The Mayor of La Spezia is an elected politician who, along with the La Spezia's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of La Spezia in

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. The current Mayor is

Pierluigi Peracchini Pierluigi Peracchini (born 23 December 1964 in Salò) is an Italian politician. Peracchini ran as an independent for the office of Mayor of La Spezia at the 2017 Italian local elections, supported by a centre-right coalition. He won and took off ...

, a

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, who took office on 14 July 2017.

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of La Spezia is member of the City Council. The Mayor is elected by the population of La Spezia, who also elects the members of the City Council, controlling the Mayor's policy guidelines and is able to enforce his resignation by a

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. The Mayor is entitled to appoint and release the members of his government. Since 1993 the Mayor is elected directly by La Spezia's electorate: in all mayoral elections in

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 (1946–1993)

From 1946 to 1993, the Mayor of La Spezia was elected by the City's Council.

Direct election (since 1993)

Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of La Spezia is chosen by direct election.

References

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