# List of mayors of Cagliari

The Mayor of Cagliari is an elected politician who, along with the Cagliari's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Cagliari in Sardinia, Italy.
The elected Mayor is Massimo Zedda, a member of the centre-left party Progressive Party, elected on 9 June 2024.

## Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Cagliari is member of the City Council.
The Mayor is elected by the population of Cagliari, 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 Cagliari'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 Sardinia (1848–1861)

The office of Mayor of Cagliari (Sindaco di Cagliari) was created in 1848 after the promulgation of the Albertine Statute.
| | Mayor | Term start | Term end |
| 1 | Fortunato Cossu Baille | 1849 | 1850 |
| 2 | Antioco Loru | 1851 | 1852 |
| 3 | Edmondo Roberti | 1853 | 1856 |
| 4 | Tommaso Marini Demuro | 1857 | 1859 |
| 5 | Giovanni Meloni Baille | 1860 | 1861 |

## Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

Initially appointed by the King, the Mayor of Cagliari was elected by the City council from 1899 to 1926. 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.
| | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party |
| 5 | Giovanni Meloni Baille | 1861 | 1862 | |
| (3) | Edmondo Roberti | 1863 | 1875 | |
| 6 | Francesco Cocco-Ortu | 1882 | 1883 | |
| 7 | Salvatore Marcello | 1883 | 1884 | |
| 8 | Emanuele Ravot | 1884 | 1888 | |
| 9 | Ottone Bacaredda | 1890 | 1902 | |
| 10 | Giuseppe Picinelli | 1902 | 1904 | |
| (9) | Ottone Bacaredda | 1904 | 1910 | |
| 11 | Francesco Nobilioni | 1910 | 1911 | |
| (9) | Ottone Bacaredda | 1911 | 1917 | |
| (9) | Ottone Bacaredda | 1920 | 1921 | |
| 12 | Gavino Dessì Deliperi | 1921 | 1923 | |
| Fascist Podestà (1926–1944) |||||
| 1 | Vittorio Tredici | 1926 | 1928 | PNF |
| 2 | Enrico Endrich | 1928 | 1934 | PNF |
| 3 | Giovanni Cao | 1934 | 1935 | PNF |
| 4 | Angelo Prunas | 1935 | 1942 | PNF |
| Allied occupation (1944–1946) |||||
| (12) | Gavino Dessì Deliperi | 1944 | 1944 | |
| 13 | Cesare Pintus | 1944 | 1946 | PdA |

## Italian Republic (since 1946)
### City Council election (1946–1994)

From 1946 to 1994, the Mayor of Cagliari was elected by the City Council.
| | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party |
| 1 | Luigi Crespellani | 1946 | 1949 | DC |
| 2 | Pietro Leo | 1949 | 1956 | DC |
| 3 | Mario Palomba | 1956 | 1960 | DC |
| 4 | Antonio Follese | 1960 | 1960 | DC |
| 5 | Giuseppe Peretti | 1960 | 1960 | DC |
| 6 | Giuseppe Brotzu | 1960 | 1967 | DC |
| 7 | Paolo De Magistris | 1967 | 1970 | DC |
| 8 | Angelo Lai | 1970 | 1971 | DC |
| 9 | Eudoro Fanti | 1971 | 1972 | DC |
| 10 | Franco Murtas | 1972 | 1975 | DC |
| 11 | Salvatore Ferrara | 1975 | 1979 | PSI |
| 12 | Mario De Sotgiu | 1979 | 1980 | DC |
| 13 | Michele Columbu | 1980 | 1980 | PSd'Az |
| 14 | Bachisio Scarpa | 1980 | 1981 | DC |
| 15 | Michele Di Martino | 1981 | 1984 | DC |
| (7) | Paolo De Magistris | 1984 | 1990 | DC |
| 16 | Roberto Dal Cortivo | 1990 | 1992 | PSI |
| 17 | Gaetano Giua Marassi | 1992 | 1994 | DC |

### Direct election (since 1994)

Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Cagliari is chosen by direct election.
| | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | Coalition | Election |
| 18 | Mariano Delogu (1933–2016) | 28 June 1994 | 26 May 1998 | AN | Pole of Good Government (FI-AN) | 1994 |
| 18 | Mariano Delogu (1933–2016) | 26 May 1998 | 21 March 2001 | AN | Pole for Freedoms (FI-AN-CCD) | 1998 |
| Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (21 March 2001 – 16 May 2001) |||||||||
| 19 | Emilio Floris (b. 1944) | 16 May 2001 | 12 June 2006 | FI PdL | House of Freedoms (FI-AN-CCD-CDU-RS) | 2001 |
| 19 | Emilio Floris (b. 1944) | 12 June 2006 | 1 June 2011 | FI PdL | House of Freedoms (FI-AN-UDC-RS) | 2006 |
| 20 | Massimo Zedda (b. 1976) | 1 June 2011 | 6 June 2016 | SEL AP | PD • SEL • IdV • FdS and left-wing lists | 2011 |
| 20 | Massimo Zedda (b. 1976) | 6 June 2016 | 5 April 2019 | SEL AP | PD • SI • RM and left-wing lists | 2016 |
| Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (5 April 2019 – 18 July 2019) |||||||||
| 21 | Paolo Truzzu (b. 1972) | 18 July 2019 | 20 April 2024 | FdI | FdI • PSd’Az • RS Lega • FI • UDC | 2019 |
| Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (20 April 2024 – 17 June 2024) |||||||||
| (20) | Massimo Zedda (b. 1976) | 17 June 2024 | Incumbent | PP | PD • PP • M5S • AVS | 2024 |

#### Notes

* ↑ Resigned after swearing in as senator. The special commissioner Giovanni Balsamo held the office till a municipal election was held.
* ↑ Resigned after being elected to the Regional Council of Sardinia. The special commissioner Bruno Carcangiu held the office till the 2019 local elections.
* ↑ Resigned after being elected to the Regional Council of Sardinia. The special commissioner Luisanna Marras held the office till the 2024 local elections.