Italian Minister of the Interior
The Minister of the Interior (Italian: Ministro dell'Interno) in Italy is one of the most important positions in the Italian government. The current Minister is Angelino Alfano, appointed on 28 April 2013.
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.
List of Italian Ministers of Interior
Kingdom of Italy
- Parties
- 1861–1912:
Historical Right Historical Left
- 1912–1922:
Liberals Radical Party Reform Socialist Party Military
- 1922–1943:
National Fascist Party (sole legal party)
- 1943–1946:
Liberal Party Christian Democracy Labour Democratic Party Action Party Socialist Party Independent
Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term of office | Political Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marco Minghetti (1818–1886) |
17 March 1861 | 1 September 1861 | Historical Right | ||
Bettino Ricasoli (1809–1880) |
1 September 1861 | 3 March 1862 | Historical Right | ||
Urbano Rattazzi (1808–1873) |
3 March 1862 | 8 December 1862 | Historical Left | ||
Ubaldino Peruzzi (1822–1891) |
8 December 1862 | 27 September 1864 | Historical Left | ||
Giovanni Lanza (1810–1882) |
27 September 1864 | 1 September 1865 | Historical Right | ||
Giuseppe Natoli (1815–1867) |
1 September 1865 | 4 December 1865 | Historical Right | ||
Desiderato Chiaves (1825–1895) |
15 December 1865 | 20 June 1866 | Historical Right | ||
Bettino Ricasoli (1809–1880) |
29 June 1866 | 10 April 1867 | Historical Right | ||
Urbano Rattazzi (1808–1873) |
10 April 1967 | 27 October 1867 | Historical Left | ||
Filippo Antonio Gualtiero (1819–1874) |
27 October 1867 | 17 January 1868 | Historical Right | ||
Carlo Cadorna (1809–1881) |
17 January 1868 | 10 September 1868 | Historical Right | ||
Gerolamo Cantelli (1815–1884) |
10 September 1868 | 13 May 1869 | Historical Right | ||
Luigi Ferraris (1813–1900) |
13 May 1869 | 22 October 1869 | Historical Right | ||
Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì (1839–1908) |
22 October 1869 | 14 December 1869 | Historical Right | ||
Giovanni Lanza (1810–1882) |
14 December 1869 | 9 July 1873 | Historical Right | ||
Gerolamo Cantelli (1815–1884) |
10 July 1873 | 25 March 1876 | Historical Right | ||
Giovanni Nicotera (1826–1894) |
26 March 1876 | 26 December 1877 | Historical Left | ||
Francesco Crispi (1819–1901) |
26 December 1877 | 7 March 1878 | Historical Left | ||
Agostino Depretis (1813–1887) |
7 March 1878 | 28 March 1878 | Historical Left | ||
Giuseppe Zanardelli (1826–1903) |
28 March 1878 | 19 December 1878 | Historical Left | ||
Agostino Depretis (1813–1887) |
19 December 1878 | 14 July 1879 | Historical Left | ||
Tommaso Villa (1832–1915) |
14 July 1879 | 25 November 1879 | Historical Left | ||
Agostino Depretis (1813–1887) |
25 November 1879 | 4 April 1887 | Historical Left | ||
Francesco Crispi (1819–1901) |
4 April 1887 | 6 February 1891 | Historical Left | ||
Giovanni Nicotera (1826–1894) |
9 February 1891 | 5 May 1892 | Historical Left | ||
Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928) |
15 May 1892 | 28 November 1893 | Historical Left | ||
Francesco Crispi (1819–1901) |
15 May 1892 | 28 November 1893 | Historical Left | ||
Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì (1839–1908) |
9 March 1896 | 29 June 1898 | Historical Right | ||
Luigi Pelloux (1839–1924) |
29 June 1898 | 23 June 1900 | Military | ||
Giuseppe Saracco (1821–1907) |
24 June 1900 | 14 February 1901 | Historical Left | ||
Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928) |
15 February 1901 | 20 June 1903 | Historical Left | ||
Giuseppe Zanardelli (1826–1903) |
21 June 1903 | 2 November 1903 | Historical Left | ||
Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928) |
3 November 1903 | 15 March 1905 | Historical Left | ||
Tommaso Tittoni (1855–1931) |
15 March 1905 | 27 March 1905 | Historical Right | ||
Alessandro Fortis (1842–1909) |
28 March 1905 | 7 February 1906 | Historical Left | ||
Sidney Sonnino (1847–1922) |
8 February 1906 | 29 May 1906 | Historical Right | ||
Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928) |
30 May 1906 | 10 December 1909 | Historical Left | ||
Sidney Sonnino (1847–1922) |
11 December 1909 | 31 March 1910 | Historical Right | ||
Luigi Luzzatti (1841–1927) |
1 April 1910 | 29 March 1911 | Historical Right | ||
Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928) |
30 March 1911 | 20 March 1914 | Liberals | ||
Antonio Salandra (1853–1931) |
21 March 1914 | 18 June 1916 | Liberals | ||
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860–1952) |
19 June 1916 | 23 June 1919 | Liberals | ||
Francesco Saverio Nitti (1868–1953) |
24 June 1919 | 15 June 1920 | Radical Party | ||
Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928) |
15 June 1920 | 4 July 1921 | Liberals | ||
Ivanoe Bonomi (1873–1951) |
4 July 1921 | 26 February 1922 | Reform Socialist Party | ||
Luigi Facta (1861–1930) |
26 February 1922 | 1 August 1922 | Liberals | ||
Paolino Taddei (1860–1925) |
1 August 1922 | 31 October 1922 | Liberals | ||
Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) |
31 October 1922 | 17 June 1924 | National Fascist Party | ||
Luigi Federzoni (1878–1967) |
17 June 1924 | 6 November 1926 | National Fascist Party | ||
Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) |
6 November 1926 | 25 July 1943 | National Fascist Party | ||
Bruno Fornaciari (1881–1959) |
26 July 1943 | 25 July 1943 | Independent | ||
Umberto Ricci (1878–1957) |
9 August 1943 | 11 February 1944 | Independent | ||
Vito Reale (1883–1953) |
11 February 1944 | 17 April 1944 | Italian Liberal Party | ||
Salvatore Aldisio (1890–1964) |
22 April 1944 | 8 June 1944 | Christian Democracy | ||
Ivanoe Bonomi (1873–1951) |
18 June 1944 | 19 June 1945 | Labour Democratic Party | ||
Ferruccio Parri (1890–1981) |
21 June 1945 | 8 December 1945 | Action Party | ||
Giuseppe Romita (1887–1958) |
10 December 1945 | 14 July 1946 | Italian Socialist Party |
Italian Republic
- Parties
- 1946-1993:
- Since 1994:
Lega Nord The Olive Tree Forza Italia New Centre-Right Independent
Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term of office | Political Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alcide De Gasperi (1881–1954) |
13 July 1946 | 2 February 1947 | Christian Democracy | ||
Mario Scelba (1901–1991) |
2 February 1947 | 16 July 1953 | Christian Democracy | ||
Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999) |
16 July 1953 | 18 January 1954 | Christian Democracy | ||
Giulio Andreotti (1919-2013) |
18 January 1954 | 10 February 1954 | Christian Democracy | ||
Mario Scelba (1901–1991) |
10 February 1954 | 6 July 1955 | Christian Democracy | ||
Fernando Tambroni (1901–1963) |
6 July 1955 | 15 February 1959 | Christian Democracy | ||
Antonio Segni (1891–1972) |
15 February 1959 | 23 March 1960 | Christian Democracy | ||
Giuseppe Spataro (1897–1978) |
23 March 1960 | 26 July 1960 | Christian Democracy | ||
Mario Scelba (1901–1991) |
26 July 1960 | 21 February 1962 | Christian Democracy | ||
Paolo Emilio Taviani (1912–2001) |
21 February 1962 | 21 June 1963 | Christian Democracy | ||
Mariano Rumor (1915–1990) |
21 June 1963 | 4 December 1963 | Christian Democracy | ||
Paolo Emilio Taviani (1912–2001) |
4 December 1963 | 24 June 1968 | Christian Democracy | ||
Franco Restivo (1911–1976) |
24 June 1968 | 17 February 1972 | Christian Democracy | ||
Mariano Rumor (1915–1990) |
17 February 1972 | 7 July 1973 | Christian Democracy | ||
Paolo Emilio Taviani (1912–2001) |
7 July 1973 | 23 November 1974 | Christian Democracy | ||
Luigi Gui (1914–2010) |
23 November 1974 | 12 February 1976 | Christian Democracy | ||
Luigi Gui (1916–1978) |
12 February 1976 | 29 July 1976 | Christian Democracy | ||
Francesco Cossiga (1928–2010) |
29 July 1976 | 11 May 1978 | Christian Democracy | ||
Giulio Andreotti (1919-2013) |
11 May 1978 | 13 June 1978 | Christian Democracy | ||
Virginio Rognoni (1924- ) |
13 June 1978 | 4 August 1983 | Christian Democracy | ||
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918-2012) |
4 August 1983 | 28 July 1987 | Christian Democracy | ||
Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999) |
28 July 1987 | 13 April 1988 | Christian Democracy | ||
Antonio Gava (1930–2008) |
13 April 1988 | 16 October 1990 | Christian Democracy | ||
Vincenzo Scotti (1933- ) |
16 October 1990 | 28 June 1992 | Christian Democracy | ||
Nicola Mancino (1931- ) |
28 June 1992 | 10 May 1994 | Christian Democracy | ||
Roberto Maroni (1955- ) |
10 May 1994 | 17 January 1995 | Lega Nord | ||
Antonio Brancaccio (1933-1995) |
17 January 1995 | 8 June 1995 | Independent | ||
Giovanni Rinaldo Coronas (1919–2008) |
8 June 1995 | 17 May 1996 | Independent | ||
Giorgio Napolitano (1925- ) |
17 May 1996 | 21 October 1998 | The Olive Tree | ||
Rosa Russo Jervolino (1936- ) |
21 October 1998 | 22 December 1999 | The Olive Tree | ||
Enzo Bianco (1951- ) |
22 December 1999 | 11 June 2001 | The Olive Tree | ||
Claudio Scajola (1948- ) |
11 June 2001 | 3 July 2002 | Forza Italia | ||
Giuseppe Pisanu (1937- ) |
3 July 2002 | 17 May 2006 | Forza Italia | ||
Giuliano Amato (1938- ) |
17 May 2006 | 8 May 2008 | The Olive Tree | ||
Roberto Maroni (1955- ) |
8 May 2008 | 16 November 2011 | Lega Nord | ||
Anna Maria Cancellieri (1943- ) |
16 November 2011 | 28 April 2013 | Independent | ||
Angelino Alfano (1970- ) |
28 April 2013 | incumbent | New Centre-Right |