Italian Minister of Justice

Minister of Justice
Ministro della Giustizia
Incumbent Marta Cartabia since February 13, 2021
Ministry of Justice
Member of	Council of Ministers
Seat	Rome
Appointer	The President of Italy
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	March 23, 1861; 160 years ago (1861-03-23)
First holder	Giovanni Battista Cassinis
Website	www.giustizia.it

This is a list of the Italian Ministers of Justice since 1946. The Minister of Justice is a senior member of the Italian Cabinet and leads the Ministry of Justice.

The first Italian Minister of Justice is Giovanni Battista Cassinis, member of the Historical Right, who held the office in 1861 in the government of Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour; while the longest-serving minister was Alfredo Rocco, who served in the fascist government of Benito Mussolini from 1925 until 1932. The current minister is Marta Cartabia, former president of the Constitutional Court of Italy, appointed on 13 February 2021 in the government of Mario Draghi.^[1]

List of Ministers of Justice[]

Kingdom of Italy[]

Parties

• 1861–1912:
  •   Historical Right
  •   Historical Left
  •   Italian Radical Party
• 1912–1922:
  •   Liberal Union
  •   Italian Radical Party
  •   Democratic Liberal Party
  •   Italian Social Democratic Party
  •   Italian People's Party
  •   Independent
• 1922–1943:
  •   National Fascist Party
• 1943–1946:
  •   Italian Liberal Party
  •   Christian Democracy
  •   Italian Communist Party
  •   Independent

Coalitions

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

N.	Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Party		Government	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Minister of Grace, Justice and Ecclesiastic Affairs
1		Giovanni Battista Cassinis (1806–1866)	23 March 1861	12 June 1861	81 days		Historical Right	Cavour IV
2		Vincenzo Maria Miglietti (1809–1864)	12 June 1861	3 March 1862	263 days		Historical Right	Ricasoli I
Minister of Grace, Justice and Worships
3		Filippo Cordova (1811–1868)	3 March 1862	7 April 1862	35 days		Historical Right	Rattazzi I
4		Raffaele Conforti (1804–1880)	7 April 1862	8 December 1862	245 days		Historical Left
5		Giuseppe Pisanelli (1812–1879)	8 December 1862	28 September 1864	1 year, 295 days		Historical Left	Farini Minghetti I
6		Giuseppe Vacca (1810–1876)	28 September 1864	10 August 1865	316 days		Historical Right	La Marmora II
7		Paolo Cortese (1827–1876)	1 September 1865	31 December 1865	121 days		Historical Right
8		Giovanni De Falco (1818–1886)	14 December 1865	20 June 1866	188 days		Historical Right	La Marmora III
9		Francesco Borgatti (1818–1885)	20 June 1886	17 February 1867	242 days		Historical Right	Ricasoli II
10		Bettino Ricasoli (1809–1880) As Prime Minister	17 February 1867	24 March 1867	35 days		Historical Right
(3)		Filippo Cordova (1811–1868)	24 March 1867	10 April 1867	17 days		Historical Left
11		Sebastiano Tecchio (1807–1886)	10 April 1867	27 October 1867	200 days		Historical Left	Rattazzi II
12		Adriano Mari (1813–1887)	27 October 1867	5 January 1868	70 days		Historical Right	Menabrea I
13		Gennaro De Filippo (1816–1887)	5 January 1868	25 May 1869	1 year, 140 days		Historical Right	Menabrea II·III
14		Michele Pronti (1814–1885)	25 May 1869	22 October 1869	150 days		Historical Right
15		Paolo Onorato Vigliani (1813–1900)	22 October 1869	14 December 1869	53 days		Historical Right	Menabrea III
16		Matteo Raeli (1812–1875)	14 December 1869	24 February 1871	1 year, 72 days		Historical Right	Lanza
(8)		Giovanni De Falco (1818–1886)	24 February 1871	10 July 1873	2 years, 136 days		Historical Right
(15)		Paolo Onorato Vigliani (1813–1900)	10 July 1873	25 March 1876	2 years, 259 days		Historical Right	Minghetti II
17		Pasquale Stanislao Mancini (1817–1888)	25 March 1876	24 March 1878	1 year, 364 days		Historical Left	Depretis I·II
(4)		Raffaele Conforti (1804–1880)	24 March 1878	19 December 1878	270 days		Historical Left	Cairoli I
18		Diego Tajani (1827–1921)	19 December 1878	14 July 1879	207 days		Historical Left	Depretis III
19		Giovanni Battista Varè (1832–1915)	14 July 1879	25 November 1879	1 year, 134 days		Historical Left	Cairoli II
20		Tommaso Villa (1832–1915)	25 November 1879	29 May 1881	1 year, 185 days		Historical Left	Cairoli III
21		Giuseppe Zanardelli (1832–1915)	29 May 1881	25 May 1883	1 year, 361 days		Historical Left	Depretis IV
22		Bernardino Giannuzzi-Savelli (1822–1887)	25 May 1883	30 May 1884	1 year, 5 days		Historical Left	Depretis V
23		Niccolò Ferracciu (1815–1892)	30 May 1884	24 November 1884	178 days		Historical Left	Depretis VI
24		Niccolò Ferracciu (1828–1916)	24 November 1884	29 June 1885	217 days		Historical Left
(18)		Diego Tajani (1827–1921)	29 June 1885	4 April 1887	1 year, 279 days		Historical Left	Depretis VII
(21)		Giuseppe Zanardelli (1832–1915)	4 April 1887	6 February 1891	3 years, 308 days		Historical Left	Depretis VIII Crispi I·II
25		Luigi Ferraris (1813–1900)	9 February 1891	31 December 1891	325 days		Historical Right	Rudinì I
26		Bruno Chimirri (1842–1917)	31 December 1891	15 May 1892	136 days		Historical Right
27		Teodorico Bonacci (1838–1905)	15 May 1892	24 May 1893	1 year, 6 days		Historical Left	Giolitti I
28		Lorenzo Eula (1823–1893)	24 May 1893	8 July 1893	45 days		Historical Left
29		Giacomo Armò (1830–1909)	8 July 1893	27 September 1893	81 days		Historical Left
29		Francesco Santamaria-Nicolini (1830–1918)	27 September 1893	15 December 1893	79 days		Historical Left
30		Vincenzo Calenda di Tavani (1830–1910)	15 December 1893	10 March 1896	2 years, 86 days		Historical Left	Crispi III·IV
31		Giacomo Giuseppe Costa (1833–1897)	10 March 1896	15 August 1897	1 year, 158 days		Historical Right	Rudinì II·III
32		Antonio Starabba di Rudinì (1839–1908) As Prime Minister	15 August 1897	18 September 1897	34 days		Historical Right	Rudinì III
31		Emanuele Gianturco (1857–1907)	18 September 1897	14 December 1897	87 days		Historical Right
(21)		Giuseppe Zanardelli (1832–1915)	14 December 1897	1 June 1898	169 days		Historical Left	Rudinì IV
(27)		Teodorico Bonacci (1838–1905)	1 June 1898	29 June 1898	28 days		Historical Left	Rudinì V
32		Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile (1851–1916)	29 June 1898	14 May 1899	319 days		Historical Left	Pelloux I
33		Adeodato Bonasi (1831–1920)	14 May 1899	24 June 1900	1 year, 41 days		Historical Right	Pelloux II
(31)		Emanuele Gianturco (1857–1907)	24 June 1900	15 February 1901	236 days		Historical Right	Saracco
34		Francesco Cocco-Ortu (1842–1929)	15 February 1901	3 November 1903	2 years, 261 days		Historical Left	Zanardelli
35		Scipione Ronchetti (1846–1918)	3 November 1903	28 March 1905	1 year, 145 days		Historical Left	Giolitti II Tittoni
(32)		Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile (1851–1916)	28 March 1905	8 February 1906	317 days		Historical Left	Fortis I·II
36		Ettore Sacchi (1851–1924)	8 February 1906	29 May 1906	110 days		Italian Radical Party	Sonnino I
37		Nicolò Gallo (1849–1907)	29 May 1906	4 March 1907	279 days		Historical Left	Giolitti III
38		Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860–1952)	4 March 1907	11 December 1909	2 years, 282 days		Historical Left
39		Vittorio Scialoja (1856–1933)	11 December 1909	31 March 1910	110 days		Historical Right	Sonnino II
40		Cesare Fani (1844–1914)	31 March 1910	30 March 1911	364 days		Historical Right	Luzzatti
(32)		Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile (1851–1916)	30 March 1911	21 March 1914	2 years, 356 days		Liberal Union	Giolitti IV
41		Luigi Dari (1852–1919)	21 March 1914	31 October 1914	224 days		Liberal Union	Salandra I
(38)		Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860–1952)	31 October 1914	18 June 1916	1 year, 231 days		Liberal Union	Salandra II
(36)		Ettore Sacchi (1851–1924)	18 June 1916	18 January 1919	2 years, 231 days		Italian Radical Party	Boselli Orlando
42		Luigi Facta (1861–1930)	18 January 1919	23 June 1919	156 days		Liberal Union	Orlando
43		Ludovico Mortara (1855–1937)	23 June 1919	21 May 1920	333 days		Independent	Nitti I
Minister of Justice and Worship Affairs
44		Alfredo Falcioni (1868–1936)	21 May 1920	19 June 1920	29 days		Democratic Liberal Party	Nitti II
45		Luigi Fera (1868–1935)	19 June 1920	4 July 1921	1 year, 15 days		Italian Social Democratic Party	Giolitti V
46		Giulio Rodinò (1875–1946)	4 July 1921	25 February 1922	236 days		Italian People's Party	Bonomi I
47		Luigi Rossi (1867–1941)	26 February 1922	1 August 1922	156 days		Democratic Liberal Party	Facta I
48		Giulio Alessio (1853–1940)	1 August 1922	31 October 1922	91 days		Democratic Liberal Party	Facta II
49		Aldo Oviglio (1873–1942)	31 October 1922	5 January 1925	2 years, 66 days		National Fascist Party	Mussolini
50		Alfredo Rocco (1875–1935)	5 January 1925	20 July 1932	7 years, 197 days		National Fascist Party
Minister of Grace and Justice
51		Pietro De Francisci (1883–1971)	20 July 1932	24 January 1935	2 years, 188 days		National Fascist Party	Mussolini
52		Arrigo Solmi (1873–1944)	24 January 1935	12 July 1939	4 years, 169 days		National Fascist Party
53		Dino Grandi (1895–1988)	12 July 1939	5 February 1943	3 years, 208 days		National Fascist Party
54		Alfredo De Marsico (1888–1985)	5 February 1943	25 July 1943	170 days		National Fascist Party
55		Gaetano Azzariti (1881–1961)	25 July 1943	15 February 1944	205 days		Independent	Badoglio I
56		Ettore Casati (1873–1945)	15 February 1944	24 April 1944	69 days		Independent
57		Vincenzo Arangio-Ruiz (1884–1964)	24 April 1944	18 June 1944	55 days		Italian Liberal Party	Badoglio II
58		Umberto Tupini (1889–1973)	18 June 1944	21 June 1945	1 year, 3 days		Christian Democracy	Bonomi II·III
59		Palmiro Togliatti (1893–1964)	21 June 1945	13 July 1946	1 year, 22 days		Italian Communist Party	Parri De Gasperi I

Italian Republic[]

Parties

• 1946–1994:
  •   Italian Communist Party
  •   Italian Liberal Party
  •   Christian Democracy
  •   Italian Republican Party
  •   Italian Socialist Party
• 1994–present:
  •   Forza Italia / The People of Freedom
  •   Party of Italian Communists
  •   Democrats of the Left
  •   Northern League
  •   Union of Democrats for Europe
  •   Democratic Party
  •   Five Star Movement
  •   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 Grace and Justice
1		Fausto Gullo (1887–1974)	13 July 1946	31 May 1947	323 days		Italian Communist Party	De Gasperi II·III
2		Giuseppe Grassi (1883–1950)	31 May 1947	27 January 1950	2 years, 241 days		Italian Liberal Party	De Gasperi IV·V
3		Attilio Piccioni (1892–1976)	27 January 1950	26 July 1951	1 year, 180 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi VI
4		Adone Zoli (1887–1960)	26 July 1951	16 July 1953	1 year, 355 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi VII
5		Guido Gonella (1905–1982)	16 July 1953	17 August 1953	32 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi VIII
6		Antonio Azara (1883–1967)	17 August 1953	18 January 1954	154 days		Christian Democracy	Pella
7		Michele De Pietro (1884–1967)	18 January 1954	6 July 1955	1 year, 169 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani I Scelba
8		Aldo Moro (1916–1978)	6 July 1955	19 May 1957	1 year, 317 days		Christian Democracy	Segni I
(5)		Guido Gonella (1905–1982)	19 May 1957	21 February 1962	4 years, 278 days		Christian Democracy	Zoli Fanfani II Segni II Tambroni Fanfani III
9		Giacinto Bosco (1905–1997)	21 February 1962	4 December 1963	1 year, 286 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani IV Leone I
10		Oronzo Reale (1902–1988)	4 December 1963	24 June 1968	4 years, 203 days		Italian Republican Party	Moro I·II·III
(5)		Guido Gonella (1905–1982)	24 June 1968	12 December 1968	171 days		Christian Democracy	Leone II
11		Silvio Gava (1901–1999)	12 December 1968	27 March 1970	1 year, 105 days		Christian Democracy	Leone II
								Rumor I
								Rumor II
(10)		Oronzo Reale (1902–1988)	27 March 1970	1 March 1971	339 days		Italian Republican Party	Rumor III Colombo
12		Emilio Colombo (1920–2013) As Prime Minister	1 March 1971	17 February 1972	353 days		Christian Democracy	Colombo
(5)		Guido Gonella (1905–1982)	17 February 1972	7 July 1973	1 year, 140 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti I·II
13		Mario Zagari (1913–1996)	7 July 1973	23 November 1974	1 year, 139 days		Italian Socialist Party	Rumor IV·V
(10)		Oronzo Reale (1902–1988)	23 November 1974	12 February 1976	1 year, 81 days		Italian Republican Party	Moro IV
14		Francesco Paolo Bonifacio (1923–1989)	12 February 1976	20 March 1979	3 years, 36 days		Christian Democracy	Moro V Andreotti III·IV
15		Tommaso Morlino (1925–1983)	20 March 1979	18 October 1980	1 year, 212 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti V Cossiga I
								Cossiga II
16		Adolfo Sarti (1928–1992)	18 October 1980	23 May 1981	217 days		Christian Democracy	Forlani
17		Clelio Darida (1927–2017)	23 May 1981	4 August 1983	2 years, 73 days		Christian Democracy	Forlani
								Spadolini I·II
								Fanfani V
18		Mino Martinazzoli (1931–2011)	4 August 1983	1 August 1986	2 years, 362 days		Christian Democracy	Craxi I
19		Virginio Rognoni (1924– )	1 August 1986	29 July 1987	362 days		Christian Democracy	Craxi II
								Fanfani VI
20		Giuliano Vassalli (1915–2009)	29 July 1987	2 February 1991	3 years, 188 days		Italian Socialist Party	Goria De Mita Andreotti VI
21		Claudio Martelli (1943– )	2 February 1991	28 April 1993	2 years, 85 days		Italian Socialist Party	Andreotti VI·VII Amato I
22		Giovanni Conso (1922–2015)	28 April 1993	10 May 1994	1 year, 12 days		Independent	Amato I
								Ciampi
23		Alfredo Biondi (1928–2020)	10 May 1994	17 January 1995	252 days		Forza Italia	Berlusconi I
24		Filippo Mancuso (1922–2011)	17 January 1995	19 October 1995	275 days		Independent	Dini
25		Lamberto Dini (1931– ) As Prime Minister	19 October 1995	16 February 1996	120 days		Independent
26		Vincenzo Caianiello (1932–2002)	16 February 1996	17 May 1996	91 days		Independent
27		Giovanni Maria Flick (1940– )	17 May 1996	21 October 1998	2 years, 157 days		Independent	Prodi I
28		Oliviero Diliberto (1956– )	21 October 1998	25 April 2000	1 year, 187 days		Party of Italian Communists	D'Alema I·II
Minister of Justice
29		Piero Fassino (1949– )	25 April 2000	11 June 2001	1 year, 47 days		Democrats of the Left	Amato II
30		Roberto Castelli (1946– )	11 June 2001	17 May 2006	4 years, 340 days		Northern League	Berlusconi II·III
31		Clemente Mastella (1947– )	17 May 2006	17 January 2008	1 year, 245 days		Union of Democrats for Europe	Prodi II
32		Romano Prodi (1939– ) As Prime Minister	17 January 2008	6 February 2008	20 days		Democratic Party
33		Luigi Scotti (1932– )	6 February 2008	8 May 2008	92 days		Independent
34		Angelino Alfano (1970– )	8 May 2008	28 July 2011	3 years, 81 days		The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
35		Nitto Francesco Palma (1950– )	28 July 2011	16 November 2011	111 days		The People of Freedom
36		Paola Severino (1948– )	16 November 2011	28 April 2013	1 year, 163 days		Independent	Monti
37		Annamaria Cancellieri (1943– )	28 April 2013	22 February 2014	300 days		Independent	Letta
38		Andrea Orlando (1969– )	22 February 2014	1 June 2018	4 years, 99 days		Democratic Party	Renzi Gentiloni
39		Alfonso Bonafede (1976– )	1 June 2018	13 February 2021	2 years, 257 days		Five Star Movement	Conte I·II
40		Marta Cartabia (1963– )	13 February 2021	Incumbent	358 days		Independent	Draghi

See also[]

• Keeper of the seals

References[]

External links[]

• Ministry of Justice (in Italian)
• Ministry of Justice (in English) (Archive)