On 16 July 1677, Odone was elected doge of Genoa, the seventy-ninth in the two-year succession, and the one hundred and twenty-fourth in the republic's history. As doge he was invested in the related biennial office of king of Corsica. Once his Dogate ended in 16 July 1679, he continued to serve the republic until 1694. Giannettino Odone died in Genoa in 1698.[1]