List of presidents of Apulia

This is the list of presidents of Apulia since 1970.

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	Christian Democracy	I (1970)
2	Nicola Rotolo	16 June 1975	23 December 1978	Christian Democracy	II (1975)
3	Nicola Quarta	23 December 1978	9 June 1980	Christian Democracy
		9 June 1980	4 July 1983		III (1980)
4	Angelo Monfredi	4 July 1983	23 September 1983	Christian Democracy
(1)	Gennaro Trisorio Liuzzi	23 September 1983	13 May 1985	Christian Democracy
5	Salvatore Fitto	13 May 1985	29 August 1988	Christian Democracy	IV (1985)
6	Franco Borgia	29 August 1988	23 November 1988	Italian Socialist Party
7	Giuseppe Colasanto	23 November 1988	6 May 1990	Christian Democracy
8	Michele Bellomo	6 May 1990	23 October 1992	Christian Democracy	V (1990)
9	Cosimo Convertino	23 October 1992	4 December 1992	Italian Socialist Party
10	Giovanni Copertino	4 December 1992	3 September 1993	Christian Democracy
11	Vito Savino	3 September 1993	1 March 1994	Christian Democracy
12	Giuseppe Martellotta	1 March 1994	23 April 1995	Italian People's Party

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		Forza Italia	FI–AN–CDC	VI (1995)
12		Raffaele Fitto (1969– )	19 May 2000	27 April 2005	4 years, 343 days		Forza Italia	FI–AN–CDC–CDU	VII (2000)
13		Nichi Vendola (1958– )	27 April 2005	26 April 2010	10 years, 60 days		Communist Refoundation Party / Left Ecology Freedom	DS–DL–PRC–SDI– UDEUR–PdCI−IdV–FdV	VIII (2005)
			26 April 2010	26 June 2015				PD–SEL–IdV	IX (2010)
14		Michele Emiliano (1959– )	26 June 2015	24 November 2020	9 years, 22 days		Democratic Party	PD–SEL–IdV–SC–UdC	X (2015)
			24 November 2020	Incumbent				PD–CON–PpI–M5S	XI (2020)