List of presidents of Sardinia

Politics of Sardinia

This is the list of presidents of Sardinia since 1949.

Elected by the Regional Council (1949–1994)
№ Name Term of office Political party Legislature
1 Luigi Crespellani 31 May 1949 3 July 1953 DC I (1949)
3 July 1953 21 January 1954 II (1953)
2 Alfredo Corrias 21 January 1954 21 June 1955 DC
3 Giuseppe Brotzu 21 June 1955 2 July 1957 DC
2 July 1957 13 November 1958 III (1957)
4 Efisio Corrias 13 November 1958 3 July 1961 DC
3 July 1961 3 July 1965 IV (1961)
3 July 1965 16 March 1966 V (1965)
5 Paolo Dettori 16 March 1966 14 February 1967 DC
6 Giovanni Del Rio 14 February 1967 3 July 1969 DC
3 July 1969 2 February 1970 VI (1969)
7 Lucio Abis 2 February 1970 5 January 1971 DC
8 Antonio Giagu De Martini 5 January 1971 11 February 1972 DC
9 Pietro Soddu 11 February 1972 18 March 1972 DC
10 Salvator Angelo Spanu 18 March 1972 7 December 1972 DC
(8) Antonio Gagiu De Martini 7 December 1972 10 December 1973 DC
(6) Giovanni Del Rio 10 December 1973 3 July 1974 DC
3 July 1974 8 May 1976 VII (1974)
(9) Pietro Soddu 8 May 1976 31 July 1979 DC
11 Mario Puddu 31 July 1979 25 September 1979 DC VIII (1979)
12 Alessandro Ghinami 15 September 1979 7 October 1980 PSDI
(9) Pietro Soddu 7 October 1980 12 November 1980 DC
(11) Mario Puddu 12 November 1980 4 December 1980 DC
13 Francesco Rais 4 December 1980 18 May 1982 PSI
14 Mario Melis 18 May 1982 16 June 1982 PSd'Az
15 Angelo Rojch 16 June 1982 24 August 1984 DC
(14) Mario Melis 24 August 1984 8 August 1989 PSd'Az IX (1984)
16 Mario Floris 8 August 1989 13 November 1991 DC X (1989)
17 Antonello Cabras 13 November 1991 5 August 1994 PSI
Directly-elected presidents (since 1994)[a]
N. Portrait President Term of office Tenure
(Years and days) 		Party Coalition Legislature
18 Federico Palomba
(1937– ) 		5 August
1994 		9 August
1999 		5 years, 4 days PDS PDS–PRC–FD XI
(1994)
19 Mauro Pili
(1966– ) 		9 August
1999 		18 October
1999 		70 days FI FI–AN–RS–CCD XII
(1999)
20 Gian Mario Selis
(1944– ) 		18 October
1999 		16 November
1999 		29 days PPI PDS–PPI–FD–Dem–SDI–PRC
(16) Mario Floris
(1937– ) 		16 November
1999 		25 October
2001 		1 year, 343 days UDR PDS–DL–UDR–FD–Dem–SDI–PRC
(19) Mauro Pili
(1966– ) 		25 October
2001 		28 August
2003 		1 year, 307 days FI FI–AN–RS–CCD
21 Italo Masala
(1937– ) 		28 August
2003 		26 June
2004 		303 days AN
22 Renato Soru
(1957– ) 		26 June
2004 		27 February
2009 		4 years, 246 days DS
PD 		PD–PS–PRC–SDI–UDEUR–PdCI–IdV XIII
(2004)
23 Ugo Cappellacci
(1960– ) 		27 February
2009 		12 March
2014 		5 years, 13 days PdL
FI 		PdL–UDC–RS–PSd'Az XIV
(2009)
24 Francesco Pigliaru
(1954– ) 		12 March
2014 		20 March
2019 		5 years, 8 days PD PD–SEL–PdS–RM–CD–PRC–
UPC–PSI–IdV–FdV–iRS–LB 		XV
(2014)
25 Christian Solinas
(1976– ) 		20 March
2019 		20 March
2024 		5 years, 0 days PSd'AZ Lega–PSd'Az–FI–RS–FdI–UDC XVI
(2019)
26 Alessandra Todde
(1969– ) 		20 March
2024 		Incumbent 252 days M5S PD–M5S–AVS–OC–PP–SF–PSI XVII
(2024)