Minister of Health (Italy)

The minister of health (Italian: ministro della salute) in Italy is one of the positions in the Italian government. The ministry was officially established in 1958, with Vincenzo Monaldi, of the Christian Democracy, serving as the first minister. From 1946 to 1958, the position was held by a high commissioners for hygiene and public health, who was not a minister but a special commissioner. Nicola Perrotti, of the Italian Socialist Party, served as the first high commissioner.

Minister of Health
Ministro della Salute
Incumbent Orazio Schillaci since 22 October 2022
Ministry of Health
Member of	Council of Ministers
Reports to	The prime minister
Seat	Rome
Appointer	The president
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	14 August 1958; 67 years ago (1958-08-14)
First holder	Vincenzo Monaldi
Website	www.salute.gov.it

The current head of the Ministry of Health is professor Orazio Schillaci, appointed on 22 October 2022 by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.^[1]

List of Italian ministers of health

Parties

• 1958–1994:
  •   Christian Democracy
  •   Italian Socialist Party
  •   Italian Liberal Party
• 1994–present:
  •   Italian People's Party
  •   Forza Italia / The People of Freedom
  •   National Alliance
  •   Democrats of the Left / Democratic Party
  •   New Centre-Right / Popular Alternative
  •   Five Star Movement
  •   Article One
  •   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
Minister of Health
	Vincenzo Monaldi (1899–1969)	14 August 1958	16 February 1959	186 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani II	[2]
	Camillo Giardina (1907–1985)	16 February 1959	21 February 1962	3 years, 5 days		Christian Democracy	Segni II Tambroni Fanfani III	[3][4] [5]
	Angelo Raffaele Jervolino (1890–1985)	21 February 1962	4 December 1963	1 year, 286 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani IV Leone I	[6][7]
	Giacomo Mancini (1916–2002)	4 December 1963	22 July 1964	231 days		Italian Socialist Party	Moro I	[8]
	Luigi Mariotti (1912–2004)	22 July 1964	24 June 1968	3 years, 338 days		Italian Socialist Party	Moro II·III	[9][10]
	Ennio Zelioli-Lanzini (1899–1976)	24 June 1968	12 December 1968	171 days		Christian Democracy	Leone II	[11]
	Camillo Ripamonti (1919–1997)	12 December 1968	23 March 1970	1 year, 101 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor I	[12][13]
							Rumor II
	Luigi Mariotti (1912–2004)	27 March 1970	17 February 1972	1 year, 327 days		Italian Socialist Party	Rumor III Colombo	[14][15]
	Athos Valsecchi (1919–1985)	17 February 1972	26 June 1972	130 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti I	[16]
	Remo Gaspari (1921–2011)	26 July 1972	7 July 1973	346 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti II	[17]
	Luigi Gui (1914–2010)	7 July 1973	14 March 1974	250 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor IV	[18]
	Vittorino Colombo (1925–1996)	14 March 1974	23 November 1974	254 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor V	[19]
	Antonio Pietro Gullotti (1922–1989)	23 November 1974	12 February 1976	1 year, 81 days		Christian Democracy	Moro IV	[20]
	Luciano Dal Falco (1925–1992)	12 February 1976	11 March 1978	2 years, 27 days		Christian Democracy	Moro V Andreotti III	[21][22]
	Tina Anselmi (1927–2016)	11 March 1978	4 August 1979	1 year, 146 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti IV·V	[23][24]
	Renato Altissimo (1940–2015)	4 August 1979	4 April 1980	244 days		Italian Liberal Party	Cossiga I	[25]
	Aldo Aniasi (1921–2005)	4 April 1980	28 June 1981	1 year, 85 days		Italian Socialist Party	Cossiga II Forlani	[26][27]
	Renato Altissimo (1940–2015)	28 June 1981	4 August 1983	2 years, 37 days		Italian Liberal Party	Spadolini I·II Fanfani V	[28][29] [30]
	Costante Degan (1930–1988)	4 August 1983	1 August 1986	2 years, 362 days		Christian Democracy	Craxi I	[31]
	Carlo Donat-Cattin (1919–1989)	1 August 1986	22 July 1989	2 years, 355 days		Christian Democracy	Craxi II	[32][33] [34][35]
							Fanfani VI
							Goria De Mita
	Francesco De Lorenzo (1938– )	22 July 1989	21 February 1993	3 years, 214 days		Italian Liberal Party	Andreotti VI·VII Amato I	[36][37] [38]
	Raffaele Costa (1936– )	21 February 1993	28 April 1993	66 days		Italian Liberal Party	Amato I	[39]
	Maria Pia Garavaglia (1947– )	28 April 1993	10 May 1994	1 year, 12 days		Christian Democracy / Italian People's Party	Ciampi	[40]
	Raffaele Costa (1936– )	10 May 1994	17 January 1995	252 days		Forza Italia	Berlusconi I	[41]
	Elio Guzzanti (1920–2014)	17 January 1995	17 May 1996	1 year, 121 days		Independent	Dini	[42]
	Rosy Bindi (1951– )	17 May 1996	25 April 2000	3 years, 344 days		Italian People's Party	Prodi I D'Alema I·II	[43][44] [45]
	Umberto Veronesi (1925–2016)	25 April 2000	11 June 2001	1 year, 47 days		Independent	Amato II	[46]
	Girolamo Sirchia (1933– )	11 June 2001	23 April 2005	3 years, 316 days		Independent	Berlusconi II	[47]
	Francesco Storace (1959– )	23 April 2005	10 March 2006	321 days		National Alliance	Berlusconi III	[48]
	Silvio Berlusconi (1936–2023) As Prime Minister	11 March 2006	17 May 2006	67 days		Forza Italia		[49]
	Livia Turco (1955– )	17 May 2006	8 May 2008	1 year, 357 days		Democrats of the Left / Democratic Party	Prodi II	[50]
Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs
	Maurizio Sacconi (1950– )	8 May 2008	15 December 2009	1 year, 221 days		The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV	[51]
Minister of Health
	Ferruccio Fazio (1944– )	15 December 2009	16 November 2011	1 year, 336 days		Independent	Berlusconi IV	[52]
	Renato Balduzzi (1954– )	16 November 2011	28 April 2013	1 year, 163 days		Independent	Monti	[53]
	Beatrice Lorenzin (1971– )	28 April 2013	1 June 2018	5 years, 34 days		The People of Freedom / New Centre-Right / Popular Alternative	Letta	[54][55] [56]
							Renzi Gentiloni
	Giulia Grillo (1975– )	1 June 2018	5 September 2019	1 year, 96 days		Five Star Movement	Conte I	[57]
	Roberto Speranza (1979– )	5 September 2019	22 October 2022	3 years, 47 days		Article One	Conte II Draghi	[58][59]
	Orazio Schillaci (1966– )	22 October 2022	Incumbent	3 years, 63 days		Independent	Meloni	[60]

Timeline

See also

• Ministry of Health (Italy)

External links

• Ministero della Salute, Official website of the Ministry of Health