Mayor of Milan

{{Short description|none}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox official post | post = Mayor | body = Milan | insignia = CoA Città di Milano.svg | insigniasize = 100px | insigniacaption = | native_name = ''Sindaco di Milano'' ''Sindech de Milan'' | image = Beppe_Sala.jpg | alt = | incumbent = Giuseppe Sala | incumbentsince = 21 June 2016 | residence = | appointer = Electorate of Milan | termlength = 5 years, renewable once | formation = 8 November 1807 | succession = | inaugural = Antonio Durini | deputy = Anna Scavuzzo | salary = €7,800 monthly | seat = Palazzo Marino }}

The '''mayor of Milan''' ({{langx|it|sindaco di Milano}}; {{langx|lmo|sindech de Milan}}) is the first citizen and head of the municipal government of the city of Milan in Lombardy, Italy. The incumbent mayor is Giuseppe Sala, a centre-left independent who won the 2016 Milan municipal election, leading a progressive alliance composed of the Democratic Party, Green Europe, and some civic lists. He won a second term after the 2021 Milan municipal election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Il Sindaco|url=https://www.comune.milano.it/comune/palazzo-marino/il-sindaco#navpageinside|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026144226/https://www.comune.milano.it/comune/palazzo-marino/il-sindaco|archive-date=26 October 2021|date=October 2021|access-date=23 December 2025|website=Comune di Milano|language=it}}</ref>

== Overview == [[File:Milano - Palazzo Marino.JPG|left|thumb|Milan's City Hall, Palazzo Marino]] According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Milan is a member of the City Council of Milan. The mayor and the other 48 city councillors (''consiglieri comunali)'' are elected by the Italian and European Union 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 of Milan, 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. The official seat of the mayor and of the City Council is Milan's City Hall, Palazzo Marino'','' in Piazza della Scala (Zone 1 of Milan). Each municipality has its own official seat within its respective territory. After the election, the mayor can appoint one vice mayor (Anna Scavuzzo is the incumbent) and up to 16 assessors.<ref>{{cite web|title=La Giunta|url=https://www.comune.milano.it/comune/palazzo-marino/la-giunta#navpageinside|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004210401/https://www.comune.milano.it/comune/palazzo-marino/la-giunta|archive-date=4 October 2021|date=October 2021|access-date=23 December 2025|website=Comune di Milano|language=it}}</ref>

The mayor, vice mayor, and assessors 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.

== List == === Rectors === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! class=unsortable|  ! colspan="2"| Rector ! Term start ! Term end ! Appointer |- ! 1 | | Antonio Durini | align=center|30 November 1807 | align=center|22 October 1814 | Napoleon I of France |- ! 2 | | Cesare Giulini Della Porta | align=center|22 October 1814 | align=center|2 January 1820 | rowspan=3|Francis I of Austria |- ! 3 | | Carlo Villa | align=center|2 January 1820 | align=center|7 August 1827 |- ! (1) | | Antonio Durini | align=center|7 August 1827 | align=center|2 January 1837 |- ! 4 |70px | Gabrio Casati | align=center|2 January 1837 | align=center|3 August 1848 | Ferdinand I of Austria |- ! 5 | | Franz Graf von Wimpffen | align=center|3 August 1848 | align=center|6 January 1849 | rowspan=3|Franz Joseph I of Austria |- ! 6 | | Antonio Pestalozza | align=center|6 January 1849 | align=center|27 November 1856 |- ! 7 | | Giuseppe Sebregondi | align=center|27 November 1856 | align=center|10 June 1859 |- ! 8 |70px | Luigi Barbiano di Belgioioso | align=center|10 June 1859 | align=center|26 January 1860 | Victor Emmanuel II of Italy |}

=== Mayors === === Kingdom of Italy (1860–1946) === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! class=unsortable|  ! colspan="2"| Mayor ! Term start ! Term end ! Party |- ! style="background:{{party color|Historical Right}}; color:white"|1 |70px |Antonio Beretta (1808–1891) |26 January 1860 |13 February 1867 |Right |- ! style="background:{{party color|Historical Right}}; color:white"|2 |70px |Giulio Belinzaghi (1818–1892) |13 February 1867 |25 April 1884 |Right |- ! style="background:{{party color|Historical Right}}; color:white"|3 |70px |Gaetano Negri (1838–1902) |25 April 1884 |21 November 1889 |Right |- ! style="background:{{party color|Historical Right}}; color:white"|(2) |70px |Giulio Belinzaghi (1818–1892) |21 November 1889 |28 September 1892 |Right |- ! style="background:{{party color|Historical Right}}; color:white"|4 |70px |Giuseppe Vigoni (1846–1914) |28 September 1892 |18 September 1899 |Right |- ! style="background:{{party color|Historical Left}}; color:black"|5 |70px |Giuseppe Mussi (1836–1904) |18 September 1899 |16 September 1903 |Left |- ! style="background:{{party color|Historical Left}}; color:black"|6 |70px |Giovanni Battista Barinetti (1849–1942) |16 September 1903 |7 February 1905 |Left |- ! style="background:{{party color|Historical Right}}; color:white"|7 |70px |Ettore Ponti (1855–1919) |7 February 1905 |11 May 1909 |Right |- ! style="background:{{party color|Historical Right}}; color:white"|8 |70px |Bassano Gabba (1844–1928) |11 May 1909 |30 January 1911 |Right |- ! style="background:{{party color|Liberals (Italy)}}; color:white"|9 |70px |Emanuele Greppi (1853–1931) |30 January 1911 |30 June 1914 |Liberal |- ! style="background:{{party color|Italian Socialist Party}}; color:white"|10 |70px |Emilio Caldara (1868–1942) |30 June 1914 |20 November 1920 |PSI |- ! style="background:{{party color|Italian Socialist Party}}; color:white"|11 |70px |Angelo Filippetti (1866–1936) |20 November 1920 |30 December 1922 |PSI |- ! style="background:{{party color|Italian Liberal Party}}; color:white"|12 |70px |Luigi Mangiagalli (1850–1928) |30 December 1922 |19 August 1926 |PLI |- |colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey" align=center| '''Fascist Podestà''' (1926–1945) |- !rowspan=1 style="background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}; color:white"|1 |70px |Ernesto Belloni (1883–1938) |19 August 1926 |6 September 1928 |PNF |- !rowspan=1 style="background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}; color:white"|2 |70px |Giuseppe De Capitani D'Arzago (1870–1945) |6 September 1928 |20 November 1929 |PNF |- !rowspan=1 style="background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}; color:white"|3 |70px |Marcello Visconti di Modrone (1898–1964) |20 November 1929 |19 November 1935 |PNF |- !rowspan=1 style="background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}; color:white"|4 | |Guido Pesenti (1884–1962) |19 November 1935 |13 June 1938 |PNF |- !rowspan=1 style="background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}; color:white"|5 |70px |Gian Giacomo Gallarati Scotti (1886–1983) |13 June 1938 |14 August 1943 |PNF |- !rowspan=1 style="background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}; color:white"|6 |70px |Piero Parini (1894–1993) |14 October 1943 |4 May 1944 |PFR |- !rowspan=1 style="background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}; color:white"|7 | |Guido Andreoni |4 May 1944 |13 September 1944 |PFR |- !rowspan=1 style="background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}; color:white"|8 | |Giuseppe Spinelli (1908–1987) |13 September 1944 |23 January 1945 |PFR |- !rowspan=1 style="background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}; color:white"|9 | |Mario Colombo |23 January 1945 |25 April 1945 |PFR |- |colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey" align=center| '''Liberation''' (1945-1946) |- ! style="background:{{party color|Italian Socialist Party}}; color:white"|13 |70px |Antonio Greppi (1894–1982) |25 April 1945 |7 April 1946 |PSI |}

=== Italian Republic (1946–present) === ==== City Council election (1946–1993) ==== From 1946 to 1993, the mayor was chosen by the City Council of Milan.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! class=unsortable|  ! colspan="2" | Mayor ! Term start ! Term end ! Party ! Coalition ! Election |- ! rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Italian Socialist Party}}; color:white"|1 |rowspan=2|70px |rowspan=2|Antonio Greppi (1894–1982) |7 April 1946 |28 March 1949 |rowspan=2|PSI |PSI {{*}} PCI {{*}} DC |rowspan=2|1946 |- |28 March 1949 |25 June 1951 |PSI {{*}} PRI {{*}} PSLI |- ! rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Italian Democratic Socialist Party}}; color:black"|2 |rowspan=2|70px |rowspan=2|Virgilio Ferrari (1888–1975) |25 June 1951 |10 September 1956 |rowspan=2|PSDI |DC {{*}} PSDI {{*}} PRI {{*}} PLI |1951 |- |10 September 1956 |21 January 1961 |DC {{*}} PSDI |1956 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Italian Democratic Socialist Party}}; color:black"|3 |70px |Gino Cassinis (1885–1964) |21 January 1961 |13 January 1964{{efn|Died in office}} |PSDI |rowspan=4|DC {{*}} PSDI {{*}} PSI |rowspan=2|1960 |- ! rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Italian Democratic Socialist Party}}; color:black"|4 |rowspan=2|70px |rowspan=2|Pietro Bucalossi (1905–1992) |17 February 1964 |22 January 1965 |rowspan=2|PSDI |- |22 January 1965 |13 December 1967 |rowspan=2|1964 |- ! rowspan=3 style="background:{{party color|Italian Socialist Party}}; color:white"|5 |rowspan=3|70px |rowspan=3|Aldo Aniasi (1921–2005) |13 December 1967 |30 July 1970 |rowspan=3|PSI |- |30 July 1970 |31 July 1975 |DC {{*}} PSI {{*}} PSDI {{*}} PRI |1970 |- |31 July 1975 |12 May 1976 |rowspan=2|PCI {{*}} PSI |rowspan=3|1975 |- ! rowspan=4 style="background:{{party color|Italian Socialist Party}}; color:white"|6 |rowspan=4|70px |rowspan=4|Carlo Tognoli (1938–2021) |12 May 1976 |7 February 1977 |rowspan=4|PSI |- |7 February 1977 |31 July 1980 |rowspan=2|PCI {{*}} PSI {{*}} PSDI |- |31 July 1980 |5 August 1985 |1980 |- |5 August 1985 |21 December 1986 |rowspan=2|DC {{*}} PSI {{*}} PRI {{*}} PSDI {{*}} PLI |rowspan=3|1985 |- ! rowspan=3 style="background:{{party color|Italian Socialist Party}}; color:white"|7 |rowspan=3|70px |rowspan=3|Paolo Pillitteri (1940–2024) |21 December 1986 |8 January 1988 |rowspan=3|PSI |- |8 January 1988 |3 August 1990 |PCI {{*}} PSI {{*}} PSDI {{*}} FLV |- |3 August 1990 |18 January 1992 |PCI {{*}} PSI {{*}} PRI {{*}} FdV |rowspan=2|1990 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Italian Socialist Party}}; color:white"|8 |70px |Giampiero Borghini (b. 1943) |18 January 1992 |11 March 1993 |PSI |DC {{*}} PSI {{*}} PSDI {{*}} PLI |- ! style="background:; color:black"| - | |Claudio Gelati |11 March 1993 |21 June 1993 | — |colspan=2|''Special prefectural commissioner''{{efn|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}} |} ; Notes {{notelist|close}}

==== 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.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! ! colspan="2" | Mayor of Milan ! Took office ! Left office ! Party ! colspan="2" | Coalition ! Election |- | rowspan="1" style="background: {{party color|Lega Nord}}; color:white"|'''9''' | rowspan="1" | 70px | rowspan="1" | Marco Formentini (1930–2021) | rowspan="1" | 21 June 1993 | rowspan="1" | 12 May 1997 | rowspan="1" | LN | style="background: {{party color|Lega Nord}};" | | LN | 1993 |- | rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|The People of Freedom}}; color:white"|'''10''' | rowspan="2" | 70px | rowspan="2" | Gabriele Albertini (b. 1950) | 12 May 1997 | 14 May 2001 | rowspan="2" | FI | style="background: {{party color|The People of Freedom}};" | | Pole for Freedoms (FI-AN-CCD) | 1997 |- | 14 May 2001 | 1 June 2006 | style="background: {{party color|The People of Freedom}};" | | House of Freedoms (FI-AN-LN-UDC) | 2001 |- | rowspan="1" style="background: {{party color|The People of Freedom}}; color:white"|'''11''' | rowspan="1" | 70px | rowspan="1" | Letizia Moratti (b. 1949) | rowspan="1" | 1 June 2006 | rowspan="1" | 1 June 2011 | rowspan="1" | FI | style="background: {{party color|The People of Freedom}};" | | House of Freedoms (FI-AN-LN-UDC) | 2006 |- | rowspan="1" style="background: {{party color|Independent (politician)}};" | '''12''' | rowspan="1" | 70px | rowspan="1" | Giuliano Pisapia (b. 1949) | rowspan="1" | 1 June 2011 | rowspan="1" | 21 June 2016 | rowspan="1" | Ind{{efn|Close to Left Ecology Freedom (SEL)}} | style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}};" | | PD {{*}} SEL {{*}} FdS {{*}} RI | 2011 |- | rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Independent (politician)}};" | '''13''' | rowspan="2" | 70px | rowspan="2" | Giuseppe Sala (b. 1958) | 21 June 2016 | 6 October 2021 | rowspan="2" | Ind{{efn|Close to Democratic Party (PD), he joined the European Green Party (EGP) on 12 March 2021.}} | style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}};" | | PD {{*}} SI | 2016 |- | 6 October 2021{{efn|Election originally scheduled for June 2021 and then postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy}} | ''In office'' | style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}};" | | PD {{*}} EV {{*}} IV {{*}} A | 2021 |} ; Notes {{notelist|close}}

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==== By time in office ==== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:56%; border:1px #AAAAFF solid" |- !width=3%|Rank !width=25%|Mayor !width=10%|Political Party !width=30%|Total time in office !width=10%|Terms |- !1 |Carlo Tognoli |PSI |{{age in years and days|1976|5|12|1986|12|21}} |3 |- |-bgcolor="pink" !2 |'''Giuseppe Sala''' |'''Ind''' |'''{{age in years and days|2016|6|21}}''' |'''2''' |- !3 |Virgilio Ferrari |PSDI |{{age in years and days|1951|6|25|1961|1|21}} |2 |- !4 |Gabriele Albertini |FI |{{age in years and days|1997|5|12|2006|6|1}} |2 |- !5 |Aldo Aniasi |PSI |{{age in years and days|1967|12|13|1976|5|12}} |3 |- !6 |Antonio Greppi |PSI |{{age in years and days|1946|4|7|1951|6|25}} |1 |- !7 |Paolo Pillitteri |PSI |{{age in years and days|1986|12|21|1992|1|18}} |2 |- !8 |Giuliano Pisapia |Ind |{{age in years and days|2011|6|1|2016|6|21}} |1 |- !9 |Letizia Moratti |FI |{{age in years and days|2006|6|1|2011|6|1}} |1 |- !10 |Marco Formentini |LN |{{age in years and days|1993|6|21|1997|5|12}} |1 |- !11 |Pietro Bucalossi |PSDI |{{age in years and days|1964|2|17|1967|12|13}} |1 |- !12 |Gino Cassinis |PSDI |{{age in years and days|1961|1|21|1964|2|17}} |1 |- !13 |Giampiero Borghini |PSI |{{age in years and days|1992|1|18|1993|3|11}} |1 |}

== Elections == {{main|Elections in Milan}}

== 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.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! class=unsortable|  ! Deputy ! Term start ! Term end ! Party ! Mayor |- ! style="background:{{party color|Lega Nord}}; color:white"|1 | Marisa Bedoni |24 June 1993 |22 April 1994{{efn|Resigned after being elected in the Senate.}} | LN |rowspan=2| Formentini |- ! style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}; color:black"|2 | Giorgio Malagoli |22 April 1994 |12 May 1997 | Ind |- ! rowspan=3 style="background:{{party color|National Alliance (Italy)}}; color:white"|3 |rowspan=3|Riccardo De Corato |21 May 1997 |14 May 2001 |rowspan=3|AN |rowspan=2|Albertini |- |21 May 2001 |1 June 2006 |- |20 June 2006 |1 June 2011 |Moratti |- ! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}}; color:white"|4 |Maria Grazia Guida |10 June 2011 |21 January 2013{{efn|Resigned}} |PD |rowspan=3|Pisapia |- ! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}}; color:white"|5 |Ada Lucia De Cesaris |28 January 2013 |15 July 2015{{efn|Resigned}} |PD |- ! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}}; color:white"|6 |Francesca Balzani |17 July 2015 |21 June 2016 |PD |- ! rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}}; color:white"|7 |rowspan=2|Anna Scavuzzo |29 June 2016 |6 October 2021 |rowspan=2|PD |rowspan=2|Sala |- |13 October 2021 |''Incumbent'' |} ; Notes {{notelist|close}}

== See also == * Rulers of Milan * Timeline of Milan

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * [https://www.comune.milano.it/comune/palazzo-marino/il-sindaco#navpageinside/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428163147/https://www.comune.milano.it/comune/palazzo-marino/il-sindaco#navpageinside/ |date=28 April 2021 }} (in English)

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