- Minister of Foreign Affairs (Italy)
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As in most countries, in Italy the Minister of Foreign Affairs, which is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is one of the most important ministerial positions. The office was one of the position which Italy inheredited from the Kingdom of Sardinia where it was the most ancient ministry of the government: this origin gives to the office a ceremonial primacy into the Italian cabinet.
Kingdom of Italy
Foreign Minister Took office Left office Count Camillo Benso di Cavour 1861 1861 Bettino Ricasoli 1861 1862 Urbano Rattazzi 1862 1862 Giuseppe Pasolini 1862 1863 Emilio, marquis Visconti-Venosta 1863 1864 Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora 1864 1866 Emilio, marquis Visconti-Venosta 1866 1867 Pompeo Di Campello 1867 1867 Federico Luigi, Conte Menabrea 1867 1869 Emilio, marquis Visconti-Venosta 1869 1876 Luigi Amedeo Melegari 1876 1877 Agostino Depretis 1877 1878 Conte Luigi Corti 1878 1878 Benedetto Cairoli 1878 1878 Agostino Depretis 1878 1879 Benedetto Cairoli 1879 1881 Pasquale Stanislao Mancini 1881 1885 Agostino Depretis 1885 1885 Carlo Felice Nicolis, conte di Robilant 1885 1887 Agostino Depretis 1887 1887 Francesco Crispi 1887 1891 Antonio Starabba di Rudinì 1891 1892 Benedetto Brin 1892 1893 Barone Alberto de Blanc 1893 1896 Onorato Caetani 1896 1896 Emilio, marquis Visconti-Venosta 1896 1898 Raffaele Cappelli 1898 1898 Felice Napoleone Canevaro 1898 1899 Emilio, marquis Visconti-Venosta 1899 1901 Giulio Prinetti 1901 1903 Enrico Morin 1903 1903 Tommaso Tittoni 1903 1905 Antonino Paternò-Castello, marchese di San Giuliano 1905 1906 Conte Francesco Guicciardini 1906 1906 Tommaso Tittoni 1906 1909 Conte Francesco Guicciardini 1909 1910 Antonino Paternò-Castello, marchese di San Giuliano 1910 1914 Barone Sidney Sonnino 1914 1919 Tommaso Tittoni 1919 1919 Vittorio Scialoja 1919 1920 Carlo Sforza 1920 1921 Pietro Tommasi della Torretta 1921 1922 Carlo Schanzer 1922 1922 Benito Mussolini 1922 1929 Dino Grandi 1929 1932 Benito Mussolini 1932 1936 Galeazzo Ciano 1936 1943 Benito Mussolini 1943 1943 Raffaele Guariglia, Barone di Vituso July 25, 1943 February 11, 1944 Pietro Badoglio February 11, 1944 June 8, 1944 Ivanoe Bonomi June 18, 1944 December 12, 1944 Alcide De Gasperi December 12, 1944 June 2, 1946 Italian Republic
Foreign Minister Image Born - Died Took office Left office Political Party Alcide De Gasperi 
1881 - 1954 June 2, 1946 October 18, 1946 Christian Democracy Pietro Nenni 
1891 - 1980 October 18, 1946 January 28, 1947 Italian Socialist Party Carlo Sforza 
1872 - 1952 February 2, 1947 July 26, 1951 Italian Republican Party Alcide De Gasperi 1881 - 1954 July 26, 1951 August 17, 1953 Christian Democracy Giuseppe Pella 
1902 - 1981 August 17, 1953 January 18, 1954 Christian Democracy Attilio Piccioni 1892 - 1976 January 18, 1954 September 16, 1954 Christian Democracy Gaetano Martino 1900 - 1967 September 16, 1954 May 15, 1957 Italian Liberal Party Giuseppe Pella 1902 - 1981 May 19, 1957 July 1, 1958 Christian Democracy Amintore Fanfani 
1908 - 1999 July 1, 1958 February 15, 1959 Christian Democracy Giuseppe Pella 1902 - 1981 February 15, 1959 March 25, 1960 Christian Democracy Antonio Segni 
1891 - 1972 March 25, 1960 May 7, 1962 Christian Democracy Amintore Fanfani 1908 - 1999 May 7, 1962 May 29, 1962 Christian Democracy Attilio Piccioni 1892 - 1976 May 29, 1962 December 4, 1963 Christian Democracy Giuseppe Saragat 
1898 - 1988 December 4, 1963 December 28, 1964 Italian Socialist Democratic Party Aldo Moro 
1916 - 1978 December 28, 1964 March 5, 1965 Christian Democracy Amintore Fanfani 1908 - 1999 March 5, 1965 December 30, 1965 Christian Democracy Aldo Moro 1916 - 1978 December 30, 1965 February 23, 1966 Christian Democracy Amintore Fanfani 1908 - 1999 February 23, 1966 June 24, 1968 Christian Democracy Giuseppe Medici 1907 - 2000 June 24, 1968 December 12, 1968 Christian Democracy Pietro Nenni 1891 - 1980 December 12, 1968 August 5, 1969 Italian Socialist Party Aldo Moro 1916 - 1978 August 5, 1969 June 26, 1972 Christian Democracy Giuseppe Medici 1907 - 2000 July 26, 1972 July 7, 1973 Christian Democracy Aldo Moro 1916 - 1978 July 7, 1973 November 23, 1974 Christian Democracy Mariano Rumor 
1915 - 1990 November 23, 1974 July 29, 1976 Christian Democracy Arnaldo Forlani 
1925 - July 29, 1976 August 4, 1979 Christian Democracy Franco Maria Malfatti 
1927 - 1991 August 4, 1979 January 15, 1980 Christian Democracy Attilio Ruffini 1925 - January 15, 1980 April 4, 1980 Christian Democracy Emilio Colombo 
1920 - April 4, 1980 August 4, 1983 Christian Democracy Giulio Andreotti 
1919 - August 4, 1983 July 22, 1989 Christian Democracy Gianni De Michelis 1940 - July 22, 1989 June 28, 1992 Italian Socialist Party Vincenzo Scotti 1933 - June 28, 1992 July 29, 1992 Christian Democracy Giuliano Amato 
1938 - July 29, 1992 August 1, 1992 Italian Socialist Party Emilio Colombo 1920 - August 1, 1992 April 28, 1993 Christian Democracy Beniamino Andreatta 
1928 - 2007 April 28, 1993 April 19, 1994 Italian Popular Party Leopoldo Elia 1925 - 2008 April 19, 1994 May 10, 1994 Independent Antonio Martino 
1942 - May 10, 1994 January 17, 1995 Forza Italia Susanna Agnelli 1922 - 2009 January 17, 1995 May 17, 1996 Independent Lamberto Dini 
1931 - May 17, 1996 June 6, 2001 Independent Giuliano Amato 1938 - June 6, 2001 June 11, 2001 The Olive Tree Renato Ruggiero 1930 - June 11, 2001 January 6, 2002 Independent Silvio Berlusconi 
1936 - January 6, 2002 November 14, 2002 Forza Italia Franco Frattini 
1957 - November 14, 2002 November 18, 2004 Forza Italia Gianfranco Fini 
1952 - November 18, 2004 May 17, 2006 Alleanza Nazionale Massimo D'Alema 
1949 - May 17, 2006 May 8, 2008 Democratic Party Franco Frattini 1957 - May 8, 2008 November 16, 2011 The People of Freedom Giulio Terzi Sant'Agata 
1946 - November 16, 2011 Incumbent Independent See also
Categories:- Lists of government ministers of Italy
- Italian Ministers of Foreign Affairs
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