List of mayors of Forlì

Mayor of Forlì
Sindaco di Forlì
Incumbent Gian Luca Zattini (centre-right independent) since 11 June 2019
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Formation	1860
Website	Official website

The mayor of Forlì is an elected politician who, along with the Forlì's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Forlì in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The current mayor is Gian Luca Zattini, a centre-right independent, who took office on 11 June 2019.[1][2]

Overview

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

The mayor is elected by the population of Forlì, 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 1993 the mayor is elected directly by Forlì'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.

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

In 1860, the Kingdom of Italy created the office of the mayor of Forlì (Sindaco di Forlì), appointed by the King himself. From 1889 to 1926 the mayor was elected 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. The office of mayor was restored in 1945 during the Allied occupation.

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
1	Giovanni Romagnoli	1860	1861	Independent
2	Pellegrino Canestri Trotti	1861	1866	Historical Right
3	Augusto Matteucci	1866	1868	Historical Right
4	Alessandro Mazzoni	1868	1878	Historical Left
(3)	Augusto Matteucci	1878	1883	Historical Right
5	Gaetano Ghinassi	1883	1889	Historical Left
6	Ercole Adriano Ceccarelli	1889	1894	Italian Republican Party
7	Domenico Manzoni	1894	1898	Historical Left
8	Curzio Casati	1898	1901	Historical Left
9	Giuseppe Bellini	1901	1910	Italian Republican Party
10	Giuseppe Gaudenzi	1910	1915	Italian Republican Party
(9)	Giuseppe Bellini	1915	1919	Italian Republican Party
(10)	Giuseppe Gaudenzi	1919	1923	Italian Republican Party
11	Corrado Panciatichi	1923	1926	National Fascist Party
Fascist Podestà (1926–1945)
1	Ercole Gaddi Pepoli	1926	1930	National Fascist Party
2	Mario Fabbri	1930	1936	National Fascist Party
3	Fante Luigi Panciatichi	1936	1940	National Fascist Party
4	Franco Melli	1940	1942	National Fascist Party
5	Renato Rossi	1942	1943	National Fascist Party
6	Attiliano Tancini	1943	1945	Republican Fascist Party
Allied occupation (1945–1946)
12	Franco Agosto	1945	1946	Italian Communist Party

Italian Republic (since 1946)

City Council election (1946–1995)

From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Forlì was elected by the city's Council.

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
1	Franco Agosto	1946	1951	Italian Communist Party
2	Francesco Simoncini	1951	1952	Italian Republican Party
3	Mario Colletto	1952	1956	Italian Republican Party
4	Icilio Missiroli	1956	1965	Italian Republican Party
–	Carlo De Nardo	1966	1966	Special commissioner
–	Emanuele Loperfido	1966	1970	Special commissioner
5	Angelo Satanassi	1970	1979	Italian Communist Party
6	Giorgio Zanniboni	1979	1989	Italian Communist Party
7	Sauro Sedioli	1989	1995	Italian Communist Party Democratic Party of the Left

Direct election (since 1995)

Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Forlì is chosen by direct election.

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
8	Franco Rusticali	25 April 1995	15 June 1999	Democratic Party of the Left Democrats of the Left
		15 June 1999	14 July 2004
9	Nadia Masini	14 July 2004	23 June 2009	Democrats of the Left Democratic Party
10	Roberto Balzani	23 June 2009	28 May 2014	Democratic Party
11	Davide Drei	28 May 2014	11 June 2019	Democratic Party
12	Gian Luca Zattini	11 June 2019	Incumbent	Independent (centre-right)
		Re-elected

Timeline

References

1. "Elezioni 2019, Forlì al ballottaggio: Zattini in testa, Calderoni resiste. I risultati". Il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). 26 May 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
2. "Zattini si insedia in Comune e fa subito un giro degli uffici: "Da oggi sono il sindaco di tutti"". Forlì Today (in Italian). 11 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.