Minister of Foreign Affairs (Italy)

As in most countries, in Italy the Minister of Foreign Affairs, which is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is one of the most important ministerial positions. The office was one of the position which Italy inheredited from the Kingdom of Sardinia where it was the most ancient ministry of the government: this origin gives to the office a ceremonial primacy into the Italian cabinet.

Kingdom of Italy

Foreign Minister	Took office	Left office
Count Camillo Benso di Cavour	1861	1861
Bettino Ricasoli	1861	1862
Urbano Rattazzi	1862	1862
Giuseppe Pasolini	1862	1863
Emilio, marquis Visconti-Venosta	1863	1864
Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora	1864	1866
Emilio, marquis Visconti-Venosta	1866	1867
Pompeo Di Campello	1867	1867
Federico Luigi, Conte Menabrea	1867	1869
Emilio, marquis Visconti-Venosta	1869	1876
Luigi Amedeo Melegari	1876	1877
Agostino Depretis	1877	1878
Conte Luigi Corti	1878	1878
Benedetto Cairoli	1878	1878
Agostino Depretis	1878	1879
Benedetto Cairoli	1879	1881
Pasquale Stanislao Mancini	1881	1885
Agostino Depretis	1885	1885
Carlo Felice Nicolis, conte di Robilant	1885	1887
Agostino Depretis	1887	1887
Francesco Crispi	1887	1891
Antonio Starabba di Rudinì	1891	1892
Benedetto Brin	1892	1893
Barone Alberto de Blanc	1893	1896
Onorato Caetani	1896	1896
Emilio, marquis Visconti-Venosta	1896	1898
Raffaele Cappelli	1898	1898
Felice Napoleone Canevaro	1898	1899
Emilio, marquis Visconti-Venosta	1899	1901
Giulio Prinetti	1901	1903
Enrico Morin	1903	1903
Tommaso Tittoni	1903	1905
Antonino Paternò-Castello, marchese di San Giuliano	1905	1906
Conte Francesco Guicciardini	1906	1906
Tommaso Tittoni	1906	1909
Conte Francesco Guicciardini	1909	1910
Antonino Paternò-Castello, marchese di San Giuliano	1910	1914
Barone Sidney Sonnino	1914	1919
Tommaso Tittoni	1919	1919
Vittorio Scialoja	1919	1920
Carlo Sforza	1920	1921
Pietro Tommasi della Torretta	1921	1922
Carlo Schanzer	1922	1922
Benito Mussolini	1922	1929
Dino Grandi	1929	1932
Benito Mussolini	1932	1936
Galeazzo Ciano	1936	1943
Benito Mussolini	1943	1943
Raffaele Guariglia, Barone di Vituso	July 25, 1943	February 11, 1944
Pietro Badoglio	February 11, 1944	June 8, 1944
Ivanoe Bonomi	June 18, 1944	December 12, 1944
Alcide De Gasperi	December 12, 1944	June 2, 1946

Italian Republic

Foreign Minister	Image	Born - Died	Took office	Left office	Political Party
Alcide De Gasperi		1881–1954	June 2, 1946	October 18, 1946	Christian Democracy
Pietro Nenni		1891–1980	October 18, 1946	January 28, 1947	Italian Socialist Party
Carlo Sforza		1872–1952	February 2, 1947	July 26, 1951	Italian Republican Party
Alcide De Gasperi		1881–1954	July 26, 1951	August 17, 1953	Christian Democracy
Giuseppe Pella		1902–1981	August 17, 1953	January 18, 1954	Christian Democracy
Attilio Piccioni		1892–1976	January 18, 1954	September 16, 1954	Christian Democracy
Gaetano Martino		1900–1967	September 16, 1954	May 15, 1957	Italian Liberal Party
Giuseppe Pella		1902–1981	May 19, 1957	July 1, 1958	Christian Democracy
Amintore Fanfani		1908–1999	July 1, 1958	February 15, 1959	Christian Democracy
Giuseppe Pella		1902–1981	February 15, 1959	March 25, 1960	Christian Democracy
Antonio Segni		1891–1972	March 25, 1960	May 7, 1962	Christian Democracy
Amintore Fanfani		1908–1999	May 7, 1962	May 29, 1962	Christian Democracy
Attilio Piccioni		1892–1976	May 29, 1962	December 4, 1963	Christian Democracy
Giuseppe Saragat		1898–1988	December 4, 1963	December 28, 1964	Italian Socialist Democratic Party
Aldo Moro		1916–1978	December 28, 1964	March 5, 1965	Christian Democracy
Amintore Fanfani		1908–1999	March 5, 1965	December 30, 1965	Christian Democracy
Aldo Moro		1916–1978	December 30, 1965	February 23, 1966	Christian Democracy
Amintore Fanfani		1908–1999	February 23, 1966	June 24, 1968	Christian Democracy
Giuseppe Medici		1907–2000	June 24, 1968	December 12, 1968	Christian Democracy
Pietro Nenni		1891–1980	December 12, 1968	August 5, 1969	Italian Socialist Party
Aldo Moro		1916–1978	August 5, 1969	June 26, 1972	Christian Democracy
Giuseppe Medici		1907–2000	July 26, 1972	July 7, 1973	Christian Democracy
Aldo Moro		1916–1978	July 7, 1973	November 23, 1974	Christian Democracy
Mariano Rumor		1915–1990	November 23, 1974	July 29, 1976	Christian Democracy
Arnaldo Forlani		1925 -	July 29, 1976	August 4, 1979	Christian Democracy
Franco Maria Malfatti		1927–1991	August 4, 1979	January 15, 1980	Christian Democracy
Attilio Ruffini		1925 -	January 15, 1980	April 4, 1980	Christian Democracy
Emilio Colombo		1920 -	April 4, 1980	August 4, 1983	Christian Democracy
Giulio Andreotti		1919 -	August 4, 1983	July 22, 1989	Christian Democracy
Gianni De Michelis		1940 -	July 22, 1989	June 28, 1992	Italian Socialist Party
Vincenzo Scotti		1933 -	June 28, 1992	July 29, 1992	Christian Democracy
Giuliano Amato		1938 -	July 29, 1992	August 1, 1992	Italian Socialist Party
Emilio Colombo		1920 -	August 1, 1992	April 28, 1993	Christian Democracy
Beniamino Andreatta		1928–2007	April 28, 1993	April 19, 1994	Italian Popular Party
Leopoldo Elia		1925–2008	April 19, 1994	May 10, 1994	Independent
Antonio Martino		1942 -	May 10, 1994	January 17, 1995	Forza Italia
Susanna Agnelli		1922–2009	January 17, 1995	May 17, 1996	Independent
Lamberto Dini		1931 -	May 17, 1996	June 6, 2001	Independent
Giuliano Amato		1938 -	June 6, 2001	June 11, 2001	The Olive Tree
Renato Ruggiero		1930 -	June 11, 2001	January 6, 2002	Independent
Silvio Berlusconi		1936 -	January 6, 2002	November 14, 2002	Forza Italia
Franco Frattini		1957 -	November 14, 2002	November 18, 2004	Forza Italia
Gianfranco Fini		1952 -	November 18, 2004	May 17, 2006	Alleanza Nazionale
Massimo D'Alema		1949 -	May 17, 2006	May 8, 2008	Democratic Party
Franco Frattini		1957 -	May 8, 2008	November 16, 2011	The People of Freedom
Giulio Terzi Sant'Agata		1946 -	November 16, 2011	Incumbent	Independent

See also

• Affari Esteri
• Foreign affairs