Italian Minister of the Environment

Minister for Ecological Transition
Ministro della Transizione Ecologica
Incumbent Roberto Cingolani since February 13, 2021
Ministry for Ecological Transition
Member of	Council of Ministers
Seat	Rome
Appointer	The President of Italy
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	August 4, 1983; 38 years ago (1983-08-04)
First holder	Alfredo Biondi
Website	www.mite.gov.it

This is a list of Italian Ministers of the Environment, a senior member of the Italian government who leads the Ministry of the Ecological Transition. 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 title is Minister for Ecological Transition.

The current office holder is Roberto Cingolani, an independent politician, who is serving in the government of Mario Draghi since 13 February 2021.^[1]

List of Ministers[]

Parties

• 1946–1994:
  •   Italian Liberal Party
  •   Italian Socialist Party
  •   Federation of the Greens
  •   Independent
• 1994–present:
  •   National Alliance
  •   Federation of the Greens
  •   The Democrats
  •   The People of Freedom
  •   Democratic Party
  •   Union of the Centre / Centrists for Europe
  •   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 Ecology
1		Alfredo Biondi (1928–2020)	4 August 1983	30 July 1984	361 days		Italian Liberal Party	Craxi I
2		Valerio Zanone (1936–2016)	30 July 1984	1 August 1986	2 years, 2 days		Italian Liberal Party
Minister of the Environment
3		Francesco De Lorenzo (1938– )	1 August 1986	18 April 1987	260 days		Italian Liberal Party	Craxi II
4		[it] (1918–2003)	18 April 1987	29 July 1987	102 days		Independent	Fanfani VI
5		Giorgio Ruffolo (1926– )	29 July 1987	28 June 1992	4 years, 335 days		Italian Socialist Party	Goria De Mita Andreotti VI·VII
6		Carlo Ripa di Meana (1929–2018)	28 June 1992	9 March 1993	254 days		Italian Socialist Party	Amato I
7		Valdo Spini (1946– )	9 March 1993	28 April 1993	1 year, 50 days		Italian Socialist Party
8		Francesco Rutelli (1954– )	28 April 1993	4 May 1993	6 days		Federation of the Greens	Ciampi
(7)		Valdo Spini (1946– )	4 May 1993	10 May 1994	1 year, 6 days		Italian Socialist Party
9		Altero Matteoli (1940–2017)	10 May 1994	17 January 1995	252 days		National Alliance	Berlusconi I
10		Paolo Baratta (1939– )	17 January 1995	17 May 1996	1 year, 121 days		Independent	Dini
11		Edo Ronchi (1950– )	17 May 1996	25 April 2000	3 years, 347 days		Federation of the Greens	Prodi I D'Alema I·II
12		Willer Bordon (1949–2015)	25 April 2000	11 June 2001	1 year, 47 days		The Democrats	Amato II
Minister of Environment and Land Protection
(9)		Altero Matteoli (1940–2017)	11 June 2001	17 May 2006	4 years, 340 days		National Alliance	Berlusconi II·III
Minister of Environment and Protection of Land and Sea
13		Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio (1959– )	17 May 2006	8 May 2008	1 year, 357 days		Federation of the Greens	Prodi II
14		Stefania Prestigiacomo (1966– )	8 May 2008	16 November 2011	3 years, 192 days		The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
15		Corrado Clini (1947– )	16 November 2011	28 April 2013	1 year, 163 days		Independent	Monti
16		Andrea Orlando (1969– )	28 April 2013	22 February 2014	300 days		Democratic Party	Letta
17		Gian Luca Galletti (1961– )	22 February 2014	1 June 2018	4 years, 99 days		Union of the Centre / Centrists for Europe	Renzi Gentiloni
18		Sergio Costa (1959– )	1 June 2018	13 February 2021	2 years, 257 days		Independent	Conte I·II
Minister for Ecological Transition
19		Roberto Cingolani (1961– )	13 February 2021	Incumbent	1 year, 39 days		Independent	Draghi

External links[]

• Ministero dell'Ambiente, Official website of the Ministry of the Environment

References[]