Secretary of the Council of Ministers (Italy)

Secretary of the Council of Ministers
Incumbent Roberto Garofoli since February 13, 2021
Council of Ministers
Seat	Rome
Appointer	President of Italy
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Paolo Cappa
Formation	July 13, 1946; 75 years ago (1946-07-13)
Website	www.governo.it

The Secretary of the Council of Ministers (Italian: Segretario del Consiglio dei Ministri) is a senior member of the Italian Cabinet. The Secretary is one of the Undersecretaries of State to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers but, unlike them, he sits in the Cabinet and helps the Prime Minister in coordinating the government and its meetings. Thus, the Secretary is usually a person very close to the Prime Minister. The Secretary of the Council, which may not be confused with the largely ceremonial office of Deputy Prime Minister (not all Italian Cabinets include one), resembles that of the White House Chief of Staff. The current Secretary of the Council is Roberto Garofoli, appointed on 13 February 2021 in the government led by Prime Minister Mario Draghi.

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Parties:

• 1946–1994:
  •   Christian Democracy
  •   Italian Republican Party
  •   Italian Socialist Party
  •   Independent
• 1994–present:
  •   Forza Italia / The People of Freedom
  •   Italian People's Party
  •   Democrats of the Left
  •   Democratic Party
  •   League
  •   Five Star Movement

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
1		(1888–1956)	13 July 1946	31 May 1947	322 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi II·III
2		Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013)	31 May 1947	18 January 1954	6 years, 232 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi IV·V·VI·VII·VIII Pella
3		Mariano Rumor (1915–1990)	18 January 1954	10 February 1954	23 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani I
4		Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918–2012)	10 February 1954	6 July 1955	1 year, 146 days		Christian Democracy	Scelba
5		(1920–2007)	6 July 1955	19 May 1957	1 year, 317 days		Christian Democracy	Segni I
6		(1897–1962)	19 May 1957	1 July 1958	1 year, 43 days		Christian Democracy	Zoli
7		(1904–1962)	1 July 1958	16 February 1959	230 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani II
(5)		(1920–2007)	16 February 1959	25 March 1960	1 year, 38 days		Christian Democracy	Segni II
8		(1897–1977)	25 March 1960	26 July 1960	123 days		Christian Democracy	Tambroni
9		(1912–1986)	26 July 1960	21 June 1963	2 years, 330 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani III·IV
10		(1910–1990)	21 June 1963	4 December 1963	166 days		Christian Democracy	Leone I
11		(1907–1992)	4 December 1963	24 June 1968	4 years, 203 days		Christian Democracy	Moro I·II·III
12		(1924–2001)	24 June 1968	12 December 1968	171 days		Christian Democracy	Leone II
13		Antonio Bisaglia (1929–1984)	12 December 1968	6 August 1970	1 year, 237 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor I
								Rumor II
								Rumor III
14		Dario Antoniozzi (1923–2019)	6 August 1970	17 February 1972	1 year, 195 days		Christian Democracy	Colombo
15		Franco Evangelisti (1923–1993)	17 February 1972	7 July 1973	1 year, 140 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti I·II
17		Adolfo Sarti (1928–1992)	7 July 1973	23 November 1974	1 year, 139 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor IV·V
(11)		(1907–1992)	23 November 1974	29 July 1976	1 year, 249 days		Christian Democracy	Moro IV·V
(15)		Franco Evangelisti (1923–1993)	29 July 1976	4 August 1979	3 years, 6 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti IV·V
17		(1929– )	4 August 1979	18 October 1980	1 year, 75 days		Christian Democracy	Cossiga I
								Cossiga II
18		Luciano Radi (1922–2014)	18 October 1980	28 June 1981	253 days		Christian Democracy	Forlani
19		Francesco Compagna (1921–1982)	28 June 1981	24 July 1982	1 year, 26 days		Italian Republican Party	Spadolini I
20		(1925–1999)	23 August 1982	1 December 1982	100 days		Italian Republican Party	Spadolini II
21		(1929– )	1 December 1982	4 August 1983	246 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani V
22		Giuliano Amato (1938– )	4 August 1983	18 April 1987	3 years, 247 days		Italian Socialist Party	Craxi I·II
23		(1928–1991)	18 April 1987	29 July 1987	102 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani VI
24		(1930–2005)	29 July 1987	13 April 1988	259 days		Christian Democracy	Goria
25		(1932–2000)	13 April 1988	22 July 1989	1 year, 100 days		Christian Democracy	De Mita
26		Nino Cristofori (1930–2015)	22 July 1989	28 June 1992	2 years, 342 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti VI·VII
27		Fabio Fabbri (1933– )	28 June 1992	28 April 1993	304 days		Italian Socialist Party	Amato I
28		Antonio Maccanico (1924–2013)	28 April 1993	10 May 1994	1 year, 12 days		Italian Republican Party	Ciampi
29		Gianni Letta (1935– )	10 May 1994	17 January 1995	252 days		Forza Italia	Berlusconi I
30		(1934– )	17 January 1995	17 May 1996	1 year, 121 days		Independent	Dini
31		Enrico Luigi Micheli (1938–2011)	17 May 1996	21 October 1998	2 years, 157 days		Italian People's Party	Prodi I
32		Franco Bassanini (1940– )	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	1 year, 62 days		Democrats of the Left	D'Alema I
(31)		Enrico Luigi Micheli (1938–2011)	22 December 1999	11 June 2000	172 days		Italian People's Party	D'Alema II Amato II
(29)		Gianni Letta (1935– )	11 June 2001	17 May 2006	4 years, 340 days		Forza Italia	Berlusconi II·III
33		Enrico Letta (1966– )	17 May 2006	8 May 2008	1 year, 357 days		The Daisy / Democratic Party	Prodi II
(29)		Gianni Letta (1935– )	8 May 2008	16 November 2011	3 years, 192 days		The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
34		Antonio Catricalà (1952–2021)	16 November 2011	28 April 2013	1 year, 163 days		Independent	Monti
35		Filippo Patroni Griffi (1955– )	28 April 2013	22 February 2014	300 days		Independent	Letta
36		Graziano Delrio (1960– )	22 February 2014	2 April 2015	1 year, 39 days		Democratic Party	Renzi
37		Claudio De Vincenti (1948– )	2 April 2015	12 December 2016	1 year, 268 days		Democratic Party
38		Maria Elena Boschi (1981– )	12 December 2016	1 June 2018	1 year, 171 days		Democratic Party	Gentiloni
39		Giancarlo Giorgetti (1966– )	1 June 2018	5 September 2019	1 year, 96 days		League	Conte I
40		Riccardo Fraccaro (1981– )	5 September 2019	13 February 2021	1 year, 161 days		Five Star Movement	Conte II
41		Roberto Garofoli (1966– )	13 February 2021	Incumbent	364 days		Independent	Draghi

See also[]

• Politics of Italy
• Council of Ministers (Italy)
• Prime Minister of Italy
• List of prime ministers of Italy
• Deputy Prime Minister of Italy
• Lists of office-holders