Minister of Foreign Affairs (Italy)

The minister of foreign affairs is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Italy. The office was one of the positions which Italy inherited from the Kingdom of Sardinia where it was the most ancient ministry of the government: this origin gives to the office a ceremonial primacy in the Italian cabinet.

The current minister is Antonio Tajani, a member of Forza Italia, who is serving in the government of Giorgia Meloni since 22 October 2022.

Kingdom of Italy Parties

Coalitions

Portrait Name(Born–Died) Term of office Party Government Took officeLeft officeTime in officeMinister of Foreign AffairsCamillo BensoCount of Cavour23 March 18616 June 1861 Historical RightCavour IVBettino Ricasoli12 June 18613 March 1862 Historical RightRicasoli IUrbano Rattazzi3 March 186231 March 1862 Historical LeftRattazzi I Giacomo Durando31 March 18628 December 1862 MilitaryGiuseppe Pasolini8 December 186224 March 1863 Historical RightFarini Emilio Visconti Venosta24 March 186328 September 1864 Historical RightMinghetti IAlfonso Ferrero La Marmora28 September 186420 June 1866 MilitaryLa Marmora II·IIIBettino Ricasoli20 June 186628 June 1866 Historical RightRicasoli II Emilio Visconti Venosta28 June 186610 April 1867 Historical RightFederico Pescetto10 April 186712 April 1867 Historical RightRattazzi II Pompeo Di Campello12 April 186727 October 1867 Historical LeftLuigi Federico Menabrea27 October 186714 December 1869 Historical RightMenabrea I·II·III Emilio Visconti Venosta14 December 186920 November 1876 Historical RightLanzaMinghetti II Luigi Amedeo Melegari20 November 187628 December 1877 Historical LeftDepretis I Agostino Depretis28 December 187724 March 1878 Historical LeftDepretis II Luigi Corti24 March 187824 October 1878 Historical LeftCairoli I Benedetto Cairoli24 October 187819 December 1878 Historical Left Agostino Depretis19 December 187814 July 1879 Historical LeftDepretis III Benedetto Cairoli14 July 187929 May 1881 Historical LeftCairoli II·III Pasquale Stanislao Mancini29 May 188129 June 1885 Historical LeftDepretis IV·V·VI Agostino Depretis29 June 18856 October 1885 Historical LeftDepretis VIICarlo Felice Nicolis,Count of Robilant6 October 18854 April 1887 Military Agostino Depretis4 April 188729 July 1887 Historical LeftDepretis VIII Francesco Crispi29 July 18876 February 1891 Historical LeftCrispi I·II Antonio Starabba di Rudinì6 February 189115 May 1892 Historical RightDi Rudinì I Benedetto Brin15 May 189215 December 1893 MilitaryGiolitti I Alberto Blanc15 December 189310 March 1896 Historical LeftCrispi III·IV Onorato Caetani10 March 189611 July 1896 Historical RightDi Rudinì II Emilio Visconti Venosta11 July 18961 June 1898 Historical RightDi Rudinì III·IV Raffaele Cappelli1 June 189829 June 1898 Historical RightDi Rudinì V Felice Napoleone Canevaro29 June 189814 May 1899 MilitaryPelloux I Emilio Visconti Venosta14 May 189915 February 1901 Historical RightPelloux IISaracco Giulio Prinetti15 February 19019 February 1903 Historical RightZanardelli Enrico Morin9 February 19033 September 1903 Military Tommaso Tittoni3 September 190327 March 1905Historical RightGiolitti IITittoni Alessandro Fortis27 March 190524 December 1905 Historical LeftFortis I Antonio Paternò Castellodi San Giuliano24 December 19058 February 1906 Historical RightFortis II Francesco Guicciardini8 February 190629 May 1906 Historical RightSonnino I Tommaso Tittoni29 May 190610 December 1909 Historical RightGiolitti III Francesco Guicciardini11 December 190931 March 1910 Historical RightSonnino II Antonio Paternò Castellodi San Giuliano31 March 191017 October 1914 Historical Right /Liberal PartyLuzzattiGiolitti IVSalandra I Antonio Salandra17 October 1914 31 October 1914 Liberal PartySalandra I Sidney Sonnino31 October 191423 June 1919 Liberal PartySalandra IIIBoselliOrlando Tommaso Tittoni23 June 191926 June 1919 Liberal PartyNitti I Francesco Nitti26 June 191926 September 1919 Italian Radical Party Vittorio Scialoja26 September 191915 June 1920 Liberal PartyNitti I·II Carlo Sforza15 June 19204 July 1921 Democratic Liberal PartyGiolitti V Pietro Tomasi della Torretta4 July 192122 February 1922 IndependentBonomi I Carlo Schanzer26 February 192231 October 1922 Democratic Liberal PartyFacta I·II Benito Mussolini31 October 192212 September 1929 National Fascist PartyMussolini Dino Grandi12 September 192920 July 1932National Fascist Party Benito Mussolini20 July 19329 June 1936National Fascist Party Galeazzo Ciano9 June 19366 February 1943 National Fascist Party Benito Mussolini6 February 194325 July 1943 National Fascist Party Raffaele Guariglia25 July 194311 February 1944 IndependentBadoglio I Pietro Badoglio11 February 194418 June 1944MilitaryBadoglio I·IIIvanoe Bonomi18 June 194410 December 1944 Labour Democratic PartyBonomi II Alcide De Gasperi12 December 194413 July 1946 Christian DemocracyBonomi IIIParriDe Gasperi I

Italian Republic Parties

Coalitions:

Portrait Name(Born–Died) Term of office Party Government Took officeLeft officeTime in officeMinister of Foreign Affairs Alcide De Gasperi 13 July 1946 18 October 1946 Christian DemocracyDe Gasperi II Pietro Nenni 18 October 1946 2 February 1947 Italian Socialist PartyCarlo Sforza2 February 1947 26 July 1951Italian Republican PartyDe Gasperi IIIDe Gasperi IV·V·VI Alcide De Gasperi 26 July 1951 17 August 1953 Christian DemocracyDe Gasperi VII·VIII Giuseppe Pella 17 August 1953 18 January 1954 Christian DemocracyPella Attilio Piccioni 18 January 1954 16 September 1954 Christian DemocracyFanfani IScelba Gaetano Martino 16 September 1954 19 May 1957 Italian Liberal PartyScelbaSegni I Giuseppe Pella 19 May 1957 1 July 1958 Christian DemocracyZoli Amintore Fanfani 1 July 1958 16 February 1959 Christian DemocracyFanfani II Giuseppe Pella 16 February 1959 25 March 1960 Christian DemocracySegni II Antonio Segni 25 March 1960 7 May 1962 Christian DemocracyTambroniFanfani III·IV Amintore Fanfani 7 May 1962 29 May 1962 Christian DemocracyFanfani IV Attilio Piccioni 29 May 1962 4 December 1963 Christian DemocracyFanfani IVLeone I Giuseppe Saragat 4 December 1963 28 December 1964 Italian Democratic Socialist PartyMoro I·II Aldo Moro 28 December 1964 5 March 1965 Christian DemocracyMoro II Amintore Fanfani 5 March 1965 30 December 1965 Christian Democracy Aldo Moro 30 December 1965 23 February 1966 Christian Democracy Amintore Fanfani 23 February 1966 24 June 1968 Christian DemocracyMoro III Giuseppe Medici 24 June 1968 12 December 1968 Christian DemocracyLeone II Pietro Nenni 12 December 1968 5 August 1969 Italian Socialist PartyRumor IAldo Moro5 August 1969 26 June 1972Christian DemocracyRumor IIRumor IIIColomboAndreotti I Giuseppe Medici 26 July 1972 7 July 1973 Christian DemocracyAndreotti II Aldo Moro 7 July 1973 23 November 1974 Christian DemocracyRumor IV·V Mariano Rumor 23 November 1974 29 July 1976 Christian DemocracyMoro IV·V Arnaldo Forlani 29 July 1976 4 August 1979 Christian DemocracyAndreotti III·IV·V Franco Maria Malfatti 4 August 1979 15 January 1980 Christian DemocracyCossiga I Attilio Ruffini 15 January 1980 4 April 1980 Christian DemocracyEmilio Colombo4 April 1980 4 August 1983Christian DemocracyCossiga IIForlaniSpadolini I·IIFanfani VGiulio Andreotti4 August 1983 22 July 1989Christian DemocracyCraxi I·IIFanfani VIGoriaDe Mita Gianni De Michelis 22 July 1989 28 June 1992 Italian Socialist PartyAndreotti VI·VII Vincenzo Scotti 28 June 1992 29 July 1992 Christian DemocracyAmato IGiuliano Amato 29 July 1992 1 August 1992 Italian Socialist Party Emilio Colombo 1 August 1992 28 April 1993 Christian Democracy Beniamino Andreatta 28 April 1993 19 April 1994 Christian Democracy /Italian People's PartyCiampi Leopoldo Elia 19 April 1994 10 May 1994 Italian People's Party Antonio Martino 10 May 1994 17 January 1995 Forza ItaliaBerlusconi I Susanna Agnelli 17 January 1995 17 May 1996 IndependentDini Lamberto Dini 17 May 1996 6 June 2001 Italian RenewalProdi ID'Alema I·IIAmato II Giuliano Amato 6 June 2001 11 June 2001 IndependentAmato II Renato Ruggiero 11 June 2001 6 January 2002 IndependentBerlusconi II Silvio Berlusconi 6 January 2002 14 June 2002 Forza Italia Franco Frattini 14 June 2002 18 November 2004 Forza Italia Gianfranco Fini 18 November 2004 17 May 2006 National AllianceBerlusconi II·III Massimo D'Alema 17 May 2006 8 May 2008 Democrats of the Left /Democratic PartyProdi II Franco Frattini 8 May 2008 16 November 2011 The People of FreedomBerlusconi IV Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata 16 November 2011 27 March 2013 IndependentMonti Mario Monti 27 March 2013 28 April 2013 Independent Emma Bonino 28 April 2013 22 February 2014 Italian RadicalsLetta Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Federica Mogherini 22 February 2014 31 October 2014 Democratic PartyRenzi Paolo Gentiloni 31 October 2014 12 December 2016 Democratic Party Angelino Alfano 12 December 2016 1 June 2018 New Centre-Right /Popular AlternativeGentiloni Enzo Moavero Milanesi 1 June 2018 5 September 2019 IndependentConte I Luigi Di Maio 5 September 2019 22 October 2022 Five Star Movement /Together for the FutureConte IIDraghi Antonio Tajani 22 October 2022 Incumbent Forza ItaliaMeloni

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References

See also Affari Esteri Foreign policy