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, 167 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.