List of mayors of Rome - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Mayor of Rome is an elected politician who, along with the Rome’s City Council of 52 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Rome. Since 28 April 2008, Gianni Alemanno holds the position. Previously, the position was held by Walter Veltroni

Walter Veltroni

Walter Veltroni, Knight Grand Cross, is an Italian writer, journalist and politician, who served as the first leader of the Democratic Party within the centre-left opposition, until his resignation on 17 February 2009. He served as Mayor of Rome from 2001 to 2008.-Biography:Walter Veltroni was...

from the May 2001 until his succession by Alemanno.

The following is a list of Mayors of Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

, 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...

Mayors

Since 1870, newborn Kingdom of Italy

Kingdom 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 Rome (Sindaco di Roma), chosen by the City council:

1870, Giuseppe Lunati
1870–1871, Filippo Doria Pamphili
1871, Giovanni Angelini
1871, Francesco Pallavicini
1871–1872, Francesco Grispigni
1872, Pietro Venturi
1872–1874, Luigi Pianciani
1874–1877, Pietro Venturi
1877–1880, Emanuele Ruspoli
Emanuele Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Poggio Suasa
Emanuele Francesco Maria dei Principi Ruspoli was the 1st Principe di Poggio Suasa, son of Bartolomeo dei Principi Ruspoli and wife Carolina Ratti and paternal grandson of Francesco Ruspoli, 3rd Prince of Cerveteri and second wife Countess Maria Leopoldina von Khevenhüller-Metsch and ancestor of...
1880–1881, Augusto Armellini
1881–1882, Luigi Pianciani
1882–1887, Leopoldo Torlonia
1888–1889, Alessandro Guiccioli
1889–1890, Augusto Armellini
1890, Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile
1890–1892, Onorato Caetani
1892–1899, Emanuele Ruspoli
Emanuele Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Poggio Suasa
Emanuele Francesco Maria dei Principi Ruspoli was the 1st Principe di Poggio Suasa, son of Bartolomeo dei Principi Ruspoli and wife Carolina Ratti and paternal grandson of Francesco Ruspoli, 3rd Prince of Cerveteri and second wife Countess Maria Leopoldina von Khevenhüller-Metsch and ancestor of...
1899, Enrico Galluppi
1899–1904, Prospero Colonna
1904, Carlo Palomba
1904–1905, Giovanni Cruciani Alibrandi
1905–1907, Giovanni Cruciani Alibrandi
1907, Cesare Salvarezza
1907–1913, Ernesto Nathan
Ernesto Nathan
Ernesto Nathan was an English-Italian Jewish politician, and mayor of Rome, Italy from November 1907 to December 1913.-Biography:...

(Radical Party
Radical Party (Italy, 1877)
The Radical Party was a radical political party in Italy.It was founded in 1877 by Agostino Bertani and Felice Cavallotti as a radical-liberal party of what was then considered the "far left", from the name of the parliamentary group the Radicals formed with Andrea Costa, the first Socialist...

)
1913–1914, Fausto Aphel
1914–1919, Prospero Colonna
1919–1920, Adolfo Apolloni
1920–1921, Luigi Rava
1921–1922, Giovanni Valli
1922–1926, Filippo Cremonesi

Fascist Rectors

Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils in 1926, replacing them with a single authoritarian Rector (Podestà) 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, Ludovico Spada Potenziani
1928–1935, Francesco Boncompagni Ludovisi
1935–1936, Giuseppe Bottai
1936–1939, Piero Colonna
1939–1943, Giangiacomo Borghese
1943–1944, Riccardo Motta
1944, Giovanni Orgera

Democratic Mayors

From 1944 to 1993, the Mayor of Rome was chosen by the City council:

#	Name	Start date	End date	Party	Coalition	Elections
1	Andrea Doria Pamphili	June 4, 1944	November 10, 1946	none	CLN National Liberation Committee The National Liberation Committee was the underground political entity of Italian Partisans during the German occupation of Italy in the last years of the Second World War. It was a multi-party entity, whose members were united by their anti-fascism...	none
2	Mario De Cesare	November 10, 1946	November 4, 1947	Communist 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...	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...	1946
3	Salvatore Rebecchini	November 4, 1947	May 26, 1956	Christian democratic 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 ....	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 .... – PRI Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini... – PLI Italian Liberal Party The Italian Liberal Party was a liberal political party in Italy.-Origins:The origins of liberalism in Italy came from the so-called "Historical Right", a parliamentary group formed by Camillo Benso di Cavour in the Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia following the 1848 revolution...	1947, 1952
4	Umberto Tupini	July 2, 1956	January 9, 1958	Christian democratic 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 ....	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 .... – PRI Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini... – PLI Italian Liberal Party The Italian Liberal Party was a liberal political party in Italy.-Origins:The origins of liberalism in Italy came from the so-called "Historical Right", a parliamentary group formed by Camillo Benso di Cavour in the Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia following the 1848 revolution...	1956
5	Urbano Ciocchetti	January 9, 1958	April 29, 1961	Christian democratic 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 ....	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 .... – PRI Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini... – PLI Italian Liberal Party The Italian Liberal Party was a liberal political party in Italy.-Origins:The origins of liberalism in Italy came from the so-called "Historical Right", a parliamentary group formed by Camillo Benso di Cavour in the Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia following the 1848 revolution...	–
6	Glauco Della Porta	July 17, 1962	March 4, 1964	Christian democratic 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 ....	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 ....	1962
7	Americo Petrucci	March 4, 1964	November 27, 1967	Christian democratic 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 ....	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 ....	–
8	Rinaldo Santini	December 27, 1967	May 6, 1969	Christian democratic 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 ....	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 ....	1967
9	Clelio Darida	May 6, 1969	May 6, 1976	Christian democratic 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 ....	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 ....	1972
10	Giulio Carlo Argan	May 6, 1976	September 25, 1979	Communist 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...	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...	1976
11	Luigi Petroselli	September 25, 1979	October 8, 1981	Communist 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...	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...	–
12	Ugo Vetere	October 8, 1981	May 12, 1985	Communist 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...	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...	1981
13	Nicola Signorello	July 31, 1985	May 10, 1988	Christian democratic 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 ....	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 .... – PRI Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini... – 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...	1985
14	Pietro Giubilo	August 6, 1988	December 18, 1989	Christian democratic 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 ....	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 .... – PRI Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini... – 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...	–
15	Franco Carraro	December 18, 1989	April 19, 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 .... – PRI Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini... – 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...	1989

Elected Mayors

Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Rome is chosen by popular election, originally every four, and since 2001 every five years:

		Took office	Left office	Party
16	Francesco Rutelli	5 December 1993	8 January 2001	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:...	PDS Democratic Party of the Left The Democratic Party of the Left was a post-communist, democratic socialist political party in Italy.-History:... – 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:... – PPI 5 December 1993 – 16 November 1997
16	Francesco Rutelli	5 December 1993	8 January 2001		DS 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... – 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:... – PPI 16 November 1997 – 1 June 2001
17	Walter Veltroni Walter Veltroni Walter Veltroni, Knight Grand Cross, is an Italian writer, journalist and politician, who served as the first leader of the Democratic Party within the centre-left opposition, until his resignation on 17 February 2009. He served as Mayor of Rome from 2001 to 2008.-Biography:Walter Veltroni was...	1 June 2001	13 February 2008	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... then 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....	DS 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... – 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:... – DL – PRC Communist Refoundation Party The Communist Refoundation Party is a communist Italian political party. Its current secretary is Paolo Ferrero.... – PdCI Party of Italian Communists The Party of Italian Communists is a communist political party in Italy. Its long-time leader is Oliviero Diliberto.-Foundation and early years:... 1 June 2001 – 1 June 2006
17		1 June 2001	13 February 2008		DS 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... – 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:... – DL – PRC Communist Refoundation Party The Communist Refoundation Party is a communist Italian political party. Its current secretary is Paolo Ferrero.... – PdCI Party of Italian Communists The Party of Italian Communists is a communist political party in Italy. Its long-time leader is Oliviero Diliberto.-Foundation and early years:... 1 June 2006 – 28 April 2008
18	Gianni Alemanno	28 April 2008	incumbent	People of Freedom	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.... since 28 April 2008
18	Gianni Alemanno	28 April 2008	incumbent	People of Freedom

Mayoral and Council election, 1993

The election took place in two rounds: the first on November 21 and the second on December 5.

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 Italian Social Movement

Italian Social Movement

The Italian Social Movement , and later the Italian Social Movement–National Right , was a neo-fascist and post-fascist political party in Italy. Formed in 1946 by supporters of former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, the party became the fourth largest party in Italy by the early 1960s...

and the 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:...

, united with other center-left parties.

The main candidates were Francesco Rutelli, member of the 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 supported by a center-left coalition, and Gianfranco Fini

Gianfranco Fini

Gianfranco Fini is an Italian politician, President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, leader of the center-right Future and Freedom party, and the former leader of the conservative National Alliance and the post-fascist Italian Social Movement...

, one of the founder of the Italian Social Movement

Italian Social Movement

. However there were a lot of others candidates from different parties.

Also the pornstars Moana Pozzi

Moana Pozzi

Moana Pozzi , often called simply Moana, was an Italian pornographic actress, actress, television personality, model, politician and writer.-Early years:...

and her Love Party

Partito dell'Amore

Partito dell'Amore is a political party in Italy co-founded on July 12, 1991 by pornstars Moana Pozzi and Ilona Staller , the latter one being famous for actually being elected member of the Italian parliament in 1987...

ran for the election.

On December 5, 1993, Rutelli won the election and became the first elected mayor of Rome. > >

Rome Mayoral Election Results 1993
	Name	Party	1st Round (November 21)	%	2nd Round (December 5)	%
Francesco Rutelli	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:...	684,529	39.6	955,859	53.1
Gianfranco Fini Gianfranco Fini Gianfranco Fini is an Italian politician, President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, leader of the center-right Future and Freedom party, and the former leader of the conservative National Alliance and the post-fascist Italian Social Movement...	Italian Social Movement Italian Social Movement The Italian Social Movement , and later the Italian Social Movement–National Right , was a neo-fascist and post-fascist political party in Italy. Formed in 1946 by supporters of former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, the party became the fourth largest party in Italy by the early 1960s...	619,309	35.8	844,030	46.9

Mayoral and Council election, 1997

The municipal elections were held on November 16, 1997.

The center-left coalition of outgoing mayor Francesco Rutelli, a member of the 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:...

, takes precedence over the center-right coalition led by Pierluigi Borghini, member of the neo-fascist party National Alliance

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...

.
> >

Rome Mayoral Election Results 1997
	Name	Party	1st Round (November 16)	%
Francesco Rutelli	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:...	985,361	60.4
Pierluigi Borghini	National Alliance National Alliance (Italy) National Alliance was a conservative political party in Italy.Gianfranco Fini was the leader of the party since its foundation in 1995, however he stepped down in 2008 after being elected to the nominally non-partisan post of President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and was succeeded by...	586,083	35.9

Mayoral and Council election, 2001

The municipal elections were held in two separate rounds.

In the second round, on May 27, 2001, is elected the candidate of the center-left coalition (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...

, Federation of the 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:...

, Party of Italian Communists

Party of Italian Communists

The Party of Italian Communists is a communist political party in Italy. Its long-time leader is Oliviero Diliberto.-Foundation and early years:...

and Communist Refoundation Party

Communist Refoundation Party

The Communist Refoundation Party is a communist Italian political party. Its current secretary is Paolo Ferrero....

) Walter Veltroni

Walter Veltroni

. The candidate of the center-right coalition (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....

and National Alliance

National Alliance

) Antonio Tajani

Antonio Tajani

Antonio Tajani is an Italian politician. He is the current European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship and has also been one of the five Vice-President of the European Commission since May 2008....

reaches only 47% of the vote.
> >

Rome Mayoral Election Results 2001
	Name	Party	1st Round (May 13)	%	2nd Round (May 27)	%
Walter Veltroni Walter Veltroni Walter Veltroni, Knight Grand Cross, is an Italian writer, journalist and politician, who served as the first leader of the Democratic Party within the centre-left opposition, until his resignation on 17 February 2009. He served as Mayor of Rome from 2001 to 2008.-Biography:Walter Veltroni was...	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...	800,660	48.3	871,930	52.2
Antonio Tajani Antonio Tajani Antonio Tajani is an Italian politician. He is the current European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship and has also been one of the five Vice-President of the European Commission since May 2008....	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....	747,169	45.1	799,363	47.8

Mayoral and Council election, 2006

These municipal elections were held on May 28–29, 2006.

The citizens of Rome elected the incumbent mayor Walter Veltroni

Walter Veltroni

, supported by a center-left coalition (The Olive Tree

The Olive Tree

"The Olive Tree" is a popular song.There are several songs by the title of "The Olive Tree"*From the 1953 musical Kismet and is credited to Robert Wright and George Forrest. Like all the music in that show, the melody was in fact based on music composed by Alexander Borodin.*Written by Diane...

, Communist Refoundation Party

Communist Refoundation Party

The Communist Refoundation Party is a communist Italian political party. Its current secretary is Paolo Ferrero....

, Federation of the 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 Party of Italian Communists

Party of Italian Communists

The Party of Italian Communists is a communist political party in Italy. Its long-time leader is Oliviero Diliberto.-Foundation and early years:...

), while the candidate of the center-right coalition Gianni Alemanno received only the 37% of the vote.
> >

Rome Mayoral Election Results 2006
	Name	Party	1st Round (May 28–29)	%
Walter Veltroni Walter Veltroni Walter Veltroni, Knight Grand Cross, is an Italian writer, journalist and politician, who served as the first leader of the Democratic Party within the centre-left opposition, until his resignation on 17 February 2009. He served as Mayor of Rome from 2001 to 2008.-Biography:Walter Veltroni was...	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...	921,491	61.4
Gianni Alemanno	National Alliance National Alliance (Italy) National Alliance was a conservative political party in Italy.Gianfranco Fini was the leader of the party since its foundation in 1995, however he stepped down in 2008 after being elected to the nominally non-partisan post of President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and was succeeded by...	556,176	37.1

Mayoral and Council election, 2008

The 2008 elections were held before the end of the term that started in 2006, following incumbent mayor Walter Veltroni

Walter Veltroni

's decision to stand for parliamentary election in 2008.

The centre-right coalition put forward the same candidate it had backed in 2006, Gianni Alemanno. The centre-left coalition backed Francesco Rutelli, who previously served as mayor of the city from 1993 to 2001.

Gianni Alemanno won the mayoral elections after the second round on April 28, 2008, making him the first conservative mayor of Rome in republican history.
> >

Rome Mayoral Election Results 2008
	Name	Party	1st Round (April 13–14)	%	2nd Round (April 27–28)	%
Gianni Alemanno	People of Freedom	677,350	40.7	783,255	53.7
Francesco Rutelli	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....	761,126	45.8	676,472	46.3

> >

Rome Council Election 2008 - Parties
	Coalition	votes	%	seats	Party	votes	%	seats
Center-right (Alemanno)	606,176	39.62	36	People of Freedom Movement for Autonomy Movement for Autonomy The Movement for Autonomies is a regionalist Christian democratic political party in Italy. It demands economic development and greater autonomy for Sicily, mainly, and for other regions of Southern Italy... Italian Republican Party Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini... Civic Lists (3)	559,559 9,185 3,308 34,124	36.58 0.60 0.22 2.23	35 - - 1
Center-left (Rutelli)	733,084	47.92	21	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.... The Left - The Rainbow 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... Civic Lists (7)	520,723 69,079 50,704 10,427 82,151	34.04 4.52 3.31 0.68 5.38	17 2 1 - 1

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.