI199528 June 199928 June 2004DSPPISDI1999 Vittorio Barazzotto28 June 20048 June 2009DLPDDSDLPdCI2004 Donato Gentile8 June 200910 June 2014PdLPdLLN2009 Marco Cavicchioli10 June 201414 June 2019PDPD2014 Claudio Corradino14 June 201912 June 2024LegaFILegaFdI2019 Marzio Olivero12 June 2024IncumbentFdIFILegaFdI2024

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