City Council of Milan

The City Council of Milan (Italian: Consiglio Comunale di Milano) is the main legislative body of the municipality of Milan, Lombardy, Italy. It has the mayor of Milan and 48 elected members. They watch over the mayor's choices and can ask the mayor to leave by a motion of no-confidence.

The City Council is chosen by people to work for five years. Seats are given out proportionally to each group, with a majority bonus for the winning group to help things run well. The last election was on 3 and 4 October 2021.

The City Council meets at Palazzo Marino in Piazza della Scala, which is in Municipality 1.

Composition

In 1993, the way Milan's government changed. Before that, people chose the City Council, and the Council picked the mayor. Now, people vote directly for the mayor. This vote also helps decide who is on the Council.

The mayor is elected first. The winner usually has support from at least 62% of the Council members. The Council serves for five years. If the mayor leaves office, new elections are held for both the mayor and the Council.

The City Committee helps run the city. The mayor chooses its members, which include some Council members and others from outside the Council.

Current composition (2021–2027)

The Council meeting room.

The City Council has different political groups.

By coalition:

City Committee (2021–2027)

The City Committee includes the mayor and 11 members. It has been in place since October 8, 2021.

Seats	Status
Democratic Party (PD)	20 / 48	In government
Lega	6 / 48	In opposition
Sala for Mayor	5 / 48	In government
Brothers of Italy (FdI)	5 / 48	In opposition
Green Europe (EV)	3 / 48	In government
Forza Italia (FI)	3 / 48	In opposition
Action – Italia Viva (A-IV)	2 / 48	In government
Bernardo for Mayor	2 / 48	In opposition
Healthy Milan (MiS)	1 / 48	In government
Popular Milan (MP)	1 / 48	In opposition

Seats	Status
Centre-left coalition	31 / 48	Mayoral majority
Centre-right coalition	17 / 48	Opposition

Portfolio	Officeholder
Mayor	Giuseppe Sala	Ind
Deputy Mayor	Anna Scavuzzo	PD
Education, Urban Planning	Anna Scavuzzo	PD
Welfare and Health	Lamberto Bertolè	PD
Housing	Fabio Bottero	PD
Sustainable mobility	Arianna Censi	PD
Budget	Emmanuel Conte	PD
Public Works, Civil Protection	Marco Granelli	PD
Suburbs, Administrative decentralization, Municipal services	Gaia Romani	PD
Economic development, Labour policies	Alessia Cappello	A-IV
Environment and Public Green	Elena Grandi	EV
Sport, Tourism, Youth Policies	Martina Riva	Ind
Culture	Tommaso Sacchi	Ind

Functions

The Council is the main group that makes decisions for the city of Milan. It decides on big plans, public projects, taxes, and rules for using city money and resources. It also works on financial reports and makes important city laws.

After the Metropolitan City of Milan was created in 2015, some jobs about local services like schools and parks were given to the nine areas of Milan to help with ideas and suggestions.

City Hall

Main article: Palazzo Marino

The City Council of Milan meets at Palazzo Marino, a beautiful old palace from the 1500s. It is located in Piazza della Scala in the heart of Milan, Italy. Palazzo Marino has been the city's main building since September 9, 1861. The palace was first built for a trader named Tommaso Marino and later became owned by the government.

The main room where the Council meets opened on June 30, 1953. On the walls of this room, there is an old inscription that reminds everyone to think of the people and not use force.

Presidents

This part lists the leaders of the City Council of Milan since 1993. In Italian, they are called presidents of the city council.

A view of the Council meeting room inside Palazzo Marino

	Period		Legislature start date
Elena Gazzola (LN)	20 July 1993	3 July 1995	20 June 1993
Maria Letizia Gilardelli (Ind)	3 July 1995	12 May 1997	20 June 1993
Massimo De Carolis (FI)	16 June 1997	21 March 2000	12 May 1997
Giovanni Marra (FI)	27 March 2000	14 May 2001	12 May 1997
Giovanni Marra (FI)	24 May 2001	6 April 2004	14 May 2001
Vincenzo Giudice (FI)	19 April 2004	1 June 2006	14 May 2001
Manfredi Palmeri (FI)	9 June 2006	1 June 2011	1 June 2006
Basilio Rizzo (PRC)	20 June 2011	21 June 2016	1 June 2011
Lamberto Bertolè (PD)	7 July 2016	6 October 2021	21 June 2016
Elena Buscemi (PD)	21 October 2021	Incumbent	6 October 2021

Political composition

Historical composition

Election	DC	PCI	PSI	PLI	PRI	PSDI	MSI	Others
Election
7 April 1946	22	20	29	6	2	0	0	1
27 May 1951	30	13	8	6	2	15	4	2
27 May 1956	25	15	16	5	0	10	4	3
6 November 1960	25	17	17	6	0	8	5	2
22 November 1964	20	18	13	17	0	7	4	1
7 June 1970	22	19	12	9	4	8	4	2
15 June 1975	22	25	12	3	4	5	6	3
8 June 1980	22	22	16	5	3	4	5	3
12 May 1985	20	21	16	3	8	2	6	4
6 May 1990	17	16	16	0	5	0	3	23

Election	Majority	Opposition	Total	Mayor
6 June 1993	LN 36 / 60	Progressives 13 / 60 DC–PS 8 / 60 SR 2 / 60 MSI 1 / 60	60	Marco Formentini (1993–1997)
27 April 1997	Centre-right 36 / 60	Centre-left 12 / 60 LN 8 / 60 PRC 4 / 60	60	Gabriele Albertini (1997–2006)
13 May 2001	Centre-right 36 / 60	Centre-left 19 / 60 IdV 3 / 60 FdV 2 / 60	60	Gabriele Albertini (1997–2006)
28 May 2006	Centre-right 36 / 60	Centre-left 24 / 60	60	Letizia Moratti (2006–2011)
15 May 2011	Centre-left 29 / 48	Centre-right 17 / 48 NP 1 / 48 M5S 1 / 48	48	Giuliano Pisapia (2011–2016)
5 June 2016	Centre-left 29 / 48	Centre-right 15 / 48 M5S 3 / 48 PRC 1 / 48	48	Giuseppe Sala (since 2016)
3 October 2021	Centre-left 31 / 48	Centre-right 17 / 48	48	Giuseppe Sala (since 2016)

Election

Main article: 2021 Milan municipal election

The City Council of Milan is chosen every five years by the people. It has the mayor and 48 other members. They help make decisions for the city and work together to support the mayor.