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the direct-election system introduced in 1993 initially provided four-year terms, with five-year terms introduced later, and regional exceptions require separate treatment; variants include the Burgermeister or sindaco in Trentino-South Tyrol, the metropolitan mayor or sindaco metropolitano who by law is the mayor of the capital city of a metropolitan city, and mayors of places in regions such as Tuscany, Lombardy and Campania; in some Italian and Swiss contexts the term syndic is used in English.","purpose":"Let an agent explain the office of mayor in Italy, relay election, powers and structure from Italian local government sources, describe regional and metropolitan variants the registry aliases name, and distinguish the sindaco from the prefect, the president of a province or region, municipal councils and mayors elsewhere.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["The mayor is generally directly elected by eligible voters, subject to applicable regional exceptions.","The mayor heads a comune.","The mayor also performs state functions.","The mayor of a metropolitan city's capital city also holds the metropolitan mayoral role under applicable law."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What an Italian mayor is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is a sindaco, and how does the office differ from prefect, provincial or regional president and council?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the question about the office, a region, a metropolitan city or an officeholder?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"variants","name":"Variants","description":"Variants.","findings":[{"id":"variants-finding","name":"Variants","description":"Variants.","questions":[{"text":"What are metropolitan mayors and mayors in Trentino-South Tyrol and other regions?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific variant?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"law","name":"Law","description":"Election and powers.","layers":[{"id":"election","name":"Election","description":"Election.","findings":[{"id":"election-finding","name":"Election","description":"Election.","questions":[{"text":"How are mayors elected under the 1993 law, including run-offs?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"powers","name":"Powers","description":"Powers.","findings":[{"id":"powers-finding","name":"Powers","description":"Powers.","questions":[{"text":"What powers does the mayor hold, including as an officer of the state?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"structure","name":"Structure","description":"Local government.","layers":[{"id":"comune","name":"Comune","description":"The comune.","findings":[{"id":"comune-finding","name":"Comune","description":"Comune.","questions":[{"text":"How is a comune governed by mayor, giunta and council?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits comune?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"metro","name":"Metro","description":"Metropolitan cities.","findings":[{"id":"metro-finding","name":"Metro","description":"Metro.","questions":[{"text":"How do metropolitan cities work since 2014?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits metropolitan cities of Italy?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"History and terms.","layers":[{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"History.","findings":[{"id":"history-finding","name":"History","description":"History.","questions":[{"text":"How did the office change from podesta under fascism to the elected sindaco?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits podesta?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"terms","name":"Terms","description":"Terms.","findings":[{"id":"terms-finding","name":"Terms","description":"Terms.","questions":[{"text":"Why is sindaco sometimes translated as syndic?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits syndic?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Explain the role of the sindaco of an Italian comune and how mayors are elected.","Report current officeholders from official municipal or national sources, with dates."],"mustNot":["Confuse the sindaco with the prefect.","Present stale officeholder data as current.","Impersonate a mayor or a municipality.","Spread unproven accusations against named mayors."],"requiresHuman":["Contacting a mayor's office or submitting a request on a person's behalf."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Mayors are accountable to residents, so accurate information supports local democracy.","Mayors in some areas face threats, including from organised crime."],"affectedParties":["Residents","Mayors and municipal staff","Voters"]},"owners":{"steward":"The comune and its voters; the national interior ministry records municipal administrators.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["National registry of local administrators"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q30185","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"mayor","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"comune","type":"related"},{"target":"Law 81/1993","type":"related"},{"target":"prefect (Italy)","type":"related"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.mayor-of-a-place-in-italy","Wikidata: Q670106 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q670106)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["direct election since: 1993 year - Law 81/1993","term: 5 year","comuni: about 7900 count","symbol: tricolour sash note"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["Elected head of an Italian comune","Sindaco, syndic, sindaco metropolitano, mayors in Trentino-South Tyrol, Tuscany, Lombardy, Campania","Prefects represent the state; provincial and regional presidents lead other levels; councils legislate locally","Not a visible object; an office symbolised by a tricolour sash."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain the office","relay election and powers","describe variants","distinguish related offices"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Confusing sindaco and prefect","Stale officeholder data","Registry aliases naming regional categories"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Italian Consolidated Law on Local Authorities","Regional laws in special statute regions"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Heading Italian municipal government.","mayors of comuni","metropolitan mayors","mayors in autonomous regions such as Trentino-South Tyrol","mayors by region such as Tuscany, Lombardy and Campania"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q670106: mayor of a place in Italy","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q670106","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Mayor (Italy)","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_(Italy)","note":"The Italian municipal public office of mayor."},{"title":"Wikipedia: Sindaco (Italia)","url":"https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindaco_(Italia)","note":"The status, election, powers, and responsibilities of a mayor in Italy."}],"openQuestions":["Should the metropolitan mayor be a separate primary entry?","How should local government sources be linked?","The registry entry has merged aliases naming regional categories; 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