List of presidents of Sardinia

This is the list of Presidents of Sardinia since 1949.

List of Presidents

Elected by the Regional Council (1949–1994)

№	Name	Term of office		Political Party		Legislature
1	Luigi Crespellani	31 May 1949	3 July 1953		DC	I (1949)
		3 July 1953	21 January 1954			II (1953)
2	Alfredo Corrias	21 January 1954	21 June 1955		DC
3	Giuseppe Brotzu	21 June 1955	2 July 1957		DC
		2 July 1957	13 November 1958			III (1957)
4	Efisio Corrias	13 November 1958	3 July 1961		DC
		3 July 1961	3 July 1965			IV (1961)
		3 July 1965	16 March 1966			V (1965)
5	Paolo Dettori	16 March 1966	14 February 1967		DC
6	Giovanni Del Rio	14 February 1967	3 July 1969		DC
		3 July 1969	2 February 1970			VI (1969)
7	Lucio Abis	2 February 1970	5 January 1971		DC
8	Antonio Giagu De Martini	5 January 1971	11 February 1972		DC
9	Pietro Soddu	11 February 1972	18 March 1972		DC
10	Salvator Angelo Spanu	18 March 1972	7 December 1972		DC
(8)	Antonio Gagiu De Martini	7 December 1972	10 December 1973		DC
(6)	Giovanni Del Rio	10 December 1973	3 July 1974		DC
		3 July 1974	8 May 1976			VII (1974)
(9)	Pietro Soddu	8 May 1976	31 July 1979		DC
11	Mario Puddu	31 July 1979	25 September 1979		DC	VIII (1979)
12	Alessandro Ghinami	15 September 1979	7 October 1980		PSDI
(9)	Pietro Soddu	7 October 1980	12 November 1980		DC
(11)	Mario Puddu	12 November 1980	4 December 1980		DC
13	Francesco Rais	4 December 1980	18 May 1982		PSI
14	Mario Melis	18 May 1982	16 June 1982		PSd'Az
15	Angelo Rojch	16 June 1982	24 August 1984		DC
(14)	Mario Melis	24 August 1984	8 August 1989		PSd'Az	IX (1984)
16	Mario Floris	8 August 1989	13 November 1991		DC	X (1989)
17	Antonello Cabras	13 November 1991	5 August 1994		PSI

Directly-elected Presidents (since 1994)

President Term of office Party Legislature 18 Federico Palomba (b. 1937) 5 August 1994 9 August 1999 PDS XI (1994) 19 Mauro Pili (b. 1966) 9 August 1999 18 October 1999[lower-alpha 1] FI XII (1999) 20 Gian Mario Selis (b. 1944) 18 October 1999 16 November 1999[lower-alpha 2] PPI – Mario Floris (b. 1937) 16 November 1999 25 October 2001[lower-alpha 3] UDR – Mauro Pili (b. 1966) 25 October 2001 28 August 2003[lower-alpha 4] FI 21 Italo Masala (b. 1937) 28 August 2003 26 June 2004 AN Directly-elected in one turn Presidents (since 2004) 22 Renato Soru (b. 1957) 26 June 2004 27 February 2009[lower-alpha 5] PD XIII (2004) 23 Ugo Cappellacci (b. 1960) 27 February 2009 12 March 2014 PdL XIV (2009) 24 Francesco Pigliaru (b. 1954) 12 March 2014 20 March 2019 PD XV (2014) 25 Christian Solinas (b. 1976) 20 March 2019 in office PSd'Az XVI (2019)

Notes Even if directly-elected, his government failed to win a confidence vote in the Regional Council. Failed to win a confidence vote in the Regional Council. Resigned. Resigned after losing the majority in the Regional Council. Resigned.