Minister of the Interior (Italy)

Minister of the Interior of
the Italian Republic
Minister of the Interior of; the Italian Republic
	Incumbent; Luciana Lamorgese; since September 5, 2019
	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; 163 years ago
First holder	Marco Minghetti
Website	www.interno.gov.it

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]

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:
- Historical Right
- Historical Left

1912–1922:
- Liberal Union
- Radical Party
- Reformist Socialist Party
- Military

1922–1943:
- National Fascist Party

1943–1946:
- Christian Democracy
- Labour Democratic Party
- Action Party
- Socialist Party
- Independent

Coalitions

- Rightist coalition
- Leftist coalition
- Liberal coalition
- Fascist
- Mixed coalition

Name (Born–Died)		Term of office		Political Party	Government
style="background:Template:Historical Right/meta/color;" \|	Marco Minghetti (1818–1886)	17 March 1861	1 September 1861	Historical Right	Cavour IV Ricasoli I
style="background:Template:Historical Right/meta/color;" \|	Bettino Ricasoli (1809–1880)	1 September 1861	3 March 1862	Historical Right	Ricasoli I
style="background:Template:Historical Left/meta/color;" \|	Urbano Rattazzi (1808–1873)	3 March 1862	8 December 1862	Historical Left	Rattazzi I
style="background:Template:Historical Left/meta/color;" \|	Ubaldino Peruzzi (1822–1891)	8 December 1862	28 September 1864	Historical Left	Farini Minghetti I
style="background:Template:Historical Right/meta/color;" \|	Giovanni Lanza (1810–1882)	28 September 1864	1 September 1865	Historical Right	La Marmora II
style="background:Template:Historical Right/meta/color;" \|	Giuseppe Natoli (1815–1867)	1 September 1865	4 December 1865	Historical Right	La Marmora II
style="background:Template:Historical Right/meta/color;" \|	Desiderato Chiaves (1825–1895)	15 December 1865	20 June 1866	Historical Right	La Marmora II·III
style="background:Template:Historical Right/meta/color;" \|	Bettino Ricasoli (1809–1880)	29 June 1866	10 April 1867	Historical Right	Ricasoli II
style="background:Template:Historical Left/meta/color;" \|	Urbano Rattazzi (1808–1873)	10 April 1967	27 October 1867	Historical Left	Rattazzi II
style="background:Template:Historical Right/meta/color;" \|	Filippo Antonio Gualtiero (1819–1874)	27 October 1867	17 January 1868	Historical Right	Menabrea I·II
style="background:Template:Historical Right/meta/color;" \|	Carlo Cadorna (1809–1881)	17 January 1868	10 September 1868	Historical Right	Menabrea II
style="background:Template:Historical Right/meta/color;" \|	Girolamo Cantelli (1815–1884)	10 September 1868	13 May 1869	Historical Right	Menabrea II
style="background:Template:Historical Right/meta/color;" \|	Luigi Ferraris (1813–1900)	13 May 1869	22 October 1869	Historical Right	Menabrea III
style="background:Template:Historical Right/meta/color;" \|	Antonio Starabba di Rudinì (1839–1908)	22 October 1869	14 December 1869	Historical Right	Menabrea III
style="background:Template:Historical Right/meta/color;" \|	Giovanni Lanza (1810–1882)	14 December 1869	9 July 1873	Historical Right	Lanza
style="background:Template:Historical Right/meta/color;" \|	Girolamo Cantelli (1815–1884)	10 July 1873	25 March 1876	Historical Right	Minghetti II
style="background:Template:Historical Left/meta/color;" \|	Giovanni Nicotera (1826–1894)	25 March 1876	25 December 1877	Historical Left	Depretis I
style="background:Template:Historical Left/meta/color;" \|	Francesco Crispi (1819–1901)	26 December 1877	7 March 1878	Historical Left	Depretis II
style="background:Template:Historical Left/meta/color;" \|	Agostino Depretis (1813–1887)	7 March 1878	24 March 1878	Historical Left	Depretis II
style="background:Template:Historical Left/meta/color;" \|	Giuseppe Zanardelli (1826–1903)	24 March 1878	19 December 1878	Historical Left	Cairoli I
style="background:Template:Historical Left/meta/color;" \|	Agostino Depretis (1813–1887)	19 December 1878	14 July 1879	Historical Left	Depretis III
style="background:Template:Historical Left/meta/color;" \|	Tommaso Villa (1832–1915)	14 July 1879	25 November 1879	Historical Left	Cairoli II
style="background:Template:Historical Left/meta/color;" \|	Agostino Depretis (1813–1887)	25 November 1879	4 April 1887	Historical Left	Cairoli II Depretis IV·V· VI·VII·VIII
style="background:Template:Historical Left/meta/color;" \|	Francesco Crispi (1819–1901)	4 April 1887	6 February 1891	Historical Left	Depretis VIII Crispi I·II
style="background:Template:Historical Left/meta/color;" \|	Giovanni Nicotera (1826–1894)	9 February 1891	15 May 1892	Historical Left	Rudinì I
style="background:Template:Historical Left/meta/color;" \|	Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928)	15 May 1892	15 December 1893	Historical Left	Giolitti I
style="background:Template:Historical Left/meta/color;" \|	Francesco Crispi (1819–1901)	15 December 1893	10 March 1896	Historical Left	Crispi III
style="background:Template:Historical Right/meta/color;" \|	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
style="background:Template:Historical Left/meta/color;" \|	Giuseppe Saracco (1821–1907)	24 June 1900	14 February 1901	Historical Left	Saracco
style="background:Template:Historical Left/meta/color;" \|	Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928)	15 February 1901	20 June 1903	Historical Left	Zanardelli
style="background:Template:Historical Left/meta/color;" \|	Giuseppe Zanardelli (1826–1903)	21 June 1903	3 November 1903	Historical Left	Zanardelli
style="background:Template:Historical Left/meta/color;" \|	Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928)	3 November 1903	12 March 1905	Historical Left	Giolitti III
style="background:Template:Historical Right/meta/color;" \|	Tommaso Tittoni (1855–1931)	12 March 1905	27 March 1905	Historical Right	Tittoni
style="background:Template:Historical Left/meta/color;" \|	Alessandro Fortis (1842–1909)	28 March 1905	8 February 1906	Historical Left	Fortis I·II
style="background:Template:Historical Right/meta/color;" \|	Sidney Sonnino (1847–1922)	8 February 1906	29 May 1906	Historical Right	Sonnino I
style="background:Template:Historical Left/meta/color;" \|	Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928)	29 May 1906	11 December 1909	Historical Left	Giolitti III
style="background:Template:Historical Right/meta/color;" \|	Sidney Sonnino (1847–1922)	11 December 1909	31 March 1910	Historical Right	Sonnino II
style="background:Template:Historical Right/meta/color;" \|	Luigi Luzzatti (1841–1927)	1 April 1910	29 March 1911	Historical Right	Luzzatti
style="background:Template:Liberals (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928)	30 March 1911	21 March 1914	Liberal Union	Giolitti IV
style="background:Template:Liberals (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Antonio Salandra (1853–1931)	21 March 1914	18 June 1916	Liberal Union	Salandra I·II
style="background:Template:Liberals (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860–1952)	18 June 1916	23 June 1919	Liberal Union	Boselli Orlando
style="background:Template:Italian Radical Party/meta/color;" \|	Francesco Saverio Nitti (1868–1953)	23 June 1919	15 June 1920	Radical Party	Nitti I·II
style="background:Template:Liberals (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928)	15 June 1920	4 July 1921	Liberal Union	Giolitti V
style="background:Template:Italian Reformist Socialist Party/meta/color;" \|	Ivanoe Bonomi (1873–1951)	4 July 1921	26 February 1922	Reformist Socialist Party	Bonomi I
style="background:Template:Liberals (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Luigi Facta (1861–1930)	26 February 1922	1 August 1922	Liberal Union	Facta I
style="background:Template:Liberals (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Paolino Taddei (1860–1925)	1 August 1922	31 October 1922	Liberal Union	Facta II
style="background:Template:National Fascist Party/meta/color;" \|	Benito Mussolini (1883–1945)	31 October 1922	17 June 1924	National Fascist Party	Mussolini
style="background:Template:National Fascist Party/meta/color;" \|	Luigi Federzoni (1878–1967)	17 June 1924	6 November 1926	National Fascist Party
style="background:Template:National Fascist Party/meta/color;" \|	Benito Mussolini (1883–1945)	6 November 1926	25 July 1943	National Fascist Party
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" \|	Bruno Fornaciari (1881–1959)	25 July 1943	9 August 1943	Independent	Badoglio I
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" \|	Umberto Ricci (1878–1957)	9 August 1943	8 September 1943	Independent
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" \|	Vito Reale (1883–1953)	16 November 1953	22 April 1944	Independent
style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Salvatore Aldisio (1890–1964)	22 April 1944	8 June 1944	Christian Democracy	Badoglio II
style="background:Template:Italian Reform Socialist Party/meta/color;" \|	Ivanoe Bonomi (1873–1951)	18 June 1944	19 June 1945	Labour Democratic Party	Bonomi II·III
style="background:Template:Action Party (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Ferruccio Parri (1890–1981)	21 June 1945	8 December 1945	Action Party	Parri
style="background:Template:Italian Socialist Party/meta/color;" \|	Giuseppe Romita (1887–1958)	10 December 1945	14 July 1946	Italian Socialist Party	De Gasperi I

Italian Republic

Parties

1946–1994:
- Christian Democracy

1994–present:
- Northern League
- Democratic Party of the Left
- People's Party
- The Democrats
- Forza Italia
- Democratic Party
- New Centre-Right
- Independent

Coalitions

1946–1994:
- Centrist coalition
- Organic Centre-left
- Pentapartito / Quadripartito
- Mixed coalition
1994–present:

N.	Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Party		Government	Ref.
N.	Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		Government	Ref.
1		Alcide De Gasperi (1881–1954)	13 July 1946	2 February 1947	204 days	style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Christian Democracy	De Gasperi II	^[3]
2		Mario Scelba (1901–1991)	2 February 1947	16 July 1953	8 years, 164 days	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Christian Democracy	De Gasperi III	^[4]
2		Mario Scelba (1901–1991)	2 February 1947	16 July 1953	8 years, 164 days	De Gasperi IV·V· VI·VII·VIII	Christian Democracy		^[4]
3		Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999)	16 July 1953	18 January 1954	186 days	style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Christian Democracy	Pella
4		Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013)	18 January 1954	10 February 1954	23 days	style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Christian Democracy	Fanfani I
(2)		Mario Scelba (1901–1991) Acting	10 February 1954	6 July 1955	1 year, 146 days	style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Christian Democracy	Scelba
5		Fernando Tambroni (1901–1963)	6 July 1955	15 February 1959	3 years, 224 days	style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Christian Democracy	Segni I Zoli Fanfani II
6		Antonio Segni (1891–1972) Acting	15 February 1959	25 March 1960	1 year, 39 days	style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Christian Democracy	Segni II
7		Giuseppe Spataro (1897–1978)	23 March 1960	26 July 1960	123 days	style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Christian Democracy	Tambroni
(2)		Mario Scelba (1901–1991)	26 July 1960	21 February 1962	1 year, 210 days	style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Christian Democracy	Fanfani III
8		Paolo Emilio Taviani (1912–2001)	21 February 1962	21 June 1963	1 year, 120 days	style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Christian Democracy	Fanfani IV
9		Mariano Rumor (1915–1990)	21 June 1963	4 December 1963	166 days	style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Christian Democracy	Leone I
(8)		Paolo Emilio Taviani (1912–2001)	4 December 1963	24 June 1968	4 years, 203 days	style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Christian Democracy	Moro I·II·III
10		Franco Restivo (1911–1976)	24 June 1968	17 February 1972	3 years, 238 days	rowspan=4 style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	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	style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Christian Democracy	Andreotti I·II
(8)		Paolo Emilio Taviani (1912–2001)	7 July 1973	23 November 1974	1 year, 139 days	style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Christian Democracy	Rumor IV·V
11		Luigi Gui (1914–2010)	23 November 1974	12 February 1976	1 year, 81 days	style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Christian Democracy	Moro IV
12		Francesco Cossiga (1928–2010)	12 February 1976	11 May 1978	2 years, 88 days	style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Christian Democracy	Moro V Andreotti III·IV
(8)		Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013)	11 May 1978	13 June 1978	33 days	style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Christian Democracy	Andreotti IV
13		Virginio Rognoni (1924– )	13 June 1978	4 August 1983	5 years, 52 days	rowspan=4 style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Christian Democracy	Andreotti IV·V Cossiga I
						Cossiga II Forlani
						Spadolini I·II
						Fanfani V
14		Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918–2012)	4 August 1983	28 July 1987	4 years, 111 days	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Christian Democracy	Craxi I·II
14		Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918–2012)	4 August 1983	28 July 1987	4 years, 111 days	Fanfani VI	Christian Democracy
(3)		Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999)	28 July 1987	13 April 1988	260 days	style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Christian Democracy	Goria
15	File:Antonio Gava.jpg	Antonio Gava (1930–2008)	13 April 1988	16 October 1990	2 years, 186 days	style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Christian Democracy	De Mita Andreotti VI
15		Vincenzo Scotti (1933– )	16 October 1990	28 June 1992	1 year, 256 days	style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Christian Democracy	Andreotti VI·VII
16		Nicola Mancino (1931– )	28 June 1992	10 May 1994	1 year, 316 days	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Christian Democracy (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Christian Democracy	Amato I
16		Nicola Mancino (1931– )	28 June 1992	10 May 1994	1 year, 316 days	Ciampi	Christian Democracy
17		Roberto Maroni (1955– )	10 May 1994	17 January 1995	252 days	style="background:Template:Lega Nord/meta/color;" \|	Northern League	Berlusconi I
18		Antonio Brancaccio (1923–1995)	17 January 1995	8 June 1995	142 days	style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" \|	Independent	Dini
19		Giovanni Rinaldo Coronas (1919–2008)	8 June 1995	17 May 1996	344 days	style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" \|	Independent	Dini
20		Giorgio Napolitano (1925– )	17 May 1996	21 October 1998	2 years, 157 days	style="background:Template:Democratic Party of the Left/meta/color;" \|	Democratic Party of the Left	Prodi I
21		Rosa Russo Jervolino (1936– )	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	1 year, 62 days	style="background:Template:Italian People's Party (1994)/meta/color;" \|	Italian People's Party	D'Alema I
22		Enzo Bianco (1951– )	22 December 1999	11 June 2001	1 year, 171 days	style="background:Template:The Democrats (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	The Democrats	D'Alema II Amato II
23		Claudio Scajola (1948– )	11 June 2001	3 July 2002	1 year, 22 days	style="background:Template:Forza Italia/meta/color;" \|	Forza Italia	Berlusconi II
24		Giuseppe Pisanu (1937– )	3 July 2002	17 May 2006	3 years, 318 days	style="background:Template:Forza Italia/meta/color;" \|	Forza Italia	Berlusconi II·III
25		Giuliano Amato (1938– )	17 May 2006	8 May 2008	1 year, 357 days	style="background:Template:Democratic Party (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Independent / Democratic Party	Prodi II
(17)		Roberto Maroni (1955– )	8 May 2008	16 November 2011	3 years, 192 days	style="background:Template:Lega Nord/meta/color;" \|	Northern League	Berlusconi IV
26		Annamaria Cancellieri (1943– )	16 November 2011	28 April 2013	1 year, 163 days	style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" \|	Independent	Monti
27		Angelino Alfano (1970– )	28 April 2013	12 December 2016	3 years, 228 days	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Centre-Right/meta/color;" \|	The People of Freedom / New Centre-Right	Letta
27		Angelino Alfano (1970– )	28 April 2013	12 December 2016	3 years, 228 days	Renzi	The People of Freedom / New Centre-Right
28		Marco Minniti (1956– )	12 December 2016	1 June 2018	1 year, 171 days	style="background:Template:Democratic Party (Italy)/meta/color;" \|	Democratic Party	Gentiloni
29		Matteo Salvini (1973– )	1 June 2018	5 September 2019	1 year, 96 days	style="background:Template:Lega Nord/meta/color;" \|	League	Conte I
30		Luciana Lamorgese (1953– )	5 September 2019	Incumbent	4 years, 263 days	style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" \|	Independent	Conte II