| Italian Minister of Defence | |
|---|---|
| File:Roberta Pinotti Portrait.jpg | |
| Minister | not_prime |
| Appointed by | President of the Republic |
| Incumbent | Roberta Pinotti |
| Personal details | |
| Website | Official website |
This Italian Ministers of Defence is a senior member of the Italian Cabinet, responsible for military and civil defence matters and managing the Italian Armed Forces.
The first Minister of War was Manfredo Fanti, a General of the Royal Italian Army, while the first Minister of Defence was Luigi Gasparotto, member of the Labour Democratic Party; the current office holder is Roberta Pinotti, of the Democratic Party, who is in office since 22 February 2014.[1]
List of Ministers of War[]
- Parties
- 1861–1912:
Military Historical Right Historical Left
- 1912–1922:
Military Reform Socialist Party People's Party Liberal Union
- 1922–1943:
National Fascist Party (sole legal party)
- 1943–1946:
Military Liberal Party Christian Democracy Republican Party
- Governments
Rightist coalition Leftist coalition Liberal coalition Fascist Mixed coalition
| Name (Born–died) |
Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manfredo Fanti (1806–1865) |
File:Manf.Fanti.jpg | 17 March 1861 | 6 June 1861 | Military | Cavour IV | |
| Bettino Ricasoli (1809–1880) |
File:Bettino Ricasoli 2.jpg | 12 June 1861 | 5 September 1861 | Historical Right | Ricasoli I | |
| Alessandro Della Rovere (1815–1864) |
File:Alessandro Della Rovere.jpg | 5 September 1861 | 3 March 1862 | Military | ||
| Agostino Petitti Bagliani (1814–1890) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 4 March 1862 | 8 December 1862 | Military | Rattazzi I | |
| Alessandro Della Rovere (1815–1864) |
File:Alessandro Della Rovere.jpg | 8 December 1862 | 28 September 1864 | Military | Farini Minghetti I | |
| Agostino Petitti Bagliani (1814–1890) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 28 September 1864 | 31 December 1865 | Military | La Marmora II | |
| Ignazio De Genova (1813–1896) |
File:Ignazio De Genova di Pettinengo.gif | 31 December 1865 | 22 August 1866 | Military | La Marmora III Ricasoli II | |
| Efisio Cugia (1818–1872) |
File:Efisio Cugia.jpg | 22 August 1866 | 10 April 1867 | Military | Ricasoli II | |
| Genova Theon di Revel (1817–1910) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 10 April 1867 | 27 October 1867 | Military | Rattazzi II | |
| Ettore Bertolè Viale (1829–1892) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 27 October 1867 | 14 December 1869 | Military | Menabrea I·II·III | |
| Giuseppe Govone (1825–1872) |
File:Giuseppe Govone by Cavalli.jpg | 14 December 1869 | 7 September 1870 | Military | Lanza | |
| Cesare Ricotti-Magnani (1822–1917) |
File:Cesare Francesco Ricotti-Magnani.JPG | 7 September 1870 | 20 November 1876 | Military | Lanza Minghetti II | |
| Depretis I | ||||||
| Luigi Mezzacapo (1814–1885) |
File:Luigi Mezzacapo.JPG | 20 November 1876 | 24 March 1878 | Military | Depretis I·II | |
| Luigi Mezzacapo (1824–1890) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 24 March 1878 | 24 October 1878 | Military | Cairoli I | |
| Cesare Bonelli (1821–1904) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 24 October 1878 | 19 December 1878 | Military | ||
| Gustavo Mazè de la Roche (1824–1886) |
File:Gustavo Mazè de la Roche.JPG | 19 December 1878 | 14 July 1879 | Military | Depretis III | |
| Cesare Bonelli (1821–1904) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 14 July 1879 | 13 July 1880 | Military | Cairoli II·III | |
| Ferdinando Acton (1832–1891) |
File:Ferdinando Acton.gif | 13 July 1880 | 27 July 1880 | Military | Cairoli III | |
| Bernardino Milon (1829–1881) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 27 July 1880 | 25 March 1881 | Military | ||
| Emilio Ferrero (1819–1887) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 25 March 1881 | 24 May 1884 | Military | Cairoli III Depretis IV·V·VI | |
| Cesare Ricotti-Magnani (1822–1917) |
File:Cesare Francesco Ricotti-Magnani.JPG | 24 May 1884 | 4 April 1887 | Military | Depretis VI·VII | |
| Ettore Bertolè Viale (1829–1892) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 4 April 1887 | 6 February 1891 | Military | Depretis VIII Crispi I·II | |
| Luigi Pelloux (1839–1924) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 6 February 1891 | 15 December 1893 | Military | Starabba I | |
| Giolitti I | ||||||
| Stanislao Mocenni (1837–1907) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 15 December 1893 | 10 March 1896 | Military | Crispi III·IV | |
| Cesare Ricotti-Magnani (1822–1917) |
File:Cesare Francesco Ricotti-Magnani.JPG | 10 March 1896 | 11 July 1896 | Military | Starabba II | |
| Luigi Pelloux (1839–1924) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 11 July 1896 | 14 December 1897 | Military | Starabba III | |
| Alessandro Asinari di San Marzano (1830–1906) |
File:Alessandro Asinari di San Marzano.jpg | 14 December 1897 | 14 May 1899 | Military | Starabba IV | |
| Pelloux I | ||||||
| Giuseppe Mirri (1834–1907) |
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14 May 1899 | 7 January 1900 | Military | Pelloux II | |
| Luigi Pelloux (1839–1924) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 7 January 1900 | 7 April 1900 | Military | ||
| Coriolano Ponza di San Martino (1842–1926) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 7 April 1900 | 27 April 1902 | Military | Pelloux I | |
| Saracco Zanardelli | ||||||
| Enrico Morin (1841–1910) |
File:Enrico Morin.jpg | 27 April 1902 | 14 May 1902 | Military | Zanardelli | |
| Giuseppe Ottolenghi (1838–1904) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 14 May 1902 | 3 September 1903 | Military | ||
| Ettore Pedotti (1842–1919) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 3 September 1903 | 24 December 1905 | Military | Giolitti II | |
| Tittoni | ||||||
| Fortis I | ||||||
| Luigi Majnoni d'Intignano (1841–1918) |
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24 December 1905 | 29 May 1906 | Military | Fortis II | |
| Sonnino I | ||||||
| Giuseppe Ettore Viganò (1843–1933) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 29 May 1906 | 29 December 1907 | Military | Giolitti III | |
| Severino Casana (1842–1912) |
File:Severino Casana.jpg | 29 December 1907 | 10 December 1900 | Historical Left | ||
| Paolo Spingardi (1845–1918) |
File:Paolo Spingardi.jpg | 11 December 1900 | 19 March 1914 | Military | Sonnino II Luzzatti | |
| Giolitti IV | ||||||
| Domenico Grandi (1849–1937) |
File:Domenico Grandi 1914.jpg | 21 March 1914 | 10 October 1914 | Military | Salandra I | |
| Vittorio Italico Zupelli (1859–1945) |
File:Vittorio Italico Zupelli 1915.jpg | 10 October 1914 | 4 April 1916 | Military | Salandra I·II | |
| Paolo Morrone (1854–1937) |
File:Paolo Morrone.jpg | 4 April 1916 | 16 June 1917 | Military | Salandra II Boselli | |
| Gaetano Giardino (1864–1935) |
File:Giardino gaetano.gif | 16 June 1917 | 30 October 1917 | Military | Boselli | |
| Vittorio Luigi Alfieri (1863–1918) |
File:Vittorio Alfieri (katona).gif | 30 October 1917 | 21 March 1918 | Military | Orlando | |
| Vittorio Italico Zupelli (1859–1945) |
File:Vittorio Italico Zupelli 1915.jpg | 21 March 1918 | 18 January 1919 | Military | ||
| Enrico Caviglia (1862–1945) |
File:Enrico Caviglia.jpg | 18 January 1919 | 23 June 1919 | Military | ||
| Alberico Albricci (1864–1936) |
File:Alberico Albricci.jpg | 24 June 1919 | 14 March 1920 | Military | Nitti I | |
| Ivanoe Bonomi (1873–1951) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 14 March 1920 | 21 May 1920 | Italian Reformist Socialist Party | ||
| Giulio Rodinò (1875–1946) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 21 May 1920 | 15 June 1920 | Italian People's Party | Nitti II | |
| Ivanoe Bonomi (1873–1951) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 15 June 1920 | 2 April 1921 | Italian Reformist Socialist Party |
Giolitti V | |
| Giulio Rodinò (1875–1946) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 2 April 1921 | 4 July 1921 | Italian People's Party | ||
| Luigi Gasparotto (1873–1954) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 4 July 1921 | 26 February 1922 | Italian Reformist Socialist Party |
Bonomi I | |
| Pietro Lanza di Scalea (1863–1938) |
File:Principe Pietro Lanza di Scalea.png | 26 February 1922 | 1 August 1922 | Facta I | ||
| Marcello Soleri (1882–1945) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 1 August 1922 | 28 October 1922 | Liberal Union | Facta II | |
| Armando Diaz (1861–1928) |
File:Armando Diaz 1921.jpg | 30 October 1922 | 30 April 1924 | Military | Mussolini | |
| Antonino Di Giorgio (1867–1932) |
File:Antonino di giorgio.jpg | 30 April 1924 | 4 April 1925 | National Fascist Party | ||
| Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) |
File:Benito Mussolini crop.jpg | 4 April 1925 | 12 September 1929 | National Fascist Party | ||
| Pietro Gazzera (1879–1953) |
File:Gazzera.gif | 12 September 1929 | 22 July 1933 | National Fascist Party | ||
| Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) |
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22 July 1933 | 25 July 1943 | National Fascist Party | ||
| Antonio Sorice (1897–1971) |
File:Antonio Sorice.jpg | 28 July 1943 | 11 February 1944 | Military | Badoglio I | |
| Taddeo Orlando (1885–1950) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 11 February 1944 | 8 June 1944 | Military | Badoglio I·II | |
| Alessandro Casati (1881–1955) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 18 June 1944 | 21 June 1945 | Italian Liberal Party | Bonomi II·III | |
| Stefano Jacini (1886–1952) |
File:Stefano Jacini 2.jpg | 21 June 1945 | 8 December 1945 | Christian Democracy | Parri | |
| Manlio Brosio (1897–1980) |
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10 December 1945 | 1 July 1946 | Italian Liberal Party | De Gasperi I | |
| Cipriano Facchinetti (1889–1952) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 14 July 1946 | 4 February 1947 | Italian Republican Party | De Gasperi II | |
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List of Ministers of Defence[]
- Parties
- 1946-1993:
Labour Democratic Party Christian Democracy Republican Party Democratic Socialist Party Socialist Party Liberal Party Independent
- Since 1994:
Forza Italia/The People of Freedom People's Party Democratic Union for the Republic Democratic Party Civic Choice/Populars for Italy Independent
- Governments
Centrist coalition Centre-right coalition Centre-left coalition Mixed coalition
| Name (Born–Died) |
Portrait | Term of office | Political Party | Ministry | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luigi Gasparotto (1873–1954) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 4 February 1947 | 31 May 1947 | Labour Democratic Party | De Gasperi III | |
| Mario Cingolani (1883–1971) |
File:Mario Cingolani.jpg | 31 May 1947 | 15 December 1947 | Christian Democracy | De Gasperi IV | |
| Cipriano Facchinetti (1889–1952) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 15 December 1947 | 23 May 1948 | Italian Republican Party | ||
| Randolfo Pacciardi (1899–1991) |
File:Randolfo Pacciardi.jpg | 23 May 1948 | 7 July 1953 | Italian Republican Party | De Gasperi V·VI·VII | |
| Giuseppe Codacci Pisanelli (1913–1999) |
File:Giuseppe Codacci Pisanelli.jpg | 16 July 1953 | 2 August 1953 | Christian Democracy | De Gasperi VIII | |
| Paolo Emilio Taviani (1912–2001) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 17 August 1953 | 1 July 1958 | Christian Democracy | Pella Fanfani I Scelba Segni Zoli | |
| Antonio Segni (1891–1972) |
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1 July 1958 | 15 February 1959 | Christian Democracy | Fanfani II | |
| Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013) |
File:Giulio Andreotti, ca 1987.jpg | 15 February 1959 | 23 February 1966 | Christian Democracy | Segni II Tambroni Fanfani III·IV Leone I Moro I·II | |
| Roberto Tremelloni (1900–1987) |
File:Roberto Tremelloni.jpg | 23 February 1966 | 24 June 1968 | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | Moro III | |
| Luigi Gui (1914–2010) |
File:Luigi Gui.jpg | 24 June 1968 | 23 March 1970 | Christian Democracy | Leone II Rumor I·II | |
| Mario Tanassi (1918–2007) |
File:Mario Tanassi.jpg | 27 March 1970 | 17 February 1972 | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | Rumor III Colombo | |
| Franco Restivo (1911–1976) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 17 February 1972 | 16 June 1972 | Christian Democracy | Andreotti I | |
| Mario Tanassi (1918–2007) |
File:Mario Tanassi.jpg | 26 July 1972 | 14 March 1974 | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | Andreotti II Rumor IV | |
| Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013) |
File:Giulio Andreotti, ca 1987.jpg | 14 March 1974 | 23 November 1974 | Christian Democracy | Rumor V | |
| Arnaldo Forlani (1925–) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 23 November 1974 | 29 July 1976 | Christian Democracy | Moro IV | |
| Moro V | ||||||
| Vittorio Lattanzio (1926–2010) |
File:Vito Lattanzio.jpg | 29 July 1976 | 18 September 1977 | Christian Democracy | Andreotti III | |
| Attilio Ruffini (1925–) |
File:Attilio Ruffini.jpg | 18 Semptermber 1977 | 14 January 1980 | Christian Democracy | Andreotti III·IV | |
| Andreotti V Cossiga I | ||||||
| Adolfo Sarti (1928–1992) |
File:Adolfo Sarti crop.jpg | 14 January 1980 | 4 April 1980 | Christian Democracy | Cossiga II | |
| Lelio Lagorio (1925–2017) |
File:Lelio Lagorio.jpg | 4 April 1980 | 4 August 1983 | Italian Socialist Party | Cossiga II Forlani Spadolini I·II Fanfani V | |
| Giovanni Spadolini (1925–1994) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 4 August 1983 | 17 April 1987 | Italian Republican Party | Craxi I·II | |
| Remo Gaspari (1921–2011) |
File:Remo Gaspari.jpg | 17 April 1987 | 28 July 1987 | Christian Democracy | Fanfani IV | |
| Valerio Zanone (1936–2016) |
File:Valerio Zanone.jpg | 28 July 1987 | 22 July 1989 | Italian Liberal Party | Goria De Mita | |
| Mino Martinazzoli (1931–2011) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 22 July 1989 | 27 July 1990 | Christian Democracy | Andreotti VI | |
| Virginio Rognoni (1924–) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 27 July 1990 | 28 June 1992 | Christian Democracy | Andreotti VI·VII | |
| Salvo Andò (1945–) |
File:Salvo Andò.jpg | 28 June 1992 | 28 April 1993 | Italian Socialist Party | Amato I | |
| Fabio Fabbri (1933–) |
File:Fabio Fabbri.jpg | 28 April 1993 | 10 May 1994 | Italian Socialist Party | Ciampi | |
| Cesare Previti (1934–) |
File:Cesare Previti.jpg | 10 May 1994 | 17 January 1995 | Forza Italia | Berlusconi I | |
| Domenico Corcione (1929–) |
File:Domenico Corcione.jpg | 17 January 1995 | 17 May 1996 | Independent | Dini | |
| Beniamino Andreatta (1928–2007) |
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17 May 1996 | 21 October 1998 | Italian People's Party | Prodi I | |
| Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini (1944–) |
File:Carlo Scognamiglio.jpg | 21 October 1998 | 22 December 1999 | Democratic Union for the Republic | D'Alema I | |
| Sergio Mattarella (1941–) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 22 December 1999 | 11 June 2001 | Italian People's Party | D'Alema II Amato II | |
| Antonio Martino (1942–) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 11 June 2001 | 17 May 2006 | Forza Italia | Berlusconi II·III | |
| Arturo Parisi (1940–) |
Error creating thumbnail: | 17 May 2006 | 8 May 2008 | Democratic Party | Prodi II | |
| Ignazio La Russa (1947–) |
File:Ignazio La Russa daticamera.jpg | 8 May 2008 | 16 November 2011 | The People of Freedom | Berlusconi IV | |
| Giampaolo Di Paola (1944–) |
File:Giampaolo Di Paola cropped.jpg | 16 November 2011 | 28 April 2013 | Independent | Monti | |
| Mario Mauro (1961–) |
File:Mario Mauro.jpg | 28 April 2013 | 22 February 2014 | Civic Choice/ Populars for Italy |
Letta | |
| Roberta Pinotti (1961–) |
File:Roberta Pinotti Portrait.jpg | 22 February 2014 | Incumbent | Democratic Party | Renzi Gentiloni | |
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References[]
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