List of mayors of Pisa
# List of mayors of Pisa

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

The current Mayor is Michele Conti, a member of the right-wing populist party Lega Nord, who took office on 27 June 2018.

## Overview

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

The Mayor is elected by the population of Pisa, 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 1994 the Mayor is elected directly by Pisa'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 the Mayor of Pisa (Sindaco di Pisa), 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 1944 during the Allied occupation.

| | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Angiolo Del Punta | 1865 | 1867 | |
| 2 | Giuseppe Bianchi | 1869 | 1873 | |
| 3 | Mario Rizzari | 1873 | 1876 | |
| 4 | Tommaso Simonelli | 1877 | 1884 | |
| 5 | Leopoldo Peverada | 1884 | 1889 | |
| 6 | Angiolo Nardi Dei | 1889 | 1895 | |
| 7 | Giuseppe Gambini | 1895 | 1899 | |
| 8 | Giuseppe Raffaello Cerrai | 1899 | 1900 | |
| 9 | Vittorio Frascani | 1900 | 1901 | |
| (7) | Giuseppe Gambini | 1901 | 1903 | |
| (9) | Vittorio Frascani | 1903 | 1904 | |
| 10 | Dario Baldi | 1904 | 1905 | |
| – | Vittorio Menzinger | 1905 | 1906 | Royal commissioner |
| 11 | Alessandro D'Ancona | 1906 | 1907 | |
| (7) | Giuseppe Gambini | 1907 | 1910 | |
| 12 | Francesco Buonamici | 1910 | 1914 | |
| (9) | Vittorio Frascani | 1914 | 1920 | |
| 13 | Francesco Pardi | 1920 | 1922 | |
| 14 | Guido Buffarini Guidi | 1922 | 1925 | National Fascist Party |
| Fascist Podestà (1926–1943) |||||
| 1 | Guido Buffarini Guidi | 1927 | 1933 | National Fascist Party |
| 2 | Giovanni D'Achiardi | 1936 | 1939 | National Fascist Party |
| 3 | Carlo Zanetto Lami | 1939 | 1943 | National Fascist Party |
| Allied occupation (1944–1946) |||||
| 15 | Italo Bargagna | 1944 | 1946 | Italian Communist Party |

## Republic of Italy (since 1946)

### City Council election (1946-1994)

From 1946 to 1994, the Mayor of Pisa was elected by the City's Council.

| | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | Election |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Italo Bargagna | 31 March 1946 | 11 June 1951 | PCI | 1946 |
| 2 | Renato Pagni | 11 June 1951 | 1 July 1956 | DC | 1951 |
| 3 | Italo Pellegrini | 1 July 1956 | 14 August 1956 | DC | 1956 |
| 4 | Vittorio Galluzzi | 14 August 1956 | 17 December 1958 | PSI | 1956 |
| (2) | Renato Pagni | 17 December 1958 | 7 July 1960 | DC | 1958 |
| 5 | Enrico Pistolesi | 7 July 1960 | 2 January 1961 | DC | 1958 |
| (4) | Vittorio Galluzzi | 2 January 1961 | 14 October 1961 | PSI | 1960 |
| Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (14 October 1961–1 July 1962) ||||||
| 6 | Umberto Viale | 1 July 1962 | 14 August 1964 | DC | 1962 |
| (2) | Renato Pagni | 14 August 1964 | 14 March 1965 | DC | 1962 |
| 7 | Roberto Supino | 14 March 1965 | 14 May 1965 | PSDI | 1962 |
| (2) | Renato Pagni | 14 May 1965 | 6 July 1966 | DC | 1962 |
| (2) | Renato Pagni | 6 July 1966 | 14 February 1967 | DC | 1966 |
| Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (14 February 1967–1 July 1967) ||||||
| 8 | Giulio Battistini | 1 July 1967 | 14 December 1968 | DC | 1967 |
| 9 | Fausta Giani Cecchini | 14 December 1968 | 8 July 1970 | PSI | 1967 |
| 10 | Franco Gemignani | 8 July 1970 | 14 October 1970 | DC | 1970 |
| 11 | Giuseppe Prosperi | 14 October 1970 | 14 April 1971 | DC | 1970 |
| 12 | Vinicio Bernardini | 14 April 1971 | 14 June 1971 | PCI | 1970 |
| (8) | Giulio Battistini | 14 June 1971 | 14 July 1971 | DC | 1970 |
| 13 | Elia Lazzari | 14 July 1971 | 15 July 1975 | PCI | 1970 |
| 13 | Elia Lazzari | 15 July 1975 | 14 May 1976 | PCI | 1975 |
| 14 | Luigi Bulleri | 14 May 1976 | 30 July 1980 | PCI | 1975 |
| 14 | Luigi Bulleri | 30 July 1980 | 14 May 1983 | PCI | 1980 |
| (12) | Vinicio Bernardini | 14 May 1983 | 14 September 1985 | PCI | 1980 |
| 15 | Oriano Ripoli | 14 September 1985 | 15 July 1986 | PSI | 1985 |
| 16 | Giacomino Granchi | 15 July 1986 | 20 January 1990 | PSI | 1985 |
| Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (20 January 1990–16 July 1990) ||||||
| 17 | Sergio Cortopassi | 16 July 1990 | 1 September 1994 | PSI | 1990 |
| Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (1 September 1994–24 November 1994) ||||||

### Direct election (since 1994)

Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Pisa is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 2003 every five years.

| | Mayor | Took office | Left office | Party | Coalition | Election |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18 | Piero Floriani (1942–2018) | 24 November 1994 | 14 December 1998 | PDS | PDS • PRC • FdV | 1994 |
| 19 | Paolo Fontanelli (b. 1953) | 14 December 1998 | 27 May 2003 | DS PD | The Olive Tree (DS-PPI-FdV-PdCI-SDI) | 1998 |
| 19 | Paolo Fontanelli (b. 1953) | 27 May 2003 | 13 February 2008 | DS PD | The Olive Tree (DS-DL-PdCI-SDI) | 2003 |
| Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (13 February 2008 – 29 April 2008) |||||||||
| 20 | Marco Filippeschi (b. 1960) | 29 April 2008 | 28 May 2013 | PD | PD • PSI • IdV and leftist lists | 2008 |
| 20 | Marco Filippeschi (b. 1960) | 28 May 2013 | 27 June 2018 | PD | PD • SEL and leftist lists | 2013 |
| 21 | Michele Conti (b. 1970) | 27 June 2018 | 30 May 2023 | LN | LN • FI • FdI | 2018 |
| 21 | Michele Conti (b. 1970) | 30 May 2023 | Incumbent | LN | FdI • LN • FI | 2023 |

**Notes**

* ↑ Resigned in order to participate in the national general election.
