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The mayor of Perugia is an elected politician who, along with the Perugia's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of

Perugia Perugia ( , ; ; ) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area. It has 162,467 ...

Umbria Umbria ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region of central Italy. It includes Lake Trasimeno and Cascata delle Marmore, Marmore Falls, and is crossed by the Tiber. It is the only landlocked region on the Italian Peninsula, Apennine Peninsula. The re ...

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

, the capital city of the region. The current mayor is

Vittoria Ferdinandi Vittoria Ferdinandi (born 4 September 1986) is an Italian politician and entrepreneur, mayor of Perugia since 2024 and the first woman to hold this office. Biography Graduated in philosophy and in clinical psychology, Ferdinandi was appointed ...

, elected on 23–24 June 2024.

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Perugia is member of the city council. The mayor is elected by the population of Perugia, 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 A motion or vote of no confidence (or the inverse, a motion or vote of confidence) is a motion and corresponding vote thereon in a deliberative assembly (usually a legislative body) as to whether an officer (typically an executive) is deemed fi ...

. The mayor is entitled to appoint and release the members of his government. Since 1995 the mayor is elected directly by

's electorate: in all mayoral elections in

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.

List

Italian Republic (since 1946)

City Council election (1946–1995)

From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Perugia was elected by the City Council.

Direct election (since 1995)

Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Perugia is chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five years.

References

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Politics of Umbria