Minister for the South and Cohesion Policies

The minister for cohesion policies (Italian: ministro per le politiche di coesione) in Italy is one of the positions in the Italian government. The current minister is Tommaso Foti, of Brothers of Italy, who is serving since 2 December 2024; while Luigi Sbarra, an independent, is currently serving as Undersecretary delegated to the South since 12 June 2025.

From 1964 to 1987 and, again, from 1988 to 1993 Italian governments included a "minister for the extraordinary interventions in the Mezzogiorno" (1964–1966, 1972–1987, 1988–1993) or a "minister for the extraordinary interventions in the Mezzogiorno and the depressed areas" (1966–1972). Mezzogiorno is an alternative name for Southern Italy. The office was notably held by Paolo Emilio Taviani (1968–1972, 1972–1973), Giulio Andreotti (1974–1976) and Ciriaco De Mita (1976–1979).

List of ministers Parties

Coalitions

Portrait Name(Born–Died) Term of office Party Government Took officeLeft officeTime in officeMinister for Development and Territorial CohesionGianfranco Miccichè23 April 200517 May 2006 Forza ItaliaBerlusconi IIIOffice not in use2006–2010Prodi IIBerlusconi IVMinister of Regional Affairs and Territorial Cohesion Raffaele Fitto 10 June 2010 16 November 2011 The People of FreedomBerlusconi IVMinister for Territorial Cohesion Fabrizio Barca 16 November 2011 28 April 2013 IndependentMonti Carlo Trigilia 28 April 2013 22 February 2014 Democratic PartyLettaOffice not in use2014–2016RenziMinister of Territorial Cohesion and the South Claudio De Vincenti 12 December 2016 1 June 2018 Democratic PartyGentiloniMinister for the South Barbara Lezzi 1 June 2018 5 September 2019 Five Star MovementConte I Giuseppe Provenzano 5 September 2019 13 February 2021 Democratic PartyConte IIMinister for the South and Territorial Cohesion Mara Carfagna 13 February 2021 22 October 2022 Forza Italia /ActionDraghiMinister for European Affairs, Southern Italy, Cohesion Policy and the NRRP Raffaele Fitto 22 October 2022 30 November 2024 Brothers of ItalyMeloniMinister for European Affairs, Cohesion Policy and the NRRP Tommaso Foti 2 December 2024 Incumbent Brothers of ItalyMeloni

Timeline

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