Minister of Agriculture (Italy)

The minister of agriculture, food sovereignty and forests is the head of the Republic of Italy's Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests. The ministry had been abolished by legislative referendum in 1993, during a period of great upheaval and financial sacrifices, but it was reconstituted in the same year until it assumed the current name in 2006.

Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests
Ministro dell'Agricoltura, della Sovranità Alimentare e delle Foreste
Incumbent Francesco Lollobrigida since 22 October 2022
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty
Member of	Council of Ministers
Reports to	The prime minister
Seat	Rome
Appointer	The president
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	18 June 1916; 109 years ago (1916-06-18)
First holder	Giovanni Ranieri
Website	www.politicheagricole.it

The current minister of the is Francesco Lollobrigida, of the Brothers of Italy party, who he is serving since 22 October 2022, in the government of Giorgia Meloni.

List of ministers of agriculture

Kingdom of Italy

Parties:

• 1916–1923:
  •   Liberal Union
  •   Democratic Liberal Party
  •   Italian People's Party
  •   Italian Liberal Party
• 1929–1943:
  •   National Fascist Party
• 1943–1946:
  •   Italian Communist Party
  •   Independent

Coalitions:

• 1916–1922:
  •   Liberal coalition
• 1922–1943:
  •   Fascist
• 1943–1946:
  •   National Liberation Committee
  •   Mixed coalition

Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Party		Government	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
Minister of Agriculture
	Giovanni Ranieri (1858–1944)	18 June 1916	30 October 1917	1 year, 134 days		Liberal Union	Boselli
	Giambattista Miliani (1856–1937)	30 October 1917	17 January 1919	1 year, 79 days		Liberal Union	Orlando
	Vincenzo Riccio (1858–1928)	17 January 1919	23 June 1919	157 days		Liberal Union
	Achille Visocchi (1863–1945)	23 June 1919	14 March 1920	265 days		Democratic Liberal Party	Nitti I
	Alfredo Falcioni (1868–1936)	14 March 1920	21 May 1920	78 days		Democratic Liberal Party
	Giuseppe Micheli (1874–1948)	21 May 1920	4 July 1921	1 year, 44 days		Italian People's Party	Nitti I Giolitti V
	Angelo Mauri (1873–1936)	4 July 1921	26 February 1922	237 days		Italian People's Party	Bonomi I
	Giovanni Bertini (1878–1949)	26 February 1922	31 October 1922	247 days		Italian People's Party	Facta I·II
	Giuseppe De Capitani D'Arzago (1870–1945)	31 October 1922	5 July 1923	247 days		Italian Liberal Party	Mussolini
Office not in use		1923–1929
Minister of Agriculture and Forests
	Giacomo Acerbo (1888–1969)	12 September 1929	24 January 1935	5 years, 134 days		National Fascist Party	Mussolini
	Edmondo Rossoni (1888–1969)	24 January 1935	31 October 1939	4 years, 280 days		National Fascist Party
	Giuseppe Tassinari (1891–1944)	31 October 1939	26 December 1941	2 years, 56 days		National Fascist Party
	Carlo Pareschi (1898–1944)	26 December 1941	25 July 1943	1 year, 211 days		National Fascist Party
	Alessandro Brizi (1878–1955)	25 July 1943	11 February 1944	201 days		Independent	Badoglio I
	Falcone Lucifero (1898–1997)	11 February 1944	24 April 1944	73 days		Independent
	Fausto Gullo (1887–1974)	24 April 1944	13 July 1946	2 years, 76 days		Italian Communist Party	Badoglio II Bonomi II·III Parri De Gasperi I

Italian Republic

Parties:

• 1946–1994:
  •   Christian Democracy
• 1994–present:
  •   National Alliance
  •   Italian People's Party
  •   The Democrats
  •   Federation of the Greens
  •   Democratic Party
  •   Northern League / League
  •   The People of Freedom
  •   The Populars of Italy Tomorrow
  •   Italia Viva
  •   Five Star Movement
  •   Brothers of Italy
  •   Independent

Coalitions:

• 1946–1994:
  •   National Liberation Committee
  •   Centrist coalition
  •   Organic Centre-left
  •   Pentapartito / Quadripartito
  •   Mixed coalition
• 1994–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 of Agriculture and Forests
	Antonio Segni (1891–1972)	13 July 1946	26 July 1951	5 years, 13 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi II·III
							De Gasperi IV·V·VI
	Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999)	26 July 1951	16 July 1953	1 year, 355 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi IV
	Rocco Salomone (1883–1960)	16 July 1953	18 January 1954	186 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi IV Pella
	Giuseppe Medici (1907–2000)	18 January 1954	6 July 1955	1 year, 169 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani I Scelba
	Emilio Colombo (1920–2013)	6 July 1955	1 July 1958	2 years, 360 days		Christian Democracy	Segni I Zoli
	Mario Ferrari Aggradi [it] (1916–1997)	1 July 1958	16 February 1959	230 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani II
	Mariano Rumor (1915–1990)	16 February 1959	21 June 1963	4 years, 125 days		Christian Democracy	Segni II Tambroni Fanfani III·IV
	Bernardo Mattarella (1905–1971)	21 June 1963	4 December 1963	166 days		Christian Democracy	Leone I
	Mario Ferrari Aggradi [it] (1916–1997)	4 December 1963	23 February 1966	2 years, 81 days		Christian Democracy	Moro I·II
	Franco Restivo (1911–1976)	23 February 1966	24 June 1968	2 years, 122 days		Christian Democracy	Moro III
	Giacomo Sedati [it] (1921–1984)	24 June 1968	12 December 1968	171 days		Christian Democracy	Leone II
	Athos Valsecchi (1919–1985)	12 December 1968	5 August 1969	236 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor I
	Giacomo Sedati [it] (1921–1984)	5 August 1969	27 March 1970	234 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor II
	Lorenzo Natali (1922–1989)	27 March 1970	7 July 1973	3 years, 102 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor III Colombo
							Andreotti I·II
	Mario Ferrari Aggradi [it] (1916–1997)	7 July 1973	14 March 1974	250 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor IV
	Antonio Bisaglia (1920–1984)	14 March 1974	23 November 1974	254 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor V
	Giovanni Marcora (1922–1983)	23 November 1974	18 October 1980	5 years, 330 days		Christian Democracy	Moro IV·V Andreotti III·IV·V Cossiga I
							Cossiga II
	Giuseppe Bartolomei (1923–1996)	18 October 1980	1 December 1982	2 years, 44 days		Christian Democracy	Forlani
							Spadolini I·II
	Calogero Mannino (1939– )	1 December 1982	4 August 1983	246 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani V
	Filippo Maria Pandolfi (1927–2025)	4 August 1983	13 April 1988	4 years, 253 days		Christian Democracy	Craxi I·II
							Fanfani VI
							Goria
	Calogero Mannino (1939– )	13 April 1988	27 July 1990	2 years, 105 days		Christian Democracy	De Mita Andreotti VI
	Vito Saccomandi [it] (1939–1995)	27 July 1990	12 April 1991	259 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti VI
	Giovanni Goria (1943–1994)	12 April 1991	28 June 1992	1 year, 77 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti VII
	Giovanni Angelo Fontana (1944– )	28 June 1992	21 March 1993	266 days		Christian Democracy	Amato I
	Alfredo Diana [it] (1930– )	21 March 1993	10 May 1994	1 year, 50 days		Christian Democracy / Italian People's Party	Amato I
							Ciampi
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forests
	Adriana Poli Bortone (1943– )	10 May 1994	17 January 1995	252 days		National Alliance	Berlusconi I
	Walter Luchetti (1937– )	17 January 1995	17 May 1996	1 year, 121 days		Independent	Dini
	Michele Pinto (1931– )	17 May 1996	21 October 1998	2 years, 157 days		Italian People's Party	Prodi I
Minister of Agricultural Policies
	Paolo De Castro (1958– )	21 October 1998	25 April 2000	1 year, 187 days		Independent / The Democrats	D'Alema I·II
Minister of Agricultural and Forestry Policies
	Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio (1959– )	25 April 2000	11 June 2001	1 year, 47 days		Federation of the Greens	Amato II
	Gianni Alemanno (1958– )	11 June 2001	17 May 2006	4 years, 340 days		National Alliance	Berlusconi II·III
Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies
	Paolo De Castro (1958– )	17 May 2006	8 May 2008	1 year, 357 days		The Daisy / Democratic Party	Prodi II
	Luca Zaia (1968– )	8 May 2008	16 April 2010	1 year, 343 days		Northern League	Berlusconi IV
	Giancarlo Galan (1956– )	16 April 2010	23 March 2011	341 days		The People of Freedom
	Francesco Saverio Romano (1964– )	23 March 2011	16 November 2011	238 days		The Populars of Italy Tomorrow
	Mario Catania (1952– )	16 November 2011	28 April 2013	1 year, 163 days		Independent	Monti
	Nunzia De Girolamo (1975– )	28 April 2013	27 January 2014	274 days		The People of Freedom / New Centre-Right	Letta
	Enrico Letta (1966– ) As Prime Minister	27 January 2014	22 February 2014	26 days		Democratic Party
	Maurizio Martina (1978– )	22 February 2014	13 March 2018	4 years, 19 days		Democratic Party	Renzi Gentiloni
	Paolo Gentiloni (1954– ) As Prime Minister	13 March 2018	1 June 2018	80 days		Democratic Party	Gentiloni
Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies and Tourism
	Gian Marco Centinaio (1971– )	1 June 2018	5 September 2019	1 year, 96 days		League	Conte I
Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies
	Teresa Bellanova (1958– )	5 September 2019	14 January 2021	1 year, 131 days		Democratic Party / Italia Viva	Conte II
	Giuseppe Conte (1964– ) As Prime Minister	14 January 2021	13 February 2021	30 days		Independent
	Stefano Patuanelli (1974– )	13 February 2021	22 October 2022	1 year, 251 days		Five Star Movement	Draghi
Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests
	Francesco Lollobrigida (1972– )	22 October 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 294 days		Brothers of Italy	Meloni

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