List of mayors of Reggio Calabria

This is a list of mayors of Reggio Calabria.

Kingdom of Italy (1863-1946)

Democratic Mayors (1863-1926)

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
1	Francesco Pensabene	1863	1864	Independent
2	Domenico Spanò Bolani	1864	1865	Historical Right
3	Francesco Pensabene	1865	1868	Historical Right
4	Baron Francesco Mantica	1868	1870	Historical Right
5	Domenico Spanò Bolani	1870	1875	Historical Right
6	Luigi De Blasio	1875	1879	Historical Left
7	Fabrizio Plutino	1879	1884	Historical Left
8	Marquess Domenico Genoese Zerbi	1884	1886	Historical Right
9	Domenico Spanò Bolani	1886	1890	Historical Right
10	Pietro Foti	1890	1895	Historical Left
11	Domenico Tripepi	1895	1900	Historical Right
12	Giuseppe Carbone	1900	1903	Historical Left
13	Domenico Tripepi	1903	1906	Historical Right
14	Demetrio Tripepi	1906	1911	Historical Right
15	Fabrizio Plutino	1911	1914	Historical Left
16	Giuseppe Valentino	1914	1924	Socialist
17	Nicola D'Avanzo	1924	1926	Socialist

Fascist Podestà (1926-1943)

	Podestà	Term start	Term end	Party
	Giuseppe Genoese Zerbi	1926	1930	Fascist
	Pasquale Mauritano	1930	1935	Fascist
	Francesco Giunta	1935	1943	Fascist

Italian Republic (1946-present)

Democratic Mayors (1943-1993)

From 1943 to 1993, the Mayor of Reggio Calabria was chosen by the City council:

#	Name	Start date	End date	Party	Coalition
1	Antonio Priolo	1943	1943	Socialist	National Liberation Committee
2	Diego Andiloro	1943	1946	Socialist	National Liberation Committee
3	Nicola Siles	1946	1947	Christian democratic	DC - PRI
4	Giuseppe Romeo	1947	1956	Christian democratic	DC - PRI - PLI
5	Domenico Spoleti	1956	1958	Christian democratic	DC - PRI - PLI
6	Vittorio Barone Adesi	1958	1959	Christian democratic	DC - PRI - PLI
7	Giuseppe Quattrone	1959	1963	Christian democratic	DC - PRI - PLI - PSDI
8	Domenico Mannino	1963	1965	Christian democratic	DC - PRI - PLI - PSDI
	Vittorio Barone Adesi	1965	1966	Christian democratic	DC - PRI - PLI - PSDI
9	Pietro Battaglia	1966	1971	Christian democratic	DC - PRI - PLI - PSDI
10	Fortunato Licandro	1971	1975	Christian democratic	DC - PRI - PLI - PSDI
11	Luigi Aliquò	1975	1977	Christian democratic	DC - PRI - PLI - PSDI
12	Domenico Cazzupoli	1977	1980	Christian democratic	DC - PRI - PLI - PSDI
13	Oreste Granillo	1980	1982	Christian democratic	DC - PRI - PLI - PSDI
	Domenico Cazzupoli	1982	1983	Christian democratic	DC - PRI - PLI - PSDI
14	Michele Musolino	1983	1983	Socialist	PSI - PCI - PSDI - PRI
15	Giovanni Palamara	1983	1985	Socialist	PSI - PCI - PSDI - PRI
16	Francesco Giuseppe Mallamo	1985	1987	Christian democratic	DC - PRI - PLI - PSDI
	Michele Musolino	1987	1988	Independent	DC - PRI - PSDI
	Luigi Aliquò	1988	1989	Christian democractic	DC - PRI - PLI - PSDI
	Pietro Battaglia	1989	1990	Christian democractic	DC - PRI - PLI - PSDI
17	Agatino Licandro	1990	1992	Christian democractic	DC - PRI - PLI - PSDI
18	Francesco Gangemi	1992	1992	Christian democractic	DC - PRI - PLI - PSDI
19	Giuseppe Reale	1992	1993	Christian democractic	DC - PRI - PLI - PSDI

Elected mayors (1993-present)

Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Reggio Calabria is chosen by popular election, originally every four, and later every five years.

	Mayor of Reggio Calabria			Took office	Left office	Party	Coalition
20			Italo Folcomatà	23 November 1993	30 May 2002	Democratic Party of the Left then Democrats of the Left		Alliance of Progressives 23 November 1993 - 1994
								The Olive Tree 1995 – 30 May 2002
21			Giuseppe Scopelliti	30 May 2002	14 May 2010	National Alliance then The People of Freedom		The House of Freedoms 11 December 2002 – 27 March 2009
								PdL - UdC - MpA 27 March 2009 – 14 May 2010
22			Demetrio Arena	14 May 2010	9 October 2012	The People of Freedom		PdL - UdC - MpA 14 May 2010 – 9 October 2012