Franco Restivo (25 May 1911 – 17 April 1976) was an Italian politician.

Between 1949 and 1955 he served as President of the Sicilian Region.

[2] During the period in which he held the dicastery of the Interior, Restivo faced a situation of serious deterioration of public order, the massacre of Piazza Fontana, worsening of common and mafia crime, youth protestsand political terrorism.

Franco Restivo died 17 April 1976, a few months before the end of the VI Legislature.

Restivo is portrayed by Fabrizio Bentivoglio in the 2020 film Rose Island.