# Minister of the Interior (Italy)

The Minister of the Interior (Italian: Ministro dell'Interno) in Italy is one of the most important positions in the Italian Council of Ministers and leads the Ministry of the Interior. The current Minister is prefect Matteo Piantedosi, appointed on 22 October 22 in the Meloni Cabinet.
The Minister of the Interior is responsible for internal security and the protection of the constitutional order, for civil protection against disasters and terrorism, for displaced persons and administrative questions. It is host to the Standing Committee of Interior Ministers and also drafts all passport, identity card, firearms, and explosives legislation.
The Interior Minister is political head for the administration of internal affairs. They control the State police, the Vigili del Fuoco, and the prefects. The minister therefore sits on the High Council of Defence.

## List of Italian ministers of interior
### Kingdom of Italy

Parties
* 1861–1912:
** Historical Right
** Historical Left
* 1912–1922:
** Liberal Union
** Radical Party
** Reformist Socialist Party
** Military
* 1922–1943:
** National Fascist Party
* 1943–1946:
** Christian Democracy
** Labour Democratic Party
** Action Party
** Italian Socialist Party
** Independent
Coalitions
* 1861–1912:
** Rightist coalition
** Leftist coalition
** Mixed coalition
* 1912–1922:
** Liberal coalition
* 1922–1943:
** Fascist
* 1943–1946:
** Mixed coalition
| Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Party | Government | Ref. |
| Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Party | Government | Ref. |
| | Marco Minghetti (1818–1886) | 23 March 1861 | 1 September 1861 | 162 days | | Historical Right | Cavour IV Ricasoli I | |
| | Bettino Ricasoli (1809–1880) As Prime Minister | 1 September 1861 | 3 March 1862 | 183 days | | Historical Right | Ricasoli I | |
| | Urbano Rattazzi (1808–1873) As Prime Minister | 3 March 1862 | 8 December 1862 | 280 days | | Historical Left | Rattazzi I | |
| | Ubaldino Peruzzi (1822–1891) | 8 December 1862 | 28 September 1864 | 1 year, 295 days | | Historical Left | Farini Minghetti I | |
| | Giovanni Lanza (1810–1882) | 28 September 1864 | 1 September 1865 | 338 days | | Historical Right | La Marmora II | |
| | Giuseppe Natoli (1815–1867) | 1 September 1865 | 14 December 1865 | 104 days | | Historical Right | La Marmora II | |
| | Desiderato Chiaves (1825–1895) | 14 December 1865 | 20 June 1866 | 188 days | | Historical Right | La Marmora II·III | |
| | Bettino Ricasoli (1809–1880) As Prime Minister | 29 June 1866 | 10 April 1867 | 285 days | | Historical Right | Ricasoli II | |
| | Urbano Rattazzi (1808–1873) As Prime Minister | 10 April 1867 | 27 October 1867 | 200 days | | Historical Left | Rattazzi II | |
| | Filippo Antonio Gualtiero (1819–1874) | 27 October 1867 | 17 January 1868 | 82 days | | Historical Right | Menabrea I·II | |
| | Carlo Cadorna (1809–1881) | 17 January 1868 | 10 September 1868 | 237 days | | Historical Right | Menabrea II | |
| | Girolamo Cantelli (1815–1884) | 10 September 1868 | 13 May 1869 | 245 days | | Historical Right | Menabrea II | |
| | Luigi Ferraris (1813–1900) | 13 May 1869 | 22 October 1869 | 162 days | | Historical Right | Menabrea III | |
| | Antonio Starabba di Rudinì (1839–1908) | 22 October 1869 | 14 December 1869 | 53 days | | Historical Right | Menabrea III | |
| | Giovanni Lanza (1810–1882) As Prime Minister | 14 December 1869 | 10 July 1873 | 3 years, 208 days | | Historical Right | Lanza | |
| | Girolamo Cantelli (1815–1884) | 10 July 1873 | 25 March 1876 | 2 years, 259 days | | Historical Right | Minghetti II | |
| | Giovanni Nicotera (1826–1894) | 25 March 1876 | 25 December 1877 | 1 year, 275 days | | Historical Left | Depretis I | |
| | Francesco Crispi (1818–1901) | 26 December 1877 | 7 March 1878 | 71 days | | Historical Left | Depretis II | |
| | Agostino Depretis (1813–1887) As Prime Minister | 7 March 1878 | 24 March 1878 | 17 days | | Historical Left | Depretis II | |
| | Giuseppe Zanardelli (1826–1903) | 24 March 1878 | 19 December 1878 | 270 days | | Historical Left | Cairoli I | |
| | Agostino Depretis (1813–1887) As Prime Minister | 19 December 1878 | 14 July 1879 | 207 days | | Historical Left | Depretis III | |
| | Tommaso Villa (1832–1915) | 14 July 1879 | 25 November 1879 | 1 year, 134 days | | Historical Left | Cairoli II | |
| | Agostino Depretis (1813–1887) As Prime Minister | 25 November 1879 | 4 April 1887 | 7 years, 130 days | | Historical Left | Cairoli II Depretis IV·V· VI·VII·VIII | |
| | Francesco Crispi (1818–1901) As Prime Minister | 4 April 1887 | 6 February 1891 | 3 years, 308 days | | Historical Left | Depretis VIII Crispi I·II | |
| | Giovanni Nicotera (1826–1894) | 6 February 1891 | 15 May 1892 | 1 year, 99 days | | Historical Left | Di Rudinì I | |
| | Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928) As Prime Minister | 15 May 1892 | 15 December 1893 | 1 year, 214 days | | Historical Left | Giolitti I | |
| | Francesco Crispi (1818–1901) As Prime Minister | 15 December 1893 | 10 March 1896 | 2 years, 86 days | | Historical Left | Crispi III | |
| | Antonio Starabba di Rudinì (1839–1908) As Prime Minister | 10 March 1896 | 29 June 1898 | 2 years, 111 days | | Historical Right | Di Rudinì II·III·IV·V | |
| | Luigi Pelloux (1839–1924) As Prime Minister | 29 June 1898 | 24 June 1900 | 1 year, 360 days | | Military | Pelloux I·II | |
| | Giuseppe Saracco (1821–1907) As Prime Minister | 24 June 1900 | 15 February 1901 | 236 days | | Historical Left | Saracco | |
| | Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928) | 15 February 1901 | 20 June 1903 | 2 years, 125 days | | Historical Left | Zanardelli | |
| | Giuseppe Zanardelli (1826–1903) As Prime Minister | 20 June 1903 | 3 November 1903 | 136 days | | Historical Left | Zanardelli | |
| | Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928) As Prime Minister | 3 November 1903 | 12 March 1905 | 1 year, 129 days | | Historical Left | Giolitti III | |
| | Tommaso Tittoni (1855–1931) As Prime Minister | 12 March 1905 | 28 March 1905 | 16 days | | Historical Right | Tittoni | |
| | Alessandro Fortis (1842–1909) As Prime Minister | 28 March 1905 | 8 February 1906 | 317 days | | Historical Left | Fortis I·II | |
| | Sidney Sonnino (1847–1922) As Prime Minister | 8 February 1906 | 29 May 1906 | 110 days | | Historical Right | Sonnino I | |
| | Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928) As Prime Minister | 29 May 1906 | 11 December 1909 | 3 years, 196 days | | Historical Left | Giolitti III | |
| | Sidney Sonnino (1847–1922) As Prime Minister | 11 December 1909 | 31 March 1910 | 110 days | | Historical Right | Sonnino II | |
| | Luigi Luzzatti (1841–1927) As Prime Minister | 31 March 1910 | 30 March 1911 | 364 days | | Historical Right | Luzzatti | |
| | Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928) As Prime Minister | 30 March 1911 | 21 March 1914 | 2 years, 356 days | | Liberal Union | Giolitti IV | |
| | Antonio Salandra (1853–1931) As Prime Minister | 21 March 1914 | 18 June 1916 | 2 years, 89 days | | Liberal Union | Salandra I·II | |
| | Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860–1952) As Prime Minister | 18 June 1916 | 23 June 1919 | 3 years, 5 days | | Liberal Union | Boselli Orlando | |
| | Francesco Saverio Nitti (1868–1953) As Prime Minister | 23 June 1919 | 15 June 1920 | 358 days | | Italian Radical Party | Nitti I·II | |
| | Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928) As Prime Minister | 15 June 1920 | 4 July 1921 | 1 year, 19 days | | Liberal Union | Giolitti V | |
| | Ivanoe Bonomi (1873–1951) As Prime Minister | 4 July 1921 | 26 February 1922 | 237 days | | Italian Reformist Socialist Party | Bonomi I | |
| | Luigi Facta (1861–1930) As Prime Minister | 26 February 1922 | 1 August 1922 | 156 days | | Liberal Union | Facta I | |
| | Paolino Taddei (1860–1925) | 1 August 1922 | 31 October 1922 | 91 days | | Liberal Union | Facta II | |
| | Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) As Prime Minister | 31 October 1922 | 17 June 1924 | 1 year, 230 days | | National Fascist Party | Mussolini | |
| | Luigi Federzoni (1878–1967) | 17 June 1924 | 6 November 1926 | 2 years, 142 days | | National Fascist Party | Mussolini | |
| | Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) As Prime Minister | 6 November 1926 | 25 July 1943 | 16 years, 261 days | | National Fascist Party | Mussolini | |
| | Bruno Fornaciari (1881–1959) | 25 July 1943 | 9 August 1943 | 15 days | | Independent | Badoglio I | |
| | Umberto Ricci (1878–1957) | 9 August 1943 | 8 September 1943 | 30 days | | Independent | Badoglio I | |
| | Vito Reale (1883–1953) | 16 November 1943 | 24 April 1944 | 160 days | | Independent | Badoglio I | |
| | Salvatore Aldisio (1890–1964) | 24 April 1944 | 18 June 1944 | 55 days | | Christian Democracy | Badoglio II | |
| | Ivanoe Bonomi (1873–1951) As Prime Minister | 18 June 1944 | 21 June 1945 | 1 year, 3 days | | Labour Democratic Party | Bonomi II·III | |
| | Ferruccio Parri (1890–1981) As Prime Minister | 21 June 1945 | 10 December 1945 | 172 days | | Action Party | Parri | |
| | Giuseppe Romita (1887–1958) | 10 December 1945 | 13 July 1946 | 215 days | | Italian Socialist Party | De Gasperi I | |

### Italian Republic
#### Parties

* 1946–1994:
** Christian Democracy
* 1994–present:
** Italian People's Party
** Northern League / League
** Democratic Party of the Left
** The Democrats
** Forza Italia
** Democratic Party
** New Centre-Right
** Independent

#### Coalitions

* 1946–1994:
** 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 | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Party | Government | Ref. |
| Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Party | Government | Ref. |
| | Alcide De Gasperi (1881–1954) As Prime Minister | 13 July 1946 | 2 February 1947 | 204 days | | Christian Democracy | De Gasperi II | |
| | Mario Scelba (1901–1991) | 2 February 1947 | 16 July 1953 | 8 years, 164 days | | Christian Democracy | De Gasperi III | |
| | Mario Scelba (1901–1991) | 2 February 1947 | 16 July 1953 | 8 years, 164 days | | Christian Democracy | De Gasperi IV·V· VI·VII·VIII | |
| | Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999) | 17 August 1953 | 18 January 1954 | 154 days | | Christian Democracy | Pella | |
| | Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013) | 18 January 1954 | 10 February 1954 | 23 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani I | |
| | Mario Scelba (1901–1991) As Prime Minister | 10 February 1954 | 6 July 1955 | 1 year, 146 days | | Christian Democracy | Scelba | |
| | Fernando Tambroni (1901–1963) | 6 July 1955 | 15 February 1959 | 3 years, 224 days | | Christian Democracy | Segni I Zoli Fanfani II | |
| | Antonio Segni (1891–1972) As Prime Minister | 15 February 1959 | 25 March 1960 | 1 year, 39 days | | Christian Democracy | Segni II | |
| | Giuseppe Spataro (1897–1978) | 25 March 1960 | 26 July 1960 | 123 days | | Christian Democracy | Tambroni | |
| | Mario Scelba (1901–1991) | 26 July 1960 | 21 February 1962 | 1 year, 210 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani III | |
| | Paolo Emilio Taviani (1912–2001) | 21 February 1962 | 21 June 1963 | 1 year, 120 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani IV | |
| | Mariano Rumor (1915–1990) | 21 June 1963 | 4 December 1963 | 166 days | | Christian Democracy | Leone I | |
| | Paolo Emilio Taviani (1912–2001) | 4 December 1963 | 24 June 1968 | 4 years, 203 days | | Christian Democracy | Moro I·II·III | |
| | Franco Restivo (1911–1976) | 24 June 1968 | 17 February 1972 | 3 years, 238 days | | Christian Democracy | Leone II | |
| | Franco Restivo (1911–1976) | 24 June 1968 | 17 February 1972 | 3 years, 238 days | | Christian Democracy | Rumor I | |
| | Franco Restivo (1911–1976) | 24 June 1968 | 17 February 1972 | 3 years, 238 days | | Christian Democracy | Rumor II | |
| | Franco Restivo (1911–1976) | 24 June 1968 | 17 February 1972 | 3 years, 238 days | | Christian Democracy | Rumor III Colombo | |
| | Mariano Rumor (1915–1990) | 17 February 1972 | 7 July 1973 | 1 year, 140 days | | Christian Democracy | Andreotti I·II | |
| | Paolo Emilio Taviani (1912–2001) | 7 July 1973 | 23 November 1974 | 1 year, 139 days | | Christian Democracy | Rumor IV·V | |
| | Luigi Gui (1914–2010) | 23 November 1974 | 12 February 1976 | 1 year, 81 days | | Christian Democracy | Moro IV | |
| | Francesco Cossiga (1928–2010) | 12 February 1976 | 11 May 1978 | 2 years, 88 days | | Christian Democracy | Moro V Andreotti III·IV | |
| | Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013) | 11 May 1978 | 13 June 1978 | 33 days | | Christian Democracy | Andreotti IV | |
| | Virginio Rognoni (1924–2022) | 13 June 1978 | 4 August 1983 | 5 years, 52 days | | Christian Democracy | Andreotti IV·V Cossiga I | |
| | Virginio Rognoni (1924–2022) | 13 June 1978 | 4 August 1983 | 5 years, 52 days | | Christian Democracy | Cossiga II Forlani | |
| | Virginio Rognoni (1924–2022) | 13 June 1978 | 4 August 1983 | 5 years, 52 days | | Christian Democracy | Spadolini I·II Fanfani V | |
| | Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918–2012) | 4 August 1983 | 28 July 1987 | 4 years, 111 days | | Christian Democracy | Craxi I·II | |
| | Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918–2012) | 4 August 1983 | 28 July 1987 | 4 years, 111 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani VI | |
| | Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999) | 28 July 1987 | 13 April 1988 | 260 days | | Christian Democracy | Goria | |
| | Antonio Gava (1930–2008) | 13 April 1988 | 16 October 1990 | 2 years, 186 days | | Christian Democracy | De Mita Andreotti VI | |
| | Vincenzo Scotti (1933– ) | 16 October 1990 | 28 June 1992 | 1 year, 256 days | | Christian Democracy | Andreotti VI·VII | |
| | Nicola Mancino (1931– ) | 28 June 1992 | 19 April 1994 | 1 year, 295 days | | Christian Democracy / Italian People's Party | Amato I | |
| | Nicola Mancino (1931– ) | 28 June 1992 | 19 April 1994 | 1 year, 295 days | | Christian Democracy / Italian People's Party | Ciampi | |
| | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920–2016) As Prime Minister | 19 April 1994 | 10 May 1994 | 21 days | | Independent | Ciampi | |
| | Roberto Maroni (1955–2022) | 10 May 1994 | 17 January 1995 | 252 days | | Northern League | Berlusconi I | |
| | Antonio Brancaccio (1923–1995) | 17 January 1995 | 8 June 1995 | 142 days | | Independent | Dini | |
| | Giovanni Rinaldo Coronas (1919–2008) | 8 June 1995 | 17 May 1996 | 344 days | | Independent | Dini | |
| | Giorgio Napolitano (1925–2023) | 17 May 1996 | 21 October 1998 | 2 years, 157 days | | Democratic Party of the Left | Prodi I | |
| | Rosa Russo Iervolino (1936– ) | 21 October 1998 | 22 December 1999 | 1 year, 62 days | | Italian People's Party | D'Alema I | |
| | Enzo Bianco (1951– ) | 22 December 1999 | 11 June 2001 | 1 year, 171 days | | The Democrats | D'Alema II Amato II | |
| | Claudio Scajola (1948– ) | 11 June 2001 | 3 July 2002 | 1 year, 22 days | | Forza Italia | Berlusconi II | |
| | Giuseppe Pisanu (1937– ) | 3 July 2002 | 17 May 2006 | 3 years, 318 days | | Forza Italia | Berlusconi II·III | |
| | Giuliano Amato (1938– ) | 17 May 2006 | 8 May 2008 | 1 year, 357 days | | Independent / Democratic Party | Prodi II | |
| | Roberto Maroni (1955–2022) | 8 May 2008 | 16 November 2011 | 3 years, 192 days | | Northern League | Berlusconi IV | |
| | Annamaria Cancellieri (1943– ) | 16 November 2011 | 28 April 2013 | 1 year, 163 days | | Independent | Monti | |
| | Angelino Alfano (1970– ) | 28 April 2013 | 12 December 2016 | 3 years, 228 days | | The People of Freedom / New Centre-Right | Letta | |
| | Angelino Alfano (1970– ) | 28 April 2013 | 12 December 2016 | 3 years, 228 days | | The People of Freedom / New Centre-Right | Renzi | |
| | Marco Minniti (1956– ) | 12 December 2016 | 1 June 2018 | 1 year, 171 days | | Democratic Party | Gentiloni | |
| | Matteo Salvini (1973– ) | 1 June 2018 | 5 September 2019 | 1 year, 96 days | | League | Conte I | |
| | Luciana Lamorgese (1953– ) | 5 September 2019 | 22 October 2022 | 3 years, 47 days | | Independent | Conte II Draghi | |
| | Matteo Piantedosi (1963– ) | 22 October 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 17 days | | Independent | Meloni | |