Italian Minister of Agriculture

Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies
Ministro delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali
Incumbent Stefano Patuanelli since February 13, 2021
Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies
Member of	Council of Ministers
Reports to	The Prime Minister
Seat	Rome
Appointer	The President
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	14 July 1946; 75 years ago (1946-07-14)
First holder	Antonio Segni
Website	www.politicheagricole.it

The Italian Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies is the head of the Republic of Italy's Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies. The ministry had been abolished by legislative referendum in 1993, during a period of great upheaval and financial sacrifices, but it was reconstituted in the same year until it assumed the current name in 2006.

The current Minister of the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies is Stefano Patuanelli, of the Five Star Movement, who he is serving since 13 February 2021, in the government of Mario Draghi.

List of Ministers of Agriculture[]

Parties:

• 1946–1994:
  •   Christian Democracy
• 1994–present:
  •   National Alliance
  •   Italian People's Party
  •   The Democrats
  •   Federation of the Greens
  •   Democratic Party
  •   Northern League / League
  •   The People of Freedom
  •   The Populars of Italy Tomorrow
  •   Italia Viva
  •   Independent

Coalitions:

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

N.	Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Party		Government	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Minister of Agriculture and Forests
1		Antonio Segni (1891–1972)	13 July 1946	26 July 1951	5 years, 13 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi II·III
								De Gasperi IV·V·VI
2		Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999)	26 July 1951	16 July 1953	1 year, 355 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi IV
3		Rocco Salomone (1883–1960)	16 July 1953	18 January 1954	186 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi IV Pella
4		Giuseppe Medici (1907–2000)	18 January 1954	6 July 1955	1 year, 169 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani I Scelba
5		Emilio Colombo (1920–2013)	6 July 1955	1 July 1958	2 years, 360 days		Christian Democracy	Segni I Zoli
6		[it] (1916–1997)	1 July 1958	16 February 1959	230 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani II
7		Mariano Rumor (1915–1990)	16 February 1959	21 June 1963	4 years, 125 days		Christian Democracy	Segni II Tambroni Fanfani III·IV
8		Bernardo Mattarella (1905–1971)	21 June 1963	4 December 1963	166 days		Christian Democracy	Leone I
(6)		[it] (1916–1997)	4 December 1963	23 February 1966	2 years, 81 days		Christian Democracy	Moro I·II
9		Franco Restivo (1911–1976)	23 February 1966	24 June 1968	2 years, 122 days		Christian Democracy	Moro III
10		[it] (1921–1984)	24 June 1968	12 December 1968	171 days		Christian Democracy	Leone II
11		Athos Valsecchi (1919–1985)	12 December 1968	5 August 1969	236 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor I
(10)		[it] (1921–1984)	5 August 1969	27 March 1970	234 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor II
12		Lorenzo Natali (1922–1989)	27 March 1970	7 July 1973	3 years, 102 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor III Colombo
								Andreotti I·II
(6)		[it] (1916–1997)	7 July 1973	14 March 1974	250 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor IV
13		Antonio Bisaglia (1920–1984)	14 March 1974	23 November 1974	254 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor V
14		Giovanni Marcora (1922–1983)	23 November 1974	18 October 1980	5 years, 330 days		Christian Democracy	Moro IV·V Andreotti III·IV·V Cossiga I
								Cossiga II
15		Giuseppe Bartolomei (1923–1996)	18 October 1980	1 December 1982	2 years, 44 days		Christian Democracy	Forlani
								Spadolini I·II
16		Calogero Mannino (1939– )	1 December 1982	4 August 1983	246 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani V
17		Filippo Maria Pandolfi (1927– )	4 August 1983	13 April 1988	4 years, 253 days		Christian Democracy	Craxi I·II
								Fanfani VI
								Goria
(16)		Calogero Mannino (1939– )	13 April 1988	27 July 1990	2 years, 105 days		Christian Democracy	De Mita Andreotti VI
18		[it] (1939–1995)	27 July 1990	12 April 1991	259 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti VI
19		Giovanni Goria (1943–1994)	12 April 1991	28 June 1992	1 year, 77 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti VII
20		Giovanni Angelo Fontana (1944– )	28 June 1992	21 March 1993	266 days		Christian Democracy	Amato I
21		[it] (1930– )	21 March 1993	10 May 1994	1 year, 50 days		Christian Democracy	Amato I
								Ciampi
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forests
22		Adriana Poli Bortone (1943– )	10 May 1994	17 January 1995	252 days		National Alliance	Berlusconi I
23		Walter Luchetti (1937– )	17 January 1995	17 May 1996	1 year, 121 days		Independent	Dini
24		Michele Pinto (1931– )	17 May 1996	21 October 1998	2 years, 157 days		Italian People's Party	Prodi I
Minister of Agricultural Policies
25		Paolo De Castro (1958– )	21 October 1998	25 April 2000	1 year, 187 days		Independent / The Democrats	D'Alema I·II
Minister of Agricultural and Forestry Policies
26		Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio (1959– )	25 April 2000	11 June 2001	1 year, 47 days		Federation of the Greens	Amato II
27		Gianni Alemanno (1958– )	11 June 2001	17 May 2006	4 years, 340 days		National Alliance	Berlusconi II·III
Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies
(25)		Paolo De Castro (1958– )	17 May 2006	8 May 2008	1 year, 357 days		The Daisy / Democratic Party	Prodi II
26		Luca Zaia (1968– )	8 May 2008	16 April 2010	1 year, 343 days		Northern League	Berlusconi IV
27		Giancarlo Galan (1956– )	16 April 2010	23 March 2011	341 days		The People of Freedom
28		Francesco Saverio Romano (1964– )	23 March 2011	16 November 2011	238 days		The Populars of Italy Tomorrow
29		Mario Catania (1952– )	16 November 2011	28 April 2013	1 year, 163 days		Independent	Monti
30		Nunzia De Girolamo (1975– )	28 April 2013	27 January 2014	274 days		The People of Freedom / New Centre-Right	Letta
31		Enrico Letta (1966– ) As Prime Minister	27 January 2014	22 February 2014	26 days		Democratic Party
32		Maurizio Martina (1978– )	22 February 2014	13 March 2018	4 years, 19 days		Democratic Party	Renzi Gentiloni
33		Paolo Gentiloni (1954– ) As Prime Minister	13 March 2018	1 June 2018	80 days		Democratic Party	Gentiloni
Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies and Tourism
34		Gian Marco Centinaio (1971– )	1 June 2018	5 September 2019	1 year, 96 days		League	Conte I
Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies
35		Teresa Bellanova (1958– )	5 September 2019	14 January 2021	1 year, 131 days		Democratic Party / Italia Viva	Conte II
36		Giuseppe Conte (1964– ) As Prime Minister	14 January 2021	13 February 2021	30 days		Independent
37		Stefano Patuanelli (1974– )	13 February 2021	Incumbent	1 year, 27 days		Five Star Movement	Draghi

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