# Minister for the South and Cohesion Policies

The Minister for Cohesion Policies (Italian: Ministro per le Politiche di Coesione) in Italy is one of the positions in the Italian government. The current minister is Tommaso Foti, of Brothers of Italy, who is serving since 2 December 2024.
From 1964 to 1987 and, again, from 1988 to 1993 Italian governments included a "minister for the Extraordinary Interventions in the Mezzogiorno" (1964–1966, 1972–1987, 1988–1993) or a "minister for the Extraordinary Interventions in the Mezzogiorno and the depressed areas" (1966–1972). Mezzogiorno is an alternative name for Southern Italy. The office was notably held by Paolo Emilio Taviani (1968–1972, 1972–1973), Giulio Andreotti (1974–1976) and Ciriaco De Mita (1976–1979).

## List of ministers
### Parties

* Forza Italia / The People of Freedom
* Democratic Party
* Brothers of Italy
* Independent

### Coalitions

* 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. |
| Minister for Development and Territorial Cohesion |||||||||
| | Gianfranco Miccichè (1954–) | 23 April 2005 | 17 May 2006 | 1 year, 24 days | | Forza Italia | Berlusconi III | |
| Office not in use | Office not in use | 2006–2010 | 2006–2010 | 2006–2010 | 2006–2010 | 2006–2010 | Prodi II | |
| Office not in use | Office not in use | 2006–2010 | 2006–2010 | 2006–2010 | 2006–2010 | 2006–2010 | Berlusconi IV | |
| Minister of Regional Affairs and Territorial Cohesion |||||||||
| | Raffaele Fitto (1969– ) | 10 June 2010 | 16 November 2011 | 1 year, 159 days | | The People of Freedom | Berlusconi IV | |
| Minister for Territorial Cohesion |||||||||
| | Fabrizio Barca (1954–) | 16 November 2011 | 28 April 2013 | 1 year, 163 days | | Independent | Monti | |
| | Carlo Trigilia (1951–) | 28 April 2013 | 22 February 2014 | 300 days | | Democratic Party | Letta | |
| Office not in use | Office not in use | 2014–2016 | 2014–2016 | 2014–2016 | 2014–2016 | 2014–2016 | Renzi | |
| Minister of Territorial Cohesion and the South |||||||||
| | Claudio De Vincenti (1948–) | 12 December 2016 | 1 June 2018 | 1 year, 171 days | | Democratic Party | Gentiloni | |
| Minister for the South |||||||||
| | Barbara Lezzi (1972– ) | 1 June 2018 | 5 September 2019 | 1 year, 96 days | | Five Star Movement | Conte I | |
| | Giuseppe Provenzano (1982–) | 5 September 2019 | 13 February 2021 | 1 year, 161 days | | Democratic Party | Conte II | |
| Minister for the South and Territorial Cohesion |||||||||
| | Mara Carfagna (1975–) | 13 February 2021 | 22 October 2022 | 1 year, 251 days | | Forza Italia / Action | Draghi | |
| Minister for European Affairs, Southern Italy, Cohesion Policy and the NRRP |||||||||
| | Raffaele Fitto (1969–) | 22 October 2022 | 30 November 2024 | 2 years, 39 days | | Brothers of Italy | Meloni | |
| Minister for European Affairs, Cohesion Policy and the NRRP |||||||||
| | Tommaso Foti (1960– ) | 2 December 2024 | Incumbent | 1 day | | Brothers of Italy | Meloni | |