History Walks in Venice

Podestà and Mayors of Venice

Riccardo Selvatico (1903)-- Venetian writer, poet and politician (1849-1901)

Podestà

The podestà was an appointed local administrator under the French and Austrian dominations:

  1. Daniele Renier (1806–1811)
  2. Bartolomeo Gerolamo Gradenigo (1811–1816)
  3. Marco Molin (1817–1818)
  4. Francesco Calbo Crotta (1818–1827)
  5. Domenico Morosini (1827–1834)
  6. Giuseppe Boldù (1834–1837)
  7. Giovanni Correr (1838–1857)
  8. Alessandro Marcello (1857–1859)
  9. Pier Luigi Bembo (1860–1866)

Mayors

During the democratic period of the Kingdom of Italy, city councils and mayors were elected.

  1. Giobatta Giustinian (1866–1868)
  2. Giuseppe Giovanelli (1868–1870)
  3. Antonio Fornoni (1872–1875)
  4. Giobatta Giustinian (1877–1878)
  5. Dante Di Serego Allighieri (1879-1881 and 1883-1888)
  6. Lorenzo Tiepolo (1888–1890)
  7. Riccardo Selvatico (1890–1895)
  8. Filippo Grimani (1895–1919)
  9. Giordano Davide (1920–1923)

Podestà of the Fascist period

The Fascist regime reverted to appointed local administrators, as they weren’t that keen on democracy.

  1. Pietro Orsi (1926–1929)
  2. Ettore Zorzi (1929–1930)
  3. Mario Alverà (1930–1938)
  4. Giovanni Marcello (1938–1941)
  5. Giobatta Dall’Armi (1941–1943)

Mayors in post-WWII Venice

In the Italian Republic mayors are elected, either directly or indirectly by the city council. In Venice the mayor is elected directly since 1993.

  1. Giovanni Ponti (1945–1946)
  2. Giobatta Gianquinto (1946–1951)
  3. Angelo Spanio (1951–1955)
  4. Roberto Tognazzi (1955–1958)
  5. Armando Gavagnin (1958)
  6. Giovanni Favaretto Fisca (1960–1970)
  7. Giorgio Longo (1970–1975)
  8. Mario Rigo (1975–1985)
  9. Nereo Laroni (1985–1987)
  10. Antonio Casellati (1987–1988)
  11. Costante Degan (1988)
  12. Antonio Casellati (1988–1990)
  13. Ugo Bergamo (1990–1993)
  14. Massimo Cacciari (1993–2000)
  • Corrado Scivoletto (commissioner 2000)
  1. Paolo Costa (2000–2005)
  2. Massimo Cacciari (2005–2010)
  3. Giorgio Orsoni (2010–2014)
  • Vittorio Zappalorto (commissioner 2014–2015)
  1. Luigi Brugnaro (2015–in office)

If a mayor loses the support of the municipal assembly, or has to resign for other reasons, but only a short time remains for regular elections, the Italian state appoints a commissioners to run a caretaker administration until elections are due.

René Seindal

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