List of presidents of Molise
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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 |
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Carlo Vitale (1930–1973) |
1970 | 1973[†] | 2–3 years | Christian Democracy (DC) |
I (1970) |
| 2 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Angelo Michele Iorio (born 1948) 1st time |
20 November 1998 | 11 May 1999[b] | 172 days | Forza Italia (FI) | |
| (10) |
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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) |
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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 |
VIII (2001) |
| 30 November 2006 | 15 November 2011 | IX (2006) | |||||
| 15 November 2011 | 18 March 2013[d] | X (2011) | |||||
| 13 |
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Paolo Di Laura Frattura (born 1962) |
18 March 2013 | 8 May 2018 | 5 years, 51 days | Democratic Party (PD) |
XI (2013) |
| 14 |
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Donato Toma (born 1957) |
8 May 2018 | 6 July 2023 | 5 years, 59 days | Forza Italia (FI) |
XII (2018) |
| 15 |
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Francesco Roberti (born 1967) |
6 July 2023 | Incumbent | 2 years, 226 days | Forza Italia (FI) |
XIII (2023) |
Notes
- ^† Died in office
- ^ 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.
- ^ Resigned after losing the majority in the Regional Council, which then re-elected the former President Marcello Veneziale to the office.
- ^ In 2001, the Administrative Regional Court (Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale or TAR) found some irregularities in the 2000 election and ordered a recall election.
- ^ In 2012, the Administrative Regional Court (Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale or TAR) found some irregularities in the 2011 election and ordered a recall election.







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