The current mayor of Verona is Damiano Tommasi, a centre-left independent, who took office on 29 June 2022.

After the fall of the Italian Social Republic and the end of the Nazi Germany's occupation, the Mayor was re-established.

From 1994, the mayor is chosen by the citizens of Verona, originally for a four-year term.

In 1866, after the Third War of Independence and the subsequent annexion of Veneto to the Kingdom of Italy, the national government created the office of the mayor of Verona (Sindaco di Verona), chosen by the city council.

Since 1994, enacting a new law on local administrations (1993), the Mayor of Verona is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 2002 every five years.