Minister for Sport (Italy)

The minister for sport (Italian: ministro per lo sport) in Italy is one of the positions in the Italian government.

The current minister is Andrea Abodi, an independent, who held the office since 22 October 2022.

List of ministers

Parties

• 2006–present:
  •   Democratic Party
  •   Five Star Movement
  •   Independent

Governments

• 2006–present:
  •   Centre-right coalition
  •   Centre-left coalition
  •   Mixed coalition

Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Party		Government	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
Minister for Youth Policies and Sport
	Giovanna Melandri (1962– )	17 May 2006	8 May 2008	1 year, 357 days		Democrats of the Left / Democratic Party	Prodi II	[1]
Office not in use		2008–2011					Berlusconi IV	[2]
Minister for Tourism, Sport and Regional Affairs
	Piero Gnudi (1938– )	16 November 2011	28 April 2013	1 year, 163 days		Independent	Monti	[3]
Minister for Equal Opportunities, Sport and Youth Policies
	Josefa Idem (1964– )	28 April 2013	27 June 2013	60 days		Democratic Party	Letta	[4]
Office not in use		2013–2016					Renzi	[5]
Minister for Sport
	Luca Lotti (1982– )	12 December 2016	1 June 2018	1 year, 171 days		Democratic Party	Gentiloni	[6]
Office not in use		2018–2019					Conte I	[7]
Minister for Youth Policies and Sport
	Vincenzo Spadafora (1974– )	5 September 2019	13 February 2021	1 year, 161 days		Five Star Movement	Conte II	[8]
Office not in use		2021–2022					Draghi
Minister for Sport and Youth
	Andrea Abodi (1960– )	22 October 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 294 days		Independent	Meloni