List of mayors of Milan
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The Mayor of Milan is an elected politician who, along with the Milan’s City Council of 60 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Milan
in northern Italy
.
Since 30 May 2011, Giuliano Pisapia
holds the position. Previously, the position was held by Letizia Moratti
from the May 2006 until his succession by Pisapia.
s and Victor Emmanuel II.
created the office of the Mayor of Milan (Sindaco di Milano), chosen by the City council.
) chosen by the National Fascist Party
.
For the first time under the new electoral law citizens could vote directly the mayor; before this choise was made by the City Council. For the first time in the municipal political history there weren't parties like Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party
or Italian Communist Party
: the main parties were the newborn separatist Lega Nord and the Alliance of Progressives
, composed by center-left parties.
The main candidates were Marco Formentini
and Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa
's son Nando. However there were a lot of others candidates from different parties.
On June 20 1993, Formentini won the election and became the first elected mayor of Milan and the first mayor from a conservative party since 1946.
The main candidates were Gabriele Albertini
, supported by Silvio Berlusconi
's coalition Pole of Freedoms
and by some christian-democratic parties, and Aldo Fumagalli, supported by Romano Prodi
's coalition The Olive Tree.
The main candidates were the incumbent mayor Gabriele Albertini
, supported by Silvio Berlusconi
's center-right coalition, and Sandro Antoniazzi, supported by Francesco Rutelli's center-left coalition The Olive Tree.
The main candidates were the incumbent Minister of Public Education
Letizia Moratti
and Bruno Ferrante
, supported by Romano Prodi
's center-left coalition The Olive Tree.
Letizia Moratti
won the election on the first round with the 52% of the votes and became the first female mayor of Milan.
The main candidates were the incumbent mayor Letizia Moratti
, from Silvio Berlusconi
's party People of Freedom, and the lawyer Giuliano Pisapia
, from Left Ecology Freedom. Pisapia
was chosen as the candidate for the center-left coalition on November 14, 2010 with the coalition primary elections. On the contrary Letizia Moratti
was confirmed by her party as the official candidate.
Letizia Moratti
was supported by a big center-right coalition, composed by People of Freedom, Lega Nord and some 9 civic lists. Giuliano Pisapia
was supported by Democratic Party
, Left Ecology Freedom, Italy of Values
, Communist Refoundation Party
, Italian Radicals
, Greens
and some civic lists.
Pisapia
won the second round and became the first elected mayor of Milan from a left-wing party. The candidate of Beppe Grillo
's party Five Star Movement, Mattia Calise, who was only 20 years old, obtained near the 3.5% of the votes.
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
in northern Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
.
Since 30 May 2011, Giuliano Pisapia
Giuliano Pisapia
Giuliano Pisapia is an Italian lawyer and politician, twice member of the Parliament and Mayor of Milan since 1 June 2011...
holds the position. Previously, the position was held by Letizia Moratti
Letizia Moratti
Letizia Brichetto-Arnaboldi Moratti is an Italian businesswoman and politician. She is the former mayor of Milan.-Biography:...
from the May 2006 until his succession by Pisapia.
Rectors
Rectors of Milan (Podestà di Milano) were appointed since 1807 by the kings who reigned over the city during the 19th century: Napoleon, the HabsburgHabsburg
The House of Habsburg , also found as Hapsburg, and also known as House of Austria is one of the most important royal houses of Europe and is best known for being an origin of all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1438 and 1740, as well as rulers of the Austrian Empire and...
s and Victor Emmanuel II.
- 1807-1814, Antonio Durini
- 1814-1820, ?
- 1820-1827, Carlo Villa
- 1827-1837, Antonio Durini
- 1837-1848, Gabrio CasatiGabrio CasatiGabrio Casati was an Italian politician, born in Milan.-Political roles:During the Five Days of Milan he had a primary role and lead the Temporary Government....
- 1848-1849, military dictator Franz von Wimpffen
- 1849-1856, Antonio Pestalozza
- 1856-1859, Giuseppe Sebregondi
- 1859-1860, Luigi Barbiano di Belgioioso
Mayors
Since 1860, newborn Kingdom of ItalyKingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
The Kingdom of Italy was a state forged in 1861 by the unification of Italy under the influence of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which was its legal predecessor state...
created the office of the Mayor of Milan (Sindaco di Milano), chosen by the City council.
- 1860-1867, Antonio BerettaAntonio BerettaAntonio Beretta was the first mayor of Milan under the Kingdom of Italy from 1860 to 1867. He was appointed Senator for life by Victor Emmanuel II in 1862. He was a member of the Società Storica Lombarda. He died in Rome in 1891....
- 1867-1868, prefectural dictator Alessandro Vasina D'Emarese
- 1868-1884, Giulio Belinzaghi (Historical RightLiberalism and radicalism in Italy- Background :The formation of political groups in the 19th century in divided Italy is based on personalities, like Camillo di Cavour and Giuseppe Mazzini. Both the Historical Right and the Historical Left were composed of monarchist liberals, while radicals organised themselves as the Radical...
) - 1884-1889, Gaetano Negri (Historical RightLiberalism and radicalism in Italy- Background :The formation of political groups in the 19th century in divided Italy is based on personalities, like Camillo di Cavour and Giuseppe Mazzini. Both the Historical Right and the Historical Left were composed of monarchist liberals, while radicals organised themselves as the Radical...
) - 1889-1892, Giulio Belinzaghi (Historical RightLiberalism and radicalism in Italy- Background :The formation of political groups in the 19th century in divided Italy is based on personalities, like Camillo di Cavour and Giuseppe Mazzini. Both the Historical Right and the Historical Left were composed of monarchist liberals, while radicals organised themselves as the Radical...
) - 1892, provisional administrator Tizio Brambilla
- 1892-1894, Giuseppe Vigoni (Historical RightLiberalism and radicalism in Italy- Background :The formation of political groups in the 19th century in divided Italy is based on personalities, like Camillo di Cavour and Giuseppe Mazzini. Both the Historical Right and the Historical Left were composed of monarchist liberals, while radicals organised themselves as the Radical...
) - 1894-1895, prefectural dictator Adeodato Bonasi
- 1895-1899, Giuseppe Vigoni (Historical RightLiberalism and radicalism in Italy- Background :The formation of political groups in the 19th century in divided Italy is based on personalities, like Camillo di Cavour and Giuseppe Mazzini. Both the Historical Right and the Historical Left were composed of monarchist liberals, while radicals organised themselves as the Radical...
) - 1899, prefectural dictator Francesco Maggiotti
- 1899-1903, Giuseppe Mussi (Social LiberalLiberalism and radicalism in Italy- Background :The formation of political groups in the 19th century in divided Italy is based on personalities, like Camillo di Cavour and Giuseppe Mazzini. Both the Historical Right and the Historical Left were composed of monarchist liberals, while radicals organised themselves as the Radical...
) - 1903-1904, Giambattista Barinetti (Social LiberalLiberalism and radicalism in Italy- Background :The formation of political groups in the 19th century in divided Italy is based on personalities, like Camillo di Cavour and Giuseppe Mazzini. Both the Historical Right and the Historical Left were composed of monarchist liberals, while radicals organised themselves as the Radical...
) - 1904-1905, prefectural dictator Giuseppe Airoldi
- 1905-1909, Ettore Ponti (Liberal Conservative)
- 1909-1910, Bassano Gabba (Liberal Conservative)
- 1910-1911, prefectural dictator Cesare Gallotti
- 1911-1913, Emanuele Greppi (Conservative)
- 1913-1914, prefectural dictator Filiberto Olgiati
- 1914-1920, Emilio Caldara (PSIItalian Socialist PartyThe Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...
) - 1920-1922, Angelo Filippetti (PSIItalian Socialist PartyThe Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...
) - 1922, prefectural dictator Ferdinando Lalli
- 1922, prefectural dictator Pio Carbonelli
- 1922-1926, Luigi Mangiagalli (Conservative)
Fascist rectors
Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils in 1926, replacing them with a single authoritarian Rector (PodestàPodestà
Podestà is the name given to certain high officials in many Italian cities, since the later Middle Ages, mainly as Chief magistrate of a city state , but also as a local administrator, the representative of the Emperor.The term derives from the Latin word potestas, meaning power...
) chosen by the National Fascist Party
National Fascist Party
The National Fascist Party was an Italian political party, created by Benito Mussolini as the political expression of fascism...
.
- 1926-1928, Ernesto Belloni
- 1928-1929, Giuseppe D'Arzago De Capitani
- 1929-1935, Marcello Visconti di Modrone
- 1935-1938, Guido Pesenti
- 1938-1943, Gian Giacomo Gallarati Scotti
- 1943, prefectural dictator Giorgio Boltraffio
- 1943-1944, Piero Parini
- 1944-1944, Guido Andreoni
- 1944-1945, Giuseppe Spinelli
- 1945-1945, Mario Colombo
Democratic mayors
From 1945 to 1993, the Mayor of Milan was chosen by the City council.| # | Name | Start year |
End year |
Party | Coalition | Elections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Antonio Greppi | 1945 | 1951 | Socialist Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II... |
DC Christian Democracy (Italy) Christian Democracy was a Christian democratic party in Italy. It was founded in 1943 as the ideological successor of the historical Italian People's Party, which had the same symbol, a crossed shield .... - PSI Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II... - PSDI Italian Democratic Socialist Party The Italian Democratic Socialist Party is a minor social-democratic political party in Italy. Mimmo Magistro is the party leader. The PSDI, before the 1990s decline in votes and members, had been an important force in Italian politics, being the longest serving partner in government for Christian... |
1946 |
| 14 | Virgilio Ferrari | 1951 | 1961 | Socialdemocratic Italian Democratic Socialist Party The Italian Democratic Socialist Party is a minor social-democratic political party in Italy. Mimmo Magistro is the party leader. The PSDI, before the 1990s decline in votes and members, had been an important force in Italian politics, being the longest serving partner in government for Christian... |
DC Christian Democracy (Italy) Christian Democracy was a Christian democratic party in Italy. It was founded in 1943 as the ideological successor of the historical Italian People's Party, which had the same symbol, a crossed shield .... - PSI Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II... - PSDI Italian Democratic Socialist Party The Italian Democratic Socialist Party is a minor social-democratic political party in Italy. Mimmo Magistro is the party leader. The PSDI, before the 1990s decline in votes and members, had been an important force in Italian politics, being the longest serving partner in government for Christian... |
1951, 1956 |
| 15 | Gino Cassinis | 1961 | 1964 | Socialdemocratic Italian Democratic Socialist Party The Italian Democratic Socialist Party is a minor social-democratic political party in Italy. Mimmo Magistro is the party leader. The PSDI, before the 1990s decline in votes and members, had been an important force in Italian politics, being the longest serving partner in government for Christian... |
DC Christian Democracy (Italy) Christian Democracy was a Christian democratic party in Italy. It was founded in 1943 as the ideological successor of the historical Italian People's Party, which had the same symbol, a crossed shield .... - PSI Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II... - PSDI Italian Democratic Socialist Party The Italian Democratic Socialist Party is a minor social-democratic political party in Italy. Mimmo Magistro is the party leader. The PSDI, before the 1990s decline in votes and members, had been an important force in Italian politics, being the longest serving partner in government for Christian... |
1961 |
| 16 | Pietro Bucalossi | 1964 | 1967 | Socialdemocratic Italian Democratic Socialist Party The Italian Democratic Socialist Party is a minor social-democratic political party in Italy. Mimmo Magistro is the party leader. The PSDI, before the 1990s decline in votes and members, had been an important force in Italian politics, being the longest serving partner in government for Christian... |
DC Christian Democracy (Italy) Christian Democracy was a Christian democratic party in Italy. It was founded in 1943 as the ideological successor of the historical Italian People's Party, which had the same symbol, a crossed shield .... - PSI Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II... - PSDI Italian Democratic Socialist Party The Italian Democratic Socialist Party is a minor social-democratic political party in Italy. Mimmo Magistro is the party leader. The PSDI, before the 1990s decline in votes and members, had been an important force in Italian politics, being the longest serving partner in government for Christian... |
1964 |
| 17 | Aldo Aniasi | 1967 | 1976 | Socialist Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II... |
DC Christian Democracy (Italy) Christian Democracy was a Christian democratic party in Italy. It was founded in 1943 as the ideological successor of the historical Italian People's Party, which had the same symbol, a crossed shield .... - PSI Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II... - PSDI Italian Democratic Socialist Party The Italian Democratic Socialist Party is a minor social-democratic political party in Italy. Mimmo Magistro is the party leader. The PSDI, before the 1990s decline in votes and members, had been an important force in Italian politics, being the longest serving partner in government for Christian... (1967-75) PCI Italian Communist Party The Italian Communist Party was a communist political party in Italy.The PCI was founded as Communist Party of Italy on 21 January 1921 in Livorno, by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party . Amadeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci led the split. Outlawed during the Fascist regime, the party played... - PSI Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II... (1975-76) |
1970, 1975 |
| 18 | Carlo Tognoli | 1976 | 1986 | Socialist Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II... |
PCI Italian Communist Party The Italian Communist Party was a communist political party in Italy.The PCI was founded as Communist Party of Italy on 21 January 1921 in Livorno, by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party . Amadeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci led the split. Outlawed during the Fascist regime, the party played... - PSI Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II... |
1980, 1985 |
| 19 | Paolo Pillitteri | 1986 | 1992 | Socialist Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II... |
DC Christian Democracy (Italy) Christian Democracy was a Christian democratic party in Italy. It was founded in 1943 as the ideological successor of the historical Italian People's Party, which had the same symbol, a crossed shield .... - PSI Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II... |
1990 |
| 20 | Giampiero Borghini | 1992 | 1993 | Socialist Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II... |
DC Christian Democracy (Italy) Christian Democracy was a Christian democratic party in Italy. It was founded in 1943 as the ideological successor of the historical Italian People's Party, which had the same symbol, a crossed shield .... - PSI Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II... |
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Elected mayors
Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Milan is chosen by popular election, originally every four, and later every five years.| |
Mayor of Milan Milan Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,... |
Took office | Left office | Party | Coalition | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Marco Formentini Marco Formentini Marco Formentini is an Italian politician from the Northern League, then for the Democrats and finally for Democracy is Freedom - Daisy. When he was young he was member of the Italian Socialist Party.... |
June 20, 1993 | May 11, 1997 | Lega Nord | LN June 20, 1993 – May 11, 1997 |
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| 22 | Gabriele Albertini Gabriele Albertini Gabriele Albertini is an Italian politician, former Mayor of Milan and incumbent Member of the European Parliament for North-Western Italy with The People of Freedom, part of the European People's Party, and sits in the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism.He is a substitute... |
May 11, 1997 | June 1, 2006 | Forza Italia Forza Italia Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy.... |
FI Forza Italia Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy.... - AN National Alliance The National Alliance is a white separatist political organization. It was founded by University physics teacher Dr. William Luther Pierce in 1974, and is based in the Pierce family's compound in Hillsboro, West Virginia. Although it operates primarily in the United States, the National Alliance... - CCD May 11, 1997 – June 1, 2001 |
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| FI Forza Italia Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy.... - AN National Alliance The National Alliance is a white separatist political organization. It was founded by University physics teacher Dr. William Luther Pierce in 1974, and is based in the Pierce family's compound in Hillsboro, West Virginia. Although it operates primarily in the United States, the National Alliance... - UDC June 1, 2001 – June 1, 2006 |
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| 23 | Letizia Moratti Letizia Moratti Letizia Brichetto-Arnaboldi Moratti is an Italian businesswoman and politician. She is the former mayor of Milan.-Biography:... |
June 1, 2006 | June 1, 2011 | Forza Italia Forza Italia Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy.... then People of Freedom The People of Freedom The People of Freedom is a centre-right political party in Italy. With the Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system.... |
PDL The People of Freedom The People of Freedom is a centre-right political party in Italy. With the Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system.... - LN - UDC June 1, 2006 - June 1, 2011 |
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| 24 | Giuliano Pisapia Giuliano Pisapia Giuliano Pisapia is an Italian lawyer and politician, twice member of the Parliament and Mayor of Milan since 1 June 2011... |
June 1, 2011 | incumbent | Left Ecology Freedom | PD Democratic Party (Italy) The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election.... - SEL - IDV Italy of Values Italy of Values is a centrist, populist and anti-corruption political party in Italy. The party, which is affiliated to the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party , is headed by former Mani pulite prosecutor Antonio Di Pietro, who entered politics in 1996.The party aims to gather and give... - FV Federation of the Greens The Federation of the Greens is a green political party in Italy, which includes also a large eco-socialist faction. Since 2009 the party leader is Angelo Bonelli.-Early years:... - PRC Communist Refoundation Party The Communist Refoundation Party is a communist Italian political party. Its current secretary is Paolo Ferrero.... since June 1, 2011 |
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Mayoral and Council election, 1993
The election took place in two rounds: the first on June 6 and the second on June 20.For the first time under the new electoral law citizens could vote directly the mayor; before this choise was made by the City Council. For the first time in the municipal political history there weren't parties like Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party
Italian Socialist Party
The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...
or Italian Communist Party
Italian Communist Party
The Italian Communist Party was a communist political party in Italy.The PCI was founded as Communist Party of Italy on 21 January 1921 in Livorno, by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party . Amadeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci led the split. Outlawed during the Fascist regime, the party played...
: the main parties were the newborn separatist Lega Nord and the Alliance of Progressives
Alliance of Progressives
The Alliance of Progressives was a left-wing electoral coalition in Italy in 1994.It was composed of:*the Democratic Party of the Left ;*the Communist Refoundation Party ;...
, composed by center-left parties.
The main candidates were Marco Formentini
Marco Formentini
Marco Formentini is an Italian politician from the Northern League, then for the Democrats and finally for Democracy is Freedom - Daisy. When he was young he was member of the Italian Socialist Party....
and Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa
Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa
Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa was a general of the Italian carabinieri notable for campaigning against terrorism during the 1970s in Italy, and later assassinated by the Mafia in Palermo.-Biography:...
's son Nando. However there were a lot of others candidates from different parties.
On June 20 1993, Formentini won the election and became the first elected mayor of Milan and the first mayor from a conservative party since 1946.
| Milan Mayoral Election Results 1993 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | 1st Round (June 6) |
% | 2nd Round (June 20) |
% | |
| Marco Formentini Marco Formentini Marco Formentini is an Italian politician from the Northern League, then for the Democrats and finally for Democracy is Freedom - Daisy. When he was young he was member of the Italian Socialist Party.... |
Lega Nord | 346,425 | 38.8 | 452,732 | 57.1 | |
| Nando Dalla Chiesa | Alliance of Progressives Alliance of Progressives The Alliance of Progressives was a left-wing electoral coalition in Italy in 1994.It was composed of:*the Democratic Party of the Left ;*the Communist Refoundation Party ;... |
270,554 | 30.3 | 340,708 | 42.9 |
Mayoral and Council election, 1997
The election took place in two rounds: the first on April 27 and the second on May 11.The main candidates were Gabriele Albertini
Gabriele Albertini
Gabriele Albertini is an Italian politician, former Mayor of Milan and incumbent Member of the European Parliament for North-Western Italy with The People of Freedom, part of the European People's Party, and sits in the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism.He is a substitute...
, supported by Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi , also known as Il Cavaliere – from knighthood to the Order of Merit for Labour which he received in 1977 – is an Italian politician and businessman who served three terms as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006, and 2008 to 2011. Berlusconi is also the...
's coalition Pole of Freedoms
Pole of Freedoms
The Pole of Freedoms was a centre-right electoral alliance in Italy, launched at the 1994 general election by Silvio Berlusconi.The alliance was composed primarily of Forza Italia and the Lega Nord, but also included Christian Democratic Centre and the Union of the Centre...
and by some christian-democratic parties, and Aldo Fumagalli, supported by Romano Prodi
Romano Prodi
Romano Prodi is an Italian politician and statesman. He served as the Prime Minister of Italy, from 17 May 1996 to 21 October 1998 and from 17 May 2006 to 8 May 2008...
's coalition The Olive Tree.
| Milan Mayoral Election Results 1997 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | 1st Round (April 27) |
% | 2nd Round (May 11) |
% | |
| Gabriele Albertini Gabriele Albertini Gabriele Albertini is an Italian politician, former Mayor of Milan and incumbent Member of the European Parliament for North-Western Italy with The People of Freedom, part of the European People's Party, and sits in the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism.He is a substitute... |
Forza Italia Forza Italia Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy.... |
318,075 | 40.7 | 385,496 | 53.1 | |
| Aldo Fumagalli | Democratic Party of the Left Democratic Party of the Left The Democratic Party of the Left was a post-communist, democratic socialist political party in Italy.-History:... |
214,733 | 27.5 | 339,942 | 46.9 |
Mayoral and Council election, 2001
The election took place on May 13, 2001.The main candidates were the incumbent mayor Gabriele Albertini
Gabriele Albertini
Gabriele Albertini is an Italian politician, former Mayor of Milan and incumbent Member of the European Parliament for North-Western Italy with The People of Freedom, part of the European People's Party, and sits in the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism.He is a substitute...
, supported by Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi , also known as Il Cavaliere – from knighthood to the Order of Merit for Labour which he received in 1977 – is an Italian politician and businessman who served three terms as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006, and 2008 to 2011. Berlusconi is also the...
's center-right coalition, and Sandro Antoniazzi, supported by Francesco Rutelli's center-left coalition The Olive Tree.
| Milan Mayoral Election Results 2001 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | 1st Round (May 13) |
% | |
| Gabriele Albertini Gabriele Albertini Gabriele Albertini is an Italian politician, former Mayor of Milan and incumbent Member of the European Parliament for North-Western Italy with The People of Freedom, part of the European People's Party, and sits in the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism.He is a substitute... |
Forza Italia Forza Italia Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy.... |
495,938 | 57.5 | |
| Sandro Antoniazzi | Democrats of the Left Democrats of the Left The Democrats of the Left was a social-democratic Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition, which merged with a number of centrist and leftist groups to form the Democratic Party on 14 October 2007... |
262,686 | 30.5 | |
| Antonio Di Pietro Antonio Di Pietro Antonio Di Pietro is an Italian politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament, an Italian Senator, and Minister of the Prodi Government... |
Italy of Values Italy of Values Italy of Values is a centrist, populist and anti-corruption political party in Italy. The party, which is affiliated to the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party , is headed by former Mani pulite prosecutor Antonio Di Pietro, who entered politics in 1996.The party aims to gather and give... |
45,229 | 5.2 | |
| Milly Moratti | Greens Federation of the Greens The Federation of the Greens is a green political party in Italy, which includes also a large eco-socialist faction. Since 2009 the party leader is Angelo Bonelli.-Early years:... |
36,500 | 4.2 | |
| Arturo Testa | Pensioners' Party Pensioners' Party (Italy) The Pensioners' Party is a centrist Italian political party. It was founded in 1987 in Milan and its current leader is Carlo Fatuzzo.... |
6,715 | 0.8 | |
| Camilla Occhionorelli | European Democracy | 4,197 | 0.5 | |
| Attilio Carelli | Tricolour Flame | 3,804 | 0.4 | |
| Stefano Carluccio | Liberalsocialists | 3,147 | 0.4 | |
| Giorgio Carlo Schultze | Humanist Party Humanist Party (Italy) The Humanist Party is a minor political party in Italy. Its long-time leader was Giorgio Schultze, who is currently spokesman of the Humanist Movement in Europe. Founded in 1985, the party is a member of the Humanist International... |
2,665 | 0.3 | |
| Sergio Gozzoli | Forza Nuova | 1,869 | 0.2 |
Mayoral and Council election, 2006
The election took place on May 29-30, 2006.The main candidates were the incumbent Minister of Public Education
Ministry of Public Education (Italy)
The Ministry of Public Education was was the organ of the Italian Republic devoted to the administration of the national education system...
Letizia Moratti
Letizia Moratti
Letizia Brichetto-Arnaboldi Moratti is an Italian businesswoman and politician. She is the former mayor of Milan.-Biography:...
and Bruno Ferrante
Bruno Ferrante
Bruno Ferrante was Milan prefect from 8 June 2000 to November 2005. He ran in 2006 as a mayoral candidate in Milan for the centre-left coalition The Union, after having won a primary election with around 67.85% of votes....
, supported by Romano Prodi
Romano Prodi
Romano Prodi is an Italian politician and statesman. He served as the Prime Minister of Italy, from 17 May 1996 to 21 October 1998 and from 17 May 2006 to 8 May 2008...
's center-left coalition The Olive Tree.
Letizia Moratti
Letizia Moratti
Letizia Brichetto-Arnaboldi Moratti is an Italian businesswoman and politician. She is the former mayor of Milan.-Biography:...
won the election on the first round with the 52% of the votes and became the first female mayor of Milan.
| Milan Mayoral Election Results 2006 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | 1st Round (May 29-30) |
% | |
| Letizia Moratti Letizia Moratti Letizia Brichetto-Arnaboldi Moratti is an Italian businesswoman and politician. She is the former mayor of Milan.-Biography:... |
Forza Italia Forza Italia Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy.... |
353,298 | 51.9 | |
| Bruno Ferrante Bruno Ferrante Bruno Ferrante was Milan prefect from 8 June 2000 to November 2005. He ran in 2006 as a mayoral candidate in Milan for the centre-left coalition The Union, after having won a primary election with around 67.85% of votes.... |
Democrats of the Left Democrats of the Left The Democrats of the Left was a social-democratic Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition, which merged with a number of centrist and leftist groups to form the Democratic Party on 14 October 2007... |
319,823 | 47.0 | |
| Giorgio Maria Carlo Ballabio | Civic List "Your Milan" | 1,329 | 0.2 | |
| Cesare Fracca | Civic List "Living Milan" | 1,169 | 0.2 | |
| Gabriele Pagliuzzi | Liberal Right | 1,187 | 0.1 | |
| Ambrogio Crespi | Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats (Italy) The Liberal Democrats are a liberal-centrist political party in Italy.Its long-time leader was Senator Lamberto Dini, former Minister of the Treasury, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.-History:... |
1,086 | 0.1 | |
| Valerio Colombo | Humanist Party Humanist Party (Italy) The Humanist Party is a minor political party in Italy. Its long-time leader was Giorgio Schultze, who is currently spokesman of the Humanist Movement in Europe. Founded in 1985, the party is a member of the Humanist International... |
752 | 0.1 | |
| Alberto Beniamino Saibene | Civic List "This is a City" | 676 | 0.1 | |
| Sante Gaiardoni | Sante Gaiardoni List | 523 | 0.1 | |
| Pietro Vangeli | Communist List | 392 | 0.1 |
Mayoral and Council election, 2011
The election took place in two rounds: the first on May 15-16 and the second on May 29-30.The main candidates were the incumbent mayor Letizia Moratti
Letizia Moratti
Letizia Brichetto-Arnaboldi Moratti is an Italian businesswoman and politician. She is the former mayor of Milan.-Biography:...
, from Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi , also known as Il Cavaliere – from knighthood to the Order of Merit for Labour which he received in 1977 – is an Italian politician and businessman who served three terms as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006, and 2008 to 2011. Berlusconi is also the...
's party People of Freedom, and the lawyer Giuliano Pisapia
Giuliano Pisapia
Giuliano Pisapia is an Italian lawyer and politician, twice member of the Parliament and Mayor of Milan since 1 June 2011...
, from Left Ecology Freedom. Pisapia
Giuliano Pisapia
Giuliano Pisapia is an Italian lawyer and politician, twice member of the Parliament and Mayor of Milan since 1 June 2011...
was chosen as the candidate for the center-left coalition on November 14, 2010 with the coalition primary elections. On the contrary Letizia Moratti
Letizia Moratti
Letizia Brichetto-Arnaboldi Moratti is an Italian businesswoman and politician. She is the former mayor of Milan.-Biography:...
was confirmed by her party as the official candidate.
Letizia Moratti
Letizia Moratti
Letizia Brichetto-Arnaboldi Moratti is an Italian businesswoman and politician. She is the former mayor of Milan.-Biography:...
was supported by a big center-right coalition, composed by People of Freedom, Lega Nord and some 9 civic lists. Giuliano Pisapia
Giuliano Pisapia
Giuliano Pisapia is an Italian lawyer and politician, twice member of the Parliament and Mayor of Milan since 1 June 2011...
was supported by Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Italy)
The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election....
, Left Ecology Freedom, Italy of Values
Italy of Values
Italy of Values is a centrist, populist and anti-corruption political party in Italy. The party, which is affiliated to the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party , is headed by former Mani pulite prosecutor Antonio Di Pietro, who entered politics in 1996.The party aims to gather and give...
, Communist Refoundation Party
Communist Refoundation Party
The Communist Refoundation Party is a communist Italian political party. Its current secretary is Paolo Ferrero....
, Italian Radicals
Italian Radicals
Italian Radicals is an Italian political party which describes itself as a liberale, liberista e libertario political movement .It was...
, Greens
Federation of the Greens
The Federation of the Greens is a green political party in Italy, which includes also a large eco-socialist faction. Since 2009 the party leader is Angelo Bonelli.-Early years:...
and some civic lists.
Pisapia
Giuliano Pisapia
Giuliano Pisapia is an Italian lawyer and politician, twice member of the Parliament and Mayor of Milan since 1 June 2011...
won the second round and became the first elected mayor of Milan from a left-wing party. The candidate of Beppe Grillo
Beppe Grillo
Giuseppe Piero Grillo, better known as Beppe Grillo , is an Italian activist, blogger, comedian, actor and politician, who also works in theatres and television.-Biography:Grillo was born in Genoa, Liguria....
's party Five Star Movement, Mattia Calise, who was only 20 years old, obtained near the 3.5% of the votes.
| Milan Mayoral Election Results 2011 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | 1st Round (May 15-16) |
% | 2nd Round (May 29-30) |
% | |
| Giuliano Pisapia Giuliano Pisapia Giuliano Pisapia is an Italian lawyer and politician, twice member of the Parliament and Mayor of Milan since 1 June 2011... |
Left Ecology Freedom | 315,862 | 48.0 | 365,657 | 55.1 | |
| Letizia Moratti Letizia Moratti Letizia Brichetto-Arnaboldi Moratti is an Italian businesswoman and politician. She is the former mayor of Milan.-Biography:... |
People of Freedom The People of Freedom The People of Freedom is a centre-right political party in Italy. With the Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system.... |
273,401 | 41.6 | 297,874 | 44.9 | |
| Manfredi Palmeri | New Pole for Italy New Pole for Italy The New Pole for Italy , referred also either as the Third Pole or Pole of the Nation , is a centre-right coalition of parties in Italy.... |
36,471 | 5.54 | |||
| Mattia Calise | Five Star Movement | 21,228 | 3.43 | |||
| Giancarlo Pagliarini | Lega Padana Lega Padana Lega Padana is a Padanist and separatist political party active mainly in Piedmont.In the 2009 provincial elections, led by Renzo Rabellino, Lega Padana Piemont obtained 1.1% of the vote in the Province of Alessandria and 1.0% in the Province of Turin... |
4,229 | 0.64 | |||
| Marco Mantovani | Forza Nuova | 2,366 | 0.35 | |||
| Carla De Albertis | Civic List "Your Milan" | 1,804 | 0.27 | |||
| Elisabetta Fatuzzo | Pensioners' Party Pensioners' Party (Italy) The Pensioners' Party is a centrist Italian political party. It was founded in 1987 in Milan and its current leader is Carlo Fatuzzo.... |
1,613 | 0.24 | |||
| Fabrizio Montuori | Workers' Communist Party Workers' Communist Party (Italy) The Italian Communist Workers' Party is a party of the far left. It was created in 2006 by the Trotskyist breakaway wing of the Communist Refoundation Party led by Marco Ferrando .... |
405 | 0.06 |
| Milan Council Election 2011 - Parties | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalition | votes | % | seats | Party | votes | % | seats | |
| Center-left (Pisapia) | 281,494 | 47.6 | 29 | Democratic Party Democratic Party (Italy) The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election.... Left Ecology Freedom Communist Refoundation Party Communist Refoundation Party The Communist Refoundation Party is a communist Italian political party. Its current secretary is Paolo Ferrero.... Italy of Values Italy of Values Italy of Values is a centrist, populist and anti-corruption political party in Italy. The party, which is affiliated to the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party , is headed by former Mani pulite prosecutor Antonio Di Pietro, who entered politics in 1996.The party aims to gather and give... Italian Radicals Italian Radicals Italian Radicals is an Italian political party which describes itself as a liberale, liberista e libertario political movement .It was... Greens Federation of the Greens The Federation of the Greens is a green political party in Italy, which includes also a large eco-socialist faction. Since 2009 the party leader is Angelo Bonelli.-Early years:... Civic Lists (2) |
170,551 28,016 18,467 15,145 10,215 8,165 30,935 |
28.6 4.7 3.1 2.5 1.7 1.4 5.1 |
20 3 2 1 1 - 2 |
|
| Center-right (Moratti) | 257,777 | 43.3 | 16 | People of Freedom Lega Nord The Right The Right The Right is a national-conservative political party in Italy.-Foundation:On 3 July 2007 Storace announced his resignation from National Alliance in a letter posted on his website, claiming that it had become too centrist and moderate and in protest against the lack of internal democracy in the... New Italian Socialist Party Civic Lists (8) |
171,222 57,403 1,721 1,029 26,402 |
28.7 9.6 0.3 0.2 4.4 |
11 4 - - 1 |