Italian Minister of the Interior
The Minister of the Interior (Italian: Ministro dell'Interno) in Italy is one of the most important positions in the Italian Council of Ministers and leads the Ministry of the Interior.[1] The current Minister is Luciana Lamorgese, member of the Council of State, appointed on 5 September 2019 in the second government of Giuseppe Conte.[2]
Minister of the Interior of the Italian Republic | |
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Ministry of the Interior | |
Member of | Council of Ministers High Council of Defence |
Seat | Rome |
Appointer | The President of Italy |
Term length | No fixed term |
Formation | March 17, 1861 |
First holder | Marco Minghetti |
Website | www |
The Minister of the Interior is responsible for internal security and the protection of the constitutional order, for civil protection against disasters and terrorism, for displaced persons and administrative questions. It is host to the Standing Committee of Interior Ministers and also drafts all passport, identity card, firearms, and explosives legislation.
The Interior Minister is political head for the administration of internal affairs. They control the State police, the Vigili del Fuoco, and the prefects. The minister therefore sits on the High Council of Defence.
List of Italian Ministers of Interior
Kingdom of Italy
- Parties
- 1861–1912:
- 1922–1943:
- 1943–1946:
- Coalitions
- Rightist coalition
- Leftist coalition
- Liberal coalition
- Fascist
- Mixed coalition
Name (Born–Died) |
Portrait | Term of office | Political Party | Government | ||
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Marco Minghetti (1818–1886) |
17 March 1861 | 1 September 1861 | Historical Right | Cavour IV Ricasoli I | ||
Bettino Ricasoli (1809–1880) |
1 September 1861 | 3 March 1862 | Historical Right | Ricasoli I | ||
Urbano Rattazzi (1808–1873) |
3 March 1862 | 8 December 1862 | Historical Left | Rattazzi I | ||
Ubaldino Peruzzi (1822–1891) |
8 December 1862 | 28 September 1864 | Historical Left | Farini Minghetti I | ||
Giovanni Lanza (1810–1882) |
28 September 1864 | 1 September 1865 | Historical Right | La Marmora II | ||
Giuseppe Natoli (1815–1867) |
1 September 1865 | 4 December 1865 | Historical Right | |||
Desiderato Chiaves (1825–1895) |
15 December 1865 | 20 June 1866 | Historical Right | La Marmora II·III | ||
Bettino Ricasoli (1809–1880) |
29 June 1866 | 10 April 1867 | Historical Right | Ricasoli II | ||
Urbano Rattazzi (1808–1873) |
10 April 1967 | 27 October 1867 | Historical Left | Rattazzi II | ||
Filippo Antonio Gualtiero (1819–1874) |
27 October 1867 | 17 January 1868 | Historical Right | Menabrea I·II | ||
Carlo Cadorna (1809–1881) |
17 January 1868 | 10 September 1868 | Historical Right | Menabrea II | ||
Girolamo Cantelli (1815–1884) |
10 September 1868 | 13 May 1869 | Historical Right | |||
Luigi Ferraris (1813–1900) |
13 May 1869 | 22 October 1869 | Historical Right | Menabrea III | ||
Antonio Starabba di Rudinì (1839–1908) |
22 October 1869 | 14 December 1869 | Historical Right | |||
Giovanni Lanza (1810–1882) |
14 December 1869 | 9 July 1873 | Historical Right | Lanza | ||
Girolamo Cantelli (1815–1884) |
10 July 1873 | 25 March 1876 | Historical Right | Minghetti II | ||
Giovanni Nicotera (1826–1894) |
25 March 1876 | 25 December 1877 | Historical Left | Depretis I | ||
Francesco Crispi (1819–1901) |
26 December 1877 | 7 March 1878 | Historical Left | Depretis II | ||
Agostino Depretis (1813–1887) |
7 March 1878 | 24 March 1878 | Historical Left | |||
Giuseppe Zanardelli (1826–1903) |
24 March 1878 | 19 December 1878 | Historical Left | Cairoli I | ||
Agostino Depretis (1813–1887) |
19 December 1878 | 14 July 1879 | Historical Left | Depretis III | ||
Tommaso Villa (1832–1915) |
14 July 1879 | 25 November 1879 | Historical Left | Cairoli II | ||
Agostino Depretis (1813–1887) |
25 November 1879 | 4 April 1887 | Historical Left | Cairoli II Depretis IV·V· VI·VII·VIII | ||
Francesco Crispi (1819–1901) |
4 April 1887 | 6 February 1891 | Historical Left | Depretis VIII Crispi I·II | ||
Giovanni Nicotera (1826–1894) |
9 February 1891 | 15 May 1892 | Historical Left | Rudinì I | ||
Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928) |
15 May 1892 | 15 December 1893 | Historical Left | Giolitti I | ||
Francesco Crispi (1819–1901) |
15 December 1893 | 10 March 1896 | Historical Left | Crispi III | ||
Antonio Starabba di Rudinì (1839–1908) |
10 March 1896 | 29 June 1898 | Historical Right | Rudinì II·III·IV·V | ||
Luigi Pelloux (1839–1924) |
29 June 1898 | 23 June 1900 | Military | Pelloux I·II | ||
Giuseppe Saracco (1821–1907) |
24 June 1900 | 14 February 1901 | Historical Left | Saracco | ||
Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928) |
15 February 1901 | 20 June 1903 | Historical Left | Zanardelli | ||
Giuseppe Zanardelli (1826–1903) |
21 June 1903 | 3 November 1903 | Historical Left | |||
Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928) |
3 November 1903 | 12 March 1905 | Historical Left | Giolitti III | ||
Tommaso Tittoni (1855–1931) |
12 March 1905 | 27 March 1905 | Historical Right | Tittoni | ||
Alessandro Fortis (1842–1909) |
28 March 1905 | 8 February 1906 | Historical Left | Fortis I·II | ||
Sidney Sonnino (1847–1922) |
8 February 1906 | 29 May 1906 | Historical Right | Sonnino I | ||
Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928) |
29 May 1906 | 11 December 1909 | Historical Left | Giolitti III | ||
Sidney Sonnino (1847–1922) |
11 December 1909 | 31 March 1910 | Historical Right | Sonnino II | ||
Luigi Luzzatti (1841–1927) |
1 April 1910 | 29 March 1911 | Historical Right | Luzzatti | ||
Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928) |
30 March 1911 | 21 March 1914 | Liberal Union | Giolitti IV | ||
Antonio Salandra (1853–1931) |
21 March 1914 | 18 June 1916 | Liberal Union | Salandra I·II | ||
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860–1952) |
18 June 1916 | 23 June 1919 | Liberal Union | Boselli Orlando | ||
Francesco Saverio Nitti (1868–1953) |
23 June 1919 | 15 June 1920 | Radical Party | Nitti I·II | ||
Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928) |
15 June 1920 | 4 July 1921 | Liberal Union | Giolitti V | ||
Ivanoe Bonomi (1873–1951) |
4 July 1921 | 26 February 1922 | Reformist Socialist Party | Bonomi I | ||
Luigi Facta (1861–1930) |
26 February 1922 | 1 August 1922 | Liberal Union | Facta I | ||
Paolino Taddei (1860–1925) |
1 August 1922 | 31 October 1922 | Liberal Union | Facta II | ||
Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) |
31 October 1922 | 17 June 1924 | National Fascist Party | Mussolini | ||
Luigi Federzoni (1878–1967) |
17 June 1924 | 6 November 1926 | National Fascist Party | |||
Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) |
6 November 1926 | 25 July 1943 | National Fascist Party | |||
Bruno Fornaciari (1881–1959) |
25 July 1943 | 9 August 1943 | Independent | Badoglio I | ||
Umberto Ricci (1878–1957) |
9 August 1943 | 8 September 1943 | Independent | |||
Vito Reale (1883–1953) |
16 November 1953 | 22 April 1944 | Independent | |||
Salvatore Aldisio (1890–1964) |
22 April 1944 | 8 June 1944 | Christian Democracy | Badoglio II | ||
Ivanoe Bonomi (1873–1951) |
18 June 1944 | 19 June 1945 | Labour Democratic Party | Bonomi II·III | ||
Ferruccio Parri (1890–1981) |
21 June 1945 | 8 December 1945 | Action Party | Parri | ||
Giuseppe Romita (1887–1958) |
10 December 1945 | 14 July 1946 | Italian Socialist Party | De Gasperi I |
Italian Republic
- Parties
- 1946–1994:
- 1994–present:
- Coalitions
- 1946–1994:
- Centrist coalition
- Organic Centre-left
- Pentapartito / Quadripartito
- Mixed coalition
- 1994–present:
- Centre-right coalition
- Centre-left coalition
- Mixed coalition
N. | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Term of office | Party | Government | Ref. | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
1 | Alcide De Gasperi (1881–1954) |
13 July 1946 | 2 February 1947 | 204 days | Christian Democracy | De Gasperi II | [3] | ||
2 | Mario Scelba (1901–1991) |
2 February 1947 | 16 July 1953 | 8 years, 164 days | Christian Democracy | De Gasperi III | [4] | ||
De Gasperi IV·V· VI·VII·VIII | |||||||||
3 | Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999) |
16 July 1953 | 18 January 1954 | 186 days | Christian Democracy | Pella | |||
4 | Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013) |
18 January 1954 | 10 February 1954 | 23 days | Christian Democracy | Fanfani I | |||
(2) | Mario Scelba (1901–1991) Acting |
10 February 1954 | 6 July 1955 | 1 year, 146 days | Christian Democracy | Scelba | |||
5 | Fernando Tambroni (1901–1963) |
6 July 1955 | 15 February 1959 | 3 years, 224 days | Christian Democracy | Segni I Zoli Fanfani II |
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6 | Antonio Segni (1891–1972) Acting |
15 February 1959 | 25 March 1960 | 1 year, 39 days | Christian Democracy | Segni II | |||
7 | Giuseppe Spataro (1897–1978) |
23 March 1960 | 26 July 1960 | 123 days | Christian Democracy | Tambroni | |||
(2) | Mario Scelba (1901–1991) |
26 July 1960 | 21 February 1962 | 1 year, 210 days | Christian Democracy | Fanfani III | |||
8 | Paolo Emilio Taviani (1912–2001) |
21 February 1962 | 21 June 1963 | 1 year, 120 days | Christian Democracy | Fanfani IV | |||
9 | Mariano Rumor (1915–1990) |
21 June 1963 | 4 December 1963 | 166 days | Christian Democracy | Leone I | |||
(8) | Paolo Emilio Taviani (1912–2001) |
4 December 1963 | 24 June 1968 | 4 years, 203 days | Christian Democracy | Moro I·II·III | |||
10 | Franco Restivo (1911–1976) |
24 June 1968 | 17 February 1972 | 3 years, 238 days | Christian Democracy | Leone II | |||
Rumor I | |||||||||
Rumor II | |||||||||
Rumor III Colombo | |||||||||
(9) | Mariano Rumor (1915–1990) |
17 February 1972 | 7 July 1973 | 1 year, 140 days | Christian Democracy | Andreotti I·II | |||
(8) | Paolo Emilio Taviani (1912–2001) |
7 July 1973 | 23 November 1974 | 1 year, 139 days | Christian Democracy | Rumor IV·V | |||
11 | Luigi Gui (1914–2010) |
23 November 1974 | 12 February 1976 | 1 year, 81 days | Christian Democracy | Moro IV | |||
12 | Francesco Cossiga (1928–2010) |
12 February 1976 | 11 May 1978 | 2 years, 88 days | Christian Democracy | Moro V Andreotti III·IV |
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(8) | Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013) |
11 May 1978 | 13 June 1978 | 33 days | Christian Democracy | Andreotti IV | |||
13 | Virginio Rognoni (1924– ) |
13 June 1978 | 4 August 1983 | 5 years, 52 days | Christian Democracy | Andreotti IV·V Cossiga I |
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Cossiga II Forlani | |||||||||
Spadolini I·II | |||||||||
Fanfani V | |||||||||
14 | Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918–2012) |
4 August 1983 | 28 July 1987 | 4 years, 111 days | Christian Democracy | Craxi I·II | |||
Fanfani VI | |||||||||
(3) | Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999) |
28 July 1987 | 13 April 1988 | 260 days | Christian Democracy | Goria | |||
15 | Antonio Gava (1930–2008) |
13 April 1988 | 16 October 1990 | 2 years, 186 days | Christian Democracy | De Mita Andreotti VI |
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15 | Vincenzo Scotti (1933– ) |
16 October 1990 | 28 June 1992 | 1 year, 256 days | Christian Democracy | Andreotti VI·VII | |||
16 | Nicola Mancino (1931– ) |
28 June 1992 | 10 May 1994 | 1 year, 316 days | Christian Democracy | Amato I | |||
Ciampi | |||||||||
17 | Roberto Maroni (1955– ) |
10 May 1994 | 17 January 1995 | 252 days | Northern League | Berlusconi I | |||
18 | Antonio Brancaccio (1923–1995) |
17 January 1995 | 8 June 1995 | 142 days | Independent | Dini | |||
19 | Giovanni Rinaldo Coronas (1919–2008) |
8 June 1995 | 17 May 1996 | 344 days | Independent | ||||
20 | Giorgio Napolitano (1925– ) |
17 May 1996 | 21 October 1998 | 2 years, 157 days | Democratic Party of the Left | Prodi I | |||
21 | Rosa Russo Jervolino (1936– ) |
21 October 1998 | 22 December 1999 | 1 year, 62 days | Italian People's Party | D'Alema I | |||
22 | Enzo Bianco (1951– ) |
22 December 1999 | 11 June 2001 | 1 year, 171 days | The Democrats | D'Alema II Amato II |
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23 | Claudio Scajola (1948– ) |
11 June 2001 | 3 July 2002 | 1 year, 22 days | Forza Italia | Berlusconi II | |||
24 | Giuseppe Pisanu (1937– ) |
3 July 2002 | 17 May 2006 | 3 years, 318 days | Forza Italia | Berlusconi II·III | |||
25 | Giuliano Amato (1938– ) |
17 May 2006 | 8 May 2008 | 1 year, 357 days | Independent / Democratic Party |
Prodi II | |||
(17) | Roberto Maroni (1955– ) |
8 May 2008 | 16 November 2011 | 3 years, 192 days | Northern League | Berlusconi IV | |||
26 | Annamaria Cancellieri (1943– ) |
16 November 2011 | 28 April 2013 | 1 year, 163 days | Independent | Monti | |||
27 | Angelino Alfano (1970– ) |
28 April 2013 | 12 December 2016 | 3 years, 228 days | The People of Freedom / New Centre-Right |
Letta | |||
Renzi | |||||||||
28 | Marco Minniti (1956– ) |
12 December 2016 | 1 June 2018 | 1 year, 171 days | Democratic Party | Gentiloni | |||
29 | Matteo Salvini (1973– ) |
1 June 2018 | 5 September 2019 | 1 year, 96 days | League | Conte I | |||
30 | Luciana Lamorgese (1953– ) |
5 September 2019 | Incumbent | 336 days | Independent | Conte II |
References
- Ministero dell'Interno – Sito ufficiale
- "Salvini era is over as Italy moves toward pro-EU government". POLITICO. 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
- "III Governo De Gasperi". storia.camera.it (in Italian). Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- "III Governo De Gasperi". storia.camera.it (in Italian). Retrieved 10 July 2020.