Italian Minister of Tourism

Minister of Tourism
Ministro del Turismo
Incumbent Massimo Garavaglia since February 13, 2021
Department of Tourism
Member of	Council of Ministers
Seat	Rome
Appointer	The President of Italy
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	August 29, 1959; 62 years ago (1959-08-29)
First holder	Umberto Tupini
Website	www.turismo.beniculturali.it

The Minister of Tourism (Italian: Ministro del Turismo), whose official name is Minister for the Coordination of Initiatives in the Tourism Sector, is one of the positions in the Italian government. The office, known as Minister of Tourism and Entertainment and established in 1959, was later abolished in 1993 after a referendum. It was however re-established in 2009 under the government of Silvio Berlusconi.

The current Minister of Tourism is Massimo Garavaglia, who is serving since 13 February 2021.^[1]

List of Ministers[]

Parties

• 1946–1994:
  •   Christian Democracy
  •   Italian Socialist Party
  •   Italian Democratic Socialist Party
  •   Italian Liberal Party
  •   Independent
• 1994–present
  •   The People of Freedom
  •   Democratic Party
  •   League
  •   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 Tourism and Entertainment
1		Umberto Tupini (1889–1973)	29 August 1959	26 July 1960	332 days		Christian Democracy	Segni II Tambroni
2		Alberto Folchi (1897–1977)	26 July 1960	4 December 1963	3 years, 131 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani III·IV Leone I
3		Achille Corona (1914–1979)	4 December 1963	24 June 1968	4 years, 203 days		Italian Socialist Party	Moro I·II·III
4		Domenico Magrì (1903–1983)	24 June 1968	12 December 1968	171 days		Christian Democracy	Leone II
5		Lorenzo Natali (1922–1989)	12 December 1968	5 August 1969	236 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor I
6		Giovanni Battista Scaglia (1910–2006)	5 August 1969	27 March 1970	234 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor II
7		Giuseppe Lupis (1896–1979)	27 March 1970	6 August 1970	132 days		Italian Socialist Party	Rumor III
8		Matteo Matteotti (1912–2000)	6 August 1970	17 February 1972	1 year, 254 days		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Colombo
(6)		Giovanni Battista Scaglia (1910–2006)	17 February 1972	26 June 1972	130 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti I
9		Vittorio Badini Confalonieri (1914–1993)	26 June 1972	7 July 1973	1 year, 11 days		Italian Liberal Party	Andreotti II
10		Nicola Signorello (1926–)	7 July 1973	14 March 1974	250 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor IV
11		Camillo Ripamonti (1919–1997)	14 March 1974	23 November 1974	1 year, 254 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor V
12		Adolfo Sarti (1928–1992)	23 November 1974	29 July 1976	1 year, 249 days		Christian Democracy	Moro IV·V
13		Dario Antoniozzi (1923–2019)	29 July 1976	11 March 1978	1 year, 225 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti III
14		Carlo Pastorino (1925–2011)	11 March 1978	20 March 1979	1 year, 9 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti III
15		Egidio Ariosto (1911–1998)	20 March 1979	4 August 1979	137 days		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Andreotti III
16		Bernardo D'Arezzo (1922–1985)	4 August 1979	18 October 1980	1 year, 75 days		Christian Democracy	Cossiga I
								Cossiga II
(10)		Nicola Signorello (1926–)	18 October 1980	14 August 1983	2 years, 300 days		Christian Democracy	Forlani
								Spadolini I·II
								Fanfani V
17		Lelio Lagorio (1925–2017)	4 August 1983	1 August 1986	2 years, 362 days		Italian Socialist Party	Craxi I
18		Nicola Capria (1932–2009)	1 August 1986	18 April 1987	260 days		Italian Socialist Party	Craxi II
19		Mario Di Lazzaro (1932–2009)	18 April 1987	29 July 1987	102 days		Independent	Fanfani VI
20		Franco Carraro (1939–)	29 July 1987	12 April 1991	3 years, 257 days		Italian Socialist Party	Goria De Mita Andreotti VI
21		Carlo Tognoli (1938–2021)	12 April 1991	28 June 1992	1 year, 77 days		Italian Socialist Party	Andreotti VII
21		Margherita Boniver (1938–)	28 June 1992	28 April 1993	304 days		Italian Socialist Party	Amato I
Office not in use			1993–2009					Ciampi
								Berlusconi I
								Dini
								Prodi I D'Alema I·II Amato II
								Berlusconi II·III
								Prodi II
								Berlusconi IV
Minister of Tourism
22		Michela Vittoria Brambilla (1967–)	8 May 2009	16 November 2011	2 years, 192 days		The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
Minister of Tourism, Sport and Regional Affairs
23		Piero Gnudi (1938–)	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 Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies and Tourism
26		Gian Marco Centinaio (1971– )	1 June 2018	5 September 2019	1 year, 96 days		League	Conte I
Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism
(25)		Dario Franceschini (1958– )	5 September 2019	13 February 2021	1 year, 161 days		Democratic Party	Conte II
Minister of Tourism
27		Massimo Garavaglia (1968–)	13 February 2021	Incumbent	1 year, 37 days		League	Draghi

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