Italian Minister of Culture

Minister of Culture
Ministro della Cultura
Incumbent Dario Franceschini since 5 September 2019
Ministry of Culture
Member of	Council of Ministers
Reports to	The Prime Minister
Seat	Rome
Appointer	The President
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	23 November 1974; 47 years ago (1974-11-23)
First holder	Giovanni Spadolini
Website	www.beniculturali.it

The Italian Minister of Culture (Italian: Ministro della Cultura) leads the Ministry of Culture. The list shows also the ministers that served under the same office but with other names, in fact this Ministry has changed name many times.

The current Minister is Dario Franceschini, of the Democratic Party, appointed on 5 September 2019 by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and confirmed by the subsequent Prime Minister, Mario Draghi.^[1] Franceschini also held the office from 2014 to 2018, becoming the longest-serving Minister of Culture in the history of Italy.

List of Ministers[]

Parties

• 1974–1994:
  •   Italian Republican Party
  •   Christian Democracy
  •   Italian Democratic Socialist Party
• 1994–present:
  •   National Alliance
  •   Democratic Party of the Left / Democrats of the Left
  •   Forza Italia / The People of Freedom
  •   Union of Christian and Centre Democrats
  •   Democratic Party
  •   Five Star Movement
  •   Independent

Coalitions

• 1974–1994:
  •   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 for Cultural Heritage and Environment
1		Giovanni Spadolini (1925–1994)	23 November 1974	12 February 1976	1 year, 81 days		Italian Republican Party	Moro IV
Minister for Cultural and Environmental Heritage
2		Mario Pedini (1918–2003)	12 February 1976	11 March 1978	2 years, 27 days		Christian Democracy	Moro V Andreotti III
3		Dario Antoniozzi (1923–2019)	11 March 1978	4 August 1979	1 year, 146 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti IV·V
4		Egidio Ariosto (1911–1998)	4 August 1979	4 April 1980	244 days		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Cossiga I
5		Oddo Biasini (1917–2009)	4 April 1980	28 July 1981	1 year, 115 days		Italian Republican Party	Cossiga II Forlani
6		Vincenzo Scotti (1933– )	28 July 1981	1 December 1982	1 year, 126 days		Christian Democracy	Spadolini I·II
7		Nicola Vernola (1932–2000)	1 December 1982	4 August 1983	246 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani V
8		Antonio Gullotti (1922–1989)	4 August 1983	28 July 1987	3 years, 358 days		Christian Democracy	Craxi I·II
								Fanfani VI
9		Carlo Vizzini (1947– )	29 July 1987	13 April 1988	259 days		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Goria
10		Vincenza Bono Parrino (1942– )	13 April 1988	22 July 1989	1 year, 100 days		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	De Mita
11		Ferdinando Facchiano (1927– )	22 July 1989	12 April 1991	1 year, 264 days		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Andreotti VI
12		Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013) As Prime Minister	12 April 1991	28 June 1992	1 year, 77 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti VI·VII
13		Alberto Ronchey (1926–2010)	28 June 1992	10 May 1994	1 year, 316 days		Italian Republican Party	Amato I
								Ciampi
14		Domenico Fisichella (1935– )	10 May 1994	17 January 1995	252 days		National Alliance	Berlusconi I
15		Antonio Paolucci (1939– )	17 January 1995	17 May 1996	1 year, 121 days		Independent	Dini
Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Sport
16		Walter Veltroni (1955– )	17 May 1996	21 October 1998	2 years, 157 days		Democratic Party of the Left	Prodi I
Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities
17		Giovanna Melandri (1962– )	21 October 1998	11 June 2001	2 years, 233 days		Democrats of the Left	D'Alema I·II Amato II
18		Giuliano Urbani (1937– )	11 June 2001	23 April 2005	3 years, 316 days		Forza Italia	Berlusconi II
19		Rocco Buttiglione (1948– )	23 April 2005	17 May 2006	1 year, 24 days		Union of Christian and Centre Democrats	Berlusconi III
20		Francesco Rutelli (1954– )	17 May 2006	8 May 2008	1 year, 357 days		The Daisy / Democratic Party	Prodi II
21		Sandro Bondi (1959– )	8 May 2008	23 March 2011	2 years, 319 days		The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
22		Giancarlo Galan (1956– )	23 March 2011	16 November 2011	238 days		The People of Freedom
23		Lorenzo Ornaghi (1948– )	16 November 2011	28 April 2013	1 year, 163 days		Independent	Monti
Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism
24		Massimo Bray (1959– )	28 April 2013	22 February 2014	300 days		Democratic Party	Letta
25		Dario Franceschini (1958– )	22 February 2014	1 June 2018	4 years, 99 days		Democratic Party	Renzi Gentiloni
Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities
26		Alberto Bonisoli (1961– )	1 June 2018	5 September 2019	1 year, 96 days		Five Star Movement	Conte I
Minister of Culture
(25)		Dario Franceschini (1958– )	5 September 2019	Incumbent	2 years, 160 days		Democratic Party	Conte II Draghi

Timeline[]

External links[]

• Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali e per il Turismo, Official website of the Ministry

References[]