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.

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