List of presidents of Sicily

This is the list of all the presidents of Sicily since 1947.

There has been 24 elected presidents by Regional Council (1947–2001), and 4 directly elected presidents since 2001.

Elected by the Regional Council (1947–2001)

№	Name	Term of office		Political party		Legislature
1	Giuseppe Alessi	30 May 1947	13 June 1949		DC	I (1947)
2	Franco Restivo	13 June 1949	20 July 1951		DC
		20 July 1951	4 June 1955			II (1951)
(1)	Giuseppe Alessi	4 June 1955	4 April 1956		DC	III (1955)
3	Giuseppe La Loggia	4 April 1956	13 May 1958		DC
4	Silvio Milazzo	13 May 1958	12 August 1959		DC
		12 August 1959	23 February 1960			IV (1959)
5	Benedetto della Nicchiara	23 February 1960	8 September 1961		DC
6	Giuseppe D'Angelo [it]	8 September 1961	25 July 1963		DC
		25 July 1963	4 August 1964			V (1963)
7	Francesco Coniglio [it]	4 August 1964	11 August 1967		DC
8	Vincenzo Carollo	11 August 1967	20 September 1969		DC	VI (1967)
9	Mario Fasino	20 September 1969	10 August 1971		DC
		10 August 1971	22 December 1972			VII (1971)
10	Vincenzo Giummarra [it]	22 December 1972	26 March 1974		DC
11	Angelo Bonfiglio [it]	26 March 1974	13 August 1976		DC
		13 August 1976	20 March 1978			VIII (1976)
12	Piersanti Mattarella	20 March 1978	6 January 1980		DC
13	Mario D'Acquisto [it]	6 January 1980	7 August 1981		DC
		7 August 1981	23 December 1982			IX (1981)
14	Calogero Lo Giudice	23 December 1982	19 October 1983		DC
15	Santi Nicita [it]	19 October 1983	21 March 1984		DC
16	Modesto Sardo [it]	21 March 1984	1 February 1985		DC
17	Rino Nicolosi [it]	1 February 1985	12 August 1986		DC
		12 August 1986	12 August 1991			X (1986)
18	Vincenzo Leanza [it]	12 August 1991	16 July 1992		DC	XI (1991)
19	Giuseppe Campione [it]	16 July 1992	21 December 1993		DC
20	Francesco Martino	21 December 1993	16 May 1995		PLI
21	Matteo Graziano [it]	16 May 1995	18 July 1996		PPI
22	Giuseppe Provenzano	18 July 1996	20 January 1998		FI	XII (1996)
23	Giuseppe Drago	20 January 1998	21 November 1998		CCD
24	Angelo Capodicasa [it]	21 November 1998	26 July 2000		DS
(18)	Vincenzo Leanza [it]	26 July 2000	17 July 2001		FI

Directly-elected presidents (since 2001)

N.	President		Term of office		Tenure (Years and days)	Party		Coalition	Legislature
25		Salvatore Cuffaro (1958– )	17 July 2001	15 June 2006	6 years, 193 days		CCD / UDC	FI–AN–CDC–CDU–NPSI	XIII (2001)
			15 June 2006	26 January 2008^[a]				FI–UDC–MpA–AN	XIV (2006)
26		Raffaele Lombardo (1950– )	28 April 2008	10 November 2012^[b]	4 years, 196 days		MpA	PdL–MpA–UDC	XV (2008)
27		Rosario Crocetta (1951– )	10 November 2012	18 November 2017	5 years, 7 days		PD	PD–UDC–IM–SF–CpS	XVI (2012)
28		Nello Musumeci (1955– )	18 November 2017	13 October 2022	4 years, 329 days		DB	FI–MpA–UDC–DB–FdI	XVI (2017)
29		Renato Schifani (1950– )	13 October 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 206 days		FI	FdI–FI–Lega–MpA–DC	XVII (2022)

1. Resigned after being sentenced five years in prison for aiding and abetting the Mafia. His deputy Nicola Leanza (UDC) held the office till a new regional election was called.
2. Resigned on 31 July 2012 after being under investigation for external contribution with Mafia and pork-barrelling. Remained in office as Acting President till a new regional election was called.

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