The mayor of Reggio Calabria is an elected politician who, along with the Reggio Calabria's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Reggio Calabria in Calabria, Italy.
| Mayor of Reggio Calabria | |
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| Sindaco di Reggio Calabria | |
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| Appointer | Popular election |
| Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
| Website | Official website |
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The current mayor is Giuseppe Falcomatà (PD), who took office on 29 October 2014.
Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
edit| Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francesco Pensabene | 1861 | 1864 | Independent | |||
| 2 | Domenico Spanò Bolani | 1864 | 1865 | Right | |||
| 3 | Francesco Pensabene | 1865 | 1868 | Right | |||
| 4 | Baron Francesco Mantica | 1868 | 1870 | Right | |||
| 5 | Domenico Spanò Bolani | 1870 | 1875 | Right | |||
| 6 | Luigi De Blasio | 1875 | 1879 | Left | |||
| 7 | Fabrizio Plutino | 1879 | 1884 | Left | |||
| 8 | Marquess Domenico Genoese Zerbi | 1884 | 1886 | Right | |||
| 9 | Domenico Spanò Bolani | 1886 | 1890 | Right | |||
| 10 | Pietro Foti | 1890 | 1895 | Left | |||
| 11 | Domenico Tripepi | 1895 | 1900 | Right | |||
| 12 | Giuseppe Carbone | 1900 | 1903 | Left | |||
| 13 | Domenico Tripepi | 1903 | 1906 | Right | |||
| 14 | Demetrio Tripepi | 1906 | 1911 | Right | |||
| 15 | Fabrizio Plutino | 1911 | 1914 | Left | |||
| 16 | Giuseppe Valentino | 1914 | 1924 | Socialist | |||
| 17 | Nicola D'Avanzo | 1924 | 1926 | Socialist | |||
| Fascist Podestà (1926–1943) | |||||||
| 1 | Giuseppe Genoese Zerbi | 1926 | 1930 | PNF | |||
| 2 | Pasquale Mauritano | 1930 | 1935 | PNF | |||
| 3 | Francesco Giunta | 1935 | 1943 | PNF | |||
| Allied occupation (1943–1946) | |||||||
| 18 | Antonio Priolo | 1943 | 1943 | Socialist | |||
| 19 | Diego Andiloro | 1943 | 1946 | Socialist | |||
Italian Republic (since 1946)
editFrom 1946 to 1997, the Mayor of Reggio Calabria was elected by the City Council.
| Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | Coalition | Election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicola Siles | 2 May 1946 | 25 February 1947 | DC | DC • PRI | 1946 |
| 2 | Giuseppe Romeo | 25 February 1947 | 29 July 1956 | DC | DC • PRI | |
| DC • PRI • PLI | 1951 | |||||
| 3 | Domenico Spoleti | 29 July 1956 | 25 February 1958 | DC | DC • PRI • PLI | 1956 |
| 4 | Vittorio Barone Adesi | 25 February 1958 | 5 January 1961 | DC | ||
| 5 | Giuseppe Quattrone | 4 January 1961 | 16 December 1963 | DC | DC • PRI • PLI • PSDI | 1960 |
| 6 | Domenico Mannino | 16 December 1963 | 2 March 1965 | DC | ||
| (4) | Vittorio Barone Adesi | 2 March 1965 | 12 March 1966 | DC | DC • PLI • PSDI | 1964 |
| 7 | Pietro Battaglia | 12 March 1966 | 18 November 1971 | DC | ||
| 8 | Fortunato Licandro | 18 November 1971 | 20 August 1975 | DC | 1970 | |
| 9 | Luigi Aliquò | 20 August 1975 | 20 May 1977 | DC | DC • PLI • PRI • PSDI | 1975 |
| 10 | Domenico Cuzzopoli | 20 May 1977 | 28 November 1980 | DC | ||
| 11 | Oreste Granillo | 28 November 1980 | 11 November 1982 | DC | DC • PSI • PRI • PSDI | 1980 |
| (10) | Domenico Cuzzopoli | 11 November 1982 | 18 February 1983 | DC | ||
| - | Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (18 February 1983–7 August 1983)[a]
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| 12 | Michele Musolino | 7 August 1983 | 14 February 1984 | PSI | PSI • PCI • PSDI • PRI | 1983 |
| 13 | Giovanni Palamara | 14 February 1984 | 8 September 1985 | PSI | ||
| 14 | Pino Mallamo | 8 September 1985 | 14 September 1987 | DC | DC • PRI • PSDI | |
| (12) | Michele Musolino | 14 September 1987 | 4 July 1988 | Ind | ||
| (9) | Luigi Aliquò | 4 July 1988 | 1 September 1989 | DC | ||
| (7) | Pietro Battaglia | 1 September 1989 | 28 February 1990 | DC | DC • PSI • PRI • PSDI • PLI | 1989 |
| 15 | Agatino Licandro | 1 March 1990 | 4 July 1992 | DC | ||
| 16 | Francesco Gangemi | 4 July 1992 | 31 July 1992 | DC | ||
| 17 | Giuseppe Reale | 31 July 1992 | 23 November 1993 | DC | DC • PSI • PRI • PSDI | 1992 |
| 18 | Italo Falcomatà | 23 November 1993 | 28 April 1997 | PDS | PDS • PSI • PRI • LR | |
- Notes
- ^ Nominated by the Prefect after the City Council failed to elect a Mayor.
Since 1997, enacting a new law on local administrations, the Mayor of Reggio Calabria is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 2001 every five years.
| Mayor of Reggio Calabria | Took office | Left office | Party | Coalition | Election | ||||
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| (18) | 
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Italo Falcomatà (1943–2001) |
28 April 1997 | 14 May 2001 | PDS DS |
The Olive Tree | 1997 | ||
| 14 May 2001 | 11 December 2001[a] | The Olive Tree | 2001 | ||||||
| 19 | 
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Giuseppe Scopelliti (b. 1966) |
28 May 2002 | 28 May 2007 | AN PdL |
House of Freedoms | 2002 | ||
| 28 May 2007 | 14 May 2010[b] | House of Freedoms | 2007 | ||||||
| 20 | 
|
Demetrio Arena (b. 1956) |
16 May 2011 | 9 October 2012[c] | PdL | PdL • UDC • MpA | 2011 | ||
| Special Commission tenure (9 October 2012 – 29 October 2014)[d] | |||||||||
| 21 |
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Giuseppe Falcomatà (b. 1983) |
29 October 2014 | 5 October 2020 | PD | PD • SEL • CD • PSI | 2014 | ||
| 5 October 2020[e] | Incumbent | PD • IV • PSI | 2020 | ||||||
- Notes
- ^ Died in office. The deputy Mayor Demetrio Naccari Carlizzi (DS) held the office till a new municipal election was held.
- ^ Resigned after being elected President of Calabria. The deputy Mayor Giuseppe Raffa (PdL) held the office till a new municipal election was held.
- ^ Removed from office.
- ^ Special Commission nominated after the municipal administration had been dissolved by the Government due to 'Ndrangheta association.
- ^ Election originally scheduled to take place in May 2020, then postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.