The mayor of Florence () is an elected politician who, along with the Florence City Council of 36 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Florence. The title is the equivalent of Lord Mayor in the meaning of an actual executive leader. The office of Gonfaloniere was created in 1781 by Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany. It was replaced by the office of mayor in 1865, during the early Kingdom of Italy. The incumbent mayor of Florence is Sara Funaro of the Democratic Party, who was elected on 23–24 June 2024.
Overview
According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Florence is member of Florence's city council. The title of mayor is not held by the heads of the five boroughs of Florence because they do not actually preside over self-governmental municipalities, and instead is elected by the population of Florence. Citizens also elect the members of the Florence City Council, which also controls 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 is elected directly by Florence'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. The seat of the city council is the city hall Palazzo Vecchio in Piazza della Signoria.
List of mayors of Florence (1781–present) Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1781–1859) In 1781 was created the office of Annual Gonfaloniere of Florence who was appointed by the Grand Duke of Tuscany every year.
1781–1783 – Giuseppe Maria Panzanini 1783–1784 – Francesco Catellini da Castiglione 1784–1785 – Giovan Giorgio Ugolini 1785–1786 – Maldonato Amadio d'Alma 1786–1787 – Alberto Rimbotti 1787–1788 – Giuseppe Baldovinetti di Poggio 1788–1789 – Giuseppe Arnaldi 1789–1790 – Alberto Rimbotti 1790–1791 – Miniato Miniati 1791–1792 – Pietro Baldigiani 1792–1793 – Ferdinando de' Bardi 1793–1794 – Pietro Soderini 1794–1795 – Antonio da Castiglione 1795–1796 – Francesco Passerini 1796–1797 – Vieri De' Cerchi 1797–1798 – Ottavio Pitti 1798–1799 – Leonardo Buonarroti 1799–1800 – Orazio Smeraldo Morelli 1800–1801 – Francesco Catellini da Castiglione 1801–1802 – Niccolò Arrighi 1802–1803 – Michele Roti 1803–1804 – Pietro Mancini 1804–1805 – Giovanni Carlo Mori Ubaldini 1805–1806 – Giulio Orlandini 1806–1807 – Vespasiano Marzichi 1807–1808 – Tommaso Guadagni 1808–1809 – Filippo Guadagni
In 1809, during the period of the newborn Kingdom of Etruria, it was temporarily created the office of Maire of Florence.
1809–1813 – Emilio Pucci 1813–1815 – Girolamo Bartolommei
In 1815, the office of Gonfaloniere of Florence was restored.
1815–1816 – Giovanni Battista Gondi 1816–1817 – Giovanni Rosselli de Turco 1817–1821 – Tommaso Corsi 1821–1825 – Jacopo Guidi 1826–1828 – Giovanni Battista Covoni 1829–1831 – Giovanni Battista Andrea Boubon del Monte 1832–1834 – Cosimo Antinori 1835–1840 – Gaetano de' Pazzi 1841–1842 – Luigi de Cambray Digny 1843–1846 – Pier Francesco Rinuccini 1847 – Vincenzo Peruzzi 1847–1848 – Bettino Ricasoli 1848–1850 – Ubaldino Peruzzi 1850 – Carlo Torrigiani 1850–1853 – Vincenzo Capponi 1854–1859 – Eduardo Dufour Berté
Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) In 1865, the Kingdom of Italy created the office of the Mayor of Florence (Sindaco di Firenze), chosen by the City council. In 1926, the Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils, replacing them with an authoritarian podestà chosen by the National Fascist Party.
Mayor Term start Term end Party –Ferdinando Bartolommei(1821–1869)27 April 185910 October 1863IndependentActing councillor Giulio Carobbi (10 October 1863 – 31 December 1864) Mayors appointed by the King (1865–1889) 1Luigi Guglielmo Cambray-Digny(1820–1906)1 January 186527 October 1867IndependentActing councillor Giuseppe Garzoni (27 October 1867 – 5 March 1869) 2Lorenzo Ginori Lisci(1823–1878)5 March 186929 October 1869Right 3Ubaldino Peruzzi(1822–1891)29 October 186915 May 1878RightActing councillors (15 May 1878 – 27 January 1880) 4Tommaso Corsini(1835–1919)27 January 188030 March 1886Right 5Piero Torrigiani(1846–1920)14 April 188614 November 1889Right Mayors elected by the City Council (1889–1926) 6Francesco Guicciardini(1851–1915)14 November 188915 December 1890RightActing councillor Gaspare Gloria (15 December 1890 – 4 February 1891) (5)Piero Torrigiani(1846–1920)4 February 18912 January 1901RightActing councillor Antonio Artimini (2 January 1901 – 8 October 1902) 7Silvio Berti(1856–1930)8 October 190221 July 1903RightActing councillors (21 July 1903 – 15 March 1904) 8Ippolito Niccolini(1848–1919)15 March 190426 June 1907Right 9Francesco Sangiorgi(1860–19?)30 July 190712 August 1909Left 10Giulio Chiarugi(1859–1944)12 August 190912 December 1910Left 11Filippo Corsini(1873–1926)12 December 191021 November 1913LiberalActing councillors (21 November 1913 – 23 February 1915) 12Orazio Bacci(1864–1917)23 February 191525 December 1917Liberal13Pier Francesco Serragli(18?–1938)25 December 191730 January 1919LiberalActing councillors (30 January 1919 – 30 November 1920) 14Antonio Garbasso(1871–1933)1 December 192015 January 1927Fascist Fascist Podestà (1927–1944)1Antonio Garbasso(1871–1933)16 January 192722 September 1928PNF2Giuseppe della Gherardesca(1876–1968)22 September 192812 December 1933PNF3Paolo Venerosi Pesciolini(1896–1964)12 December 19338 August 1943PNFSpecial Prefectural Commissioner tenure (8 August 1943 – 14 February 1944)4Giotto Dainelli Dolfi(1878–1968)14 February 194411 August 1944PFR Allied occupation (1944–1946) 15Gaetano Pieraccini(1864–1957)11 August 194428 November 1946Socialist Notes
Timeline
Republic of Italy (1946–present) City Council election (1946–1995) From 1946 to 1995, the mayor of Florence was chosen by the city council.
Mayor Term start Term end Party Coalition Election 1Mario Fabiani(1902–1974)29 November 19465 July 1951PCIPCI PSI PRI PdA1946 2Giorgio La Pira(1904–1977)5 July 19513 August 1956DCDC PRI PSDI19513 August 195627 June 19571956 - (2)Giorgio La Pira(1904–1977)7 March 196115 February 1965DCDC PSI PRI PSDI1960 3Lelio Lagorio(1925–2017)15 February 196519 November 1965PSI1964 - 4Piero Bargellini(1897–1980)1 August 19663 November 1967DCDC PRI PSDI1966 5Luciano Bausi(1921–1995)3 November 196729 April 1969DC - (5)Luciano Bausi(1921–1995)15 September 197012 September 1974DCDC PSI PSDI1970 6Giancarlo Zoli(1917–2007)12 September 197419 October 1974DC - 7Elio Gabbuggiani(1925–1999)26 July 19755 August 1980PCIPCI PSI PRI19755 August 198014 March 1983PCI PSI PRI PSDI1980 8Alessandro Bonsanti(1904–1984)14 March 198318 February 1984PRIDC PSI PRI PSDI PLI 9Lando Conti(1933–1986)26 March 198426 September 1985PRI 10Massimo Bogianckino(1922–2009)26 September 19852 October 1989PSIPCI PSI PSDI1985 11Giorgio Morales(1932–2020)2 October 198918 July 1990PSIPCI PSI PSDI PLI18 July 199024 April 1995DC PSI PSDI 1990 Notes
Direct election (since 1995) Since 1995, enacting a new law on local administrations (1993), the mayor of Florence is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 1999 every five years.
Mayor Took office Left office Party Coalition Election 12 Mario Primicerio(1940–2025) 24 April 1995 14 June 1999 Ind The Olive Tree(PDS-PRC-FdV-FL) 1995 Leonardo Domenici(born 1955) 14 June 1999 28 June 2004 DSPD The Olive Tree(DS-PdCI-FdV-Dem-PPI-SDI) 1999 28 June 2004 22 June 2009 The Olive Tree(DS-PdCI-FdV-DL-SDI) 2004 Matteo Renzi(born 1975) 22 June 2009 24 March 2014 PD PD IdV SEL 2009 Dario Nardella(born 1975) 26 May 2014 29 May 2019 PD PD 2014 29 May 2019 26 June 2024 PD 2019 Sara Funaro(born 1976) 26 June 2024 Incumbent PD PD AVS 2024 Notes
Timeline
By time in office RankMayorPolitical PartyTotal time in officeTerms1Dario NardellaPD22Leonardo DomeniciDS/PD 23Giorgio La PiraDC 9 years, 283 days34Elio GabbuggianiPCI 25Giorgio Morales PSI 26Luciano Bausi DC 5 years, 148 days 27Matteo Renzi PD 18Mario Fabiani PCI 19Mario PrimicerioNone110Massimo BogianckinoPSI 111Sara FunaroPD112Lando ContiPRI 113Piero BargelliniDC114Alessandro BonsantiPRI115Lelio LagorioPSI116Giancarlo ZoliDC1
Elections City Council elections, 1946–1990
Number of votes for each party: Election DC PCI PSI PLI PRI PSDI MSI Others Total 10 November 1946 45,168(23.8%) 64,040(33.7%) 41,377(21.8%) 6,544(3.4%) 4,249(2.2%) – – 28,476(15.0%) 189,854 27 May 1951 87,899(36.1%) 81,980(33.7%) 24,842(10.2%) 10,808(4.4%) 14,476(5.9%) – 12,621(5.2%) 10,536(4.3%) 243,162 27 May 1956 101,961(39.2%) 69,190(26.6%) 44,551(17.1%) 11,105(4.3%) 3,955(1.5%) 13,684(5.3%) 15,423(5.9%) – 259,869 6 November 1960 99,577(34.9%) 92,841(32.5%) 39,586(13.9%) 13,653(4.8%) 3,711(1.3%) 18,620(6.5%) 15,337(5.4%) 2,326(0.8%) 285,651 22 November 1964 87,117(27.5%) 106,596(33.7%) 32,801(10.4%) 46,723(14.7%) 2,345(0.7%) 19,830(6.4%) 13,669(4.3%) 7,588(2.4%) 316,669 12 June 1966 85,335(28.6%) 104,820(35.2%) 30,945(10.9%) 30,945(10.9%) 2,828(0.9%) 22,102(7.4%) 10,707(3.6%) 8,735(2.9%) 301,038 7 June 1970 95,272(30.1%) 110,928(35.0%) 30,011(9.5%) 17,330(5.5%) 6,320(2.0%) 33,617(10.6%) 15,151(4.8%) 8,234(2.5%)316,863 15 June 1975 96,019(29.9%) 137,433(41.5%) 34,392(10.4%) 7,415(4.5%) 12,259(3.7%) 17,327(5.2%) 17,217(5.2%) 9,232(2.7%)331,294 8 June 1980 94,139(29.9%) 127,229(40.5%) 38,844(12.4%) 7,323(2.3%) 12,289(3.9%) 11,668(3.7%) 13,775(4.4%) 9,017(2.9%)314,284 12 May 1985 83,258(26.5%) 125,442(39.9%) 38,565(12.3%) 7,316(2.3%) 17,738(5.6%) 6,433(2.0%) 15,855(5.1%) 19,032(6.0%)314,227 6 May 1990 73,238(26.3%) 90,566(32.5%) 37,248(13.4%) 4,420(1.6%) 19,419(7.0%) 6,786(2.4%) 9,796(3.5%) 37,21913.3%)278,692 Notes
Number of seats in the City Council for each party: Election DC PCI PSI PLI PRI PSDI MSI Others Total 10 November 1946 14 21 13 2 1 – – 9 60 27 May 1951 31 13 4 4 5 – 1 1 60 27 May 1956 25 17 10 2 – 3 3 – 60 6 November 1960 22 20 8 3 – 4 3 – 60 22 November 1964 18 22 6 7 – 4 2 – 60 12 June 1966 18 22 7 7 – 4 2 – 60 7 June 1970 19 22 5 3 1 6 3 160 15 June 1975 18 26 6 1 2 3 3 160 8 June 1980 19 26 8 1 2 2 2 –60 12 May 1985 17 25 7 1 3 1 3 360 6 May 1990 17 21 9 1 4 1 2 560
Mayoral and City Council election, 1995 The election took place on 23 April 1995.
| colspan="7"| |- |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! colspan="4" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;" | Parties and coalitions ! colspan="1" | Votes ! colspan="1" | % ! colspan="1" | Seats |- | style="background-color:pink" rowspan="7" | | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Democratic Party of the Left | PDS | 88,105 || 36.05% || 19 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Communist Refoundation Party | PRC | 25,347 || 10.37% || 5 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Pact of Democrats | PdD | 9,090 || 3.72% || 2 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Federation of the Greens | FdV | 7,168 || 2.93% || 1 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Labour Federation | FL | 5,117 || 2.09% || 1 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Italian Republican Party | PRI | 2,115 || 0.87% || 0 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Others | | 8,786 || 3.60% || 1 |- style="background-color:pink" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Primicerio coalition (centre-left) | 145,728 || 59.63% || 29 |- | style="background-color:lightblue" rowspan="3" | | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Forza Italia–Christian Democratic Centre | FI–CCD | 41,173 || 16.85% || 8 |-