List of leaders of the Five Star Movement

The leader of the Five Star Movement^[1] is the de facto and/or de jure leader and guide of the M5S, a political party in Italy, founded in October 2009 by Beppe Grillo and Gianroberto Casaleggio.

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Name (Born–Died)		Term of office	Election	Notes
President
1	Beppe Grillo (born 1948)	4 October 2009 – 23 September 2017 (7 years, 354 days)	None	Founder and de facto leader until 2017, when he resigned becoming movement's guarantor.
Political Leader
2	Luigi Di Maio (born 1986)	23 September 2017 – 22 January 2020 (2 years, 121 days)	2017^[1]	Elected political head of the movement and candidate for the premiership in the 2018 general election.
–	Vito Crimi (born 1972)	22 January 2020 – 6 August 2021 (1 year, 196 days)	None^[2]	Appointed acting leader, following the resignation of Luigi Di Maio.
President
3	Giuseppe Conte (born 1964)	6 August 2021 – Incumbent (2 years, 243 days)	2021^[3]	Elected president of the movement.

^ ^a ^b "Di Maio eletto candidato premier e nuovo capo politico. Ma alle primarie votano solo in 37 mila" [Di Maio prime minister candidate and new political leader. But in the primaries only 37,000 people voted]. la Repubblica (in Italian). 23 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
^ "Chi è Vito Crimi" [Who is Vito Crimi]. Il Post (in Italian). 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
^ M5S, Conte eletto presidente con il 92% dei voti: «Ce la metterò tutta per non deludervi», Il Messaggero