List of presidents of Molise

The following is a complete list of presidents of Molise. Molise is a region of Southern Italy established in 1970. Prior to then, it was part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise.

Prior to the 1995 election, the president was not directly elected, and was routinely a member of the Christian Democracy (DC) party, the party which had dominated elections for the Regional Council of Molise (Italian: Consiglio Regionale del Molise) and across Italy since the establishment of the Italian Republic as of the 1946 election.

List

No. President Took office Left office Tenure Political party Legislature
(Election)
Elected by the Regional Council (1970–2000)
1 Carlo Vitale
(1930–1973)
1970 1973[†] 2–3 years Christian Democracy
(DC)
I
(1970)
2 Giustino D'Uva
(1924–1984)
1st time
23 January 1973 16 June 1975 2 years, 144 days Christian Democracy
(DC)
3 Florindo D'Aimmo
(1928–2013)
16 June 1975 30 March 1982 6 years, 287 days Christian Democracy
(DC)
II
(1975)
III
(1980)
(2) Giustino D'Uva
(1924–1984)
2nd time
30 March 1982 9 October 1984[†] 2 years, 193 days Christian Democracy
(DC)
4 Ulderico Adolfo Calogiovanni
(1917–1996)
5 November 1984 13 May 1985 189 days Christian Democracy
(DC)
5 Paolo Nuvoli
(1935–2025)
13 May 1985 16 January 1988 2 years, 248 days Christian Democracy
(DC)
IV
(1985)
6 Fernando Di Laura Frattura
(1932–2015)
16 January 1988 27 July 1990 2 years, 192 days Christian Democracy
(DC)
7 Enrico Santoro
(born 1932)
27 July 1990 3 August 1992 2 years, 7 days Christian Democracy
(DC)
V
(1990)
8 Luigi Di Bartolomeo
(1943–2022)
3 August 1992 22 December 1993 1 year, 141 days Christian Democracy
(DC)
9 Giovanni Di Giandomenico
(born 1941)
15 March 1994 7 June 1995 1 year, 84 days Christian Democracy
(DC)
10 Marcello Veneziale
(born 1941)
1st time
7 June 1995 20 November 1998[a] 3 years, 166 days Democratic Party of the Left
(PDS)
VI
(1995)
11 Angelo Michele Iorio
(born 1948)
1st time
20 November 1998 11 May 1999[b] 172 days Forza Italia
(FI)
(10) Marcello Veneziale
(born 1941)
2nd time
11 May 1999 20 May 2000 1 year, 9 days Democrats of the Left
(DS)
Directly-elected presidents (2000–present)
12 Giovanni Di Stasi
(born 1950)
20 May 2000 21 November 2001[c] 1 year, 185 days Democrats of the Left
(DS)
VII
(2000)
(11) Angelo Michele Iorio
(born 1948)
2nd time
21 November 2001 30 November 2006 11 years, 117 days Forza Italia
(FI)
(2001–2009)

The People of Freedom
(PdL)
(2009–2013)

VIII
(2001)
30 November 2006 15 November 2011 IX
(2006)
15 November 2011 18 March 2013[d] X
(2011)
13 Paolo Di Laura Frattura
(born 1962)
18 March 2013 8 May 2018 5 years, 51 days Democratic Party
(PD)
XI
(2013)
14 Donato Toma
(born 1957)
8 May 2018 6 July 2023 5 years, 59 days Forza Italia
(FI)
XII
(2018)
15 Francesco Roberti
(born 1967)
6 July 2023 Incumbent 2 years, 263 days Forza Italia
(FI)
XIII
(2023)

Notes

^† Died in office
  1. ^ Resigned after losing the majority in the Regional Council, which then elected the leader of the opposition Angelo Michele Iorio (FI) as the new President.
  2. ^ Resigned after losing the majority in the Regional Council, which then re-elected the former President Marcello Veneziale to the office.
  3. ^ In 2001, the Administrative Regional Court (Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale or TAR) found some irregularities in the 2000 election and ordered a recall election.
  4. ^ In 2012, the Administrative Regional Court (Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale or TAR) found some irregularities in the 2011 election and ordered a recall election.