Minister for European Affairs (Italy)

Minister of European Affairs
Ministro per gli Affari Europei
Incumbent Vincenzo Amendola (as undersecretary of state)
Department for European Politics
Member of	Council of Ministers
Reports to	The Prime Minister
Seat	Rome
Appointer	The President
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	4 April 1980 (1980-04-04)
First holder	Vincenzo Scotti
Website	www.politicheeuropee.gov.it

The Minister of European Affairs (Italian: Ministro per gli Affari Europei) in Italy is one of the positions in the Italian government, head of the Department for European Politics.

The latest Minister of European Affairs is Vincenzo Amendola, of the Democratic Party, who served from 5 September 2019 until 13 February 2021. On 24 February 2020, Amendola was appointed undersecretary of state, delegated to European Affairs, by Prime Minister Mario Draghi.

List of Ministers of European Affairs

Parties

• 1981–1994:
  •   Christian Democracy
  •   Italian Liberal Party
  •   Italian Socialist Party
  •   Italian Democratic Socialist Party
• 1994–present:
  •   Northern League / League
  •   Italian People's Party
  •   Federation of the Greens
  •   United Christian Democrats
  •   Italian Republican Party
  •   Italian Radicals
  •   The People of Freedom
  •   Democratic Party
  •   Independent

Coalitions:

• 1981–1994:
  •   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.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Minister for the Coordination of Community Policies
1		Vincenzo Scotti (1933– )	4 April 1980	28 June 1981	1 year, 85 days		Christian Democracy	Cossiga II Forlani
2		Lucio Abis (1926–2014)	28 June 1981	1 December 1982	1 year, 156 days		Christian Democracy	Spadolini I·II
3		Alfredo Biondi (1928–2020)	1 December 1982	4 August 1983	246 days		Italian Liberal Party	Fanfani V
4		Francesco Forte (1929– )	4 August 1983	9 May 1985	1 year, 278 days		Italian Socialist Party	Craxi I
5		Loris Fortuna (1924–1985)	31 July 1985	5 December 1985	127 days		Italian Socialist Party
6		Fabio Fabbri (1933– )	1 August 1986	18 April 1987	260 days		Italian Socialist Party	Craxi II
7		Luigi Granelli (1929–1999)	18 April 1987	29 July 1987	92 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani VI
8		Antonio La Pergola (1931–2007)	29 July 1987	13 April 1988	259 days		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Goria
9		Pier Luigi Romita (1924–2003)	13 April 1988	28 June 1992	4 years, 76 days		Italian Socialist Party	De Mita Andreotti VI·VII
Minister for the Coordination of Community Policies and Regional Affairs
10		Raffaele Costa (1936– )	28 June 1992	21 February 1993	238 days		Italian Liberal Party	Amato I
11		Gianfranco Ciaurro (1929–2000)	21 February 1993	28 April 1993	66 days		Italian Liberal Party
12		Valdo Spini (1946– )	28 April 1993	5 May 1993	7 days		Italian Socialist Party	Ciampi
13		Livio Paladin (1933–2000)	5 May 1993	10 May 1994	1 year, 5 days		Independent
Minister for the Coordination of European Union Policies
14		Domenico Comino (1955– )	10 May 1994	17 January 1995	252 days		Northern League	Berlusconi I
Office not in use			1995–1998					Dini
								Prodi II
Minister for the Community Policies
15		Enrico Letta (1966– )	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	1 year, 62 days		Italian People's Party	D'Alema I
16		Patrizia Toia (1950– )	22 December 1999	25 April 2000	125 days		Italian People's Party	D'Alema II
17		Gianni Francesco Mattioli (1940– )	25 April 2000	11 June 2001	1 year, 47 days		Federation of the Greens	Amato II
18		Rocco Buttiglione (1948– )	11 June 2001	23 April 2005	3 years, 316 days		United Christian Democrats / Union of Christians and Centre Democrats	Berlusconi II
19		Giorgio La Malfa (1939– )	23 April 2005	17 May 2006	1 year, 24 days		Italian Republican Party	Berlusconi III
20		Emma Bonino (1948– )	17 May 2006	8 May 2008	1 year, 357 days		Italian Radicals	Prodi II
Minister of European Policies
21		Andrea Ronchi (1955– )	8 May 2008	17 November 2010	2 years, 193 days		The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
22		Anna Maria Bernini (1965– )	17 November 2010	16 November 2011	364 days		The People of Freedom
23		Enzo Moavero Milanesi (1954– )	16 November 2011	22 February 2014	2 years, 98 days		Independent / Civic Choice	Monti Letta
Office not in use			2014–2018					Renzi Gentiloni
Minister of European Affairs
24		Paolo Savona (1936–)	1 June 2018	8 March 2019	280 days		Independent	Conte I
25		Giuseppe Conte (1964–) As Prime Minister	8 March 2019	10 July 2019	124 days		Independent
26		Lorenzo Fontana (1980–)	10 July 2019	5 September 2019	57 days		League
27		Vincenzo Amendola (1973–)	5 September 2019	13 February 2021	1 year, 161 days		Democratic Party	Conte II
Office not in use			2021–present					Draghi