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.
The current head of the Ministry of Health is professor Orazio Schillaci, appointed on 22 October 2022 by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.Ministro – Ministero della Salute
List of Italian ministers of health
Parties 1958–1994:
1994–present:
Coalitions:
Portrait Name(Born–Died) Term of office Party Government Took officeLeft officeTime in officeMinister of HealthVincenzo Monaldi14 August 1958 16 February 1959 Christian DemocracyFanfani II Camillo Giardina16 February 1959 21 February 1962 Christian DemocracySegni IITambroniFanfani IIIAngelo Raffaele Jervolino21 February 1962 4 December 1963 Christian DemocracyFanfani IVLeone IGiacomo Mancini4 December 1963 22 July 1964 Italian Socialist PartyMoro ILuigi Mariotti22 July 1964 24 June 1968 Italian Socialist PartyMoro II·IIIEnnio Zelioli-Lanzini24 June 196812 December 1968 Christian DemocracyLeone IICamillo Ripamonti12 December 1968 23 March 1970Christian DemocracyRumor IRumor IILuigi Mariotti27 March 1970 17 February 1972 Italian Socialist PartyRumor IIIColomboAthos Valsecchi17 February 1972 26 June 1972 Christian DemocracyAndreotti I Remo Gaspari26 July 1972 7 July 1973 Christian DemocracyAndreotti IILuigi Gui7 July 197314 March 1974 Christian DemocracyRumor IVVittorino Colombo14 March 1974 23 November 1974 Christian DemocracyRumor V Antonio Pietro Gullotti23 November 1974 12 February 1976 Christian DemocracyMoro IV Luciano Dal Falco12 February 1976 11 March 1978 Christian DemocracyMoro VAndreotti IIITina Anselmi11 March 1978 4 August 1979 Christian DemocracyAndreotti IV·VRenato Altissimo4 August 1979 4 April 1980 Italian Liberal PartyCossiga IAldo Aniasi4 April 1980 28 June 1981 Italian Socialist PartyCossiga IIForlani Renato Altissimo28 June 1981 4 August 1983Italian Liberal PartySpadolini I·IIFanfani VCostante Degan4 August 19831 August 1986 Christian DemocracyCraxi ICarlo Donat-Cattin1 August 1986 22 July 1989Christian DemocracyCraxi IIFanfani VIGoriaDe MitaFrancesco De Lorenzo22 July 1989 21 February 1993 Italian Liberal PartyAndreotti VI·VIIAmato IRaffaele Costa21 February 199328 April 1993 Italian Liberal PartyAmato IMaria Pia Garavaglia28 April 199310 May 1994 Christian Democracy /Italian People's PartyCiampi Raffaele Costa10 May 199417 January 1995 Forza ItaliaBerlusconi I Elio Guzzanti17 January 199517 May 1996 IndependentDini Rosy Bindi17 May 199625 April 2000 Italian People's PartyProdi ID'Alema I·II Umberto Veronesi25 April 200011 June 2001 IndependentAmato IIGirolamo Sirchia11 June 200123 April 2005 IndependentBerlusconi IIFrancesco Storace23 April 200510 March 2006 National AllianceBerlusconi III Silvio Berlusconi11 March 200617 May 2006 Forza ItaliaLivia Turco17 May 20068 May 2008 Democrats of the Left /Democratic PartyProdi II Minister of Labour, Health and Social AffairsMaurizio Sacconi8 May 200815 December 2009 The People of FreedomBerlusconi IV Minister of HealthFerruccio Fazio15 December 2009 16 November 2011 IndependentBerlusconi IV Renato Balduzzi16 November 201128 April 2013 IndependentMonti Beatrice Lorenzin28 April 2013 1 June 2018The People of Freedom /New Centre-Right /Popular AlternativeLettaRenziGentiloniGiulia Grillo1 June 20185 September 2019 Five Star MovementConte IRoberto Speranza5 September 2019 22 October 2022 Article OneConte IIDraghi Orazio Schillaci 22 October 2022Incumbent IndependentMeloni
Timeline
See also Ministry of Health (Italy)
External links Ministero della Salute, Official website of the Ministry of Health
References