Italian Minister of War

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Minister of War
Ministro della guerra
Flag of Italy (1860).svg
War flag
Benito Mussolini portrait as dictator (retouched).jpg
Longest serving
Benito Mussolini
4 April 1925–12 September 1929
22 July 1933–25 July 1943
Ministry of War
Member ofCouncil of Ministers
SeatRome
Term lengthNo fixed term
Formation17 March 1861 (1861-03-17)
First holderManfredo Fanti
Final holderCipriano Facchinetti
Abolished4 February 1947 (1947-02-04)
SuccessionMinister of Defence

The Minister of War of Italy (Italian: Ministri della guerra del Regno d'Italia), was the minister responsible for the Ministry of War and the Royal Italian Army. The position was abolished with the creation of the position for Minister of Defence.

The first Minister of War was Manfredo Fanti, a General of the Royal Italian Army, while the last one was Cipriano Facchinetti, a member of the Italian Republican Party. The longest serving minister was the Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini, of the National Fascist Party.

List of Ministers[]

Kingdom of Italy[]

Parties
Coalitions
N. Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Term of office Party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Manf.Fanti.jpg Manfredo Fanti
(1806–1865) 		23 March 1861 12 June 1861 81 days Military Cavour IV [1]
2 Bettino Ricasoli 2.jpg Bettino Ricasoli
(1809–1880)
As Prime Minister 		12 June 1861 5 September 1861 85 days Historical Right Ricasoli I [2]
3 Alessandro Della Rovere.jpg Alessandro Della Rovere
(1815–1864) 		5 September 1861 3 March 1862 179 days Military [2]
4 L'Illustration 1862 gravure ministre général de Petitti.jpg Agostino Petitti Bagliani
(1814–1890) 		4 March 1862 8 December 1862 279 days Military Rattazzi I [3]
(3) Alessandro Della Rovere.jpg Alessandro Della Rovere
(1815–1864) 		8 December 1862 28 September 1864 1 year, 295 days Military Farini
Minghetti I 		[4][5]
(4) L'Illustration 1862 gravure ministre général de Petitti.jpg Agostino Petitti Bagliani
(1814–1890) 		28 September 1864 31 December 1865 1 year, 125 days Military La Marmora II [6]
5 Ignazio De Genova di Pettinengo.gif Ignazio De Genova
(1813–1896) 		31 December 1865 22 August 1866 234 days Military La Marmora III [6][7]
Ricasoli II
6 Efisio Cugia.jpg Efisio Cugia
(1818–1872) 		22 August 1866 10 April 1867 231 days Military Ricasoli II [7]
7 Genova Revel.jpg Genova Thaon di Revel
(1817–1910) 		10 April 1867 27 October 1867 200 days Military Rattazzi II [8]
8 Ettore Bertolè Viale.gif Ettore Bertolè Viale
(1829–1892) 		27 October 1867 14 December 1869 2 years, 48 days Military Menabrea I·II·III [9][10]
[11]
9 Giuseppe Govone by Cavalli.jpg Giuseppe Govone
(1825–1872) 		14 December 1869 7 September 1870 267 days Military Lanza [12]
10 Cesare Francesco Ricotti-Magnani.JPG Cesare Ricotti-Magnani
(1822–1917) 		7 September 1870 20 November 1876 6 years, 74 days Military Lanza
Minghetti II
Depretis I
11 Luigi Mezzacapo.JPG Luigi Mezzacapo
(1814–1885) 		20 November 1876 24 March 1878 1 year, 124 days Military Depretis I·II [13][14]
12 Giovanni Bruzzo.JPG Giovanni Bruzzo
(1824–1890) 		24 March 1878 24 October 1878 214 days Military Cairoli I [15]
13 Cesare Bonelli.gif Cesare Bonelli
(1821–1904) 		24 October 1878 19 December 1878 61 days Military [15]
14 Gustavo Mazè de la Roche.JPG Gustavo Mazè de la Roche
(1824–1886) 		19 December 1878 14 July 1879 207 days Military Depretis III [16]
(13) Cesare Bonelli.gif Cesare Bonelli
(1821–1904) 		14 July 1879 13 July 1880 365 days Military Cairoli II·III [17][18]
15 Ferdinando Acton.gif Ferdinando Acton
(1832–1891) 		13 July 1880 27 July 1880 14 days Military Ciaroli III [18]
16 Bernardino Milon.jpg Bernardino Milon
(1829–1881) 		27 July 1880 25 March 1881 241 days Military [18]
17 Emilio Ferrero.gif Emilio Ferrero
(1819–1887) 		25 March 1881 24 May 1884 3 years, 60 days Military Cairoli III
Depretis IV·V·VI 		[18][19]
[20][21]
(10) Cesare Francesco Ricotti-Magnani.JPG Cesare Ricotti-Magnani
(1822–1917) 		24 May 1884 4 April 1887 2 years, 315 days Military Depretis VI·VII [21][22]
18 Ettore Bertolè Viale.gif Ettore Bertolè Viale
(1829–1892) 		4 April 1887 6 February 1891 3 years, 308 days Military Depretis VIII
Crispi I·II 		[23][24]
[25]
19 Luigi Pelloux.jpg Luigi Pelloux
(1839–1924) 		6 February 1891 15 December 1893 2 years, 312 days Military Rudinì I [26][27]
Giolitti I
19 Stanislao Mocenni.jpg Stanislao Mocenni
(1837–1907) 		15 December 1893 10 March 1896 2 years, 86 days Military Crispi III·IV [28]

[29]

(10) Cesare Francesco Ricotti-Magnani.JPG Cesare Ricotti-Magnani
(1822–1917) 		10 March 1896 11 July 1896 123 days Military Rudinì II [30]
(19) Luigi Pelloux.jpg Luigi Pelloux
(1839–1924) 		11 July 1896 14 December 1897 1 year, 156 days Military Rudinì III [31]
20 Alessandro Asinari di San Marzano.jpg Alessandro Asinari di San Marzano
(1830–1906) 		14 December 1897 14 May 1899 1 year, 151 days Military Rubinì IV [32][33]
Pelloux I
21 Giuseppe Mirri.gif Giuseppe Mirri
(1834–1907) 		14 May 1899 7 January 1900 238 days Military Pelloux II [34]
(19) Luigi Pelloux.jpg Luigi Pelloux
(1839–1924)
As Prime Minister 		7 January 1900 7 April 1900 90 days Military [34]
22 Coriolano Ponza di San Martino.gif Coriolano Ponza
di San Martino
(1842–1926) 		7 April 1900 27 April 1902 2 years, 20 days Military Pelloux II
Saracco
Zanardelli 		[34][35]
23 Enrico Morin.jpg Enrico Morin
(1841–1910) 		27 April 1902 14 May 1902 17 days Military Zanardelli [36]
24 Brockhaus and Efron Jewish Encyclopedia e12 165-0.jpg Giuseppe Ottolenghi
(1838–1904) 		14 May 1902 3 November 1903 1 year, 173 days Military [36]
25 Ettore Pedotti.gif Ettore Pedotti
(1842–1919) 		3 November 1903 24 December 1905 2 years, 51 days Military Giolitti II
Tittoni
Fortis I 		[37][38]
[39]
26 Luigi Majnoni d'Intignano.jpg Luigi Majnoni d'Intignano
(1841–1918) 		24 December 1905 29 May 1906 156 days Military Fortis II
Sonnino I 		[40][41]
27 Giuseppe Ettore Vigano.jpg Giuseppe Ettore Viganò
(1843–1933) 		29 May 1906 29 December 1907 1 year, 214 days Military Giolitti III [42]
28 Severino Casana.jpg Severino Casana
(1842–1912) 		29 December 1907 11 December 1909 1 year, 347 days Historical Right [42]
29 Paolo Spingardi.jpg Paolo Spingardi
(1845–1918) 		11 December 1909 21 March 1914 4 years, 100 days Military Sonnino II
Luzzatti 		[43][44]
[45]
Giolitti IV
30 Domenico Grandi 1914.jpg Domenico Grandi
(1849–1937) 		21 March 1914 10 October 1914 203 days Military Salandra I [46]
31 Vittorio Italico Zupelli 1915.jpg Vittorio Italico Zupelli
(1859–1945) 		10 October 1914 4 April 1916 1 year, 177 days Military Salandra I·II [46][47]
32 Paolo Morrone.jpg Paolo Morrone
(1854–1937) 		4 April 1916 16 June 1917 1 year, 73 days Military Salandra II
Boselli 		[47][48]
33 Giardino gaetano.gif Gaetano Giardino
(1864–1935) 		16 June 1917 30 October 1917 136 days Military Boselli [48]
34 Vittorio Alfieri (katona).gif Vittorio Luigi Alfieri
(1863–1918) 		30 October 1917 21 March 1918 139 days Military Orlando
(31) Vittorio Italico Zupelli 1915.jpg Vittorio Italico Zupelli
(1859–1945) 		21 March 1918 18 January 1919 303 days Military [49]
35 Enrico Caviglia.jpg Enrico Caviglia
(1862–1945) 		18 January 1919 23 June 1919 156 days Military [49]
36 Alberico Albricci.jpg Alberico Albricci
(1864–1936) 		24 June 1919 14 March 1920 264 days Military Nitti I [50]
37 Ivanoe Bonomi 1922.jpg Ivanoe Bonomi
(1873–1951) 		14 March 1920 21 May 1920 68 days Italian Reformist Socialist Party [50]
38 Giulio Rodinò 2.jpg Giulio Rodinò
(1875–1946) 		21 May 1920 15 June 1920 25 days Italian People's Party Nitti II [51]
(37) Ivanoe Bonomi 1922.jpg Ivanoe Bonomi
(1873–1951) 		15 June 1920 2 April 1921 291 days Italian Reformist Socialist Party Giolitti V [52]
(38) Giulio Rodinò 2.jpg Giulio Rodinò
(1875–1946) 		2 April 1921 4 July 1921 95 days Italian People's Party [52]
39 Luigi Gasparotto 1919.jpg Luigi Gasparotto
(1873–1954) 		4 July 1921 26 February 1922 237 days Italian Reformist Socialist Party Bonomi I [53]
40 Pietro Lanza di Scalea (cropped).jpg Pietro Lanza di Scalea
(1863–1938) 		26 February 1922 1 August 1922 156 days Agrarian Party Facta I [54]
41 Marcello Soleri 2.jpg Marcello Soleri
(1882–1945) 		1 August 1922 31 October 1922 91 days Liberal Union Facta II [55]
42 Armando Diaz 1921.jpg Armando Diaz
(1861–1928) 		31 October 1922 30 April 1924 1 year, 182 days Military Mussolini [56]
43 Antonino di giorgio.jpg Antonino Di Giorgio
(1867–1932) 		30 April 1924 4 April 1925 339 days National Fascist Party [56]
44 Benito Mussolini crop.jpg Benito Mussolini
(1883–1945)
As Prime Minister 		4 April 1925 12 September 1929 4 years, 159 days National Fascist Party [56]
45 Gazzera.gif Pietro Gazzera
(1879–1953) 		12 September 1929 22 July 1933 3 years, 313 days National Fascist Party [56]
(44) Benito Mussolini portrait as dictator (retouched).jpg Benito Mussolini
(1883–1945)
As Prime Minister 		22 July 1933 25 July 1943 10 years, 3 days National Fascist Party [56]
46 Antonio Sorice.jpg Antonio Sorice
(1897–1971) 		28 July 1943 11 February 1944 198 days Military Badoglio I [57]
47 Taddeo Orlando.jpg Taddeo Orlando
(1885–1950) 		11 February 1944 18 June 1944 128 days Military Badoglio I·II
48 AlessandroCasati.jpg Alessandro Casati
(1881–1955) 		18 June 1944 21 June 1945 1 year, 3 days Italian Liberal Party Bonomi II·III
49 Stefano Jacini 2.jpg Stefano Jacini
(1886–1952) 		21 June 1945 10 December 1945 172 days Christian Democracy Parri [58]
50 Manlio Brosio.jpg Manlio Brosio
(1897–1980) 		10 December 1945 13 July 1946 198 days Italian Liberal Party De Gasperi I [59]

Republic of Italy[]

Parties
Coalitions
  •   Mixed coalition
N. Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Term of office Party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Cipriano Facchinetti (cropped).jpg Cipriano Facchinetti
(1889–1952) 		13 July 1946 4 February 1947 206 days Italian Republican Party De Gasperi II [60]

See also[]

References[]

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