List of leaders of the Five Star Movement

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The leader of the Five Star Movement[1] is the de facto and/or de jure leader and guide of the M5S, a political party in Italy, founded in October 2009 by Beppe Grillo and Gianroberto Casaleggio.

List[edit]

Name
(Born–Died)
Term of office Election Notes
President
1 Beppe Grillo
(born 1948)
4 October 2009 – 23 September 2017
(7 years, 354 days)
None Founder and de facto leader until 2017, when he resigned becoming movement's guarantor.
Political Leader
2 Luigi Di Maio
(born 1986)
23 September 2017 – 22 January 2020
(2 years, 121 days)
2017[1] Elected political head of the movement and candidate for the premiership in the 2018 general election.
Vito Crimi
(born 1972)
22 January 2020 – 6 August 2021
(1 year, 196 days)
None[2] Appointed acting leader, following the resignation of Luigi Di Maio.
President
3 Giuseppe Conte
(born 1964)
6 August 2021 – Incumbent
(2 years, 256 days)
2021[3] Elected president of the movement.

Timeline[edit]

Giuseppe ConteVito CrimiLuigi Di MaioBeppe Grillo

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Di Maio eletto candidato premier e nuovo capo politico. Ma alle primarie votano solo in 37 mila" [Di Maio prime minister candidate and new political leader. But in the primaries only 37,000 people voted]. la Repubblica (in Italian). 23 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Chi è Vito Crimi" [Who is Vito Crimi]. Il Post (in Italian). 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  3. ^ M5S, Conte eletto presidente con il 92% dei voti: «Ce la metterò tutta per non deludervi», Il Messaggero