List of mayors of Turin

The mayor of Turin (Italian: sindaco di Torino) is an elected politician who, along with the Turin City Council of 40 members, is accountable for the government of Turin, in the Italian region of Piedmont. The incumbent mayor is Stefano Lo Russo of the Democratic Party who took office on 27 October 2021 after the election was postponed by a few months due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. The first recognised mayor of Turin was Luigi de Margherita in 1848; the office was preceded by a series of city councils led by two to four annual administrators since 1564. During the Kingdom of Sardinia in the 1840s, the city was ruled by the Moderate Party. Since the unification of Italy in the 1860s, Turin was a stronghold of the Historical Right and later of the Liberals, with a few mayors from the Historical Left. Into the 21st century, Turin is a centre-left coalition stronghold.

Mayor of Turin
Sindaco di Torino
Incumbent
Stefano Lo Russo
since 27 October 2021
ResidencePalazzo Civico
AppointerElectorate of Turin
Term length5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holderLuigi de Margherita
Formation30 November 1848
DeputyMichela Favaro
Salary€62,592 annually
Websitecomune.torino.it/sindaco

During the Fascist Italy period, the mayor of Turin was superseded by a podestà appointed by the Italian fascist regime. With the fall of Fascist regime in Italy, the mayor of Turin returned to be elected by the Turin City Council, which was in turn elected by the people. Giovanni Roveda of the Italian Communist Party was appointed by the National Liberation Committee in April 1945, with the first post-war municipal election being held in 1946. As the central government, after Turin was governed by a left-wing coalition between the Communists and the Italian Socialist Party from 1946 to 1951, the office of mayor was mostly led by a member of the post-war ruling party Christian Democracy, which led a centrist and centre-right coalition with the Italian Liberal Party until 1970.

In the 1970s, Turin moved to the left and was led by the organic centre-left coalition that had also led Italy in the 1960s, with a Socialist elected by the council to be mayor, becoming the first non-Christian Democrat mayor of Turin, alongside one Liberal from 1964 to 1965. From 1975 to 1987, Turin was led by a left-wing coalition between the Communists and the Socialists, underlining the left-wing shift, with Diego Novelli serving as mayor from 1975 to 1985. From 1987 to 1990, the city was still led by a Socialist but under the Pentapartito coalition, with one each Liberal, Italian Republican Party, and Italian Democratic Socialist Party member serving as mayor from 1990 to 1992. Starting in 1993, the mayor of Turin began to be directly elected. As in other Italian cities, the mayor either resigned due to the Tangentopoli scandal or to make way for the direct election of the mayor.

The first direct election resulted in a runoff between a left-wing coalition of Novelli led by the Communist Refoundation Party and the centre-left of Valentino Castellani, who came in second in the first round but ultimately narrowly won in the runoff. After two close elections in 1997 and 2001 with the centre-right coalition, the centre-left won in a landslide in 2006 (when the mayor's term was extended from four to five years) under incumbent Sergio Chiamparino and 2011 under new mayor Piero Fassino. Economically, Castellani's aim was to reduce the city's economic and perceived image-impairing dependence on Fiat (what was called the industrial monoculture) and promote development in other sectors, primarily the tertiary sector and cultural activities. In this area, results fell short of expectations. Chiamparino, Castellani's successor, attempted to refocus attention on the automotive industry's role in the city's economy. Chiamparino was succeeded in 2011 by Fassino, who followed a similar line to Castellani.

In 2016, the centre-left was defeated in an upset by the Five Star Movement candidate Chiara Appendino, who overcame the first-round deficit to become the first female mayor since 1992 and the first to be popularly elected as well as the youngest. In 2021, Appendino did not run for a second term, and the centre-left was returned to the office of mayor, defeating the centre-right in the runoff in a landslide. As of 2025, no centre-right or right-wing mayor was popularly elected in Turin, making Turin one of the most left-leaning cities (among major cities since 1993, only Florence has been always governed by the centre-left), with all mayors being either members of the centre-left or from the Five Star Movement.

List

Kingdom of Sardinia (1814–1848)

The history of Turin's mayors began in 1564 when two to four members of the aristocratic class were chosen annually as mayors; this lasted until 1800. After a 14-year hiatus, with the two mayors (maires) Ignazio Laugier (1801–1805) and Giovanni Negro (1806–1814), the annually elected mayors returned to office until 1848. From 1814 to 1848, Turin was administrated by a decurionato (city council) led by two annual syndics (sindici).

Syndics Term start Term end Party
Paolo Mazzetti di Saluggia
Giovanni Battista Arbaudi
1 January 1814 31 December 1815 Legitimist
Bernardo Ripa di Meana
Giulio Marenco di Moriondo
1 January 1816 31 December 1816 Legitimist
Michele Provana del Sabbione
Saverio Morelli
1 January 1817 31 December 1817 None
Agostino Lascaris di Ventimiglia
Giuseppe Cavalli
1 January 1818 31 December 1818 None
Michele Provana del Sabbione
Luigi Bertalazone di San Fermo
1 January 1819 31 December 1819 None
Enrico Seyssel d'Aix
Giuseppe Sobrero
1 January 1820 31 December 1820 None
Luigi Coardi Bagnasco
Gaetano Calliani
1 January 1821 31 December 1821 None
Giuseppe Provana di Collegno
Giuseppe Adami di Bergolo
1 January 1822 31 December 1822 None
Domenico Rovero di Piobesi
Giuseppe Gaetano Rignon
1 January 1823 31 December 1823 None
Carlo Perrone di San Martino
Pietro Gay di Quarti
1 January 1824 31 December 1824 None
Cesare Romagnano di Virle
Edoardo Tholozan
1 January 1825 31 December 1825 None
Tancredi Farletti di Barolo
Davide Revelly
1 January 1826 31 December 1827 None
Giacomo Asinari di Bernezzo
Luigi Francesetti di Hautecourt e Mezzenile
1 January 1828 31 December 1828 None
Luigi Nomis di Cossilla
Luigi Ricciolio
1 January 1829 31 December 1829 None
Giuseppe Provana di Collegno
Gerolamo Cravosio
1 January 1830 31 December 1831 None
Enrico Seyssel d'Aix
Ignazio Michelotti
1 January 1832 31 December 1832 None
Michele Benso di Cavour
Giuseppe Villa
1 January 1833 31 December 1834 None
Carlo Pallio di Rinco
Luca Martin di San Martino
1 January 1835 31 December 1835 None
Luigi Mola di Larissé
Giovanni Ignazio Pansoya
1 January 1836 31 December 1836 None
Carlo Nicolis di Robilant
Amedeo Chiavarina di Rubiana
1 January 1837 31 December 1837 None
Carlo Cacherano d'Osasco
Giuseppe Bosco di Ruffino
1 January 1838 31 December 1838 None
Carlo Galli della Loggia
Luigi Rostagno di Villaretto
1 January 1839 31 December 1839 None
Giuseppe Pochettini di Serravalle
Ignazio Marchetti Melina
1 January 1840 31 December 1840 None
Paolo Gazzelli di Rossana
Pietro Villanis
1 January 1841 31 December 1841 None
Antonio Nomis di Pollone
Angelo Borbonese
1 January 1842 31 December 1843 None
Cesare Romagnano di Virle
Giuseppe Ponte di Pino
1 January 1844 31 December 1844 None
Giuseppe Pochettini di Serravalle
Giuseppe Bosco di Ruffino
1 January 1845 31 December 1845 None
Vittorio Colli di Felizzano
Giovanni Nigra
1 January 1846 31 December 1848 None

Kingdom of Sardinia (1848–1861)

The office of Mayor of Turin (Sindaco di Torino) was created by the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1848 after the promulgation of the Albertine Statute. The prominent Moderate Party member Luigi de Margherita is commonly recognised as the first mayor of Turin. It was during this period that the first elections (with partial suffrage) were held under the Albertine Statute. This continued regularly until 1922, with the advent of fascism in Italy.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party
1 Luigi de Margherita 31 December 1848 7 April 1849 Moderate
2 Carlo Pinchia 7 April 1849 1 February 1850 Moderate
3 Giorgio Bellono 1 February 1850 1 January 1853 Moderate
4 Giovanni Notta 1 January 1853 3 February 1860 Moderate
5 Augusto Nomis di Cossilla 3 February 1860 26 December 1861 Moderate

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

After the creation of the Kingdom of Italy, the mayor of Turin was elected as continuation of the previous office created during the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia. The Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and city councils in 1926, replacing them with an authoritarian podestà chosen by the National Fascist Party. The office of mayor was restored in 1945 during the Allied occupation. In these 84 years, the longest-serving mayors among the 19 elected were Teofilo Rossi of the Liberals from June 1909 to June 1917; Melchiorre Voli of the Historical Left from January 1887 to October 1894; and Giovanni Notta of the Moderate Party from January 1853 to February 1860. The only ones to be elected for multiple terms were Secondo Frola of the Historical Right from July 1903 to June 1909 and then from October 1917 to November 1919; and Felice Rignon of the Historical Right from November 1870 to December 1877, then from June 1895 to January 1896, and subsequently a third term from March 1896 to April 1898.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party
6 Emanuele Luserna di Rorà 26 December 1861 1 January 1866 Right
7 Giovanni Filippo Galvagno 1 January 1866 1 April 1869 None
8 Cesare Valperga di Masino 1 April 1869 20 November 1870 Right
9 Felice Rignon 20 November 1870 19 January 1878 Right
10 Luigi Ferraris 19 January 1878 28 March 1883 Right
11 Ernesto Balbo Bertone di Sambuy 28 March 1883 1 January 1887 Right
12 Melchiorre Voli 1 January 1887 26 June 1895 Left
(9) Felice Rignon 26 June 1895 13 April 1898 Right
13 Severino Casana 13 April 1898 26 September 1902 Left
14 Alfonso Badini Confalonieri 26 September 1902 6 July 1903 Left
15 Secondo Frola 6 July 1903 28 July 1909 Right
16 Teofilo Rossi 28 July 1909 15 June 1917 Liberals
17 Leopoldo Usseglio 15 June 1917 17 October 1917 Liberals
(15) Secondo Frola 17 October 1917 24 November 1919 Liberals
18 Riccardo Cattaneo 19 November 1920 2 July 1923 Liberals
Donato Etna 26 June 1925 4 December 1926 Commissioner
Fascist Podestà (1926–1945)
Luigi Balbo Bertone di Sambuy 4 December 1926 11 September 1928 Commissioner
Umberto Ricci 11 September 1928 11 February 1929 Commissioner
1 Paolo Ignazio Maria Thaon di Revel 11 February 1929 4 February 1935 PNF
2 Ugo Sartirana 4 February 1935 25 June 1938 PNF
3 Cesare Giovara 25 June 1938 24 August 1939 PNF
4 Matteo Bonino 24 August 1939 18 August 1943 PNF
19 Bruno Villabruna 18 August 1943 20 September 1943 PLI
(4) Matteo Bonino 22 September 1943 2 December 1944 PFR
5 Michele Fassio 2 December 1944 25 April 1945 PFR
Allied occupation (1945–1946)
20 Giovanni Roveda 28 April 1945 17 December 1946 PCI
Notes
  1. Nominated by the first Badoglio government
  2. Nominated as prefectural commissioner under the Italian Social Republic, a puppet state of Nazi Germany, after the German occupation of Italy

Italian Republic (since 1946)

City Council election (1946–1993)

From 1946 to 1993, the mayor of Turin was elected by the city council. The influential trade unionist and anti-fascist activist Giovanni Roveda, a member of the Italian Communist Party who was elected as mayor by the National Liberation Committee on 28 April 1945 and served until 17 December 1946, led to the first universal suffrage election, which was won by the Communist Cesare Negarville, who served from December 1946 to April 1948. Amedeo Peyron of Christian Democracy was the longest-serving mayor during this period, having led Turin from July 1951 to February 1962. Among the 20 mayors since the war, only two were women: the Italian Socialist Party member Maria Magnani Noya from July 1987 to July 1990 and the Italian Republican Party member Giovanna Cattaneo Incisa from February to December 1992.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party Coalition Election
1 Celeste Negarville 17 December 1946 13 May 1948 PCI PCI · PSI 1946
2 Domenico Coggiola 13 May 1948 16 July 1951 PCI
3 Amedeo Peyron 16 July 1951 26 February 1962 DC DC · PLI 1951
1956
1960
4 Giovanni Carlo Anselmetti 26 February 1962 21 October 1964 DC
5 Luciano Jona 21 October 1964 20 February 1965 PLI
6 Giuseppe Grosso 20 February 1965 9 September 1968 DC 1964
7 Andrea Guglielminetti 9 September 1968 22 July 1970 DC
8 Giovanni Porcellana 22 July 1970 12 April 1973 DC DC · PSI · PSDI · PRI
(Organic centre-left)
1970
9 Guido Secreto 12 April 1973 5 December 1973 PSI
10 Giovanni Picco 5 December 1973 14 July 1975 DC
11 Diego Novelli 14 July 1975 25 January 1985 PCI PCI · PSI 1975
1980
12 Giorgio Cardetti 25 January 1985 20 July 1987 PSI
DC · PSI · PLI · PSDI · PRI
(Pentapartito)
1985
13 Maria Magnani Noya 20 July 1987 30 July 1990 PSI
14 Valerio Zanone 30 July 1990 31 December 1991 PLI 1990
15 Baldassarre Furnari 1 January 1992 11 February 1992 PSDI
16 Giovanna Cattaneo Incisa 11 February 1992 14 December 1992 PRI
Riccardo Malpica 14 December 1992 24 June 1993 None Prefectural commissioner
Notes
  1. 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

Direct election (since 1993)

Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the mayor of Turin is chosen by direct election, originally every four then every five years. As of the 2021 Italian local elections in Turin, no centre-right or right-wing mayor was elected, with all mayors being members of the centre-left (through its various incarnations such as the Alliance of Progressives and The Olive Tree or through its main parties such as the Democratic Party of the Left, the Democrats of the Left, and the Democratic Party) or the anti-establishment and populist Five Star Movement. The Five Star Movement mayor Chiara Appendino remained in office for around four more months in 2021 (October rather than June), after her original term had expired, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Stefano Lo Russo of the Democratic Party, a university professor of Geology and the incumbent mayor, won the 2021 election.


Mayor of Turin Took office Left office Party Coalition Election
17 Valentino Castellani
(born 1940)
24 June 1993 12 May 1997 None Alliance of Progressives
(PDS–AD–FdV)
1993
12 May 1997 28 May 2001 The Olive Tree
(PDS–PRC–PPI-FdV–AD)
1997
18 Sergio Chiamparino
(born 1948)
28 May 2001 30 May 2006 DS
PD
The Olive Tree
(DS–DL–PdCI–FdV)
2001
30 May 2006 16 May 2011 The Olive Tree
(DS–DL–PRC–PdCI–Mod)
2006
19 Piero Fassino
(born 1949)
16 May 2011 20 June 2016 PD PD · SEL · IdV 2011
20 Chiara Appendino
(born 1984)
20 June 2016 27 October 2021 M5S M5S 2016
21 Stefano Lo Russo
(born 1975)
27 October 2021 Incumbent PD PD · Mod · SI 2021
Notes
  1. Election originally scheduled for June 2021 then postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

Timeline

Elections

Mayoral and City Council election, 1993

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 6 June, the second on 20 June 1993.

Results
Notes
  1. As a result of the majority bonus granted by the electoral law to the candidate who wins the run-off competition if no coalition reaches more than 50% of the votes on the first round

Mayoral and City Council election, 1997

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 27 April, the second on 11 May 1997.

Results
Notes
  1. Officially endorsed the centre-left coalition candidate only on the second round

Mayoral and City Council election, 2001

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 13 May, the second on 27 May 2001.

Results
Notes
  1. As a result of the majority bonus granted by the electoral law to the candidate who wins the run-off competition if no coalition reaches more than 50% of the votes on the first round

Mayoral and City Council election, 2006

The election took place on 28–29 May 2006.

Results

Mayoral and City Council election, 2011

The election took place on 15–16 May 2011.

Results

Mayoral and City Council election, 2016

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 5 June, the second on 19 June 2016.

Results
Notes
  1. As a result of the majority bonus granted by the electoral law to the candidate who wins the run-off competition if no coalition reaches more than 50% of the votes on the first round

Mayoral and City Council election, 2021

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 3–4 October, the second on 17–18 October 2021.

Results

Deputy Mayor

The office of the Deputy Mayor of Turin 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. The incumbent Deputy Mayor of Turin is Michela Favaro.

  Deputy Term start Term end Party Mayor
1 Guido Brosio 5 July 1993 12 May 1997 AD Castellani
2 Domenico Carpanini 20 May 1997 28 February 2001 PDS
3 Marco Calgaro 28 June 2001 30 May 2006 DL Chiamparino
4 Tommaso Dealessandri 13 June 2006 16 May 2011 PD
2 June 2011 16 July 2013 Fassino
5 Elide Tisi 16 July 2013 20 June 2016 PD
6 Guido Montanari 1 July 2016 15 July 2019 M5S Appendino
7 Sonia Schellino 29 July 2019 27 October 2021 M5S
8 Michela Favaro 28 October 2021 Incumbent PD Lo Russo
Notes
  1. Died in office
  2. Resigned
  3. Dismissed by the mayor

See also

  • it:Sindaci di Torino (since 1564)
  • Timeline of Turin

Bibliography

Articles

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Books

  • Borio, Ferruccio (1980). I sindaci della libertà. Torino dal 1945 ad oggi [The Mayors of Freedom: Turin from 1945 to Today] (in Italian). Edizioni Eda. Retrieved 20 December 2025 – via Google Books.
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