Minister of Foreign Affairs (Italy)

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale
200px Incumbent Antonio Tajani since 22 October 2022
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Member of	Council of Ministers High Council of Defence
Seat	Palazzo della Farnesina
Appointer	The President of Italy
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	March 23, 1861 (1861-03-23)
First holder	Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour
Website	www.esteri.it

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

• 1861–1912:
  •       Historical Right
  •       Historical Left
  •       Military
• 1912–1922:
  •       Liberal Union
  •       Radical Party
  •       Democratic Liberal Party
• 1922–1943:
  •       National Fascist Party
• 1943–1946:
  •       Labour Democratic Party
  •       Christian Democracy
  •       Independent
  •       Military

Coalitions

• 1861–1912:
  •       Rightist coalition
  •       Leftist coalition
  •       Mixed coalition
• 1912–1922:
  •       Liberal coalition
• 1922–1943:
  •       Fascist
• 1943–1946:
  •       Mixed coalition

Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Party		Government	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	Camillo Benso Count of Cavour (1810–1861) As Prime Minister	23 March 1861	6 June 1861			Historical Right	Cavour IV
	Bettino Ricasoli (1809–1880) As Prime Minister	12 June 1861	3 March 1862			Historical Right	Ricasoli I
	Urbano Rattazzi (1808–1873) As Prime Minister	3 March 1862	31 March 1862			Historical Left	Rattazzi I
90px	Giacomo Durando (1807–1894)	31 March 1862	8 December 1862			Historical Right
90px	Giuseppe Pasolini (1815–1876)	8 December 1862	24 March 1863			Historical Right	Farini
90px	Emilio Visconti Venosta (1829–1914)	24 March 1863	28 September 1864			Historical Right	Minghetti I
	Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora (1804–1878) As Prime Minister	28 September 1864	20 June 1866			Military	La Marmora II·III
	Bettino Ricasoli (1809–1880) As Prime Minister	20 June 1866	28 June 1866			Historical Right	Ricasoli II
90px	Emilio Visconti Venosta (1829–1914)	28 June 1866	10 April 1867			Historical Right
90px	Federico Pescetto (1817–1882)	10 April 1867	12 April 1867			Historical Right	Rattazzi II
90px	Pompeo Di Campello (1803–1884)	12 April 1867	27 October 1867			Historical Left
	Luigi Federico Menabrea (1809–1896) As Prime Minister	27 October 1867	14 December 1869			Historical Right	Menabrea I·II·III
90px	Emilio Visconti Venosta (1829–1914)	14 December 1869	20 November 1876			Historical Right	Lanza Minghetti II
90px	Luigi Amedeo Melegari (1805–1881)	20 November 1876	28 December 1877			Historical Left	Depretis I
	Agostino Depretis (1813–1887) As Prime Minister	28 December 1877	24 March 1878			Historical Left	Depretis II
90px	Luigi Corti (1823–1888)	24 March 1878	24 October 1878			Historical Left	Cairoli I
90px	Benedetto Cairoli (1825–1889) As Prime Minister	24 October 1878	19 December 1878			Historical Left
	Agostino Depretis (1813–1887) As Prime Minister	19 December 1878	14 July 1879			Historical Left	Depretis III
90px	Benedetto Cairoli (1825–1889) As Prime Minister	14 July 1879	29 May 1881			Historical Left	Cairoli II·III
90px	Pasquale Stanislao Mancini (1817–1888)	29 May 1881	29 June 1885			Historical Left	Depretis IV·V·VI
	Agostino Depretis (1813–1887) As Prime Minister	29 June 1885	6 October 1885			Historical Left	Depretis VII
90px	Carlo Felice Nicolis, Count of Robilant (1826–1887)	6 October 1885	4 April 1887			Military
	Agostino Depretis (1813–1887) As Prime Minister	4 April 1887	29 July 1887			Historical Left	Depretis VIII
	Francesco Crispi (1819–1901) As Prime Minister	29 July 1887	6 February 1891			Historical Left	Crispi I·II
	Antonio Starabba di Rudinì (1839–1908) As Prime Minister	6 February 1891	15 May 1892			Historical Right	Di Rudinì I
90px	Benedetto Brin (1833–1898)	15 May 1892	15 December 1893			Military	Giolitti I
90px	Alberto Blanc (1835–1904)	15 December 1893	10 March 1896			Historical Left	Crispi III·IV
90px	Onorato Caetani (1842–1917)	10 March 1896	11 July 1896			Historical Right	Di Rudinì II
90px	Emilio Visconti Venosta (1829–1914)	11 July 1896	1 June 1898			Historical Right	Di Rudinì III·IV
90px	Raffaele Cappelli (1848–1921)	1 June 1898	29 June 1898			Historical Right	Di Rudinì V
90px	Felice Napoleone Canevaro (1838–1926)	29 June 1898	14 May 1899			Military	Pelloux I
90px	Emilio Visconti Venosta (1829–1914)	14 May 1899	15 February 1901			Historical Right	Pelloux II Saracco
90px	Giulio Prinetti (1851–1908)	15 February 1901	9 February 1903			Historical Right	Zanardelli
90px	Enrico Morin (1841–1910)	9 February 1903	3 September 1903			Military
	Tommaso Tittoni (1855–1931)	3 September 1903	27 March 1905			Historical Right	Giolitti II Tittoni
90px	Alessandro Fortis (1842–1909) As Prime Minister	27 March 1905	24 December 1905			Historical Left	Fortis I
90px	Antonio Paternò Castello di San Giuliano (1852–1914)	24 December 1905	8 February 1906			Historical Right	Fortis II
90px	Francesco Guicciardini (1851–1915)	8 February 1906	29 May 1906			Historical Right	Sonnino I
	Tommaso Tittoni (1855–1931)	29 May 1906	10 December 1909			Historical Right	Giolitti III
90px	Francesco Guicciardini (1851–1915)	11 December 1909	31 March 1910			Historical Right	Sonnino II
90px	Antonio Paternò Castello di San Giuliano (1852–1914)	31 March 1910	17 October 1914			Historical Right / Liberal Union	Luzzatti
							Giolitti IV Salandra I
90px	Antonio Salandra (1853–1931) As Prime Minister	17 October 1914	31 October 1914			Liberal Union	Salandra I
	Sidney Sonnino (1847–1922)	31 October 1914	23 June 1919			Liberal Union	Salandra III Boselli Orlando
	Tommaso Tittoni (1855–1931)	23 June 1919	26 June 1919			Liberal Union	Nitti I
90px	Francesco Nitti (1868–1953) As Prime Minister	26 June 1919	26 September 1919			Italian Radical Party
90px	Vittorio Scialoja (1856–1933)	26 September 1919	15 June 1920			Liberal Union	Nitti I·II
	Carlo Sforza (1872–1952)	15 June 1920	4 July 1921			Democratic Liberal Party	Giolitti V
90px	Pietro Tomasi della Torretta (1873–1962)	4 July 1921	22 February 1922			Independent	Bonomi I
90px	Carlo Schanzer (1865–1953)	26 February 1922	31 October 1922			Democratic Liberal Party	Facta I·II
	Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) As Prime Minister	31 October 1922	12 September 1929			National Fascist Party	Mussolini
90px	Dino Grandi (1895–1988)	12 September 1929	20 July 1932			National Fascist Party
	Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) As Prime Minister	20 July 1932	9 June 1936			National Fascist Party
90px	Galeazzo Ciano (1903–1944)	9 June 1936	6 February 1943			National Fascist Party
	Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) As Prime Minister	6 February 1943	25 July 1943			National Fascist Party
90px	Raffaele Guariglia (1889–1970)	25 July 1943	11 February 1944			Independent	Badoglio I
90px	Pietro Badoglio (1871–1956) As Prime Minister	11 February 1944	18 June 1944			Military	Badoglio I·II
	Ivanoe Bonomi (1873–1951)	18 June 1944	10 December 1944			Labour Democratic Party	Bonomi II
	Alcide De Gasperi (1881–1954)	12 December 1944	13 July 1946			Christian Democracy	Bonomi III Parri De Gasperi I

Italian Republic

Parties

• 1946–1994:
  •       Christian Democracy
  •       Italian Socialist Party
  •       Italian Republican Party
  •       Italian Liberal Party
  •       Italian Democratic Socialist Party
  •       Independent
• 1994–present:
  •       Italian People's Party
  •       Forza Italia / The People of Freedom
  •       Italian Renewal
  •       Democrats of the Left / Democratic Party
  •       National Alliance
  •       Italian Radicals
  •       New Centre-Right / Popular Alternative
  •       Five Star Movement / Together for the Future
  •       Independent

Coalitions:

• 1946–1994:
  •       Centrist coalition
  •       Organic Centre-left
  •       Pentapartito / Quadripartito
  •       Mixed coalition
• 1994–present:
  •       Centre-right coalition
  •       Centre-left coalition
  •       Mixed coalition

Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Party		Government	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	Alcide De Gasperi (1881–1954) As Prime Minister	13 July 1946	18 October 1946			Christian Democracy	De Gasperi II
	Pietro Nenni (1891–1980)	18 October 1946	2 February 1947			Italian Socialist Party
90px	Carlo Sforza (1872–1952)	2 February 1947	26 July 1951			Italian Republican Party	De Gasperi III
							De Gasperi IV·V·VI
	Alcide De Gasperi (1881–1954) As Prime Minister	26 July 1951	17 August 1953			Christian Democracy	De Gasperi VII·VIII
90px	Giuseppe Pella (1902–1981) As Prime Minister	17 August 1953	18 January 1954			Christian Democracy	Pella
90px	Attilio Piccioni (1892–1976)	18 January 1954	16 September 1954			Christian Democracy	Fanfani I Scelba
90px	Gaetano Martino (1900–1967)	16 September 1954	19 May 1957			Italian Liberal Party	Scelba Segni I
90px	Giuseppe Pella (1902–1981)	19 May 1957	1 July 1958			Christian Democracy	Zoli
90px	Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999) As Prime Minister	1 July 1958	16 February 1959			Christian Democracy	Fanfani II
90px	Giuseppe Pella (1902–1981)	16 February 1959	25 March 1960			Christian Democracy	Segni II
	Antonio Segni (1891–1972)	25 March 1960	7 May 1962			Christian Democracy	Tambroni Fanfani III·IV
90px	Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999) As Prime Minister	7 May 1962	29 May 1962			Christian Democracy	Fanfani IV
90px	Attilio Piccioni (1892–1976)	29 May 1962	4 December 1963			Christian Democracy	Fanfani IV Leone I
90px	Giuseppe Saragat (1898–1988)	4 December 1963	28 December 1964			Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Moro I·II
90px	Aldo Moro (1916–1978) As Prime Minister	28 December 1964	5 March 1965			Christian Democracy	Moro II
90px	Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999)	5 March 1965	30 December 1965			Christian Democracy
90px	Aldo Moro (1916–1978) As Prime Minister	30 December 1965	23 February 1966			Christian Democracy
90px	Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999)	23 February 1966	24 June 1968			Christian Democracy	Moro III
90px	Giuseppe Medici (1907–2000)	24 June 1968	12 December 1968			Christian Democracy	Leone II
90px	Pietro Nenni (1891–1980)	12 December 1968	5 August 1969			Italian Socialist Party	Rumor I
90px	Aldo Moro (1916–1978)	5 August 1969	26 June 1972			Christian Democracy	Rumor II
							Rumor III Colombo
							Andreotti I
90px	Giuseppe Medici (1907–2000)	26 July 1972	7 July 1973			Christian Democracy	Andreotti II
90px	Aldo Moro (1916–1978)	7 July 1973	23 November 1974			Christian Democracy	Rumor IV·V
90px	Mariano Rumor (1915–1990)	23 November 1974	29 July 1976			Christian Democracy	Moro IV·V
90px	Arnaldo Forlani (1925–2023)	29 July 1976	4 August 1979			Christian Democracy	Andreotti III·IV·V
90px	Franco Maria Malfatti (1927–1991)	4 August 1979	15 January 1980			Christian Democracy	Cossiga I
90px	Attilio Ruffini (1925–2011)	15 January 1980	4 April 1980			Christian Democracy
90px	Emilio Colombo (1920–2013)	4 April 1980	4 August 1983			Christian Democracy	Cossiga II Forlani
							Spadolini I·II Fanfani V
	Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013)	4 August 1983	22 July 1989			Christian Democracy	Craxi I·II
							Fanfani VI
							Goria De Mita
90px	Gianni De Michelis (1940–2019)	22 July 1989	28 June 1992			Italian Socialist Party	Andreotti VI·VII
90px	Vincenzo Scotti (1933– )	28 June 1992	29 July 1992			Christian Democracy	Amato I
90px	Giuliano Amato (1938– ) As Prime Minister	29 July 1992	1 August 1992			Italian Socialist Party
90px	Emilio Colombo (1920–2013)	1 August 1992	28 April 1993			Christian Democracy
90px	Beniamino Andreatta (1928–2007)	28 April 1993	19 April 1994			Christian Democracy / Italian People's Party	Ciampi
90px	Leopoldo Elia (1925–2008)	19 April 1994	10 May 1994			Italian People's Party
90px	Antonio Martino (1942–2022)	10 May 1994	17 January 1995			Forza Italia	Berlusconi I
90px	Susanna Agnelli (1922–2009)	17 January 1995	17 May 1996			Independent	Dini
90px	Lamberto Dini (1931– )	17 May 1996	6 June 2001			Italian Renewal	Prodi I D'Alema I·II Amato II
90px	Giuliano Amato (1938– ) As Prime Minister	6 June 2001	11 June 2001			Independent	Amato II
90px	Renato Ruggiero (1930–2013)	11 June 2001	6 January 2002			Independent	Berlusconi II
90px	Silvio Berlusconi (1936–2023) As Prime Minister	6 January 2002	14 June 2002			Forza Italia
90px	Franco Frattini (1957–2022)	14 June 2002	18 November 2004			Forza Italia
90px	Gianfranco Fini (1952– )	18 November 2004	17 May 2006			National Alliance	Berlusconi II·III
90px	Massimo D'Alema (1949– )	17 May 2006	8 May 2008			Democrats of the Left / Democratic Party	Prodi II
90px	Franco Frattini (1957–2022)	8 May 2008	16 November 2011			The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
90px	Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata (1946– )	16 November 2011	27 March 2013			Independent	Monti
90px	Mario Monti (1943– ) As Prime Minister	27 March 2013	28 April 2013			Independent
90px	Emma Bonino (1948– )	28 April 2013	22 February 2014			Italian Radicals	Letta
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
	Federica Mogherini (1973– )	22 February 2014	31 October 2014			Democratic Party	Renzi
	Paolo Gentiloni (1954– )	31 October 2014	12 December 2016			Democratic Party
90px	Angelino Alfano (1970– )	12 December 2016	1 June 2018			New Centre-Right / Popular Alternative	Gentiloni
90px	Enzo Moavero Milanesi (1954– )	1 June 2018	5 September 2019			Independent	Conte I
90px	Luigi Di Maio (1986– )	5 September 2019	22 October 2022			Five Star Movement / Together for the Future	Conte II Draghi
90px	Antonio Tajani (1953– )	22 October 2022	Incumbent			Forza Italia	Meloni

Timeline

Kingdom of Italy

Italian Republic

See also

• Affari Esteri
• Foreign policy