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 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 2 years, 28 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.