The president of the Province of Sassari was the head of the provincial administration of Sassari, a local government authority in Sardinia, Italy.
History The office of president of the Province of Sassari was established in 1889, initially within the Provincial Deputation. Before that date, the Deputation was headed by the prefect. During the Fascist period (1926–1944), the province was governed by appointed officials, including commissioners and presidents of the Rectorate. After World War II, the office was restored and gradually redefined within the Italian Republic, first with indirect election by the Provincial Council and, from 1995, with direct popular election.
The province was eventually replaced in 2021 by the Metropolitan City of Sassari. The final stages of the liquidation process concerning the remaining assets, administrative functions and procedures of the former Province of Sassari were completed in 2025, with the transfer of personnel, movable and immovable property, and related competences to the successor bodies.
List Presidents of the Provincial Deputation (1889–1926) No.PortraitNameTerm of officePartyStartEnd 1 Antonio Martinez 1889 1892 ? 2 Michele Abozzi 1892 1898 ? 3 Antonio Vincentelli 1898 1903 ? 4 Antonio Campus 1903 1906 ? 5 Diego Murgia 1906 1910 ? 6 Antonio Vincentelli 1910 1914 ? 7 Diego Murgia 1914 ? ? Michele Abozzi 14 August 1922 May 1923 National Democratic Union Giovanni Zirolia May 1923 3 December 1923 Italian People's Party — Mauro Di Sanza(Prefectural Commissioner) 4 December 1923 31 January 1924 —
Presidents of the Royal Commission (1924–1929) No.PortraitNameTerm of officePartyStartEnd 1 Attilio Fais 31 January 1924 16 February 1924 National Fascist Party 2 Mauro Di Sanza 16 February 1924 September 1925 National Fascist Party 3 Emiliano Pizzoni September 1925 August 1926 National Fascist Party 4 Giovanni Fumu August 1926 23 April 1929 National Fascist Party
Presidents of the Provincial Rectorate (1929–1944) No.PortraitNameTerm of officePartyStartEnd 1 Lare Marghinotti 23 April 1929 1943 National Fascist Party
Presidents of the Provincial Deputation (1944–1952) No.PortraitNameTerm of officePartyStartEnd —Eugenio Manunta Bruno February 1944 27 June 1944 Prefectural commissioner 1 27 June 1944 1946 2 Giovanni Berino 1946 1948
Presidents of the Province (1952–2025) No.PortraitNameTerm of officePartyStartEnd 1 Nino Campus 1952 1956 Christian Democracy 2 Antonio Porqueddu 1956 1961 Christian Democracy 3 Lorenzo Forteleoni 22 September 1961 1964 Christian Democracy 4 Salvatore Maniga 1964 1970 Christian Democracy 5 Gavino Bazzoni 1970 April 1974 Christian Democracy 6 Michele Corda April 1974 1975 Christian Democracy 7 Giommaria Cherchi 1975 1980 Italian Communist Party 8 Giovanni Desini 1980 1985 Italian Democratic Socialist Party 9 Vittorio Francesco Sanna 1985 1990 Christian Democracy 10 Giacomo Sanna 7 August 1990 12 June 1994 Sardinian Action Party 11 Antonio Pompedda 18 June 1994 24 April 1995 Democratic Party of the Left 12 Pietro Soddu 24 April 1995 30 April 2000 Italian People's Party 13 Franco Masala 30 April 2000 9 May 2005 Forza Italia14Alessandra Giudici 9 May 2005 1 June 2010The DaisyDemocratic Party 1 June 2010 29 May 2015 — Guido Sechi(Special Administrator) 29 May 2015 3 August 2019 — — Pietro Fois(Special Administrator) 3 August 2019 19 September 2024 — — Gavino Salvatore Eugenio Arru(Special Administrator)Special administrator of the newly established Metropolitan City of Sassari. 19 September 2024 1 April 2025 —
See also List of mayors of Sassari Metropolitan City of Sassari
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