Italian Minister of European Affairs

The Minister of European Affairs (Italian: Ministro per gli Affari Europei) in Italy is one of the positions in the Italian government, head of the Department for European Politics.^[1]

The latest Minister of European Affairs is Vincenzo Amendola, of the Democratic Party, who served from 5 September 2019 until 13 February 2021.^[2] On 24 February 2020, Amendola was appointed undersecretary of state, delegated to European Affairs, by Prime Minister Mario Draghi.^[3]

List of Ministers of European Affairs[]

Parties

• 1981–1994:
  •   Christian Democracy
  •   Italian Liberal Party
  •   Italian Socialist Party
  •   Italian Democratic Socialist Party
• 1994–present:
  •   Northern League / League
  •   Italian People's Party
  •   Federation of the Greens
  •   United Christian Democrats
  •   Italian Republican Party
  •   Italian Radicals
  •   The People of Freedom
  •   Democratic Party
  •   Independent

Coalitions:

• 1981–1994:
  •   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 the Coordination of Community Policies
1		Vincenzo Scotti (1933– )	4 April 1980	28 June 1981	1 year, 85 days		Christian Democracy	Cossiga II Forlani
2		Lucio Abis (1926–2014)	28 June 1981	1 December 1982	1 year, 156 days		Christian Democracy	Spadolini I·II
3		Alfredo Biondi (1928–2020)	1 December 1982	4 August 1983	246 days		Italian Liberal Party	Fanfani V
4		Francesco Forte (1929–2022)	4 August 1983	9 May 1985	1 year, 278 days		Italian Socialist Party	Craxi I
5		Loris Fortuna (1924–1985)	31 July 1985	5 December 1985	127 days		Italian Socialist Party
6		Fabio Fabbri (1933– )	1 August 1986	18 April 1987	260 days		Italian Socialist Party	Craxi II
7		Luigi Granelli (1929–1999)	18 April 1987	29 July 1987	92 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani VI
8		Antonio La Pergola (1931–2007)	29 July 1987	13 April 1988	259 days		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Goria
9		Pier Luigi Romita (1924–2003)	13 April 1988	28 June 1992	4 years, 76 days		Italian Socialist Party	De Mita Andreotti VI·VII
Minister for the Coordination of Community Policies and Regional Affairs
10		Raffaele Costa (1936– )	28 June 1992	21 February 1993	238 days		Italian Liberal Party	Amato I
11		Gianfranco Ciaurro (1929–2000)	21 February 1993	28 April 1993	66 days		Italian Liberal Party
12		Valdo Spini (1946– )	28 April 1993	5 May 1993	7 days		Italian Socialist Party	Ciampi
13		Livio Paladin (1933–2000)	5 May 1993	10 May 1994	1 year, 5 days		Independent
Minister for the Coordination of European Union Policies
14		Domenico Comino (1955– )	10 May 1994	17 January 1995	252 days		Northern League	Berlusconi I
Office not in use			1995–1998					Dini
								Prodi II
Minister for the Community Policies
15		Enrico Letta (1966– )	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	1 year, 62 days		Italian People's Party	D'Alema I
16		Patrizia Toia (1950– )	22 December 1999	25 April 2000	125 days		Italian People's Party	D'Alema II
17		Gianni Francesco Mattioli (1940– )	25 April 2000	11 June 2001	1 year, 47 days		Federation of the Greens	Amato II
18		Rocco Buttiglione (1948– )	11 June 2001	23 April 2005	3 years, 316 days		United Christian Democrats / Union of Christians and Centre Democrats	Berlusconi II
19		Giorgio La Malfa (1939– )	23 April 2005	17 May 2006	1 year, 24 days		Italian Republican Party	Berlusconi III
20		Emma Bonino (1948– )	17 May 2006	8 May 2008	1 year, 357 days		Italian Radicals	Prodi II
Minister of European Policies
21		Andrea Ronchi (1955– )	8 May 2008	17 November 2010	2 years, 193 days		The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
22		Anna Maria Bernini (1965– )	17 November 2010	16 November 2011	364 days		The People of Freedom
23		Enzo Moavero Milanesi (1954– )	16 November 2011	22 February 2014	2 years, 98 days		Independent / Civic Choice	Monti Letta
Office not in use[4]			2014–2018					Renzi Gentiloni
Minister of European Affairs
24		Paolo Savona (1936–)	1 June 2018	8 March 2019	280 days		Independent	Conte I
25		Giuseppe Conte (1964–) As Prime Minister	8 March 2019	10 July 2019	124 days		Independent
26		Lorenzo Fontana (1980–)	10 July 2019	5 September 2019	57 days		League
27		Vincenzo Amendola (1973–)	5 September 2019	13 February 2021	1 year, 161 days		Democratic Party	Conte II
Office not in use[5]			2021–present					Draghi

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