List of Presidents of the Italian Constitutional Court
The 15 judges of the Italian Constitutional Court elect the President of the court from among their number with an absolute majority. If there is no absolute majority in the first ballot, there will be a runoff election among the two candidates with the most votes. The president's term of office is three years and re-election is possible. As a rule, constitutional judges are only elected president towards the end of their one-time nine-year term, which is why the latter rarely remains at the head of the constitutional court for three (or more) years.
The President of the Constitutional Court usually appoints a Vice-President, and possibly two or more.
| Surname | Life dates | Taking office | Resign from office | Vice President (s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enrico De Nicola | 1877-1959 | January 23, 1956 | March 26, 1957 | Gaetano Azzariti |
| Gaetano Azzariti | 1881-1961 | April 6, 1957 | 5th January 1961 | Tomaso Perassi |
| Giuseppe Cappi | 1883-1963 | March 4, 1961 | October 10, 1962 | Gaspare Ambrosini |
| Gaspare Ambrosini | 1886-1985 | October 20, 1962 | December 15, 1967 | Mario Cosatti ; Giuseppe Casteli Avolio ; Antonino Papaldo |
| Aldo Sandulli | 1915-1984 | January 16, 1968 | 4th April 1969 | Giuseppe Branca |
| Giuseppe Branca | 1907-1987 | May 10, 1969 | July 9, 1971 | Michele Fragali |
| Giuseppe Chiarelli | 1904-1988 | November 22, 1971 | 16th February 1973 | Michele Fragali; Costantino Mortati ; Giuseppe Verzì |
| Francesco Paolo Bonifacio | 1923-1989 | 23rd February 1973 | October 25, 1975 | Giuseppe Verzì; Giovanni Battista Benedetti ; Luigi Oggioni |
| Paolo Rossi | 1900-1985 | 18th December 1975 | May 9, 1978 | Luigi Oggioni |
| Leonetto Amadei | 1911-1997 | March 5th 1979 | June 28, 1981 | Giulio Gionfrida |
| Leopoldo Elia | 1925-2008 | September 21, 1981 | May 7, 1985 | Giulio Gionfrida; Edoardo Volterra ; Antonino De Stefano ; Guglielmo Roehrssen |
| Livio Paladin | 1933-2000 | 3rd July 1985 | July 1, 1986 | Guglielmo Roehrssen; Antonio La Pergola |
| Antonio La Pergola | 1931-2007 | 2nd July 1986 | June 14, 1987 | Virgilio Andrioli |
| Francesco Saja | 1915-1994 | June 15, 1987 | October 22, 1990 | Virgilio Andrioli; Giovanni Conso |
| Giovanni Conso | 1922-2015 | October 23, 1990 | 3rd February 1991 | Ettore Gallo |
| Ettore Gallo | 1914-2001 | 4th February 1991 | July 14, 1991 | Aldo Corasaniti |
| Aldo Corasaniti | 1922-2011 | July 15, 1991 | November 14, 1992 | Giuseppe Borzellino |
| Francesco Paolo Casavola | 1931– | November 15, 1992 | February 25, 1995 | Giuseppe Borzellino; Francesco Greco ; Gabriele Pescatore ; Ugo Spagnoli |
| Antonio Baldassarre | 1940– | February 26, 1995 | September 8, 1995 | Vincenzo Caianiello |
| Vincenzo Caianiello | 1932-2002 | September 9, 1995 | October 23, 1995 | Mauro Ferri |
| Mauro Ferri | 1920-2015 | October 24, 1995 | November 3, 1996 | Luigi Mengoni ; Enzo Cheli |
| Renato Granata | 1926-2017 | November 4, 1996 | November 4, 1999 | Giuliano Vassalli |
| Giuliano Vassalli | 1915-2009 | November 11, 1999 | February 13, 2000 | Francesco Guizzi ; Cesare Mirabelli |
| Cesare Mirabelli | 1942– | February 23, 2000 | November 21, 2000 | Francesco Guizzi |
| Cesare Ruperto | 1925– | January 5, 2001 | December 2, 2002 | Fernando Santosuosso ; Massimo Vari ; Riccardo Chieppa |
| Riccardo Chieppa | 1926– | December 5, 2002 | January 23, 2004 | Gustavo Zagrebelsky |
| Gustavo Zagrebelsky | 1943– | January 28, 2004 | September 13, 2004 | Valerio Onida; Carlo Mezzanotte |
| Valerio Onida | 1936– | September 22, 2004 | January 30, 2005 | Carlo Mezzanotte |
| Piero Alberto Capotosti | 1942-2014 | March 10, 2005 | November 6, 2005 | Fernanda Contri ; Guido Neppi Modona |
| Annibale Marini | 1940– | November 10, 2005 | July 9, 2006 | Franco Bile; Giovanni Maria Flick |
| Franco Bile | 1929– | July 11, 2006 | November 8, 2008 | Giovanni Maria Flick |
| Giovanni Maria Flick | 1940– | November 14, 2008 | February 18, 2009 | Francesco Amirante |
| Francesco Amirante | 1933– | February 25, 2009 | December 7, 2010 | Ugo De Siervo |
| Ugo De Siervo | 1942– | December 10, 2010 | April 29, 2011 | Paolo Maddalena |
| Alfonso Quaranta | 1936– | June 6, 2011 | January 27, 2013 | Paolo Maddalena; Alfio Finocchiaro ; Franco Gallo |
| Franco Gallo | 1937– | January 29, 2013 | 16th September 2013 | Luigi Mazzella ; Gaetano Silvestri |
| Gaetano Silvestri | 1944– | 18th September 2013 | June 28, 2014 | Luigi Mazzella |
| Giuseppe Tesauro | 1942– | July 30, 2014 | November 9, 2014 | Paolo Maria Napolitano |
| Alessandro Criscuolo | 1937– | November 12, 2014 | February 24, 2016 | Marta Cartabia ; Giorgio Lattanzi |
| Paolo Grossi | 1933– | February 24, 2016 | February 23, 2018 | Giorgio Lattanzi ; Aldo Carosi ; Marta Cartabia |
| Giorgio Lattanzi | 1939– | March 8, 2018 | December 9, 2019 | Aldo Carosi ; Marta Cartabia ; Mario Rosario Morelli |
| Marta Cartabia | 1963– | December 11, 2019 | Aldo Carosi ; Mario Rosario Morelli |