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This is the list of presidents of [[Politics of Apulia|Apulia]] since 1970.
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==Presidents elected by the Regional Council (1970–1995)==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border:1px #AAAAFF solid"
!N.
!Name
!colspan=2|Term of office
!Political party
!Legislature
|-
!style="background:{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};" |1
|Gennaro Trisorio Liuzzi
|8 June 1970
|16 June 1975
|[[Christian Democracy (Italy)|DC]]
|bgcolor=#EEEEEE|I <small>([[1970 Apulian regional election|1970]])</small>
|-
!style="background:{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};" |2
|Nicola Rotolo
|16 June 1975
|23 December 1978
|[[Christian Democracy (Italy)|DC]]
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=#EEEEEE|II <small>([[1975 Apulian regional election|1975]])</small>
|-
!rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};" |3
|rowspan=2|Nicola Quarta
|23 December 1978
|9 June 1980
|rowspan=2 |[[Christian Democracy (Italy)|DC]]
|-
|9 June 1980
|4 July 1983
|rowspan=3 bgcolor=#EEEEEE|III <small>([[1980 Apulian regional election|1980]])</small>
|-
!style="background:{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};" |4
|Angelo Monfredi
|4 July 1983
|23 September 1983
|[[Christian Democracy (Italy)|DC]]
|-
!style="background:{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};" |(1)
|Gennaro Trisorio Liuzzi
|23 September 1983
|13 May 1985
|[[Christian Democracy (Italy)|DC]]
|-
!style="background:{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};" |5
|Salvatore Fitto
|13 May 1985
|29 August 1988<ref>Died in office.</ref>
|[[Christian Democracy (Italy)|DC]]
|rowspan=3 bgcolor=#EEEEEE|IV <small>([[1985 Apulian regional election|1985]])</small>
|-
!style="background:{{party color|Italian Socialist Party}};" |'''{{color|white|6}}'''
|Franco Borgia
|29 August 1988
|23 November 1988
|[[Italian Socialist Party|PSI]]
|-
!style="background:{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};" |7
|Giuseppe Colasanto
|23 November 1988
|6 May 1990
|[[Christian Democracy (Italy)|DC]]
|-
!style="background:{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};" |8
|Michele Bellomo
|6 May 1990
|23 October 1992
|[[Christian Democracy (Italy)|DC]]
|rowspan=5 bgcolor=#EEEEEE|V <small>([[1990 Apulian regional election|1990]])</small>
|-
!style="background:{{party color|Italian Socialist Party}};" |'''{{color|white|9}}'''
|Cosimo Convertino
|23 October 1992
|4 December 1992
|[[Italian Socialist Party|PSI]]
|-
!style="background:{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};" |10
|Giovanni Copertino
|4 December 1992
|3 September 1993
|[[Christian Democracy (Italy)|DC]]
|-
!style="background:{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};" |11
|Vito Savino
|3 September 1993
|1 March 1994
|[[Christian Democracy (Italy)|DC]]
|-
!style="background:{{party color|Italian People's Party (1994)}};" |12
|Giuseppe Martellotta
|1 March 1994
|27 June 1995
|[[Italian People's Party (1994)|PPI]]
|-
|}

==Directly-elected presidents (since 1995)==
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|-
!N.
!Portrait
!President
!colspan=2 |Term of office
!Tenure<br/>{{nowrap|{{small|(Years and days)}}}}
!colspan=2 |Party
!Composition
!Legislature
|-
! 13
| [[File:Coat of Arms of Apulia.svg|70px]]
| {{nowrap|'''Salvatore Distaso'''<br/>{{small|(1937–2008)}}}}
| 27 June<br />1995
| 19 May<br />2000
| {{small|{{age in years and days|1995|6|27|2000|5|19}}}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Forza Italia}}" |
| [[Forza Italia|FI]]
| bgcolor=#BEE1F5|{{small|[[Forza Italia|FI]]–[[National Alliance (Italy)|AN]]–[[Christian Democratic Centre|CDC]]}}
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE|[[1995 Apulian regional election|VI<br />{{small|(1995)}}]]
|-
! 14
| [[File:Raffaele Fitto 2006.jpg|90px]]
| {{nowrap|'''[[Raffaele Fitto]]'''<br/>{{small|(b. 1969)}}}}
| 19 May<br />2000
| 27 April<br />2005
| {{small|{{age in years and days|2000|5|19|2005|4|27}}}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Forza Italia}}" |
| [[Forza Italia|FI]]
| bgcolor=#BEE1F5|{{small|[[Forza Italia|FI]]–[[National Alliance (Italy)|AN]]–[[Christian Democratic Centre|CDC]]–[[United Christian Democrats|CDU]]}}
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE|[[2000 Apulian regional election|VII<br />{{small|(2000)}}]]
|- style="height:5em;"
! rowspan=2|15
| rowspan=2|[[File:Nicola Vendola daticamera.jpg|90px]]
| rowspan=2|{{nowrap|'''[[Nichi Vendola]]'''<br/>{{small|(b. 1958)}}}}
| 27 April<br />2005
| 26 April<br />2010
| rowspan=2|{{small|{{age in years and days|2005|4|27|2015|6|26}}}}
| rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Refoundation Party}}" |
| rowspan=2| [[Communist Refoundation Party|PRC]] / <br>[[Left Ecology Freedom|SEL]]
| bgcolor=#FFDAE1|{{small|[[Democrats of the Left|DS]]–[[Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy|DL]]–[[Communist Refoundation Party|PRC]]–[[Italian Democratic Socialists|SDI]]–<br>[[Union of Democrats for Europe|UDEUR]]–[[Party of Italian Communists|PdCI]]−[[Italy of Values|IdV]]–[[Federation of the Greens|FdV]]}}
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE|[[2005 Apulian regional election|VIII<br />{{small|(2005)}}]]
|- style="height:5em;"
| 26 April<br />2010
| 26 June<br />2015
| bgcolor=#FFDAE1|{{small|[[Democratic Party (Italy)|PD]]–[[Left Ecology Freedom|SEL]]–[[Italy of Values|IdV]]}}
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE|[[2010 Apulian regional election|IX <br />{{small|(2010)}}]]
|- style="height:5em;"
! rowspan=2|16
| rowspan=2|[[File:Michele Emiliano crop.jpg|90px]]
| rowspan=2|{{nowrap|'''[[Michele Emiliano]]'''<br/>{{small|(b. 1959)}}}}
| {{nowrap|26 June<br />2015}}
| {{nowrap|24 November<br />2020}}
| rowspan=2|{{small|{{age in years and days|2015|6|26}}}}
| rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}}" |
| rowspan=2|[[Democratic Party (Italy)|PD]]
| bgcolor=#FFDAE1|{{small|[[Democratic Party (Italy)|PD]]–[[Left Ecology Freedom|SEL]]–[[Italy of Values|IdV]]–[[Civic Choice|SC]]–[[Union of the Centre (2002)|UdC]]}}
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE|[[2015 Apulian regional election|X<br />{{small|(2015)}}]]
|- style="height:5em;"
| {{nowrap|24 November<br />2020}}
| ''Incumbent''
| bgcolor=#FFDAE1|{{small|[[Democratic Party (Italy)|PD]]–[[Michele Emiliano|CE]]–PcE–[[Five Star Movement|M5S]]<ref>Since 2021.</ref>}}
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE|[[2020 Apulian regional election|XI<br />{{small|(2020)}}]]
|-
|}
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