The Mayor of Verbania is an elected politician who, along with Verbania's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Verbania in Piedmont, Italy.
The current mayor is Giandomenico Albertella, an independent, who took office on 26 June 2024.
Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Verbania is a member of the City Council.
The Mayor is elected by the people of Verbania, 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 release the members of his government.
Since 1995 the Mayor has been elected directly by Verbania'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 seats for each party is determined proportionally.
Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) The city of Verbania was founded in 1939 and was ruled by an authoritarian Podestà chosen by the National Fascist Party. The office of Mayor of Verbania was created in 1945 during the Allied occupation.
Mayor Term start Term end Party Fascist Podestà (1939–1944)–Domenico Campanelli19391941PNF1Ernesto Pirola19411944PNF2Enrico Alberini19441945PFR Allied occupation (1944–1945) Vincenzo Andreani19451946PSI Notes
Italian Republic (since 1946) City Council election (1946-1995) From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Verbania was elected by the City Council.
Mayor Term start Term end Party Luigi Zappelli19461948PSI Giuseppe Perin19481949PSI Edoardo Cometti19491951PSI Ugo Sironi19511964PSI Stefano Ammenti19641970PSI Ugo Sironi19701971PSI Pietro Mazzola19711974PCI Francesco Imperiale19741978PSI Giovanni Motetta19781979PCI Pietro Mazzola19791980PCI Giacomo Ramoni19801985PSI Francesco Imperiale19851990PSI Bartolomeo Zani19901993PSI Aldo Reschigna19931995PDS
Direct election (since 1995) Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Verbania is chosen by direct election, originally every four, than every five years.
Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election Aldo Reschigna8 May 199528 June 1999PDSDSPDSPPI199528 June 199914 June 2004DSPPIPdCISDI1999 Claudio Zanotti14 June 20048 June 2009PDDSDLPRCSDI2004 Marco Zacchera8 June 200930 April 2013PdLPdLLNUDC2009Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (30 April 2013 – 9 June 2014) Silvia Marchionini9 June 201412 June 2019PDPDSEL201412 June 201926 June 2024PD2019 15Giandomenico Albertella26 June 2024IncumbentIndInd2024 Notes
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