The Diet of Istria (; ; ) was the regional parliament of the

Margravate of Istria Margrave was originally the medieval title for the military commander assigned to maintain the defence of one of the border provinces of the Holy Roman Empire or a kingdom. That position became hereditary in certain feudal families in the Empir ...

within the

Austrian Littoral The Austrian Littoral (, , , , ) was a crown land (''Kronland'') of the Austrian Empire, established in 1849. It consisted of three regions: the Margraviate of Istria in the south, Gorizia and Gradisca in the north, and the Imperial Free City ...

of the

Austro-Hungarian Empire Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military and diplomatic alliance, it consist ...

. It was founded in 1861 and based in

Poreč Poreč (; known also by several alternative names) is a town and municipality on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula, in Istria County, west Croatia. Its major landmark is the 6th-century Euphrasian Basilica, which was designated a UN ...

Provincial captains

The speakers of the Istrian Diet were titled ''provincial captains'' (Italian: capitano provinciale/pl. capitani provinciali, German: Landeshauptmann/pl. Landeshauptleute, Slovenian: deželni glavar) * 4 March 1849 – 6 April 1861: Baron Friedrich von Grimschitz (1793–1863) * 6 April 1861 – 25 September 1861: Gian Paolo, marchese Polesini (1818–1882) * 25 September 1861 – 16 April 1868: Francesco, marchese Polesini * 16 April 1869 – 23 January 1889: Francesco Vidulich (1819–1889) * 23 January 1889 – 24 October 1903: Matteo Campitelli (1828–1906) * 24 October 1903 – 3 April 1916: Lodovico Rizzi (1859–1945) * 3 April 1916 – 9 November 1918: Luigi Lasciac

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Habsburg Margraviate of Istria Legislatures of Austria-Hungary 1861 establishments in the Austrian Empire {{croatia-hist-stub

Provincial captains

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