List of mayors of Verona

Mayor of Verona
Sindaco di Verona
Incumbent
Damiano Tommasi
since 29 June 2022
StyleNo courtesy, title or style
SeatPalazzo Barbieri
AppointerPopular election
Term length5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holderAlessandro Carlotti
Formation1866
Salary€ 6,767 (monthly)
Websitewww.comune.verona.it

The Mayor of Verona (Italian: Sindaco di Verona) is an elected politician who, along with Verona's City Council, is accountable for the government of Verona in Veneto, Italy.

The current Mayor of Verona is Damiano Tommasi, a centre-left independent, who took office on 29 June 2022.[1]

Overview

Palazzo Barbieri is Verona's City Hall.

From 1866, when the former Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (part of the Austrian Empire) was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy, the central government created the Mayor's office, chosen by City Council.

In 1926, the Fascist Italy replaced the Mayor with a Podestà, chosen by National Fascist Party. After the fall of the Italian Social Republic and the end of the Nazi Germany's occupation, the Mayor was re-established.

From 1994, the Mayor is chosen by the citizens of Verona, originally for a four years term. In 2000 the term was extended to five years.

List

Kingdom of Italy (1866–1946)

In 1866, after the Third War of Independence and the subsequent annexion of Veneto to the Kingdom of Italy, the national government created the office of the Mayor of Verona (Sindaco di Verona), 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
1 Alessandro Carlotti 1866 1867 Independent
2 Giulio Camuzzoni 1867 1883 Right
3 Antonio Guglielmi 1883 1887 Right
4 Giovanni Battista Albertini 1887 1888 Right
5 Antonio Perez 1888 1889 Right
6 Augusto Renzi Tessari 1889 1891 Right
7 Augusto Caperle 1891 1895 Right
(3) Antonio Guglielmi 1895 1907 Right
8 Luigi Bellini Carnesali 1907 1909 Right
9 Eugenio Gallizioli 1909 1914 Radical
10 Tullio Zanella 1914 1920 Socialist
11 Albano Pontedera 1920 1922 Socialist
12 Vittorio Raffaldi 1922 1926 Fascist
Fascist Podestà (1926–1945)
1 Vittorio Raffaldi 1926 1928 PNF
2 Filippo Nereo Vignola 1928 1930 PNF
3 Mario Pasti 1930 1930 PNF
4 Luigi Marenzi 1930 1933 PNF
5 Alberto Donella 1933 1943 PNF
6 Luigi Grancelli 1943 1945 PFR
Liberation (1945–1946)
13 Aldo Fedeli 1945 1946 Socialist

Republic of Italy (1946–present)

City Council election (1946–1994)

From 1946 to 1994, the Mayor of Verona was chosen by the City Council.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party Coalition Election
1 Aldo Fedeli
(1895–1955) 		1946 1951 PSI PCI  • PSI 1946
2 Giovanni Uberti
(1888–1964) 		1951 1956 DC DC  • PLI  • PSDI 1951
3 Giorgio Zanotto
(1920–1999) 		1956 1960 DC DC  • PLI  • PSDI 1956
1960 1965 1960
4 Renato Gozzi
(1915–1999) 		1965 1970 DC DC  • PSI  • PSDI 1964
5 Carlo Delaini
(1927–2008) 		1970 1971 DC DC  • PSI  • PSDI 1970
6 Leonzio Veggio
(1922–2019) 		1971 1973 DC DC  • PSI  • PSDI
(5) Carlo Delaini
(1927–2008) 		1973 1975 DC DC  • PSI  • PSDI
(4) Renato Gozzi
(1915–1999) 		1975 1980 DC DC  • PSI  • PSDI 1975
7 Gabriele Sboarina
(b. 1935) 		1980 1985 DC DC  • PSI  • PSDI  • PRI  • PLI 1980
1985 1990 1985
8 Aldo Sala
(b. 1945) 		1990 1993 DC DC  • PSI  • PRI  • PSDI  • PLI 1990
9 Enzo Erminero
(1931–2023) 		1993 1993 DC DC  • PSI  • PSDI  • PLI
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (1 December 1993 – 27 June 1994)

Direct election (since 1994)

Since 1994, enacting a new law on local administrations (1993), the Mayor of Verona is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 2002 every five years.


Mayor of Verona Took office Left office Party Coalition Election
10 Michela Sironi Mariotti
(b. 1946) 		27 June 1994 25 June 1998 FI Pole of Freedoms
(FI-AN-LN-CCD) 		1994
25 June 1998 12 June 2002 Pole for Freedoms
(FI-AN-CDU-CCD) 		1998
11 Paolo Zanotto
(b. 1953) 		12 June 2002 28 May 2007 Ind The Olive Tree
(DL-DS-FdV-SDI-PdCI) 		2002
12 Flavio Tosi
(b. 1969) 		28 May 2007 12 May 2012 LN
F! 		House of Freedoms
(FI-AN-LN-UDC) 		2007
12 May 2012 27 June 2017 LN
and rightist lists 		2012
13 Federico Sboarina
(b. 1971) 		27 June 2017 29 June 2022 FdI FI  • FdI  • LN 2017
14 Damiano Tommasi
(b. 1974) 		29 June 2022 In office Ind PD  • SI
and leftist lists 		2022

Timeline

Elections

Mayoral and City Council election, 1994

The election took place on two rounds: the first on 12 June, the second on 26 June 1994.

Results
Summary of the 1994 Verona City Council election results
Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats
Forza Italia[a] FI 45,235 28.58 14
Lega Nord[b] LN 28,261 17.86 9
National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale)[c] AN 15,565 9.84 5
Others 1.591 1.00 0
Sironi Mariotti coalition (Centre-right) 90,652 57.28 28
Democratic Party of the Left
(Partito Democratico della Sinistra) 		PDS 16,157 10.21 5
Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista) PRC 6,640 4.20 2
Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi) FdV 5,434 3.43 1
Others 4,245 2.68 1
Donella coalition (Left) 32,476 20.52 9
Italian People's Party (Partito Popolare Italiano) PPI 24,473 15.46 7
Segni Pact (Patto Segni) PS 5,315 3.36 1
Lega Autonomia Veneta LAV 4,308 2.72 1
Others 1,034 0.65 0
Total 158,258 100.00 46
Votes cast / turnout 179,612 81.97
Registered voters 219,109
Source: Ministry of the Interior
Candidate Party Coalition First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Michela Sironi Mariotti FI FI-CCD 50,314 29.50 74,032 61.51
Dario Donella PDS PDS-PRC-FdV 38,610 22.64 46,316 38.49
Giovanni Maccagnani LN 29,461 17.27
Gian Antonio Vaccaro PPI 24,629 14.44
Massimo Galli Righi AN 16,242 9.52
Elmo Padovani PS 5,647 3.31
Massimo Guerra LAV 4,553 2.67
Antonio Barzon Ind 1,107 0.65
Eligible voters 219,109 100.00 219,109 100.00
Voted 179,612 81.97 128,182 58.50
Blank or invalid ballots 9,049 7,834
Total valid votes 170,563 120,348

Notes
  1. ^ Including Christian Democratic Centre (CCD).
  2. ^ Endorsed the candidate only on the second round.
  3. ^ Endorsed the candidate only on the second round.

Mayoral and City Council election, 1998

The election took place on two rounds: the first on 24 May, the second on 7 June 1998.

Results
Summary of the 1998 Verona City Council election results
Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats
Forza Italia FI 27,774 21.60 16
National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) AN 10,899 8.48 6
Christian Democratic Centre (Centro Cristiano Democratico) CCD 6,741 5.24 4
United Christian Democrats (Cristiano Democratici Uniti) CDU 3,762 2.93 2
Sironi Mariotti coalition (Centre-right) 49,176 38.24 28
Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra) DS 15,618 12.15 5
Italian People's Party (Partito Popolare Italiano) PPI 10,183 7.92 3
Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista) PRC 5,223 4.06 1
Italian Democratic Socialists (Socialisti Democratici Italiani) SDI 3,983 3.10 1
Others 4,915 3.82 0
Brugnoli coalition (Centre-left) 39,922 31.05 10
Lega Nord LN 21,948 17.07 5
Others 17,547 13.65 3
Total 128,593 100.00 46
Votes cast / turnout 159,793 73.97
Registered voters 216,014
Source: Ministry of the Interior
Candidate Party Coalition First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Michela Sironi Mariotti FI Pole for Freedoms 60,772 40.28 64,604 58.33
Giuseppe Brugnoli DS The Olive Tree 46,100 30.56 46,160 41.67
Francesco Girondini LN 24,053 15.94
Tito Brunelli Ind 5,544 3.67
Massimo Guerra LAV LAV-RI 4,558 3.02
Others 9,844 6.53
Eligible voters 216,014 100.00 216,014 100.00
Voted 159,793 73.97 113,842 52.70
Blank or invalid ballots 8,922 3,078
Total valid votes 150,871 128,593

Mayoral and City Council election, 2002

The election took place on two rounds: the first on 26–27 May, the second on 9–10 June 2002.

Results
Summary of the 2002 Verona City Council election results
Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats
Forza Italia FI 32,670 24.50 10
National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) AN 13,154 9.86 3
Union of the Centre (Unione di Centro) UDC 9,141 6.14 2
Lega Nord LN 8,191 6.14 2
Bolla coalition (Centre-right) 63,156 47.35 17[a]
The Daisy (La Margherita) DL 17,366 13.02 9
Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra)[b] DS 16,535 12.40 9
For Verona (Per Verona) 11,884 8.91 6
Defend Verona (Difendi Verona)[c] 7,067 5.30 3
Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi) FdV 2,461 1.85 1
Zanotto coalition (Centre-left) 55,313 41.47 28[d]
Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista) PRC 4,170 3.13 1
Others 10,733 8.05 0
Total 133,372 100.00 46
Votes cast / turnout 157,382 74.14
Registered voters 212,284
Source: Ministry of the Interior
Candidate Party Coalition First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Pierluigi Bolla FI House of Freedoms 68,935 45.64 63,889 45.77
Paolo Zanotto DL The Olive Tree 58,506 38.73 75,711 54.23
Aventino Frau Ind 7,733 5.12
Fiorenzo Fasoli PRC 4,106 2.72
Roberto Bussinello FN 2,424 1.60
Fabrizio Comencini LVR 1,913 1.27
Antonio Borghesi IdV 1,882 1.25
Others 5,547 3.67
Eligible voters 212,284 100.00 212,284 100.00
Voted 157,382 74.14 141,823 66.81
Blank or invalid ballots 6,336 2,223
Total valid votes 151,046 139,600

Notes
  1. ^ Even if the coalition received the most votes, its mayoral candidate lost the election on the second round. As a consequence, the coalition didn't win the majority bonus which was instead awarded to the coalition whose mayoral candidate won the run-off.
  2. ^ Including Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI) and Party of Italian Communists (PdCI).
  3. ^ Endorsed the candidate only on the second round.
  4. ^ Awarded the majority bonus since its mayoral candidate won the run-off.

Mayoral and City Council election, 2007

The election took place on 27–28 May 2007.

Results
Summary of the 2007 Verona City Council election results
Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats
Tosi List (Lista Tosi) 22,482 16.38 8
Forza Italia FI 20,681 15.07 8
National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) AN 17,861 13.02 6
Lega Nord LN 16,417 11.96 6
Union of the Centre (Unione di Centro) UDC 6,277 4.57 2
Others 925 0.67 0
Tosi coalition (Centre-right) 84,643 61.68 30
The Olive Tree (L'Ulivo) 23,860 17.39 10
Zanotto List (Lista Zanotto) 12,805 9.33 5
Party of Italian Communists (Partito dei Comunisti Italiani) PdCI 2,743 2.00 1
Others 5,183 3.77 0
Zanotto coalition (Centre-left) 44,591 32.49 16
Others 7,991 5.83 0
Total 137,225 100.00 46
Votes cast / turnout 157,378 76.69
Registered voters 205,207
Source: Ministry of the Interior
Candidate Party Coalition First round
Votes %
Flavio Tosi LN House of Freedoms 92,943 60.75
Paolo Zanotto DL The Union 51,828 33.87
Others 8,227 5.38
Eligible voters 205,207 100.00
Voted 157,378 76.69
Blank or invalid ballots 4,380
Total valid votes 152,998

Mayoral and City Council election, 2012

The election took place on 6–7 May 2012.

Results
Summary of the 2012 Verona City Council election results
Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats
Tosi List (Lista Tosi) 45,327 37.22 17
Lega Nord LN 13,065 10.73 5
Others 8,728 7.09 0
Tosi coalition (Right) 67,030 55.04 22
Democratic Party (Partito Democratico) PD 18,075 14.84 6
Left Ecology Freedom (Sinistra Ecologia Libertà) SEL 3,260 2.68 2
Others 7,030 5.77 0
Bertucco coalition (Centre-left) 28,365 23.29 8
Five Star Movement (Movimento Cinque Stelle) M5S 11,584 9.51 3
The People of Freedom (Il Popolo della Libertà) PdL 6,447 5.29 2
Union of the Centre (Unione di Centro) UDC 4,075 3.35 1
Others 2,546 2.09 0
Castelletti coalition (Centre-right) 13,068 10.73 3
Others 1,730 1.42 0
Total 121,777 100.00 36
Votes cast / turnout 139,531 69.65
Registered voters 200,338
Source: Ministry of the Interior
Candidate Party Coalition First round
Votes %
Flavio Tosi LN 76,904 57.33
Michele Bertucco SEL PD-SEL-IdV-PRC 30,493 22.73
Gianni Benciolini M5S 12,513 9.33
Luigi Castelletti PdL PdL-UDC-FLI 11,915 8.88
Luca Castellini FN 1,023 0.76
Barry Ibrahima PdAC 951 0.71
Patrizia Badii Ind 349 0.26
Eligible voters 200,338 100.00
Voted 139,531 69.65
Blank or invalid ballots 5,383
Total valid votes 134,148

Mayoral and City Council election, 2017

The election took place on two rounds: the first on 11 June, the second on 25 June 2017.

Results
Summary of the 2017 Verona City Council election results
Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats
Sboarina List (Lista Sboarina) 14,978 13.63 11
Lega Nord LN 9,704 8.83 7
Forza Italia FI 3,763 3.42 2
Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d'Italia) FdI 2,991 2.72 2
Others 1,158 1.05 0
Sboarina coalition (Centre-right) 32,594 29.65 22
Tosi List (Lista Tosi) 17,969 16.35 4
Love Verona (Ama Verona) AV 4,614 4.20 1
Act! (Fare!) F! 3,025 2.75 0
Others 1,037 0.94 0
Bisinella coalition (Centre-right) 26,645 24.24 5
Democratic Party (Partito Democratico) PD 17,406 15.83 4
Civic Verona (Verona Civica) VC 5,579 5.08 1
Others 943 0.86 0
Salemi coalition (Centre-left) 23,928 21.77 5
Five Star Movement (Movimento Cinque Stelle) M5S 10,386 9.45 2
Clean Verona (Verona Pulita) VP 5,315 4.84 1
Verona in Common (Verona in Comune) ViC 4,824 4.39 1
Others 6,231 5.67 0
Total 109,923 100.00 36
Votes cast / turnout 118,076 58.81
Registered voters 200,767
Source: Ministry of the Interior
Candidate Party Coalition First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Federico Sboarina FdI FI-LN-FdI 33,440 29.13 46,962 58.11
Patrizia Bisinella F! 26,946 23.47 33,848 41.89
Orietta Salemi PD 25,724 22.41
Alessandro Gennari M5S 10,891 9.49
Michele Croce Ind 5,803 5.06
Michele Bertucco SI SI-PRC 5,288 4.61
Filippo Grigolini PdF 3,925 3.42
Marco Giorlo Ind 1,538 1.34
Roberto Bussinello CP 1,234 1.08
Eligible voters 200,767 100.00 200,767 100.00
Voted 118,076 58.81 85,112 42.39
Blank or invalid ballots 3,287 4,302
Total valid votes 114,789 80,810

Mayoral and City Council election, 2022

The election took place on two rounds: the first on 12 June, the second on 26 June 2022.

Results
Summary of the 2022 Verona City Council election results
Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats
Tommasi List (Lista Tommasi) 16,452 15.97 10
Democratic Party (Partito Democratico) PD 13,500 13.10 8
Goals (Traguardi) 5,724 5.55 3
Civic Ecologic Left (Sinistra Civica Ecologista) SCE 2,619 2.54 1
Others 1,378 2.30 0
Tommasi coalition (Centre-left) 40,673 39.47 22
Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d'Italia) FdI 12,278 11.91 4
Sboarina List (Lista Sboarina) 7,548 7.32 2
League (Lega) L 6,797 6.60 1
Coraggio Italia CI 5,381 5.22 1
Others 2,397 2.32 0
Sboarina coalition (Right) 34,401 33.38 8
Tosi List (Lista Tosi) 10,937 10.61 4
Act! (Fare!) F! 4,548 4.41 1
Forza Italia FI 4,479 4.35 1
Others 4,306 4.18 0
Tosi coalition (Centre-right) 24,270 23.55 6
Others 3,728 3.61 0
Total 103,049 100.00 36
Votes cast / turnout 111,606 55.08
Registered voters 202,638
Source: Ministry of the Interior
Candidate Party Coalition First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Damiano Tommasi Ind PD-SI-EV-A-+E 43,106 39.80 50,118 53.40
Federico Sboarina FdI FdI-L-CI 35,404 32.69 43,730 46.60
Flavio Tosi FI FI-F! 25,843 23.86
Alberto Zelger PdF 2,857 2.64
Anna Sautto 3V 646 0.60
Paola Barollo Ind 443 0.41
Eligible voters 202,638 100.00 202,638 100.00
Voted 111,606 55.08 94,924 46.84
Blank or invalid ballots 3,307 1,076
Total valid votes 108,299 93,848

See also

References

  1. ^ "Damiano Tommasi è il nuovo sindaco di Verona". Il Post (in Italian). 2022-06-26. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
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