List of mayors of Sassari


The Mayor of Sassari is an elected politician who, along with the Sassari's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Sassari in Sardinia, Italy. The current Mayor is Nanni Campus, a centre-right independent and former Mayor from 2000 to 2005, who was elected on 30 June 2019.

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Sassari is member of the City Council.
The Mayor is elected by the population of Sassari, 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 1995 the Mayor is elected directly by Sassari'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.

Italian Republic (since 1946)

City Council election (1946-1995)

From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Sassari was elected by the City's Council.
MayorTerm startTerm endParty
1Candido Mura10 April 19464 September 1946Christian Democracy
2Oreste Pieroni4 September 194625 September 1954Christian Democracy
3Vittorio Devilla25 September 195427 June 1956Christian Democracy
4Giuseppe Binna27 June 195611 February 1957Christian Democracy
5Piero Masia11 February 195728 November 1960Christian Democracy
6Lorenzo Ganadu28 November 19606 September 1963Christian Democracy
7Antonio Maria Brianda6 September 19639 January 1965Christian Democracy
8Salvino Naitana9 January 19659 May 1966Christian Democracy
9Nicolò Piras9 May 196620 December 1968Christian Democracy
10Francesco Guarino20 December 196815 January 1971Christian Democracy
11Benito Saba15 January 197110 December 1973Christian Democracy
12Sebastiano Virdis10 December 19736 September 1975Christian Democracy
Fausto Fadda6 September 197513 December 1978Italian Socialist Party
Franco Meloni13 December 197829 September 1980Sardinian Action Party
15Pietro Montresori29 September 198030 May 1983Christian Democracy
16Raimondo Rizzu30 May 198328 January 1988Christian Democracy
Marco Fumi28 January 19888 August 1990Italian Socialist Party
Franco Borghetto8 August 199028 January 1994Italian Socialist Party
19Franco Masala28 January 19948 August 1994Italian Democratic Socialist Party
Giacomo Spissu8 August 19947 May 1995Italian Socialist Party

Direct election (since 1995)

Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Sassari is chosen by direct election.
MayorTerm startTerm endParty
Anna Sanna7 May 19953 May 2000Democratic Party of the Left
Democrats of the Left
Nanni Campus3 May 20009 May 2005National Alliance
Gianfranco Ganau9 May 200523 June 2010Democrats of the Left
Democratic Party
Gianfranco Ganau23 June 201028 March 2014Democrats of the Left
Democratic Party
Nicola Sanna31 May 20142 July 2019Democratic Party
Nanni Campus2 July 2019IncumbentCentre-right independent

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