The Municipality, elected every four years, is the executive body of the City of Lugano and consists of seven members.
The Municipality of Lugano is located at the Civic Palace in Piazza Riforma 1 in the center of Lugano.
The mayor of Lugano is Michele Foletti.
The official website of Lugano is www.lugano.ch

The administration of the City of Lugano is organized into seven Departments divided into Divisions that work in synergy:
Department of Institutions
Department of Culture, Sport, and Events
Department of Education, Support, and Social Affairs
Department of Consultancy and Management
Department of Security and Urban Spaces
Department of Territorial Development
Department of Properties

City Statistics study on the quality of life by the UST – Federal Statistical Office.
At this link, an excerpt from the City Statistics 2024 – Quality of life in cities.

Lugano has received an Aa3 rating from Moody’s, indicating a very high credit quality and reflecting the city’s ability to effectively manage its finances and fulfill its financial obligations.
Learn more about the financial evolution of the City of Lugano

• The City of Lugano, through the Division of Culture, has implemented the Culture and Health project, conceived as part of the three-year partnership between the Division of Culture and the IBSA Foundation for scientific research. The project is based on a growing body of scientific and clinical evidence, adopted by the WHO World Health Organization. It was created to promote initiatives and synergies between the world of culture and health to improve the quality of life and well-being of people in healthcare settings, cultural venues, and everyday life. Among the project actions is the joint realization with the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) of the first university course in Switzerland on Culture and Health at the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, which in the academic year 2024-2025 will be in its fourth edition. The course is open to the public and is thematic, involving leading international experts as keynote speakers and each year sees the partnership with a different city cultural institution.
• The Division of Culture and Franklin University Switzerland have signed a collaboration protocol for the realization of study and research projects in the field of culture management and marketing to support cultural mediation activities and the enhancement of the city’s historical and artistic heritage, in line with the needs and objectives set by the Division of Culture from time to time. Within the framework of the agreement, initiated in 2021, workshops on topics related to digital culture tourism and museums have been realized. Discover the Lugano Dance Project
• Since 2008, the Culture Division has also collaborated on several levels with SUPSI’s degree course Conservation and Restoration, and is a partner in the “Resta di stucco” project to make the works created by Ticino stucco workers throughout Europe known to the general public. Again with SUPSI, it has collaborated with the Department of Environment, Construction and Design to create the quadrilingual website www.culturaesalute.ch, which collects research, good practices, and artistic and cultural projects implemented for the physical and psychological well-being of people and communities.

Lugano Living Lab is the open innovation laboratory spread throughout the city area of the City of Lugano, created in partnership with the USI Università della Svizzera italiana. Lugano Living Lab involves a wide partnership of public and private actors interested in growing the local innovation ecosystem.

The City of Lugano, through its urban laboratory Lugano Living Lab, is the winner of the prestigious IEEE 2023 Smart City Award with its city app project MyLugano. The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) is the world’s leading organization in the field of electrical and electronic engineering and information technologies.