Secretary of the Council of Ministers (Italy)

The secretary of the Council of Ministers (Italian: Segretario del Consiglio dei Ministri) is a senior member of the Italian Cabinet. The secretary is one of the undersecretaries of state to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers but, unlike them, he sits in the Cabinet and helps the prime minister in coordinating the government and its meetings. Thus, the secretary is usually a person very close to the prime minister. The secretary of the Council of Ministers, which may not be confused with the largely ceremonial office of Deputy Prime Minister (not all Italian Cabinets include one), resembles that of the White House chief of staff.

Secretary of the Council of Ministers
Incumbent Alfredo Mantovano since October 22, 2022
Council of Ministers
Seat	Rome
Appointer	President of Italy
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Paolo Cappa
Formation	July 13, 1946; 79 years ago (1946-07-13)
Website	www.governo.it

The current secretary of the Council of Ministers is Alfredo Mantovano, appointed on 22 October 2022 in the government led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.^[1]

List

Parties:

• 1946–1994:
  •   Christian Democracy
  •   Italian Republican Party
  •   Italian Socialist Party
  •   Independent
• 1994–present:
  •   Forza Italia / The People of Freedom
  •   Italian People's Party
  •   Democrats of the Left
  •   Democratic Party
  •   League
  •   Five Star Movement

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
	Paolo Cappa (1888–1956)	13 July 1946	31 May 1947	322 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi II·III
	Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013)	31 May 1947	18 January 1954	6 years, 232 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi IV·V·VI·VII·VIII Pella
	Mariano Rumor (1915–1990)	18 January 1954	10 February 1954	23 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani I
	Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918–2012)	10 February 1954	6 July 1955	1 year, 146 days		Christian Democracy	Scelba
	Carlo Russo (1920–2007)	6 July 1955	19 May 1957	1 year, 317 days		Christian Democracy	Segni I
	Lorenzo Spallino (1897–1962)	19 May 1957	1 July 1958	1 year, 43 days		Christian Democracy	Zoli
	Antonio Maxia (1904–1962)	1 July 1958	16 February 1959	230 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani II
	Carlo Russo (1920–2007)	16 February 1959	25 March 1960	1 year, 38 days		Christian Democracy	Segni II
	Alberto Folchi (1897–1977)	25 March 1960	26 July 1960	123 days		Christian Democracy	Tambroni
	Umberto Delle Fave (1912–1986)	26 July 1960	21 June 1963	2 years, 330 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani III·IV
	Crescenzo Mazza (1910–1990)	21 June 1963	4 December 1963	166 days		Christian Democracy	Leone I
	Angelo Salizzoni (1907–1992)	4 December 1963	24 June 1968	4 years, 203 days		Christian Democracy	Moro I·II·III
	Luigi Michele Galli (1924–2001)	24 June 1968	12 December 1968	171 days		Christian Democracy	Leone II
	Antonio Bisaglia (1929–1984)	12 December 1968	6 August 1970	1 year, 237 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor I
							Rumor II
							Rumor III
	Dario Antoniozzi (1923–2019)	6 August 1970	17 February 1972	1 year, 195 days		Christian Democracy	Colombo
	Franco Evangelisti (1923–1993)	17 February 1972	7 July 1973	1 year, 140 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti I·II
	Adolfo Sarti (1928–1992)	7 July 1973	23 November 1974	1 year, 139 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor IV·V
	Angelo Salizzoni (1907–1992)	23 November 1974	29 July 1976	1 year, 249 days		Christian Democracy	Moro IV·V
	Franco Evangelisti (1923–1993)	29 July 1976	4 August 1979	3 years, 6 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti IV·V
	Piergiorgio Bressani (1929–2022)	4 August 1979	18 October 1980	1 year, 75 days		Christian Democracy	Cossiga I
							Cossiga II
	Luciano Radi (1922–2014)	18 October 1980	28 June 1981	253 days		Christian Democracy	Forlani
	Francesco Compagna (1921–1982)	28 June 1981	24 July 1982	1 year, 26 days		Italian Republican Party	Spadolini I
	Vittorio Olcese (1925–1999)	23 August 1982	1 December 1982	100 days		Italian Republican Party	Spadolini II
	Bruno Orsini (1929– )	1 December 1982	4 August 1983	246 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani V
	Giuliano Amato (1938– )	4 August 1983	18 April 1987	3 years, 247 days		Italian Socialist Party	Craxi I·II
	Mauro Bubbico (1928–1991)	18 April 1987	29 July 1987	102 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani VI
	Emilio Rubbi (1930–2005)	29 July 1987	13 April 1988	259 days		Christian Democracy	Goria
	Riccardo Misasi (1932–2000)	13 April 1988	22 July 1989	1 year, 100 days		Christian Democracy	De Mita
	Nino Cristofori (1930–2015)	22 July 1989	28 June 1992	2 years, 342 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti VI·VII
	Fabio Fabbri (1933–2024)	28 June 1992	28 April 1993	304 days		Italian Socialist Party	Amato I
	Antonio Maccanico (1924–2013)	28 April 1993	10 May 1994	1 year, 12 days		Italian Republican Party	Ciampi
	Gianni Letta (1935– )	10 May 1994	17 January 1995	252 days		Forza Italia	Berlusconi I
	Lamberto Cardia (1934– )	17 January 1995	17 May 1996	1 year, 121 days		Independent	Dini
	Enrico Luigi Micheli (1938–2011)	17 May 1996	21 October 1998	2 years, 157 days		Italian People's Party	Prodi I
	Franco Bassanini (1940– )	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	1 year, 62 days		Democrats of the Left	D'Alema I
	Enrico Luigi Micheli (1938–2011)	22 December 1999	11 June 2000	172 days		Italian People's Party	D'Alema II Amato II
	Gianni Letta (1935– )	11 June 2001	17 May 2006	4 years, 340 days		Forza Italia	Berlusconi II·III
	Enrico Letta (1966– )	17 May 2006	8 May 2008	1 year, 357 days		The Daisy / Democratic Party	Prodi II
	Gianni Letta (1935– )	8 May 2008	16 November 2011	3 years, 192 days		The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
	Antonio Catricalà (1952–2021)	16 November 2011	28 April 2013	1 year, 163 days		Independent	Monti
	Filippo Patroni Griffi (1955– )	28 April 2013	22 February 2014	300 days		Independent	Letta
	Graziano Delrio (1960– )	22 February 2014	2 April 2015	1 year, 39 days		Democratic Party	Renzi
	Claudio De Vincenti (1948– )	2 April 2015	12 December 2016	1 year, 268 days		Democratic Party
	Maria Elena Boschi (1981– )	12 December 2016	1 June 2018	1 year, 171 days		Democratic Party	Gentiloni
	Giancarlo Giorgetti (1966– )	1 June 2018	5 September 2019	1 year, 96 days		League	Conte I
	Riccardo Fraccaro (1981– )	5 September 2019	13 February 2021	1 year, 161 days		Five Star Movement	Conte II
	Roberto Garofoli (1966– )	13 February 2021	22 October 2022	1 year, 251 days		Independent	Draghi
	Alfredo Mantovano (1958– )	22 October 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 304 days		Independent	Meloni

Timeline

See also

• Politics of Italy
• Council of Ministers (Italy)
• Prime Minister of Italy
• List of prime ministers of Italy
• Deputy Prime Minister of Italy
• Lists of office-holders