Podestà
The podestà was an appointed local administrator under the French and Austrian dominations:
- Daniele Renier (1806-1811)
- Bartolomeo Gerolamo Gradenigo (1811-1816)
- Marco Molin (1817-1818)
- Francesco Calbo Crotta (1818-1827)
- Domenico Morosini (1827-1834)
- Giuseppe Boldù (1834-1837)
- Giovanni Correr (1838-1857)
- Alessandro Marcello (1857-1859)
- Pier Luigi Bembo (1860-1866)
Mayors
During the democratic period of the Kingdom of Italy, city councils and mayors were elected.
- Giobatta Giustinian (1866-1868)
- Giuseppe Giovanelli (1868-1870)
- Antonio Fornoni (1872-1875)
- Giobatta Giustinian (1877-1878)
- Dante Di Serego Allighieri (1879-1881 and 1883-1888)
- Lorenzo Tiepolo (1888-1890)
- Riccardo Selvatico (1890-1895)
- Filippo Grimani (1895-1919)
- 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.
- Pietro Orsi (1926-1929)
- Ettore Zorzi (1929-1930)
- Mario Alverà (1930-1938)
- Giovanni Marcello (1938-1941)
- 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.
- Giovanni Ponti (1945-1946)
- Giobatta Gianquinto (1946-1951)
- Angelo Spanio (1951-1955)
- Roberto Tognazzi (1955-1958)
- Armando Gavagnin (1958)
- Giovanni Favaretto Fisca (1960-1970)
- Giorgio Longo (1970-1975)
- Mario Rigo (1975-1985)
- Nereo Laroni (1985-1987)
- Antonio Casellati (1987-1988)
- Costante Degan (1988)
- Antonio Casellati (1988-1990)
- Ugo Bergamo (1990-1993)
- Massimo Cacciari (1993-2000)
- Corrado Scivoletto (commissioner 2000)
- Paolo Costa (2000-2005)
- Massimo Cacciari (2005-2010)
- Giorgio Orsoni (2010-2014)
- Vittorio Zappalorto (commissioner 2014-2015)
- 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.