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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 FIANCDCCDUNPSI XIII
(2001)
15 June
2006
26 January
2008 [a]
FIUDCMpAAN XIV
(2006)
26 Raffaele Lombardo
(1950– )
28 April
2008
10 November
2012 [b]
4 years, 196 days MpA PdLMpAUDC XV
(2008)
27 Rosario Crocetta
(1951– )
10 November
2012
18 November
2017
5 years, 7 days PD PDUDCIMSFCpS XVI
(2012)
28 Nello Musumeci
(1955– )
18 November
2017
13 October
2022
4 years, 329 days DB FIMpAUDCDBFdI XVI
(2017)
29 Renato Schifani
(1950– )
13 October
2022
Incumbent 1 year, 261 days FI FdIFILegaMpADC 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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