List of chiefs of the Polizia di Stato

This article lists the chiefs of the Polizia di Stato, a law enforcement agency of Italy.[1]

Chief of the Polizia di Stato
Capo della Polizia di Stato
Coat of arms of the Polizia di Stato
Incumbent
Vittorio Pisani
since 11 May 2023
Ministry of the Interior
Polizia di Stato
Reports toThe Italian Minister of the Interior
SeatRome, Italy
NominatorThe Italian Minister of the Interior
AppointerThe President of Italy
Formation16 May 1878
First holderLuigi Berti
DeputyMaria Luisa Pellizzari
WebsitePolizia di Stato website
Arturo Bocchini, longest-serving Chief of the Polizia di Stato (1926–1940).

List

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No. Name Appointed Dismissed Notes
1 Luigi Berti 16 May 1878 16 December 1878 1st term.
2 Ferdinando Ramognini 16 January 1879 14 October 1879 1st term.
3 Giovanni Bolis 14 August 1879 31 December 1883
4 Ottavio Lovera di Maria 31 December 1883 29 October 1885
5 Bartolomeo Casalis 29 October 1885 16 April 1887
6 Luigi Berti 10 July 1887 29 October 1890 2nd term.
7 Ferdinando Ramognini 1 December 1890 1 October 1893 2nd term.
8 Giuseppe Sensales 1 October 1893 7 April 1896
9 Giovanni Alfazio 7 April 1896 1 August 1898
10 Francesco Leonardi 1 August 1898 23 February 1911
11 Giacomo Vigliani 1 February 1911 29 September 1917 1st term.
12 Giuseppe Sorge 29 September 1917 10 March 1919
13 Riccardo Zoccoletti 10 March 1919 1 July 1919
13 Vincenzo Quaranta 1 July 1919 19 June 1920
14 Giacomo Vigliani 19 June 1920 14 July 1921 2nd term.
15 Corrado Bonfanti Linares 14 July 1921 1 March 1922
16 Giacomo Vigliani 2 March 1922 7 August 1922 3rd term.
17 Raffaele Gasbarri 8 August 1922 11 November 1922 Served at the time of the Fascist March on Rome.
18 Emilio De Bono 11 November 1922 16 June 1924 Major general of the Royal Italian Army and one of the Fascist Quadrumvirs. Also served as Commandant–General of the Blackshirts.
19 Francesco Crispo Moncada 17 June 1924 13 September 1926
20 Arturo Bocchini 13 September 1926 20 November 1940 Also headed OVRA, the Fascist secret police. Died in office.
21 Carmine Senise 20 November 1940 15 April 1943 1st term.
22 Lorenzo Chierici 16 April 1943 25 July 1943 General of the Blackshirts. Deposed during the fall of the Fascist regime.
23 Carmine Senise 26 July 1943 23 September 1943 2nd term.
24 Tullio Tamburini 1 October 1943 April 1944 Chief of the Republican Police Corps of the Italian Social Republic.
25 Eugenio Cerruti April 1944 October 1944
26 Renzo Montagna 6 October 1944 25 April 1945
27 Giuseppe Solimena 15 April 1944 15 August 1944
28 Luigi Ferrari 16 August 1944 12 September 1948
29 Giovanni D'Antoni 12 September 1948 20 September 1952
30 Tommaso Pavone 20 September 1952 11 March 1954
31 Giovanni Carcaterra 22 March 1954 10 October 1960
32 Angelo Vicari 10 October 1960 28 January 1973
33 Efisio Zanda Loy 2 February 1973 4 June 1975
34 Giorgio Menichini 5 June 1975 19 November 1976
35 Giuseppe Parlato 20 November 1976 19 January 1979
36 Giovanni Rinaldo Coronas 19 January 1979 27 April 1984
37 Giuseppe Porpora 27 April 1984 22 January 1987
38 Vincenzo Parisi 22 January 1987 27 August 1994
39 Fernando Masone 27 August 1994 31 May 2000
40 Gianni De Gennaro 1 June 2000 2 July 2007
41 Antonio Manganelli 2 July 2007 20 March 2013 Died in office.[2]
42 Alessandro Marangoni 20 March 2013 31 May 2013 Acting.
43 Alessandro Pansa 31 May 2013 29 April 2016
44 Franco Gabrielli 29 April 2016 28 February 2021
45 Maria Luisa Pellizzari 1 March 2021 4 March 2021 Acting.
46 Lamberto Giannini 4 March 2021 11 May 2023
47 Vittorio Pisani 11 May 2023

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "I precedenti capi della Polizia" (in Italian). Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Italy's police chief dies in Rome hospital". UPI.com. Retrieved 25 April 2019.