# List of mayors of Forlì

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.

## 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 |
| 8 | Franco Rusticali | 15 June 1999 | 14 July 2004 | Democratic Party of the Left Democrats of the Left |
| 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) |
| Independent (centre-right) ||