Mayors since 1803

Mayors of the City of Lugano from 1803 to the present:

1803 - 1813 Francesco Capra (1762-1819), lawyer

1813 - 1815 Rodolfo Riva (1780-1827), landowner

1815 - 1818 Gaetano Moroni Stampa (1779-1853), lawyer

1818 - 1821 Giovanni Battista Riva (1773-1834), landowner

1821 - 1822 Gaetano Moroni Stampa (1779-1853), lawyer

1822 - 1827 Stefano Riva (1785-1847), lawyer

1827 - 1830 Bernardo Vanoni (1789-1872), doctor

1830 - 1862 Giacomo Luvini-Perseghini (1795-1862), lawyer

1862 - 1876 Carlo Frasca (1806-1876), lawyer

1876 - 1878 Giuseppe Bernasconi (1814-1880), merchant

1878 - 1888 Carlo Battaglini (1812-1888), lawyer

1889 - 1899 Gerolamo Vegezzi (1833-1899), lawyer

1899 - 1900 Elvezio Battaglini (1858-1924), lawyer

1900 - 1904 Antonio Fusoni (1857-1914), merchant

1904 - 1910 Elvezio Battaglini (1858-1924), lawyer

1910 - 1919 Emilio Rava (1860-1919), merchant

1919 - 1920 Carlo Censi (1872-1958), lawyer

1920 - 1932 Aldo Veladini (1880-1957), lawyer

1932 - 1944 Alberto De Filippis (1897-1948), lawyer

1944 - 1947 Giuseppe Lonati (1896-1988), engineer

1948 - 1968 Paride Pelli (1910-1968), lawyer

1968 - 1984 Ferruccio Pelli (1916-1995), lawyer

1984 - 2013 Giorgio Giudici (1945), architect

2013 - 2021 Marco Borradori (1959-2021), lawyer

2021 - present Michele Foletti (1966), independent business consultant