Minister of the Interior (Italy)

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 prefect Matteo Piantedosi, appointed on 22 October 22 in the Meloni Cabinet.^[2]

Minister of the Interior
Ministro dell'Interno
Incumbent Matteo Piantedosi since 22 October 2022
Ministry of the Interior
Member of	Council of Ministers High Council of Defence
Seat	Palazzo del Viminale, Rome
Appointer	The president of Italy
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	March 23, 1861; 164 years ago (1861-03-23)
First holder	Marco Minghetti
Website	www.interno.gov.it

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
  •   Italian Socialist Party
  •   Independent

Coalitions

• 1861–1912:
  •   Rightist coalition
  •   Leftist coalition
  •   Mixed coalition
• 1912–1922:
  •   Liberal coalition
• 1922–1943:
  •   Fascist
• 1943–1946:
  •   Mixed coalition

Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Party		Government	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
	Marco Minghetti (1818–1886)	23 March 1861	1 September 1861	162 days		Historical Right	Cavour IV Ricasoli I
	Bettino Ricasoli (1809–1880) As Prime Minister	1 September 1861	3 March 1862	183 days		Historical Right	Ricasoli I
	Urbano Rattazzi (1808–1873) As Prime Minister	3 March 1862	8 December 1862	280 days		Historical Left	Rattazzi I
	Ubaldino Peruzzi (1822–1891)	8 December 1862	28 September 1864	1 year, 295 days		Historical Left	Farini Minghetti I
	Giovanni Lanza (1810–1882)	28 September 1864	1 September 1865	338 days		Historical Right	La Marmora II
	Giuseppe Natoli (1815–1867)	1 September 1865	14 December 1865	104 days		Historical Right
	Desiderato Chiaves (1825–1895)	14 December 1865	20 June 1866	188 days		Historical Right	La Marmora II·III
	Bettino Ricasoli (1809–1880) As Prime Minister	29 June 1866	10 April 1867	285 days		Historical Right	Ricasoli II
	Urbano Rattazzi (1808–1873) As Prime Minister	10 April 1867	27 October 1867	200 days		Historical Left	Rattazzi II
	Filippo Antonio Gualtiero (1819–1874)	27 October 1867	17 January 1868	82 days		Historical Right	Menabrea I·II
	Carlo Cadorna (1809–1881)	17 January 1868	10 September 1868	237 days		Historical Right	Menabrea II
	Girolamo Cantelli (1815–1884)	10 September 1868	13 May 1869	245 days		Historical Right
	Luigi Ferraris (1813–1900)	13 May 1869	22 October 1869	162 days		Historical Right	Menabrea III
	Antonio Starabba di Rudinì (1839–1908)	22 October 1869	14 December 1869	53 days		Historical Right
	Giovanni Lanza (1810–1882) As Prime Minister	14 December 1869	10 July 1873	3 years, 208 days		Historical Right	Lanza
	Girolamo Cantelli (1815–1884)	10 July 1873	25 March 1876	2 years, 259 days		Historical Right	Minghetti II
	Giovanni Nicotera (1826–1894)	25 March 1876	25 December 1877	1 year, 275 days		Historical Left	Depretis I
	Francesco Crispi (1818–1901)	26 December 1877	7 March 1878	71 days		Historical Left	Depretis II
	Agostino Depretis (1813–1887) As Prime Minister	7 March 1878	24 March 1878	17 days		Historical Left
	Giuseppe Zanardelli (1826–1903)	24 March 1878	19 December 1878	270 days		Historical Left	Cairoli I
	Agostino Depretis (1813–1887) As Prime Minister	19 December 1878	14 July 1879	207 days		Historical Left	Depretis III
	Tommaso Villa (1832–1915)	14 July 1879	25 November 1879	1 year, 134 days		Historical Left	Cairoli II
	Agostino Depretis (1813–1887) As Prime Minister	25 November 1879	4 April 1887	7 years, 130 days		Historical Left	Cairoli II Depretis IV·V· VI·VII·VIII
	Francesco Crispi (1818–1901) As Prime Minister[a]	4 April 1887	6 February 1891	3 years, 308 days		Historical Left	Depretis VIII Crispi I·II
	Giovanni Nicotera (1826–1894)	6 February 1891	15 May 1892	1 year, 99 days		Historical Left	Di Rudinì I
	Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928) As Prime Minister	15 May 1892	15 December 1893	1 year, 214 days		Historical Left	Giolitti I
	Francesco Crispi (1818–1901) As Prime Minister	15 December 1893	10 March 1896	2 years, 86 days		Historical Left	Crispi III
	Antonio Starabba di Rudinì (1839–1908) As Prime Minister	10 March 1896	29 June 1898	2 years, 111 days		Historical Right	Di Rudinì II·III·IV·V
	Luigi Pelloux (1839–1924) As Prime Minister	29 June 1898	24 June 1900	1 year, 360 days		Military	Pelloux I·II
	Giuseppe Saracco (1821–1907) As Prime Minister	24 June 1900	15 February 1901	236 days		Historical Left	Saracco
	Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928)	15 February 1901	20 June 1903	2 years, 125 days		Historical Left	Zanardelli
	Giuseppe Zanardelli (1826–1903) As Prime Minister	20 June 1903	3 November 1903	136 days		Historical Left
	Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928) As Prime Minister	3 November 1903	12 March 1905	1 year, 129 days		Historical Left	Giolitti III
	Tommaso Tittoni (1855–1931) As Prime Minister	12 March 1905	28 March 1905	16 days		Historical Right	Tittoni
	Alessandro Fortis (1842–1909) As Prime Minister	28 March 1905	8 February 1906	317 days		Historical Left	Fortis I·II
	Sidney Sonnino (1847–1922) As Prime Minister	8 February 1906	29 May 1906	110 days		Historical Right	Sonnino I
	Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928) As Prime Minister	29 May 1906	11 December 1909	3 years, 196 days		Historical Left	Giolitti III
	Sidney Sonnino (1847–1922) As Prime Minister	11 December 1909	31 March 1910	110 days		Historical Right	Sonnino II
	Luigi Luzzatti (1841–1927) As Prime Minister	31 March 1910	30 March 1911	364 days		Historical Right	Luzzatti
	Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928) As Prime Minister	30 March 1911	21 March 1914	2 years, 356 days		Liberal Union	Giolitti IV
	Antonio Salandra (1853–1931) As Prime Minister	21 March 1914	18 June 1916	2 years, 89 days		Liberal Union	Salandra I·II
	Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860–1952) As Prime Minister[b]	18 June 1916	23 June 1919	3 years, 5 days		Liberal Union	Boselli Orlando
	Francesco Saverio Nitti (1868–1953) As Prime Minister	23 June 1919	15 June 1920	358 days		Italian Radical Party	Nitti I·II
	Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928) As Prime Minister	15 June 1920	4 July 1921	1 year, 19 days		Liberal Union	Giolitti V
	Ivanoe Bonomi (1873–1951) As Prime Minister	4 July 1921	26 February 1922	237 days		Italian Reformist Socialist Party	Bonomi I
	Luigi Facta (1861–1930) As Prime Minister	26 February 1922	1 August 1922	156 days		Liberal Union	Facta I
	Paolino Taddei (1860–1925)	1 August 1922	31 October 1922	91 days		Liberal Union	Facta II
	Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) As Prime Minister	31 October 1922	17 June 1924	1 year, 230 days		National Fascist Party	Mussolini
	Luigi Federzoni (1878–1967)	17 June 1924	6 November 1926	2 years, 142 days		National Fascist Party
	Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) As Prime Minister	6 November 1926	25 July 1943	16 years, 261 days		National Fascist Party
	Bruno Fornaciari (1881–1959)	25 July 1943	9 August 1943	15 days		Independent	Badoglio I
	Umberto Ricci (1878–1957)	9 August 1943	8 September 1943	30 days		Independent
	Vito Reale (1883–1953)	16 November 1943	24 April 1944	160 days		Independent
	Salvatore Aldisio (1890–1964)	24 April 1944	18 June 1944	55 days		Christian Democracy	Badoglio II
	Ivanoe Bonomi (1873–1951) As Prime Minister	18 June 1944	21 June 1945	1 year, 3 days		Labour Democratic Party	Bonomi II·III
	Ferruccio Parri (1890–1981) As Prime Minister	21 June 1945	10 December 1945	172 days		Action Party	Parri
	Giuseppe Romita (1887–1958)	10 December 1945	13 July 1946	215 days		Italian Socialist Party	De Gasperi I

Italian Republic

Parties

• 1946–1994:
  •   Christian Democracy
• 1994–present:
  •   Italian People's Party
  •   Northern League / League
  •   Democratic Party of the Left
  •   The Democrats
  •   Forza Italia
  •   Democratic Party
  •   New Centre-Right
  •   Independent

Coalitions

• 1946–1994:
  •   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
	Alcide De Gasperi (1881–1954) As Prime Minister	13 July 1946	2 February 1947	204 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi II	[3]
	Mario Scelba (1901–1991)	2 February 1947	16 July 1953	8 years, 164 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi III	[4]
							De Gasperi IV·V· VI·VII·VIII
	Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999)	17 August 1953	18 January 1954	154 days		Christian Democracy	Pella
	Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013)	18 January 1954	10 February 1954	23 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani I
	Mario Scelba (1901–1991) As Prime Minister	10 February 1954	6 July 1955	1 year, 146 days		Christian Democracy	Scelba
	Fernando Tambroni (1901–1963)	6 July 1955	15 February 1959	3 years, 224 days		Christian Democracy	Segni I Zoli Fanfani II
	Antonio Segni (1891–1972) As Prime Minister	15 February 1959	25 March 1960	1 year, 39 days		Christian Democracy	Segni II
	Giuseppe Spataro (1897–1978)	25 March 1960	26 July 1960	123 days		Christian Democracy	Tambroni
	Mario Scelba (1901–1991)	26 July 1960	21 February 1962	1 year, 210 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani III
	Paolo Emilio Taviani (1912–2001)	21 February 1962	21 June 1963	1 year, 120 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani IV
	Mariano Rumor (1915–1990)	21 June 1963	4 December 1963	166 days		Christian Democracy	Leone I
	Paolo Emilio Taviani (1912–2001)	4 December 1963	24 June 1968	4 years, 203 days		Christian Democracy	Moro I·II·III
	Franco Restivo (1911–1976)	24 June 1968	17 February 1972	3 years, 238 days		Christian Democracy	Leone II
							Rumor I
							Rumor II
							Rumor III Colombo
	Mariano Rumor (1915–1990)	17 February 1972	7 July 1973	1 year, 140 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti I·II
	Paolo Emilio Taviani (1912–2001)	7 July 1973	23 November 1974	1 year, 139 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor IV·V
	Luigi Gui (1914–2010)	23 November 1974	12 February 1976	1 year, 81 days		Christian Democracy	Moro IV
	Francesco Cossiga (1928–2010)	12 February 1976	11 May 1978	2 years, 88 days		Christian Democracy	Moro V Andreotti III·IV
	Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013)	11 May 1978	13 June 1978	33 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti IV
	Virginio Rognoni (1924–2022)	13 June 1978	4 August 1983	5 years, 52 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti IV·V Cossiga I
							Cossiga II Forlani
							Spadolini I·II Fanfani V
	Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918–2012)	4 August 1983	28 July 1987	4 years, 111 days		Christian Democracy	Craxi I·II
							Fanfani VI
	Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999)	28 July 1987	13 April 1988	260 days		Christian Democracy	Goria
	Antonio Gava (1930–2008)	13 April 1988	16 October 1990	2 years, 186 days		Christian Democracy	De Mita Andreotti VI
	Vincenzo Scotti (1933– )	16 October 1990	28 June 1992	1 year, 256 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti VI·VII
	Nicola Mancino (1931– )	28 June 1992	19 April 1994	1 year, 295 days		Christian Democracy / Italian People's Party	Amato I
							Ciampi
	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920–2016) As Prime Minister	19 April 1994	10 May 1994	21 days		Independent	Ciampi
	Roberto Maroni (1955–2022)	10 May 1994	17 January 1995	252 days		Northern League	Berlusconi I
	Antonio Brancaccio (1923–1995)	17 January 1995	8 June 1995	142 days		Independent	Dini
	Giovanni Rinaldo Coronas (1919–2008)	8 June 1995	17 May 1996	344 days		Independent
	Giorgio Napolitano (1925–2023)	17 May 1996	21 October 1998	2 years, 157 days		Democratic Party of the Left	Prodi I
	Rosa Russo Iervolino (1936– )	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	1 year, 62 days		Italian People's Party	D'Alema I
	Enzo Bianco (1951– )	22 December 1999	11 June 2001	1 year, 171 days		The Democrats	D'Alema II Amato II
	Claudio Scajola (1948– )	11 June 2001	3 July 2002	1 year, 22 days		Forza Italia	Berlusconi II
	Giuseppe Pisanu (1937– )	3 July 2002	17 May 2006	3 years, 318 days		Forza Italia	Berlusconi II·III
	Giuliano Amato (1938– )	17 May 2006	8 May 2008	1 year, 357 days		Independent / Democratic Party	Prodi II
	Roberto Maroni (1955–2022)	8 May 2008	16 November 2011	3 years, 192 days		Northern League	Berlusconi IV
	Annamaria Cancellieri (1943– )	16 November 2011	28 April 2013	1 year, 163 days		Independent	Monti
	Angelino Alfano (1970– )	28 April 2013	12 December 2016	3 years, 228 days		The People of Freedom / New Centre-Right	Letta
							Renzi
	Marco Minniti (1956– )	12 December 2016	1 June 2018	1 year, 171 days		Democratic Party	Gentiloni
	Matteo Salvini (1973– )	1 June 2018	5 September 2019	1 year, 96 days		League	Conte I
	Luciana Lamorgese (1953– )	5 September 2019	22 October 2022	3 years, 47 days		Independent	Conte II Draghi
	Matteo Piantedosi (1963– )	22 October 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 292 days		Independent	Meloni

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