List of mayors of Siena

Mayor of Siena
Sindaco di Siena
Incumbent Nicoletta Fabio since 19 June 2023
Style	No title, courtesy or style
Seat	Palazzo Pubblico
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Bernardo Tolomei
Formation	1865
Website	Official website

The Mayor of Siena is an elected politician who, along with the Siena's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Siena in Tuscany, Italy.

The current Mayor is Nicoletta Fabio, a centre-right independent and the first woman to hold the office, who took office on 30 May 2023.^[1]

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Siena is member of the City Council.

The Mayor is elected by the population of Siena, 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 1993 the Mayor is elected directly by Siena'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 1865, the Kingdom of Italy created the office of Mayor of Siena (Sindaco di Siena), appointed by the King himself. From 1892 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 1944 during the Allied occupation.^[2]

		Term start	Term end	Party
1	Bernardo Tolomei (1823–1910)	1865	1866
2	Tiberio Sergardi (1816–1886)	1866	1867
(1)	Bernardo Tolomei (1823–1910)	1867	1869
3	Luciano Banchi (1837–1887)	1869	1870
4	Federico Comini (1803–1884)	1870	1871
5	Domenico Mazzi (1822–1896)	1871	1877
(3)	Luciano Banchi (1837–1887)	1877	1878
6	Giuseppe Palmieri Nuti (1843–1893)	1878	1879
(3)	Luciano Banchi^[3] (1837–1887)	1880	1887
7	Aristodemo Ficalbi (1821–1894)	1888	1889
8	Luigi Valenti Serini (?–1912)	1889	1890
9	Remigio Bartalini (1839–1918)	1892	1893
10	Enrico Crocini (1839–1916)	1894	1896
11	Enrico Falaschi (1863–1929)	1896	1898
12	Bonaventura Chigi Zondadari (1841–1908)	1899	1899
13	Guido Sarrocchi (1868–1934)	1899	1899
14	Alessandro Lisini (1851–1945)	1900	1905
15	Carlo Ponticelli (1848–1907)	1905	1906
16	Mario Bianchi Bandinelli (1848–1930)	1906	1913
17	Livio Socini (1866–?)	1914	1916
18	Emanuello Pannocchieschi d'Elci (1875–1937)	1916	1920
19	Angiolo Rosini (1864–?)	1920	1921
20	Fabio Bargagli Petrucci (1875–1939)	1923	1923	National Fascist Party
21	Vittorio Martini	1923	1925	National Fascist Party
Fascist Podestà (1926–1944)
1	Fabio Bargagli Petrucci (1875–1939)	1926	1936	National Fascist Party
2	Mario Tadini Buoninsegni (1889–1974)	1936	1938	National Fascist Party
3	Luigi Socini Guelfi (1906–2008)	1938	1944	National Fascist Party
Allied occupation (1944–1946)
22	Carlo Ciampolini^[4] (1888–1986)	1944	1946	Independent

Timeline

Republic of Italy (since 1946)

City Council election (1946–1993)

From 1946 to 1993 the Mayor of Siena was elected by the City Council.

	Mayor		Term start	Term end	Party	Coalition	Election
1		Ilio Bocci (1904–1975)	5 April 1946	20 September 1949	PCI	PCI • PSI • DC	1946
-	Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (20 September 1949–23 June 1951)^[a]
(1)		Ilio Bocci (1904–1975)	23 June 1951	24 June 1956	PCI	PCI • PSI	1951
2		Bruno Bottai (1895–1967)	24 June 1956	16 July 1956^[b]	DC	none^[c]	1956
3		Ugo Bartalini (1899–2000)	31 August 1956	6 November 1960	PSI	PCI • PSI	1956
3		Ugo Bartalini (1899–2000)	6 November 1960	25 January 1965	PSI	PCI • PSI	1960
4		Fazio Fabbrini (1926–2018)	25 January 1965	19 July 1966	PCI	PCI • PSI	1964
-	Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (19 July 1966–20 December 1968)^[d]
5		Canzio Vannini (1920–2001)	20 December 1968	3 June 1969	PSIUP	PSIUP • DC • PRI	1968
6		Luciano Mencaraglia (1915–2001)	26 July 1969	2 December 1969	PCI	PCI • PSIUP
7		Roberto Barzanti (b. 1939)	2 December 1969	11 January 1974	PSIUP	PCI • PSIUP
(5)		Canzio Vannini (1920–2001)	11 January 1974	31 July 1979	PSI	PCI • PSI	1973
8		Mauro Barni (1927–2017)	31 July 1979	20 September 1983	PSI	PCI • PSI	1979
9		Vittorio Mazzoni della Stella (b. 1941)	20 September 1983	2 September 1988	PSI	PCI • PSI	1983
9		Vittorio Mazzoni della Stella (b. 1941)	2 September 1988	29 November 1990	PSI	PCI • PSI	1988
10		Pierluigi Piccini (b. 1952)	29 November 1990	21 June 1993	PCI	PCI • PSI	1988

Notes

^ Nominated by the Prefect since the City Council failed to elect a new Mayor after the incumbent's resignation.
^ Refused to accept the election.
^ Elected by DC, PSDI and MSI. He refused the election and never formed an executive.
^ Nominated by the Prefect since the City Council failed to elect a new Mayor after the incumbent's resignation.

Direct election (since 1993)

Since 1993, enacting a new law on local administrations, the Mayor of Siena is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 2001 every five years.

		Took office	Left office	Party		Election
(10)	Pierluigi Piccini (b. 1952)	21 June 1993	28 April 1997	PDS DS	PDS	1993
(10)	Pierluigi Piccini (b. 1952)	28 April 1997	14 May 2001	PDS DS	The Olive Tree (PDS-PRC-PPI)	1997
11	Maurizio Cenni (b. 1955)	14 May 2001	30 May 2006	DS PD	The Olive Tree (DS-PRC-DL)	2001
11	Maurizio Cenni (b. 1955)	30 May 2006	16 May 2011	DS PD	The Olive Tree (DS-PRC-DL)	2006
12	Franco Ceccuzzi (b. 1967)	16 May 2011	12 June 2012^[a]	PD	PD • SEL	2011
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (12 June 2012 – 11 June 2013)
13	Bruno Valentini (b. 1955)	11 June 2013	25 June 2018	PD	PD • SEL	2013
14	Luigi De Mossi (b. 1960)	25 June 2018	19 June 2023	Ind	L • FdI • FI	2018
15	Nicoletta Fabio (b. 1961)	19 June 2023	Incumbent	Ind	FdI • L • FI	2023

Notes

^ Resigned after the City Council didn't approve the annual budget.

Timeline

References

^ "Staffetta a Palazzo Primo faccia a faccia tra Fabio e De Mossi "Incontro cordiale"". La Nazione. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
^ "Gonfalonieri, podestà e sindaci di Siena dal 1787". Retrieved 11 November 2018.
^ Acting mayor from 1880 to 1881.
^ Chosen by the National Liberation Committee and appointed by the Prefect.