List of mayors of Gorizia

Mayor of Gorizia
Sindaco di Gorizia
Incumbent Rodolfo Ziberna (Forza Italia) since 26 June 2017
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Formation	1918
Website	Official website

The mayor of Gorizia is an elected politician who, along with the Gorizia's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Gorizia in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The current mayor is Rodolfo Ziberna, a member of the centre-right party Forza Italia, who took office on 26 June 2017.[1]

Overview

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

The mayor is elected by the population of Gorizia, 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 Gorizia'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 (1918–1946)

The office of Mayor of Gorizia was established in 1918 and it was elected by the City's 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.[2]

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
1	Giorgio Bombi	1918	1922
2	Antonio Bonne	1922	1922
(1)	Giorgio Bombi	1924	1926
Fascist Podestà (1926–1945)
1	Giorgio Bombi	1926	1934	National Fascist Party
2	Valentino Pascoli	1934	1938	National Fascist Party
3	Antonio Casasola	1939	1943	National Fascist Party
4	Luigi Sussi	1943	1944	Republican Fascist Party
5	Alessio Coronini Cronberg	1944	1945	Republican Fascist Party
Allied occupation (1945–1948)
3	Giovanni Stecchina[3]	1945	1948	Italian Republican Party

Timeline

Italian Republic (since 1946)

City Council election (1948–1994)

From 1948 to 1994, the mayor of Gorizia was elected by the City's council.[2]

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
1	Ferruccio Bernardis	1948	1961	Christian Democracy
2	Luigi Poterzio	1961	1964	Christian Democracy
3	Franco Gallarotti	1964	1965	Christian Democracy
4	Michele Martina	1965	1972	Christian Democracy
5	Pasquale De Simone	1972	1980	Christian Democracy
6	Antonio Scarano	1980	1992	Christian Democracy
7	Erminio Tuzzi	1992	1993	Christian Democracy

Direct election (since 1994)

Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the mayor of Gorizia is chosen by direct election.[2]

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
8	Gaetano Valenti	27 June 1994	29 June 1998	Forza Italia
		29 June 1998	11 June 2002
9	Vittorio Brancati	11 June 2002	29 May 2007	Independent (centre-left)
10	Ettore Romoli	29 May 2007	7 May 2012	Forza Italia The People of Freedom Forza Italia
		7 May 2012	26 June 2017
11	Rodolfo Ziberna	26 June 2017	Incumbent	Forza Italia

Timeline

References

1. "Rodolfo Ziberna trionfa a Gorizia: eletto sindaco con il 60% dei voti". Trieste Prima (in Italian). 26 June 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
2. "Pinacoteca dei sindaci". Comune di Gorizia (in Italian). Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
3. Chosen by the National Liberation Committee and appointed by the Prefect.

External links

• "Pinacoteca dei sindaci". Comune di Gorizia (in Italian). Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
• "Il Sindaco". Comune di Gorizia (in Italian). Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.