Minister of Economy and Finance (Italy)

The minister of economy and finance (Italian: ministro dell'economia e delle finanze) is a senior member of the Italian Cabinet who leads the Ministry of Economy and Finance since its creation in 2001 by the fusion of three former ministries, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Treasury and the Ministry of Budget.^[1]

Minister of Economy and Finance
Ministro dell'Economia e delle Finanze
Incumbent Giancarlo Giorgetti since October 22, 2022
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Member of	Council of Ministers High Council of Defence Eurogroup
Reports to	The prime minister
Seat	Palazzo delle Finanze, Rome
Appointer	The president
Term length	No fixed term
Precursor	Minister of Finance Minister of Treasury Minister of Budget
Formation	11 June 2001; 24 years ago (2001-06-11)
First holder	Giulio Tremonti
Website	www.mef.gov.it

The first minister of economy and finance was Giulio Tremonti, of Forza Italia, while the current office holder is Giancarlo Giorgetti, who has been acting as minister since 22 October 2022.^[2]

List of ministers

Finance, treasury and budget (1946–2001)

Main articles: Minister of Finance (Italy), Minister of the Treasury (Italy), and Minister of Budget (Italy)

Economy and finance (2001–present)

Parties

• 2001–present:
  •   Forza Italia / The People of Freedom
  •   Democratic Party
  •   League
  •   Independent

Governments

• 2001–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
	Giulio Tremonti (1947–)	11 June 2001	3 July 2004	3 years, 22 days		Forza Italia	Berlusconi II	[3]
	Domenico Siniscalco (1957–)	16 July 2004	22 September 2005	1 year, 68 days		Independent	Berlusconi II·III	[3]
	Giulio Tremonti (1947–)	22 September 2005	8 May 2006	228 days		Forza Italia	Berlusconi iII	[4]
	Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa (1940–2010)	17 May 2006	8 May 2008	1 year, 357 days		Independent	Prodi II	[5]
	Giulio Tremonti (1947–)	8 May 2008	16 November 2011	3 years, 192 days		The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV	[6]
	Mario Monti (1943–) As Prime Minister	16 November 2011	11 July 2012	238 days		Independent	Monti	[7]
	Vittorio Grilli (1957–)	11 July 2012	28 April 2013	291 days		Independent		[7]
	Fabrizio Saccomanni (1942–2019)	28 April 2013	22 February 2014	300 days		Independent	Letta	[8]
	Pier Carlo Padoan (1950–)	22 February 2014	1 June 2018	4 years, 99 days		Independent / Democratic Party	Renzi Gentiloni	[9][10]
	Giovanni Tria (1948– )	1 June 2018	5 September 2019	1 year, 96 days		Independent	Conte I	[11]
	Roberto Gualtieri (1966–)	5 September 2019	13 February 2021	1 year, 161 days		Democratic Party	Conte II	[12]
	Daniele Franco (1953– )	13 February 2021	22 October 2022	1 year, 251 days		Independent	Draghi
	Giancarlo Giorgetti (1966– )	22 October 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 294 days		League	Meloni

Timeline

See also

• Politics of Italy