Career
He was even Provveditore Generale (Governor) of Venetian Dalmatia for two times. Born into one of the most important families (House of Mocenigo) of the Venetian aristocracy, he was a famous "Doge" of the Republic of Venice in the 18th century, when the power of Venice started to decline. When the second Ottoman siege of Corfu occurred in 1718, he was mainly responsible for strengthening Venetian fortifications that successfully resisted the attack.
In 1696 he was named "Provveditore generale di Dalmazia" until 1702, then again from 1717 to 1720.
Two years later he was elected Doge: he remained in charge ten years until his death in 1732. The "Linea Mocenigo" in 1718 Dalmatia was named after him.
Indeed in Dalmatia -after the Treaty of Passarowitzhe obtained some small advances for Venetian Dalmatia, taking the areas of Signo, Imoschi and Vrgorac in the hinterland: because of this fact the new borderline was given his name.