List of mayors of Varese

Mayor of Varese
Sindaco di Varese
Incumbent Davide Galimberti (PD) since 21 June 2016
Appointer	Electorate of Varese
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Formation	1861
Website	Official website

Palazzo Estense is Varese's City Hall

The mayor of Varese is an elected politician who, along with Varese's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Varese in Lombardy, Italy.

The current mayor is Davide Galimberti (PD), who took office on 21 June 2016.^[1][2]

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Varese is member of the city council.

The mayor is elected by the population of Varese, who also elects 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 1997 the mayor is elected directly by Varese'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.

Republic of Italy (since 1946)

City Council election (1946-1997)

From 1946 to 1997, the mayor of Varese was elected by the City Council.

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
1	Luigi Cova	1946	1951	PSI
2	Arturo Dall'Ora	1951	1956	Ind
3	Lino Oldrini	1956	1964	DC
4	Carlo Martinenghi	1964	1964	DC
5	Mario Ossola	1964	1978	DC
6	Giuseppe Gibilisco	1978	1985	DC
7	Maurizio Sabatini	1985	1990	DC
8	Luciano Bronzi	1990	1992	PSI
9	Angelo Monti	1992	1992	DC
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (1992–1993)
10	Raimondo Fassa	1993	1997	LN

Direct election (since 1997)

Since 1997, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Varese is chosen by direct election.

	Mayor of Varese		Took office	Left office	Party	Coalition		Election
11		Aldo Fumagalli (b. 1950)	1 December 1997	27 May 2002	LN		LN	1997
			27 May 2002	11 October 2005[a]			LN • FI • AN • UDC	2002
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (11 October 2005 – 29 May 2006)
12		Attilio Fontana (b. 1952)	29 May 2006	31 May 2011	LN		LN • FI • AN • UDC	2006
			31 May 2011	21 June 2016			LN • PdL	2011
13		Davide Galimberti (b. 1976)	21 June 2016	20 October 2021	PD		PD	2016
			20 October 2021[b]	Incumbent			PD  • IV	2021

Notes

1. Resigned after a scandal which led him to be condemned for embezzlement.
2. Election originally scheduled for June 2021 then postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Timeline

References

1. "Davide Galimberti". Ministry of the Interior of Italy. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
2. "Risultati elezioni comunali 2016 a Varese. Il risultato delle elezioni comunali di Varese: D. Galimberti vince le elezioni amministrative con il 51,8% dei voti. D. Galimberti è il nuovo sindaco di Varese". Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). Retrieved 16 May 2019.