List of leaders of the Five Star Movement

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

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 (4 years, 82 days)	2021 [3] 2025 [4]	Elected president of the movement.

Timeline

References

1. "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
4. Giuseppe Conte riconfermato presidente del M5S con l’89,3% dei voti, Sky TG24