The minister of defence () is a senior member of the Italian Cabinet who leads the Ministry of Defence. The minister is responsible for military and civil defence matters and managing the Italian Armed Forces. The first minister of war was Manfredo Fanti, a general of the Royal Italian Army, while the first minister of defence was Luigi Gasparotto, member of the Labour Democratic Party. Since 22 October 2022, the office holder is Guido Crosetto, of the Brothers of Italy party, who is the defence minister of the Meloni government.
List of ministers of defence Parties
Governments:
Portrait Name(Born–Died) Term of office Party Government Took officeLeft officeTime in office Luigi Gasparotto 4 February 1947 31 May 1947 Labour Democratic PartyDe Gasperi III Mario Cingolani 31 May 1947 15 December 1947 Christian DemocracyDe Gasperi IV Cipriano Facchinetti 15 December 1947 23 May 1948 Italian Republican Party Randolfo Pacciardi 23 May 1948 16 July 1953 Italian Republican PartyDe Gasperi V·VI·VII Giuseppe Codacci Pisanelli 16 July 1953 17 August 1953 Christian DemocracyDe Gasperi VIII Paolo Emilio Taviani 17 August 1953 1 July 1958 Christian DemocracyPellaFanfani IScelbaSegni IZoli Antonio Segni 1 July 1958 15 February 1959 Christian DemocracyFanfani II Giulio Andreotti 15 February 1959 23 February 1966Christian DemocracySegni IITambroniFanfani III·IVLeone IMoro I·II Roberto Tremelloni 23 February 1966 24 June 1968 Italian Democratic Socialist PartyMoro III Luigi Gui24 June 196827 March 1970Christian DemocracyLeone IIRumor IRumor II Mario Tanassi 27 March 1970 17 February 1972 Italian Democratic Socialist PartyRumor IIIColombo Franco Restivo 17 February 1972 26 June 1972 Christian DemocracyAndreotti I Mario Tanassi26 June 197214 March 1974Italian Democratic Socialist PartyAndreotti IIRumor IV Giulio Andreotti 14 March 1974 23 November 1974 Christian DemocracyRumor V Arnaldo Forlani 23 November 1974 29 July 1976 Christian DemocracyMoro IV·V Vittorio Lattanzio 29 July 1976 18 September 1977 Christian DemocracyAndreotti III Attilio Ruffini 18 September 1977 14 January 1980 Christian DemocracyAndreotti III·IV·VCossiga I Adolfo Sarti 14 January 1980 4 April 1980 Christian DemocracyCossiga II Lelio Lagorio4 April 19804 August 1983Italian Socialist PartyCossiga IIForlaniSpadolini I·IIFanfani V Giovanni Spadolini 4 August 1983 18 April 1987 Italian Republican PartyCraxi I·II Remo Gaspari 18 April 1987 29 July 1987 Christian DemocracyFanfani IV Valerio Zanone 29 July 1987 22 July 1989 Italian Liberal PartyGoriaDe Mita Mino Martinazzoli 22 July 1989 27 July 1990 Christian DemocracyAndreotti VI Virginio Rognoni 27 July 1990 28 June 1992 Christian DemocracyAndreotti VI·VII Salvo Andò 28 June 1992 28 April 1993 Italian Socialist PartyAmato I Fabio Fabbri 28 April 1993 10 May 1994 Italian Socialist PartyCiampi Cesare Previti 10 May 1994 17 January 1995 Forza ItaliaBerlusconi I Domenico Corcione 17 January 1995 17 May 1996 IndependentDini Beniamino Andreatta 17 May 1996 21 October 1998 Italian People's PartyProdi I Carlo Scognamiglio 21 October 1998 22 December 1999 Democratic Union for the RepublicD'Alema I Sergio Mattarella 22 December 1999 11 June 2001 Italian People's PartyD'Alema IIAmato II Antonio Martino 11 June 2001 17 May 2006 Forza ItaliaBerlusconi II·III Arturo Parisi 17 May 2006 8 May 2008 The Daisy /Democratic PartyProdi II Ignazio La Russa 8 May 2008 16 November 2011 The People of FreedomBerlusconi IV Giampaolo Di Paola 16 November 2011 28 April 2013 IndependentMonti Mario Mauro 28 April 2013 22 February 2014 Civic Choice /Populars for ItalyLetta Roberta Pinotti 22 February 2014 1 June 2018 Democratic PartyRenziGentiloni Elisabetta Trenta 1 June 2018 5 September 2019 Five Star MovementConte I Lorenzo Guerini 5 September 2019 22 October 2022 Democratic PartyConte IIDraghi Guido Crosetto 22 October 2022 Incumbent Brothers of ItalyMeloni
Timeline
See also Minister of the Air Force (Italy) Ministry of Defence (Italy) Minister of the Navy (Italy) Minister of War (Italy)
References
External links Ministero della Difesa, Official website of the Ministry of Defence