Minister of Culture (Italy)

Minister of Culture
Ministro della Cultura
Incumbent Gennaro Sangiuliano since 22 October 2019
Ministry of Culture
Member of	Council of Ministers
Reports to	The Prime Minister
Seat	Rome
Appointer	The President
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	23 November 1974 (1974-11-23)
First holder	Giovanni Spadolini
Website	www.beniculturali.it

The minister of culture (Italian: Ministro della Cultura) leads the Ministry of Culture. 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 minister is Gennaro Sangiuliano, who is serving since 22 October 2022 in the government of Giorgia Meloni. The longest-serving minister of culture is Dario Franceschini, of the Democratic Party.

List of ministers

Parties

• 1974–1994:
  •   Italian Republican Party
  •   Christian Democracy
  •   Italian Democratic Socialist Party
• 1994–present:
  •   National Alliance
  •   Democratic Party of the Left / Democrats of the Left
  •   Forza Italia / The People of Freedom
  •   Union of Christian and Centre Democrats
  •   Democratic Party
  •   Five Star Movement
  •   Independent

Coalitions

• 1974–1994:
  •   Centrist coalition
  •   Organic centre-left
  •   Pentapartito / Quadripartito
  •   Mixed coalition
• 1994–present:
  •   Centre-right coalition
  •   Centre-left coalition
  •   Mixed coalition

Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Party		Government	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
Minister for Cultural Heritage and the Environment
	Giovanni Spadolini (1925–1994)	23 November 1974	12 February 1976	1 year, 81 days		Italian Republican Party	Moro IV
Minister for Cultural and Environmental Heritage
	Mario Pedini (1918–2003)	12 February 1976	11 March 1978	2 years, 27 days		Christian Democracy	Moro V Andreotti III
	Dario Antoniozzi (1923–2019)	11 March 1978	4 August 1979	1 year, 146 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti IV·V
	Egidio Ariosto (1911–1998)	4 August 1979	4 April 1980	244 days		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Cossiga I
	Oddo Biasini (1917–2009)	4 April 1980	28 July 1981	1 year, 115 days		Italian Republican Party	Cossiga II Forlani
	Vincenzo Scotti (1933– )	28 July 1981	1 December 1982	1 year, 126 days		Christian Democracy	Spadolini I·II
	Nicola Vernola (1932–2000)	1 December 1982	4 August 1983	246 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani V
	Antonino Pietro Gullotti (1922–1989)	4 August 1983	28 July 1987	3 years, 358 days		Christian Democracy	Craxi I·II
							Fanfani VI
	Carlo Vizzini (1947– )	29 July 1987	13 April 1988	259 days		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Goria
	Vincenza Bono Parrino (1942– )	13 April 1988	22 July 1989	1 year, 100 days		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	De Mita
	Ferdinando Facchiano (1927–2022)	22 July 1989	12 April 1991	1 year, 264 days		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Andreotti VI
	Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013) As Prime Minister	12 April 1991	28 June 1992	1 year, 77 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti VI·VII
	Alberto Ronchey (1926–2010)	28 June 1992	10 May 1994	1 year, 316 days		Italian Republican Party	Amato I
							Ciampi
	Domenico Fisichella (1935– )	10 May 1994	17 January 1995	252 days		National Alliance	Berlusconi I
	Antonio Paolucci (1939–2024)	17 January 1995	17 May 1996	1 year, 121 days		Independent	Dini
Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Sport
	Walter Veltroni (1955– )	17 May 1996	21 October 1998	2 years, 157 days		Democratic Party of the Left	Prodi I
Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities
	Giovanna Melandri (1962– )	21 October 1998	11 June 2001	2 years, 233 days		Democrats of the Left	D'Alema I·II Amato II
	Giuliano Urbani (1937– )	11 June 2001	23 April 2005	3 years, 316 days		Forza Italia	Berlusconi II
	Rocco Buttiglione (1948– )	23 April 2005	17 May 2006	1 year, 24 days		Union of Christian and Centre Democrats	Berlusconi III
	Francesco Rutelli (1954– )	17 May 2006	8 May 2008	1 year, 357 days		The Daisy / Democratic Party	Prodi II
	Sandro Bondi (1959– )	8 May 2008	23 March 2011	2 years, 319 days		The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
	Giancarlo Galan (1956– )	23 March 2011	16 November 2011	238 days		The People of Freedom
	Lorenzo Ornaghi (1948– )	16 November 2011	28 April 2013	1 year, 163 days		Independent	Monti
Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism
	Massimo Bray (1959– )	28 April 2013	22 February 2014	300 days		Democratic Party	Letta
	Dario Franceschini (1958– )	22 February 2014	1 June 2018	4 years, 99 days		Democratic Party	Renzi Gentiloni
Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities
	Alberto Bonisoli (1961– )	1 June 2018	5 September 2019	1 year, 96 days		Five Star Movement	Conte I
Minister of Culture
	Dario Franceschini (1958– )	5 September 2019	22 October 2022	3 years, 47 days		Democratic Party	Conte II Draghi
	Gennaro Sangiuliano (1962– )	22 October 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 302 days		Independent	Meloni

Timeline

External links

• Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali e per il Turismo, Official website of the Ministry