The president of the Province of Florence was the head of the provincial administration of Florence, a local government authority in Tuscany, Italy.

History The office of president of the Province of Florence originated in the institutional structure created after the unification of Italy in 1861. At that time, provincial administrations were governed by a Provincial Council (legislative body) and a Provincial Deputation (executive body). The president of the deputation was initially the prefect of the province. The first locally elected president was Piero Puccioni, who held office from 1889 to 1892.

During the Fascist regime (1926–1944), elected provincial institutions were abolished and replaced by the Provincial Rectorate, headed by officials appointed by the central government. This system eliminated local electoral autonomy and concentrated administrative powers in state-appointed authorities.

Following the end of World War II, the Provincial Deputation was restored (1944–1951) as a transitional form of local government. In 1951, the modern office of president of the Province of Florence was formally established, with the president elected by the Provincial Council.

From 1995 to 2014, the president was directly elected by the citizens of the province, in accordance with reforms to local government electoral law. Following the abolition of the Province of Florence in 2014 as part of the Delrio reform, the office was discontinued and replaced by the mayor of the Metropolitan City of Florence, who assumed its functions as head of the Metropolitan City Council.

List Presidents of the Provincial Deputation (1889–1926) No.PortraitNameTerm of officePartyStartEnd 1 Piero Puccioni 1889 1892 2 Niccolò Nobili 1892 1900 3 Antonio Del Pela 1900 1902 4 Carlo Municchi 1902 1906 5 Antonio Carpi 1906 1907 6 Vittorio Calosi 1907 1909 7 Annibale Rellini 1909 1911 8 Alessandro Malenchini 1911 1919 9 Sebastiano Del Buono 1920 1921 PSI 10 Giuseppe Pennella 1921 1922 — Emanuele Vivorio 1922 1923 Commissioner 11 Angiolo Badiani 1924 1926 PNF

Presidents of the Provincial Rectorate (1926–1944) No.PortraitNameTerm of officePartyStartEnd 1 Angiolo Badiani 1926 1934 PNF 2 Diego Sanesi 1934 1942 PNF 3 Giovanni Ginori Conti 1942 1943 PNF

Presidents of the Provincial Deputation (1944–1951) No.PortraitNameTerm of officePartyStartEnd 1 Mario Augusto Martini 1944 1945 DC 2 Ezio Donatini 1945 1948 DC 3 Fosco Frizzi 1948 1948 PCI 4 Mario Tanini 1948 1951 DC

Presidents of the Province (1951–2014) No.PortraitNameTerm of officePartyStartEnd1 Mario Fabiani 1951 1962 PCI2 Elio Gabbuggiani 1962 1970 PCI3 Luigi Tassinari 1970 1975 PCI4 Franco Ravà 1975 1980 PSI5 Renato Righi 1980 1981 PSI6 Oublesse Conti 1981 1985 PCI7 Alberto Brasca 1985 1990 PCI8 Mila Pieralli 3 August 1990 24 April 1995 PCI9 Michele Gesualdi 24 April 1995 25 June 2004 PPI / DL10 Matteo Renzi 25 June 2004 8 June 2009 DL / PD11 Andrea Barducci 8 June 2009 31 December 2014 PD

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