The minister of the interior () in Italy is one of the most important positions in the Italian Council of Ministers and leads the Ministry of the Interior.Ministero dell'Interno – Sito ufficiale The current minister is prefect Matteo Piantedosi, appointed on 22 October 22 in the Meloni Cabinet.
The minister of the interior is responsible for internal security and the protection of the constitutional order, for civil protection against disasters and terrorism, for displaced persons and administrative questions. It is host to the Standing Committee of Interior Ministers and also drafts all passport, identity card, firearms, and explosives legislation.
The interior minister is political head for the administration of internal affairs. They control the State police, the , and the prefects. The minister therefore sits on the High Council of Defence.
List of Italian ministers of interior
Kingdom of Italy Parties
Coalitions
Portrait Name(Born–Died) Term of office Party Government Took officeLeft officeTime in officeMarco Minghetti23 March 18611 September 1861 Historical RightCavour IVRicasoli I Bettino Ricasoli1 September 18613 March 1862 Historical RightRicasoli I Urbano Rattazzi3 March 18628 December 1862 Historical LeftRattazzi I Ubaldino Peruzzi8 December 186228 September 1864 Historical LeftFariniMinghetti IGiovanni Lanza28 September 18641 September 1865 Historical RightLa Marmora II Giuseppe Natoli1 September 186514 December 1865 Historical Right Desiderato Chiaves14 December 186520 June 1866 Historical RightLa Marmora II·III Bettino Ricasoli29 June 186610 April 1867 Historical RightRicasoli II Urbano Rattazzi10 April 186727 October 1867 Historical LeftRattazzi II Filippo Antonio Gualtiero27 October 186717 January 1868 Historical RightMenabrea I·II Carlo Cadorna17 January 186810 September 1868 Historical RightMenabrea II Girolamo Cantelli10 September 186813 May 1869 Historical Right Luigi Ferraris13 May 186922 October 1869 Historical RightMenabrea III Antonio Starabba di Rudinì22 October 186914 December 1869 Historical RightGiovanni Lanza14 December 186910 July 1873 Historical RightLanza Girolamo Cantelli10 July 187325 March 1876 Historical RightMinghetti II Giovanni Nicotera25 March 187625 December 1877 Historical LeftDepretis I Francesco Crispi26 December 18777 March 1878 Historical LeftDepretis II Agostino Depretis7 March 187824 March 1878 Historical Left Giuseppe Zanardelli24 March 187819 December 1878 Historical LeftCairoli I Agostino Depretis19 December 187814 July 1879 Historical LeftDepretis III Tommaso Villa14 July 187925 November 1879 Historical LeftCairoli II Agostino Depretis25 November 18794 April 1887 Historical LeftCairoli IIDepretis IV·V·VI·VII·VIII Francesco Crispi4 April 18876 February 1891 Historical LeftDepretis VIIICrispi I·II Giovanni Nicotera6 February 189115 May 1892 Historical LeftDi Rudinì I Giovanni Giolitti15 May 189215 December 1893 Historical LeftGiolitti I Francesco Crispi15 December 189310 March 1896 Historical LeftCrispi III Antonio Starabba di Rudinì10 March 189629 June 1898 Historical RightDi Rudinì II·III·IV·V Luigi Pelloux29 June 189824 June 1900 MilitaryPelloux I·II Giuseppe Saracco24 June 190015 February 1901 Historical LeftSaracco Giovanni Giolitti15 February 190120 June 1903 Historical LeftZanardelli Giuseppe Zanardelli20 June 19033 November 1903 Historical Left Giovanni Giolitti3 November 190312 March 1905 Historical LeftGiolitti III Tommaso Tittoni12 March 190528 March 1905 Historical RightTittoni Alessandro Fortis28 March 19058 February 1906 Historical LeftFortis I·II Sidney Sonnino8 February 190629 May 1906 Historical RightSonnino I Giovanni Giolitti29 May 190611 December 1909 Historical LeftGiolitti III Sidney Sonnino11 December 190931 March 1910 Historical RightSonnino II Luigi Luzzatti31 March 191030 March 1911 Historical RightLuzzatti Giovanni Giolitti30 March 191121 March 1914 Liberal PartyGiolitti IV Antonio Salandra21 March 191418 June 1916 Liberal PartySalandra I·II Vittorio Emanuele Orlando18 June 191623 June 1919 Liberal PartyBoselliOrlando Francesco Saverio Nitti23 June 191915 June 1920 Italian Radical PartyNitti I·II Giovanni Giolitti15 June 19204 July 1921 Liberal PartyGiolitti V Ivanoe Bonomi4 July 192126 February 1922 Italian Reformist Socialist PartyBonomi I Luigi Facta26 February 19221 August 1922 Liberal PartyFacta I Paolino Taddei1 August 192231 October 1922 Liberal PartyFacta II Benito Mussolini31 October 192217 June 1924 National Fascist PartyMussoliniLuigi Federzoni 17 June 19246 November 1926 National Fascist Party Benito Mussolini6 November 192625 July 1943 National Fascist Party Bruno Fornaciari25 July 19439 August 1943 IndependentBadoglio I Umberto Ricci9 August 19438 September 1943 Independent Vito Reale16 November 194324 April 1944 Independent Salvatore Aldisio24 April 194418 June 1944 Christian DemocracyBadoglio II Ivanoe Bonomi18 June 194421 June 1945 Labour Democratic PartyBonomi II·III Ferruccio Parri21 June 194510 December 1945 Action PartyParri Giuseppe Romita10 December 194513 July 1946 Italian Socialist PartyDe Gasperi I
Italian Republic Parties
Coalitions
Portrait Name(Born–Died) Term of office Party Government Took officeLeft officeTime in office Alcide De Gasperi 13 July 1946 2 February 1947 Christian DemocracyDe Gasperi II Mario Scelba2 February 194716 July 1953 Christian DemocracyDe Gasperi III De Gasperi IV·V·VI·VII·VIIIAmintore Fanfani17 August 195318 January 1954 Christian DemocracyPellaGiulio Andreotti18 January 195410 February 1954 Christian DemocracyFanfani IMario Scelba10 February 19546 July 1955Christian DemocracyScelbaFernando Tambroni6 July 195515 February 1959 Christian DemocracySegni IZoliFanfani IIAntonio Segni15 February 195925 March 1960 Christian DemocracySegni IIGiuseppe Spataro25 March 1960 26 July 1960 Christian DemocracyTambroniMario Scelba26 July 196021 February 1962Christian DemocracyFanfani IIIPaolo Emilio Taviani21 February 196221 June 1963 Christian DemocracyFanfani IVMariano Rumor21 June 19634 December 1963Christian DemocracyLeone IPaolo Emilio Taviani4 December 196324 June 1968 Christian DemocracyMoro I·II·IIIFranco Restivo24 June 196817 February 1972 Christian DemocracyLeone IIRumor IRumor IIRumor IIIColomboMariano Rumor17 February 1972 7 July 1973 Christian DemocracyAndreotti I·IIPaolo Emilio Taviani7 July 1973 23 November 1974 Christian DemocracyRumor IV·VLuigi Gui23 November 197412 February 1976 Christian DemocracyMoro IVFrancesco Cossiga12 February 197611 May 1978 Christian DemocracyMoro VAndreotti III·IVGiulio Andreotti11 May 197813 June 1978 Christian DemocracyAndreotti IVVirginio Rognoni13 June 19784 August 1983 Christian DemocracyAndreotti IV·VCossiga ICossiga IIForlaniSpadolini I·IIFanfani VOscar Luigi Scalfaro4 August 198328 July 1987 Christian DemocracyCraxi I·IIFanfani VIAmintore Fanfani28 July 198713 April 1988 Christian DemocracyGoriaAntonio Gava13 April 198816 October 1990 Christian DemocracyDe MitaAndreotti VIVincenzo Scotti16 October 1990 28 June 1992 Christian DemocracyAndreotti VI·VIINicola Mancino28 June 199219 April 1994 Christian Democracy /Italian People's PartyAmato ICiampi Carlo Azeglio Ciampi19 April 1994 10 May 1994IndependentCiampiRoberto Maroni10 May 199417 January 1995Northern LeagueBerlusconi IAntonio Brancaccio17 January 19958 June 1995 IndependentDiniGiovanni Rinaldo Coronas8 June 1995 17 May 1996 IndependentGiorgio Napolitano17 May 199621 October 1998 Democratic Party of the LeftProdi IRosa Russo Iervolino21 October 199822 December 1999 Italian People's PartyD'Alema IEnzo Bianco22 December 199911 June 2001 The DemocratsD'Alema IIAmato IIClaudio Scajola11 June 20013 July 2002 Forza ItaliaBerlusconi IIGiuseppe Pisanu3 July 200217 May 2006 Forza ItaliaBerlusconi II·IIIGiuliano Amato17 May 20068 May 2008Independent /Democratic PartyProdi IIRoberto Maroni8 May 200816 November 2011 Northern LeagueBerlusconi IVAnnamaria Cancellieri16 November 201128 April 2013 IndependentMontiAngelino Alfano28 April 201312 December 2016 The People of Freedom /New Centre-RightLettaRenziMarco Minniti12 December 20161 June 2018Democratic PartyGentiloni Matteo Salvini1 June 20185 September 2019LeagueConte ILuciana Lamorgese5 September 201922 October 2022 IndependentConte IIDraghi Matteo Piantedosi22 October 2022Incumbent IndependentMeloni
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