Mayor of Rome

. According to the City of Rome Statutes, the Mayor of Rome is a member of the Rome City Council () ex-oficio as its overall head. The Mayor is elected by the population of Rome. Citizens elect also the members of the City Council, which also controls the mayor's policy guidelines and is able to enforce the mayor's resignation by a motion of no confidence. The mayor is entitled to appoint and release the members of his cabinet, which are twelve () according to the Italian Constitution. The seat of the City Council is the city hall Palazzo Senatorio on the Capitoline Hill. ==History==

When the City of Rome was founded, it was initially ruled by Kings. After the last King was overthrown, it would be ruled by Consuls who were elected by the Assembly of the Centuries. The Assembly of the Centuries was an extremely oligarchic voting system, with voters organized into blocks based on wealth, and each block having but one vote to elect the Consuls. During the time of the empire, Rome was ruled by its Emperors, although the Consuls continued to exist in a largely ceremonial role. The Assembly of the Centuries was abolished, and the power to elect Consuls was transferred to the Senate alone. Once the Western Roman Empire ended, Consuls retook charge of the city, even as Kings once again ruled larger territories that included Rome. By this time there were no longer two Consuls in Rome, but one, the position of Consul Posteriori having been ceded to the younger Eastern Roman Empire. In 534, a man named Decius Paulinus served as the very last Consul of Rome. (The last Consul was Byzantine Emperor Leo VI, but he did not rule from Rome.) The Senate survived as a city council of sorts, until it passed its final acts and voted to disband in 603. All the while, law and order were largely kept by various foreign occupiers (and their appointed city-governors). In 756, the Donation of Pepin made Rome the capital of a newly formed Federation of the Papal States. After this, the city would be directly ruled by the same Popes who also ruled the much larger Papal States territory. During the final third or so of its existence, the Papal States also had a Governor of Rome, appointed by the Pope to rule the city in his name, allowing the Pope himself to focus on national and ecclesial matters. Having been the capital of the Papal States, Rome did not receive its modern Mayor until 1870, when it became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. The new Mayor served as a member of the city council, and he was appointed every three years by the King of Italy. Then since 1889 the Mayor was elected every four years by the City Council. However, the fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils in 1926, replacing them with a single authoritarian Rector (Podestà) chosen by the National Fascist Party. The rector of Rome was called "Governatore" (Governor). After World War II, the Mayor was chosen by the City Council. In 1993, the election of the Mayor was transferred from the City Council to direct election by the people. In 2001, the schedule of such elections was changed from every 4 years to every 5 years. ==List of mayors of Rome==

Papal States (1558–1870) From 1558 to 1870, the Papal States created the office of Governatore (Governor), also called Vice Camerlengo, chosen by the Pope. • 1558–1560 – Virgilio Rosario • 1560–1588 – Giacomo Savelli • 1588–1603 – Girolamo Rusticucci • 1603–1605 – Camillo Borghese (future Pope Paul V) • 1605–1610 – Girolamo Pamphili • 1610–1629 – Giovanni Garzia Millini • 1629–1671 – Marzio Ginetti • Acting 1671 – Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni • 1671–1714 – Gaspare Carpegna • 1714–1721 – Giandomenico Paracciani • 1721–1726 – Fabrizio Paolucci • 1726–1732 – Prospero Marefoschi • 1732–1759 – Giovanni Antonio Guadagni • 1759–1762 – Antonio Maria Erba-Odescalchi • 1762–1793 – Marcantonio Colonna • 1793–1795 – Andrea Corsini • 1795–1810 – Giulio Maria della Somaglia • 1810–1813 – Antonio Despuig y Dameto • 1813–1820 – Lorenzo Litta • 1820–1823 – Annibale della Genga (future Pope Leo XII) • Acting 1823–1824 – Giuseppe della Porta Rodiani • 1824–1834 – Placido Zurla • 1834–1838 – Carlo Odescalchi • 1838–1841 – Giuseppe della Porta Rodiani • 1841–1870 – Costantino Patrizi Naro Kingdom of Italy (1870–1946) From 1870, when Rome was annexed, the Kingdom of Italy created the office of the Mayor of Rome (Sindaco di Roma), chosen by the City council. In 1926, the Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils, replacing them with a single authoritarian Governatore (Governor) chosen by the National Fascist Party. Republic of Italy (1946–present) City Council election (1946–1993) From 1946 to 1993, the Mayor of Rome was chosen by the City Council. ;Notes Direct election (since 1993) Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Rome is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 2001 every five years. ;Notes Timeline Mayors Political coalition By time in office ==Election==

The office of the Deputy Mayor of Rome was officially created in 1993 with the adoption of the new local administration law. The Deputy Mayor is nominated and eventually dismissed by the Mayor. ;Notes ==References==