List of presidents of Apulia

This is the list of presidents of Apulia since 1970.

List

Presidents elected by the Regional Council (1970–1995)

N.	Name	Term of office		Political party	Legislature
1	Gennaro Trisorio Liuzzi	8 June 1970	16 June 1975	DC	I (1970)
2	Nicola Rotolo	16 June 1975	23 December 1978	DC	II (1975)
3	Nicola Quarta	23 December 1978	9 June 1980	DC
		9 June 1980	4 July 1983		III (1980)
–	Angelo Monfredi (acting)	4 July 1983	23 September 1983	DC
(1)	Gennaro Trisorio Liuzzi	23 September 1983	13 May 1985	DC
4	Salvatore Fitto	13 May 1985	29 August 1988	DC	IV (1985)
–	Franco Borgia (acting)	29 August 1988	23 November 1988	PSI
5	Giuseppe Colasanto	23 November 1988	6 May 1990	DC
6	Michele Bellomo	6 May 1990	23 October 1992	DC	V (1990)
7	Cosimo Convertino	23 October 1992	4 December 1992	PSI
8	Giovanni Copertino	4 December 1992	3 September 1993	DC
9	Vito Savino	3 September 1993	1 March 1994	DC
10	Giuseppe Martellotta	1 March 1994	27 June 1995	PPI

Directly-elected presidents (since 1995)

N.	Portrait	President	Term of office		Tenure (Years and days)	Party		Composition	Legislature
11		Salvatore Distaso (1937–2008)	27 June 1995	19 May 2000	4 years, 327 days		FI	FI–AN–CDC	VI (1995)
12		Raffaele Fitto (b. 1969)	19 May 2000	27 April 2005	4 years, 343 days		FI	FI–AN–CDC–CDU	VII (2000)
13		Nichi Vendola (b. 1958)	27 April 2005	26 April 2010	10 years, 60 days		PRC / SEL	DS–DL–PRC–SDI– UDEUR–PdCI−IdV–FdV	VIII (2005)
			26 April 2010	26 June 2015				PD–SEL–IdV	IX (2010)
14		Michele Emiliano (b. 1959)	26 June 2015	24 November 2020	10 years, 195 days		PD	PD–SEL–IdV–SC–UdC	X (2015)
			24 November 2020	7 January 2026				PD–CE–PcE–M5S	XI (2020)
15		Antonio Decaro (b. 1970)	7 January 2026	Incumbent	262 days		PD	PD–M5S	XII (2025)