Minister of Defence (Italy)

Minister of Defence of the Italian Republic
Ministro della difesa
Flag of the minister of defence
Incumbent Lorenzo Guerini since 5 september 2019
Ministry of Defence
Member of	Council of Ministers
Seat	Rome
Appointer	The President of Italy
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	17 March 1861 (1861-03-17)
First holder	Manfredo Fanti
Website	www.difesa.it

This Italian Ministers of Defence is a senior member of the Italian Cabinet who leads the Ministry of Defence. The minister is 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 Lorenzo Guerini, of the Democratic Party, who has been acting as Defence Minister since September 5, 2019.

Kingdom of Italy

Parties

• 1861–1912:

  Military   Historical Right

• 1912–1922:

  Military   Reformist Socialist Party   People's Party   Agrarian Party   Liberal Union

• 1922–1943:

  National Fascist Party (sole legal party)

• 1943–1946:

  Military   Liberal Party   Christian Democracy

Governments

  Rightist coalition   Leftist coalition   Liberal coalition   Fascist   Military   Mixed coalition

Name (Born–Died)		Portrait	Term of office		Political Party	Government
	Manfredo Fanti (1806–1865)		17 March 1861	6 June 1861	Military	Cavour IV
style="background:Template:Historical Right/meta/color;" |	Bettino Ricasoli (1809–1880)		12 June 1861	5 September 1861	Historical Right	Ricasoli I
	Alessandro Della Rovere (1815–1864)		5 September 1861	3 March 1862	Military
	Agostino Petitti Bagliani (1814–1890)		4 March 1862	8 December 1862	Military	Rattazzi I
	Alessandro Della Rovere (1815–1864)		8 December 1862	28 September 1864	Military	Farini Minghetti I
	Agostino Petitti Bagliani (1814–1890)		28 September 1864	31 December 1865	Military	La Marmora II
	(1813–1896)		31 December 1865	22 August 1866	Military	La Marmora III Ricasoli II
	Efisio Cugia (1818–1872)		22 August 1866	10 April 1867	Military	Ricasoli II
	Genova Theon di Revel (1817–1910)		10 April 1867	27 October 1867	Military	Rattazzi II
	Ettore Bertolè Viale (1829–1892)		27 October 1867	14 December 1869	Military	Menabrea I·II·III
	Giuseppe Govone (1825–1872)		14 December 1869	7 September 1870	Military	Lanza
	Cesare Ricotti-Magnani (1822–1917)		7 September 1870	20 November 1876	Military	Lanza Minghetti II
						Depretis I
	Luigi Mezzacapo (1814–1885)		20 November 1876	24 March 1878	Military	Depretis I·II
	Luigi Mezzacapo (1824–1890)		24 March 1878	24 October 1878	Military	Cairoli I
	Cesare Bonelli (1821–1904)		24 October 1878	19 December 1878	Military
	Gustavo Mazè de la Roche (1824–1886)		19 December 1878	14 July 1879	Military	Depretis III
	Cesare Bonelli (1821–1904)		14 July 1879	13 July 1880	Military	Cairoli II·III
	Ferdinando Acton (1832–1891)		13 July 1880	27 July 1880	Military	Cairoli III
	Bernardino Milon (1829–1881)		27 July 1880	25 March 1881	Military
	Emilio Ferrero (1819–1887)		25 March 1881	24 May 1884	Military	Cairoli III Depretis IV·V·VI
	Cesare Ricotti-Magnani (1822–1917)		24 May 1884	4 April 1887	Military	Depretis VI·VII
	Ettore Bertolè Viale (1829–1892)		4 April 1887	6 February 1891	Military	Depretis VIII Crispi I·II
	Luigi Pelloux (1839–1924)		6 February 1891	15 December 1893	Military	Rudinì I
						Giolitti I
	Stanislao Mocenni (1837–1907)		15 December 1893	10 March 1896	Military	Crispi III·IV
	Cesare Ricotti-Magnani (1822–1917)		10 March 1896	11 July 1896	Military	Rudinì II
	Luigi Pelloux (1839–1924)		11 July 1896	14 December 1897	Military	Rudinì III
	Alessandro Asinari di San Marzano (1830–1906)		14 December 1897	14 May 1899	Military	Rudinì IV Pelloux I
	Giuseppe Mirri (1834–1907)		14 May 1899	7 January 1900	Military	Pelloux II
	Luigi Pelloux (1839–1924)		7 January 1900	7 April 1900	Military
	Coriolano Ponza di San Martino (1842–1926)		7 April 1900	27 April 1902	Military	Pelloux II
						Saracco Zanardelli
	Enrico Morin (1841–1910)		27 April 1902	14 May 1902	Military	Zanardelli
	Giuseppe Ottolenghi (1838–1904)		14 May 1902	3 September 1903	Military
	Ettore Pedotti (1842–1919)		3 September 1903	24 December 1905	Military	Giolitti II
						Tittoni
						Fortis I
	Luigi Majnoni d'Intignano (1841–1918)		24 December 1905	29 May 1906	Military	Fortis II
						Sonnino I
	Giuseppe Ettore Viganò (1843–1933)		29 May 1906	29 December 1907	Military	Giolitti III
style="background:Template:Historical Right/meta/color;" |	Severino Casana (1842–1912)		29 December 1907	10 December 1909	Historical Right
	Paolo Spingardi (1845–1918)		11 December 1909	19 March 1914	Military	Sonnino II
						Luzzatti
						Giolitti IV
	Domenico Grandi (1849–1937)		21 March 1914	10 October 1914	Military	Salandra I
	Vittorio Italico Zupelli (1859–1945)		10 October 1914	4 April 1916	Military	Salandra I·II
	Paolo Morrone (1854–1937)		4 April 1916	16 June 1917	Military	Salandra II Boselli
	Gaetano Giardino (1864–1935)		16 June 1917	30 October 1917	Military	Boselli
	Vittorio Luigi Alfieri (1863–1918)		30 October 1917	21 March 1918	Military	Orlando
	Vittorio Italico Zupelli (1859–1945)		21 March 1918	18 January 1919	Military
	Enrico Caviglia (1862–1945)		18 January 1919	23 June 1919	Military
	Alberico Albricci (1864–1936)		24 June 1919	14 March 1920	Military	Nitti I
	Ivanoe Bonomi (1873–1951)		14 March 1920	21 May 1920	Italian Reformist Socialist Party
style="background:Template:Italian People's Party (1919)/meta/color;" |	Giulio Rodinò (1875–1946)		21 May 1920	15 June 1920	Italian People's Party	Nitti II
	Ivanoe Bonomi (1873–1951)		15 June 1920	2 April 1921	Italian Reformist Socialist Party	Giolitti V
style="background:Template:Italian People's Party (1919)/meta/color;" |	Giulio Rodinò (1875–1946)		2 April 1921	4 July 1921	Italian People's Party
	Luigi Gasparotto (1873–1954)		4 July 1921	26 February 1922	Italian Reformist Socialist Party	Bonomi I
	Pietro Lanza di Scalea (1863–1938)		26 February 1922	1 August 1922	Agrarian Party	Facta I
style="background:Template:Liberals (Italy)/meta/color;" |	Marcello Soleri (1882–1945)		1 August 1922	28 October 1922	Liberal Union	Facta II
	Armando Diaz (1861–1928)		30 October 1922	30 April 1924	Military	Mussolini
style="background:Template:National Fascist Party/meta/color;" |	Antonino Di Giorgio (1867–1932)		30 April 1924	4 April 1925	National Fascist Party
style="background:Template:National Fascist Party/meta/color;" |	Benito Mussolini (1883–1945)		4 April 1925	12 September 1929	National Fascist Party
style="background:Template:National Fascist Party/meta/color;" |	Pietro Gazzera (1879–1953)		12 September 1929	22 July 1933	National Fascist Party
style="background:Template:National Fascist Party/meta/color;" |	Benito Mussolini (1883–1945)		22 July 1933	25 July 1943	National Fascist Party
	Antonio Sorice (1897–1971)		28 July 1943	11 February 1944	Military	Badoglio I
	Taddeo Orlando (1885–1950)		11 February 1944	8 June 1944	Military	Badoglio I
						Badoglio II
style="background:Template:Italian Liberal Party/meta/color;" |	Alessandro Casati (1881–1955)		18 June 1944	21 June 1945	Italian Liberal Party	Bonomi II·III
style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" |	Stefano Jacini (1886–1952)		21 June 1945	8 December 1945	Christian Democracy	Parri
style="background:Template:Italian Liberal Party/meta/color;" |	Manlio Brosio (1897–1980)		10 December 1945	1 July 1946	Italian Liberal Party	De Gasperi I

Italian Republic

Parties

• 1946–1994:

  Republican Party   Labour Democratic Party   Christian Democracy   Democratic Socialist Party   Socialist Party   Liberal Party   Independent

• 1994–present:

  Forza Italia/The People of Freedom   People's Party   Democratic Union for the Republic   The Daisy/Democratic Party   Civic Choice/Populars for Italy   Five Star Movement   Independent

Governments:

• 1946–1994:

  Centrist coalition   Organic Centre-left   Pentapartito/Quadripartito   Mixed coalition

• 1994–present:

  Centre-right coalition   Centre-left coalition   Mixed coalition

Name (Born–Died)		Portrait	Term of office		Political Party	Government
Minister of War
style="background:Template:Italian Republican Party/meta/color;" |	Cipriano Facchinetti (1889–1952)		14 July 1946	4 February 1947	Italian Republican Party	De Gasperi II
Minister of Defence
	Luigi Gasparotto (1873–1954)		4 February 1947	31 May 1947	Labour Democratic Party	De Gasperi III
style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" |	Mario Cingolani (1883–1971)		31 May 1947	15 December 1947	Christian Democracy	De Gasperi IV
style="background:Template:Italian Republican Party/meta/color;" |	Cipriano Facchinetti (1889–1952)		15 December 1947	23 May 1948	Italian Republican Party
style="background:Template:Italian Republican Party/meta/color;" |	Randolfo Pacciardi (1899–1991)		23 May 1948	7 July 1953	Italian Republican Party	De Gasperi V·VI·VII
style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" |	Giuseppe Codacci Pisanelli (1913–1999)		16 July 1953	2 August 1953	Christian Democracy	De Gasperi VIII
style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" |	Paolo Emilio Taviani (1912–2001)		17 August 1953	1 July 1958	Christian Democracy	Pella Fanfani I Scelba Segni I Zoli
style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" |	Antonio Segni (1891–1972)		1 July 1958	15 February 1959	Christian Democracy	Fanfani II
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" |	Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013)		15 February 1959	23 February 1966	Christian Democracy	Segni II Tambroni Fanfani III·IV Leone I
Moro I·II
style="background:Template:Italian Democratic Socialist Party/meta/color;" |	Roberto Tremelloni (1900–1987)		23 February 1966	24 June 1968	Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Moro III
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" |	Luigi Gui (1914–2010)		24 June 1968	23 March 1970	Christian Democracy	Leone II
Rumor I
Rumor II
style="background:Template:Italian Democratic Socialist Party/meta/color;" |	Mario Tanassi (1918–2007)		27 March 1970	17 February 1972	Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Rumor III Colombo
style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" |	Franco Restivo (1911–1976)		17 February 1972	16 June 1972	Christian Democracy	Andreotti I
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Italian Democratic Socialist Party/meta/color;" |	Mario Tanassi (1918–2007)		26 July 1972	14 March 1974	Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Andreotti II
Rumor IV
style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" |	Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013)		14 March 1974	23 November 1974	Christian Democracy	Rumor V
style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" |	Arnaldo Forlani (1925–)		23 November 1974	29 July 1976	Christian Democracy	Moro IV·V
style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" |	Vittorio Lattanzio (1926–2010)		29 July 1976	18 September 1977	Christian Democracy	Andreotti III
style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" |	Attilio Ruffini (1925–2011)		18 September 1977	14 January 1980	Christian Democracy	Andreotti III·IV·V Cossiga I
style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" |	Adolfo Sarti (1928–1992)		14 January 1980	4 April 1980	Christian Democracy	Cossiga II
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Italian Socialist Party/meta/color;" |	Lelio Lagorio (1925–2017)		4 April 1980	4 August 1983	Italian Socialist Party	Cossiga II Forlani
Spadolini I·II
Fanfani V
style="background:Template:Italian Republican Party/meta/color;" |	Giovanni Spadolini (1925–1994)		4 August 1983	17 April 1987	Italian Republican Party	Craxi I·II
style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" |	Remo Gaspari (1921–2011)		17 April 1987	28 July 1987	Christian Democracy	Fanfani VI
style="background:Template:Italian Liberal Party/meta/color;" |	Valerio Zanone (1936–2016)		28 July 1987	22 July 1989	Italian Liberal Party	Goria De Mita
style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" |	Mino Martinazzoli (1931–2011)		22 July 1989	27 July 1990	Christian Democracy	Andreotti VI
style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" |	Virginio Rognoni (1924–)		27 July 1990	28 June 1992	Christian Democracy	Andreotti VI·VII
style="background:Template:Italian Socialist Party/meta/color;" |	Salvo Andò (1945–)		28 June 1992	28 April 1993	Italian Socialist Party	Amato I
style="background:Template:Italian Socialist Party/meta/color;" |	Fabio Fabbri (1933–)		28 April 1993	10 May 1994	Italian Socialist Party	Ciampi
style="background:Template:Forza Italia/meta/color;" |	Cesare Previti (1934–)		10 May 1994	17 January 1995	Forza Italia	Berlusconi I
style="background:Template:Independent (politics)/meta/color;" |	Domenico Corcione (1929–2020)		17 January 1995	17 May 1996	Independent	Dini
style="background:Template:Italian People's Party (1994)/meta/color;" |	Beniamino Andreatta (1928–2007)		17 May 1996	21 October 1998	Italian People's Party	Prodi I
	Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini (1944–)		21 October 1998	22 December 1999	Democratic Union for the Republic	D'Alema I
style="background:Template:Italian People's Party (1994)/meta/color;" |	Sergio Mattarella (1941–)		22 December 1999	11 June 2001	Italian People's Party	D'Alema II Amato II
style="background:Template:Forza Italia/meta/color;" |	Antonio Martino (1942–)		11 June 2001	17 May 2006	Forza Italia	Berlusconi II·III
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (Italy)/meta/color;" |	Arturo Parisi (1940–)		17 May 2006	8 May 2008	The Daisy/ Democratic Party	Prodi II
style="background:Template:The People of Freedom/meta/color;" |	Ignazio La Russa (1947–)		8 May 2008	16 November 2011	The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
style="background:Template:Independent (politics)/meta/color;" |	Giampaolo Di Paola (1944–)		16 November 2011	28 April 2013	Independent	Monti
style="background:Template:Civic Choice/meta/color;" |	Mario Mauro (1961–)		28 April 2013	22 February 2014	Civic Choice/ Populars for Italy	Letta
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (Italy)/meta/color;" |	Roberta Pinotti (1961–)		22 February 2014	1 June 2018	Democratic Party	Renzi Gentiloni
style="background:Template:Five Star Movement/meta/color;" |	Elisabetta Trenta (1967–)	File:ElisabettaTrenta (cropped).jpg	1 June 2018	5 September 2019	Five Star Movement	Conte I
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (Italy)/meta/color;" |	Lorenzo Guerini (1966–)		5 September 2019	Incumbent	Democratic Party	Conte II

See also

• Ministry of Defence (Italy)