The incumbent mayor is Stefano Lo Russo, a university professor of Geology and member of the Democratic Party, who took office on 27 October 2021.

[1] The office of Mayor of Turin (Sindaco di Torino) was created by the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1848 after the promulgation of the Albertine Statute.

The Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils in 1926, replacing them with an authoritarian Podestà chosen by the National Fascist Party.

[1] Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the mayor of Turin is chosen by direct election, originally every four then every five years.

The office of the Deputy Mayor of Turin was officially created in 1993 with the adoption of the new local administration law.