# Mayor of Milan

The mayor of Milan (Italian: sindaco di Milano; Lombard: Sindech de Milan) is the first citizen and head of the municipal government of the city of Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
The current office holder is Giuseppe Sala, a centre-left independent who has been in charge since 2016 leading a progressive alliance composed by the Democratic Party, Green Europe and some civic lists. The last election took place in 2021.

## Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Milan is a member of the Milan's City Council. The mayor and the other 48 city councillors (consiglieri comunali) are elected by the Italian and EU citizens residing in Milan. Concurrently, albeit with a different ballot paper, nine presidents and 270 councillors are chosen for the nine assemblies of the nine municipalities, often referred to as zones, in which the city is divided, each one having one president and 30 councillors. All the offices are elected for five-year terms.
After the election, the mayor can appoint one vice mayor (currently Anna Scavuzzo) and up to 16 assessors; together they form the municipal government (giunta comunale) and they implement the municipal policies, which are determined and controlled by the City Council. The City Council has also the power to dismiss the mayor or any of the assessors with a motion of no confidence. Similar procedures take place at the municipality level, where the mayor is called the president of the municipality (presidente del municipio) and there are three assessors.
Since 1993, Italian mayors of municipalities of more than 15,000 inhabitants have been directly elected by their respective electorates. Voters can express their choice for the mayor and for a list of municipal councillors not necessarily supporting the same mayor-candidate (voto disgiunto). If no mayor-candidate receives a majority of votes, a run-off election is held two weeks later among the top two candidates. In the list choice, each voter can express one or two preferences for councillor candidates; in the case of two preferences, their gender must be different. The party and civic lists supporting the elected mayor are granted a majority of the City Council seats, divided proportionally to each list result, by means of a majority bonus; the remaining seats are then assigned proportionally to the opposition lists.
The official seat of the mayor and of the City Council is Milan's City Hall, Palazzo Marino, in Piazza della Scala (Municipality 1). Each municipality has its own official seat as well, within its respective territory.

## List
### Rectors

| | Rector | Term start | Term end | Appointer |
| 1 | Antonio Durini | 30 November 1807 | 22 October 1814 | Napoleon I of France |
| 2 | Cesare Giulini Della Porta | 22 October 1814 | 2 January 1820 | Francis I of Austria |
| 3 | Carlo Villa | 2 January 1820 | 7 August 1827 | Francis I of Austria |
| (1) | Antonio Durini | 7 August 1827 | 2 January 1837 | Francis I of Austria |
| 4 | Gabrio Casati | 2 January 1837 | 3 August 1848 | Ferdinand I of Austria |
| 5 | Franz Graf von Wimpffen | 3 August 1848 | 6 January 1849 | Franz Joseph I of Austria |
| 6 | Antonio Pestalozza | 6 January 1849 | 27 November 1856 | Franz Joseph I of Austria |
| 7 | Giuseppe Sebregondi | 27 November 1856 | 10 June 1859 | Franz Joseph I of Austria |
| 8 | Luigi Barbiano di Belgioioso | 10 June 1859 | 26 January 1860 | Victor Emmanuel II of Italy |

### Kingdom of Italy (1860–1946)

| | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party |
| 1 | Antonio Beretta (1808–1891) | 26 January 1860 | 13 February 1867 | Right |
| 2 | Giulio Belinzaghi (1818–1892) | 13 February 1867 | 25 April 1884 | Right |
| 3 | Gaetano Negri (1838–1902) | 25 April 1884 | 21 November 1889 | Right |
| (2) | Giulio Belinzaghi (1818–1892) | 21 November 1889 | 28 September 1892 | Right |
| 4 | Giuseppe Vigoni (1846–1914) | 28 September 1892 | 18 September 1899 | Right |
| 5 | Giuseppe Mussi (1836–1904) | 18 September 1899 | 16 September 1903 | Left |
| 6 | Giovanni Battista Barinetti (1849–1942) | 16 September 1903 | 7 February 1905 | Left |
| 7 | Ettore Ponti (1855–1919) | 7 February 1905 | 11 May 1909 | Right |
| 8 | Bassano Gabba (1844–1928) | 11 May 1909 | 30 January 1911 | Right |
| 9 | Emanuele Greppi (1853–1931) | 30 January 1911 | 30 June 1914 | Liberal |
| 10 | Emilio Caldara (1868–1942) | 30 June 1914 | 20 November 1920 | Socialist |
| 11 | Angelo Filippetti (1866–1936) | 20 November 1920 | 30 December 1922 | Socialist |
| 12 | Luigi Mangiagalli (1850–1928) | 30 December 1922 | 19 August 1926 | Liberal |
| Fascist Podestà (1926–1945) ||||||
| 1 | Ernesto Belloni (1883–1938) | 19 August 1926 | 6 September 1928 | PNF |
| 2 | Giuseppe De Capitani D'Arzago (1870–1945) | 6 September 1928 | 20 November 1929 | PNF |
| 3 | Marcello Visconti di Modrone (1898–1964) | 20 November 1929 | 19 November 1935 | PNF |
| 4 | Guido Pesenti (1884–1962) | 19 November 1935 | 13 June 1938 | PNF |
| 5 | Gian Giacomo Gallarati Scotti (1886–1983) | 13 June 1938 | 14 August 1943 | PNF |
| 6 | Piero Parini (1894–1993) | 14 October 1943 | 4 May 1944 | PFR |
| 7 | Guido Andreoni | 4 May 1944 | 13 September 1944 | PFR |
| 8 | Giuseppe Spinelli (1908–1987) | 13 September 1944 | 23 January 1945 | PFR |
| 9 | Mario Colombo | 23 January 1945 | 25 April 1945 | PFR |
| Liberation (1945-1946) ||||||
| 13 | Antonio Greppi (1894–1982) | 25 April 1945 | 7 April 1946 | Socialist |

### Italian Republic (1946–present)
#### City Council election (1946–1993)

From 1946 to 1993, the mayor of Milan was chosen by the City Council.
| | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | Coalition | Election |
| 1 | Antonio Greppi (1894–1982) | 7 April 1946 | 28 March 1949 | PSI | PSI • PCI • DC | 1946 |
| 1 | Antonio Greppi (1894–1982) | 28 March 1949 | 25 June 1951 | PSI | PSI • PRI • PSLI | 1946 |
| 2 | Virgilio Ferrari (1888–1975) | 25 June 1951 | 10 September 1956 | PSDI | DC • PSDI • PRI • PLI | 1951 |
| 2 | Virgilio Ferrari (1888–1975) | 10 September 1956 | 21 January 1961 | PSDI | DC • PSDI | 1956 |
| 3 | Gino Cassinis (1885–1964) | 21 January 1961 | 13 January 1964 | PSDI | DC • PSDI • PSI | 1960 |
| 4 | Pietro Bucalossi (1905–1992) | 17 February 1964 | 22 January 1965 | PSDI | DC • PSDI • PSI | 1960 |
| 4 | Pietro Bucalossi (1905–1992) | 22 January 1965 | 13 December 1967 | PSDI | DC • PSDI • PSI | 1964 |
| 5 | Aldo Aniasi (1921–2005) | 13 December 1967 | 30 July 1970 | PSI | DC • PSDI • PSI | 1964 |
| 5 | Aldo Aniasi (1921–2005) | 30 July 1970 | 31 July 1975 | PSI | DC • PSI • PSDI • PRI | 1970 |
| 5 | Aldo Aniasi (1921–2005) | 31 July 1975 | 12 May 1976 | PSI | PCI • PSI | 1975 |
| 6 | Carlo Tognoli (1938–2021) | 12 May 1976 | 7 February 1977 | PSI | PCI • PSI | 1975 |
| 6 | Carlo Tognoli (1938–2021) | 7 February 1977 | 31 July 1980 | PSI | PCI • PSI • PSDI | 1975 |
| 6 | Carlo Tognoli (1938–2021) | 31 July 1980 | 5 August 1985 | PSI | PCI • PSI • PSDI | 1980 |
| 6 | Carlo Tognoli (1938–2021) | 5 August 1985 | 21 December 1986 | PSI | DC • PSI • PRI • PSDI • PLI | 1985 |
| 7 | Paolo Pillitteri (1940–2024) | 21 December 1986 | 8 January 1988 | PSI | DC • PSI • PRI • PSDI • PLI | 1985 |
| 7 | Paolo Pillitteri (1940–2024) | 8 January 1988 | 3 August 1990 | PSI | PCI • PSI • PSDI • FLV | 1985 |
| 7 | Paolo Pillitteri (1940–2024) | 3 August 1990 | 18 January 1992 | PSI | PCI • PSI • PRI • FdV | 1990 |
| 8 | Giampiero Borghini (b. 1943) | 18 January 1992 | 11 March 1993 | PSI | DC • PSI • PSDI • PLI | 1990 |
| - | Claudio Gelati | 11 March 1993 | 21 June 1993 | — | Special prefectural commissioner | Special prefectural commissioner |

##### Notes

* ↑ Died in office
* ↑ Nominated by the prefect after the mayor and the members of the City Council resigned in order to hold a new election under the provision of the new local electoral law

#### Direct election (since 1993)

Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the mayor of Milan is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 2001 every five years.
| | Mayor of Milan | Took office | Left office | Party | Coalition | Election |
| 9 | Marco Formentini (1930–2021) | 21 June 1993 | 12 May 1997 | LN | LN | 1993 |
| 10 | Gabriele Albertini (b. 1950) | 12 May 1997 | 14 May 2001 | FI | Pole for Freedoms (FI-AN-CCD) | 1997 |
| 10 | Gabriele Albertini (b. 1950) | 14 May 2001 | 1 June 2006 | FI | House of Freedoms (FI-AN-LN-UDC) | 2001 |
| 11 | Letizia Moratti (b. 1949) | 1 June 2006 | 1 June 2011 | FI | House of Freedoms (FI-AN-LN-UDC) | 2006 |
| 12 | Giuliano Pisapia (b. 1949) | 1 June 2011 | 21 June 2016 | Ind | PD • SEL • FdS • RI | 2011 |
| 13 | Giuseppe Sala (b. 1958) | 21 June 2016 | 6 October 2021 | Ind | PD • SI | 2016 |
| 13 | Giuseppe Sala (b. 1958) | 6 October 2021 | In office | Ind | PD • EV • IV • A | 2021 |

##### Notes

* ↑ Close to Left Ecology Freedom (SEL)
* ↑ Close to Democratic Party (PD), he joined the European Green Party (EGP) on 12 March 2021.
* ↑ Election originally scheduled for June 2021 and then postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.

#### By time in office

| Rank | Mayor | Political Party | Total time in office | Terms |
| 1 | Carlo Tognoli | PSI | 10 years, 223 days | 2 |
| 2 | Virgilio Ferrari | PSDI | 9 years, 210 days | 2 |
| 3 | Gabriele Albertini | FI | 9 years, 20 days | 2 |
| 4 | Giuseppe Sala | Ind | 8 years, 167 days | 2 |
| 5 | Aldo Aniasi | PSI | 8 years, 151 days | 2 |
| 6 | Antonio Greppi | PSI | 5 years, 79 days | 1 |
| 7 | Paolo Pillitteri | PSI | 5 years, 28 days | 2 |
| 8 | Giuliano Pisapia | Ind | 5 years, 20 days | 1 |
| 9 | Letizia Moratti | FI | 5 years, 0 days | 1 |
| 10 | Marco Formentini | LN | 3 years, 325 days | 1 |
| 11 | Pietro Bucalossi | PSDI | 3 years, 299 days | 1 |
| 12 | Gino Cassinis | PSDI | 3 years, 27 days | 1 |
| 13 | Giampiero Borghini | PSI | 1 year, 52 days | 1 |

## Deputy Mayor

The office of the Deputy Mayor of Milan was officially created in 1993 with the adoption of the new local administration law. The Deputy Mayor is nominated and eventually dismissed by the Mayor.
| | Deputy | Term start | Term end | Party | Mayor |
| 1 | Giorgio Malagoli | 24 June 1993 | 12 May 1997 | LN | Formentini |
| 2 | Riccardo De Corato | 21 May 1997 | 14 May 2001 | AN | Albertini |
| 2 | Riccardo De Corato | 21 May 2001 | 1 June 2006 | AN | Albertini |
| 2 | Riccardo De Corato | 20 June 2006 | 1 June 2011 | AN | Moratti |
| 3 | Maria Grazia Guida | 10 June 2011 | 21 January 2013 | PD | Pisapia |
| 3 | Ada Lucia De Cesaris | 28 January 2013 | 15 July 2015 | PD | Pisapia |
| 4 | Francesca Balzani | 17 July 2015 | 21 June 2016 | PD | Pisapia |
| 5 | Anna Scavuzzo | 29 June 2016 | 6 October 2021 | PD | Sala |
| 5 | Anna Scavuzzo | 13 October 2021 | Incumbent | PD | Sala |

### Notes

* ↑ Resigned.
* ↑ Resigned.