List of presidents of Sicily

This page lists the presidents of the Sicily Region since World War II .

After the special statute of the autonomous region of Sicily was signed by King Umberto II on May 15, 1946 , the first regional assembly of Sicily was elected in 1947. From 1947 to 2000 the president of the regional government ( Presidente della Giunta Regionale ) was elected by the regional assembly. In 2001 direct elections were introduced by the population and the official title was changed to "President of the Region" ( Presidente della Regione ).

President of the Giunta regional

Giuseppe Alessi (1947-1949)
Franco Restivo (1949–1955)
Giuseppe Alessi (1955–1956)
Giuseppe La Loggia (1956-1958)
Silvio Milazzo (1958-1960)
Benedetto Majorana della Nicchiara (1960–1961)
Salvatore Corallo (1961)
Giuseppe D'Angelo (1961–1964)
Francesco Coniglio (1964–1967)
Vincenzo Giummarra (1967)
Vincenzo Carollo (1967-1969)
Mario Fasino (1969–1972)
Vincenzo Giummarra (1972–1974)
Angelo Bonfiglio (1974–1978)
Piersanti Mattarella (1978–1980, murdered)
- Gaetano Giuliano (then Vice-President, Acting President after Matarella's assassination)
Mario D'Acquisto (1980–1982)
Calogero Lo Giudice (1982-1983)
Santi Nicita (1983-1984)
Modesto Sardo (1984–1985)
Rino Nicolosi (1985-1991)
Vincenzo Leanza (1991-1992)
Giuseppe Campione (1992-1993)
Francesco Martino (1993–1995)
Matteo Graziano (1995-1996)
Giuseppe Provenzano (1996-1998)
Giuseppe Drago (1998)
Angelo Capodicasa (1998-2000)
Vincenzo Leanza (2000-2001)

President of the Region

Salvatore Cuffaro (July 17, 2001 - January 26, 2008, resigned)
Nicola Leanza (then Vice President, Acting President after Cuffaro's resignation)
Raffaele Lombardo (April 14, 2008 to early August 2012, resigned)
Rosario Crocetta (October 2012 - November 2017)
Sebastiano Musumeci (from November 2017)