# Minister of Foreign Affairs (Italy)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Italy. The office was one of the positions which Italy inherited from the Kingdom of Sardinia where it was the most ancient ministry of the government: this origin gives to the office a ceremonial primacy in the Italian cabinet.
The current minister is Antonio Tajani, a member of Forza Italia, who is serving in the government of Giorgia Meloni since 22 October 2022.

## Kingdom of Italy
### Parties

* 1861–1912:
** Historical Right
** Historical Left
** Military
* 1912–1922:
** Liberal Union
** Radical Party
** Democratic Liberal Party
* 1922–1943:
** National Fascist Party
* 1943–1946:
** Labour Democratic Party
** Christian Democracy
** Independent
** Military

### 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. |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs |||||||||
| | Camillo Benso Count of Cavour (1810–1861) As Prime Minister | 23 March 1861 | 6 June 1861 | 75 days | | Historical Right | Cavour IV | |
| | Bettino Ricasoli (1809–1880) As Prime Minister | 12 June 1861 | 3 March 1862 | 264 days | | Historical Right | Ricasoli I | |
| | Urbano Rattazzi (1808–1873) As Prime Minister | 3 March 1862 | 31 March 1862 | 28 days | | Historical Left | Rattazzi I | |
| | Giacomo Durando (1807–1894) | 31 March 1862 | 8 December 1862 | 252 days | | Military | Rattazzi I | |
| | Giuseppe Pasolini (1815–1876) | 8 December 1862 | 24 March 1863 | 106 days | | Historical Right | Farini | |
| | Emilio Visconti Venosta (1829–1914) | 24 March 1863 | 28 September 1864 | 1 year, 188 days | | Historical Right | Minghetti I | |
| | Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora (1804–1878) As Prime Minister | 28 September 1864 | 20 June 1866 | 1 year, 265 days | | Military | La Marmora II·III | |
| | Bettino Ricasoli (1809–1880) As Prime Minister | 20 June 1866 | 28 June 1866 | 8 days | | Historical Right | Ricasoli II | |
| | Emilio Visconti Venosta (1829–1914) | 28 June 1866 | 10 April 1867 | 286 days | | Historical Right | Ricasoli II | |
| | Federico Pescetto (1817–1882) | 10 April 1867 | 12 April 1867 | 2 days | | Historical Right | Rattazzi II | |
| | Pompeo Di Campello (1803–1884) | 12 April 1867 | 27 October 1867 | 198 days | | Historical Left | Rattazzi II | |
| | Luigi Federico Menabrea (1809–1896) As Prime Minister | 27 October 1867 | 14 December 1869 | 2 years, 48 days | | Historical Right | Menabrea I·II·III | |
| | Emilio Visconti Venosta (1829–1914) | 14 December 1869 | 20 November 1876 | 6 years, 342 days | | Historical Right | Lanza Minghetti II | |
| | Luigi Amedeo Melegari (1805–1881) | 20 November 1876 | 28 December 1877 | 1 year, 38 days | | Historical Left | Depretis I | |
| | Agostino Depretis (1813–1887) As Prime Minister | 28 December 1877 | 24 March 1878 | 86 days | | Historical Left | Depretis II | |
| | Luigi Corti (1823–1888) | 24 March 1878 | 24 October 1878 | 214 days | | Historical Left | Cairoli I | |
| | Benedetto Cairoli (1825–1889) As Prime Minister | 24 October 1878 | 19 December 1878 | 56 days | | Historical Left | Cairoli I | |
| | Agostino Depretis (1813–1887) As Prime Minister | 19 December 1878 | 14 July 1879 | 207 days | | Historical Left | Depretis III | |
| | Benedetto Cairoli (1825–1889) As Prime Minister | 14 July 1879 | 29 May 1881 | 1 year, 319 days | | Historical Left | Cairoli II·III | |
| | Pasquale Stanislao Mancini (1817–1888) | 29 May 1881 | 29 June 1885 | 4 years, 31 days | | Historical Left | Depretis IV·V·VI | |
| | Agostino Depretis (1813–1887) As Prime Minister | 29 June 1885 | 6 October 1885 | 99 days | | Historical Left | Depretis VII | |
| | Carlo Felice Nicolis, Count of Robilant (1826–1887) | 6 October 1885 | 4 April 1887 | 1 year, 180 days | | Military | Depretis VII | |
| | Agostino Depretis (1813–1887) As Prime Minister | 4 April 1887 | 29 July 1887 | 116 days | | Historical Left | Depretis VIII | |
| | Francesco Crispi (1818–1901) As Prime Minister | 29 July 1887 | 6 February 1891 | 3 years, 192 days | | Historical Left | Crispi I·II | |
| | Antonio Starabba di Rudinì (1839–1908) As Prime Minister | 6 February 1891 | 15 May 1892 | 1 year, 99 days | | Historical Right | Di Rudinì I | |
| | Benedetto Brin (1833–1898) | 15 May 1892 | 15 December 1893 | 1 year, 214 days | | Military | Giolitti I | |
| | Alberto Blanc (1835–1904) | 15 December 1893 | 10 March 1896 | 2 years, 86 days | | Historical Left | Crispi III·IV | |
| | Onorato Caetani (1842–1917) | 10 March 1896 | 11 July 1896 | 123 days | | Historical Right | Di Rudinì II | |
| | Emilio Visconti Venosta (1829–1914) | 11 July 1896 | 1 June 1898 | 1 year, 325 days | | Historical Right | Di Rudinì III·IV | |
| | Raffaele Cappelli (1848–1921) | 1 June 1898 | 29 June 1898 | 28 days | | Historical Right | Di Rudinì V | |
| | Felice Napoleone Canevaro (1838–1926) | 29 June 1898 | 14 May 1899 | 319 days | | Military | Pelloux I | |
| | Emilio Visconti Venosta (1829–1914) | 14 May 1899 | 15 February 1901 | 1 year, 277 days | | Historical Right | Pelloux II Saracco | |
| | Giulio Prinetti (1851–1908) | 15 February 1901 | 9 February 1903 | 1 year, 359 days | | Historical Right | Zanardelli | |
| | Enrico Morin (1841–1910) | 9 February 1903 | 3 September 1903 | 206 days | | Military | Zanardelli | |
| | Tommaso Tittoni (1855–1931) | 3 September 1903 | 27 March 1905 | 1 year, 205 days | | Historical Right | Giolitti II Tittoni | |
| | Alessandro Fortis (1842–1909) As Prime Minister | 27 March 1905 | 24 December 1905 | 272 days | | Historical Left | Fortis I | |
| | Antonio Paternò Castello di San Giuliano (1852–1914) | 24 December 1905 | 8 February 1906 | 46 days | | Historical Right | Fortis II | |
| | Francesco Guicciardini (1851–1915) | 8 February 1906 | 29 May 1906 | 110 days | | Historical Right | Sonnino I | |
| | Tommaso Tittoni (1855–1931) | 29 May 1906 | 10 December 1909 | 3 years, 195 days | | Historical Right | Giolitti III | |
| | Francesco Guicciardini (1851–1915) | 11 December 1909 | 31 March 1910 | 110 days | | Historical Right | Sonnino II | |
| | Antonio Paternò Castello di San Giuliano (1852–1914) | 31 March 1910 | 17 October 1914 | 4 years, 210 days | | Historical Right / Liberal Union | Luzzatti | |
| | Antonio Paternò Castello di San Giuliano (1852–1914) | 31 March 1910 | 17 October 1914 | 4 years, 210 days | | Historical Right / Liberal Union | Giolitti IV Salandra I | |
| | Antonio Salandra (1853–1931) As Prime Minister | 17 October 1914 | 31 October 1914 | 14 days | | Liberal Union | Salandra I | |
| | Sidney Sonnino (1847–1922) | 31 October 1914 | 23 June 1919 | 4 years, 235 days | | Liberal Union | Salandra III Boselli Orlando | |
| | Tommaso Tittoni (1855–1931) | 23 June 1919 | 26 June 1919 | 3 days | | Liberal Union | Nitti I | |
| | Francesco Nitti (1868–1953) As Prime Minister | 26 June 1919 | 26 September 1919 | 92 days | | Italian Radical Party | Nitti I | |
| | Vittorio Scialoja (1856–1933) | 26 September 1919 | 15 June 1920 | 263 days | | Liberal Union | Nitti I·II | |
| | Carlo Sforza (1872–1952) | 15 June 1920 | 4 July 1921 | 1 year, 19 days | | Democratic Liberal Party | Giolitti V | |
| | Pietro Tomasi della Torretta (1873–1962) | 4 July 1921 | 22 February 1922 | 233 days | | Independent | Bonomi I | |
| | Carlo Schanzer (1865–1953) | 26 February 1922 | 31 October 1922 | 251 days | | Democratic Liberal Party | Facta I·II | |
| | Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) As Prime Minister | 31 October 1922 | 12 September 1929 | 6 years, 316 days | | National Fascist Party | Mussolini | |
| | Dino Grandi (1895–1988) | 12 September 1929 | 20 July 1932 | 2 years, 312 days | | National Fascist Party | Mussolini | |
| | Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) As Prime Minister | 20 July 1932 | 9 June 1936 | 3 years, 325 days | | National Fascist Party | Mussolini | |
| | Galeazzo Ciano (1903–1944) | 9 June 1936 | 6 February 1943 | 6 years, 242 days | | National Fascist Party | Mussolini | |
| | Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) As Prime Minister | 6 February 1943 | 25 July 1943 | 169 days | | National Fascist Party | Mussolini | |
| | Raffaele Guariglia (1889–1970) | 25 July 1943 | 11 February 1944 | 201 days | | Independent | Badoglio I | |
| | Pietro Badoglio (1871–1956) As Prime Minister | 11 February 1944 | 18 June 1944 | 128 days | | Military | Badoglio I·II | |
| | Ivanoe Bonomi (1873–1951) | 18 June 1944 | 10 December 1944 | 175 days | | Labour Democratic Party | Bonomi II | |
| | Alcide De Gasperi (1881–1954) | 12 December 1944 | 13 July 1946 | 1 year, 224 days | | Christian Democracy | Bonomi III Parri De Gasperi I | |

## Italian Republic
### Parties

* 1946–1994:
** Christian Democracy
** Italian Socialist Party
** Italian Republican Party
** Italian Liberal Party
** Italian Democratic Socialist Party
** Independent
* 1994–present:
** Italian People's Party
** Forza Italia / The People of Freedom
** Italian Renewal
** Democrats of the Left / Democratic Party
** National Alliance
** Italian Radicals
** New Centre-Right / Popular Alternative
** Five Star Movement / Together for the Future
** 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. |
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| | Alcide De Gasperi (1881–1954) As Prime Minister | 13 July 1946 | 18 October 1946 | 97 days | | Christian Democracy | De Gasperi II | |
| | Pietro Nenni (1891–1980) | 18 October 1946 | 2 February 1947 | 107 days | | Italian Socialist Party | De Gasperi II | |
| | Carlo Sforza (1872–1952) | 2 February 1947 | 26 July 1951 | 4 years, 174 days | | Italian Republican Party | De Gasperi III | |
| | Carlo Sforza (1872–1952) | 2 February 1947 | 26 July 1951 | 4 years, 174 days | | Italian Republican Party | De Gasperi IV·V·VI | |
| | Alcide De Gasperi (1881–1954) As Prime Minister | 26 July 1951 | 17 August 1953 | 2 years, 22 days | | Christian Democracy | De Gasperi VII·VIII | |
| | Giuseppe Pella (1902–1981) As Prime Minister | 17 August 1953 | 18 January 1954 | 154 days | | Christian Democracy | Pella | |
| | Attilio Piccioni (1892–1976) | 18 January 1954 | 16 September 1954 | 241 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani I Scelba | |
| | Gaetano Martino (1900–1967) | 16 September 1954 | 19 May 1957 | 2 years, 245 days | | Italian Liberal Party | Scelba Segni I | |
| | Giuseppe Pella (1902–1981) | 19 May 1957 | 1 July 1958 | 1 year, 43 days | | Christian Democracy | Zoli | |
| | Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999) As Prime Minister | 1 July 1958 | 16 February 1959 | 230 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani II | |
| | Giuseppe Pella (1902–1981) | 16 February 1959 | 25 March 1960 | 1 year, 38 days | | Christian Democracy | Segni II | |
| | Antonio Segni (1891–1972) | 25 March 1960 | 7 May 1962 | 2 years, 43 days | | Christian Democracy | Tambroni Fanfani III·IV | |
| | Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999) As Prime Minister | 7 May 1962 | 29 May 1962 | 22 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani IV | |
| | Attilio Piccioni (1892–1976) | 29 May 1962 | 4 December 1963 | 1 year, 189 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani IV Leone I | |
| | Giuseppe Saragat (1898–1988) | 4 December 1963 | 28 December 1964 | 1 year, 24 days | | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | Moro I·II | |
| | Aldo Moro (1916–1978) As Prime Minister | 28 December 1964 | 5 March 1965 | 67 days | | Christian Democracy | Moro II | |
| | Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999) | 5 March 1965 | 30 December 1965 | 300 days | | Christian Democracy | Moro II | |
| | Aldo Moro (1916–1978) As Prime Minister | 30 December 1965 | 23 February 1966 | 55 days | | Christian Democracy | Moro II | |
| | Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999) | 23 February 1966 | 24 June 1968 | 2 years, 122 days | | Christian Democracy | Moro III | |
| | Giuseppe Medici (1907–2000) | 24 June 1968 | 12 December 1968 | 171 days | | Christian Democracy | Leone II | |
| | Pietro Nenni (1891–1980) | 12 December 1968 | 5 August 1969 | 236 days | | Italian Socialist Party | Rumor I | |
| | Aldo Moro (1916–1978) | 5 August 1969 | 26 June 1972 | 2 years, 326 days | | Christian Democracy | Rumor II | |
| | Aldo Moro (1916–1978) | 5 August 1969 | 26 June 1972 | 2 years, 326 days | | Christian Democracy | Rumor III Colombo | |
| | Aldo Moro (1916–1978) | 5 August 1969 | 26 June 1972 | 2 years, 326 days | | Christian Democracy | Andreotti I | |
| | Giuseppe Medici (1907–2000) | 26 July 1972 | 7 July 1973 | 346 days | | Christian Democracy | Andreotti II | |
| | Aldo Moro (1916–1978) | 7 July 1973 | 23 November 1974 | 1 year, 139 days | | Christian Democracy | Rumor IV·V | |
| | Mariano Rumor (1915–1990) | 23 November 1974 | 29 July 1976 | 1 year, 249 days | | Christian Democracy | Moro IV·V | |
| | Arnaldo Forlani (1925–2023) | 29 July 1976 | 4 August 1979 | 3 years, 6 days | | Christian Democracy | Andreotti III·IV·V | |
| | Franco Maria Malfatti (1927–1991) | 4 August 1979 | 15 January 1980 | 195 days | | Christian Democracy | Cossiga I | |
| | Attilio Ruffini (1925–2011) | 15 January 1980 | 4 April 1980 | 80 days | | Christian Democracy | Cossiga I | |
| | Emilio Colombo (1920–2013) | 4 April 1980 | 4 August 1983 | 3 years, 122 days | | Christian Democracy | Cossiga II Forlani | |
| | Emilio Colombo (1920–2013) | 4 April 1980 | 4 August 1983 | 3 years, 122 days | | Christian Democracy | Spadolini I·II Fanfani V | |
| | Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013) | 4 August 1983 | 22 July 1989 | 5 years, 352 days | | Christian Democracy | Craxi I·II | |
| | Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013) | 4 August 1983 | 22 July 1989 | 5 years, 352 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani VI | |
| | Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013) | 4 August 1983 | 22 July 1989 | 5 years, 352 days | | Christian Democracy | Goria De Mita | |
| | Gianni De Michelis (1940–2019) | 22 July 1989 | 28 June 1992 | 2 years, 342 days | | Italian Socialist Party | Andreotti VI·VII | |
| | Vincenzo Scotti (1933– ) | 28 June 1992 | 29 July 1992 | 31 days | | Christian Democracy | Amato I | |
| | Giuliano Amato (1938– ) As Prime Minister | 29 July 1992 | 1 August 1992 | 3 days | | Italian Socialist Party | Amato I | |
| | Emilio Colombo (1920–2013) | 1 August 1992 | 28 April 1993 | 270 days | | Christian Democracy | Amato I | |
| | Beniamino Andreatta (1928–2007) | 28 April 1993 | 19 April 1994 | 356 days | | Christian Democracy / Italian People's Party | Ciampi | |
| | Leopoldo Elia (1925–2008) | 19 April 1994 | 10 May 1994 | 22 days | | Italian People's Party | Ciampi | |
| | Antonio Martino (1942–2022) | 10 May 1994 | 17 January 1995 | 252 days | | Forza Italia | Berlusconi I | |
| | Susanna Agnelli (1922–2009) | 17 January 1995 | 17 May 1996 | 1 year, 121 days | | Independent | Dini | |
| | Lamberto Dini (1931– ) | 17 May 1996 | 6 June 2001 | 5 years, 20 days | | Italian Renewal | Prodi I D'Alema I·II Amato II | |
| | Giuliano Amato (1938– ) As Prime Minister | 6 June 2001 | 11 June 2001 | 5 days | | Independent | Amato II | |
| | Renato Ruggiero (1930–2013) | 11 June 2001 | 6 January 2002 | 209 days | | Independent | Berlusconi II | |
| | Silvio Berlusconi (1936–2023) As Prime Minister | 6 January 2002 | 14 June 2002 | 159 days | | Forza Italia | Berlusconi II | |
| | Franco Frattini (1957–2022) | 14 June 2002 | 18 November 2004 | 2 years, 157 days | | Forza Italia | Berlusconi II | |
| | Gianfranco Fini (1952– ) | 18 November 2004 | 17 May 2006 | 1 year, 180 days | | National Alliance | Berlusconi II·III | |
| | Massimo D'Alema (1949– ) | 17 May 2006 | 8 May 2008 | 1 year, 357 days | | Democrats of the Left / Democratic Party | Prodi II | |
| | Franco Frattini (1957–2022) | 8 May 2008 | 16 November 2011 | 3 years, 192 days | | The People of Freedom | Berlusconi IV | |
| | Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata (1946– ) | 16 November 2011 | 27 March 2013 | 1 year, 131 days | | Independent | Monti | |
| | Mario Monti (1943– ) As Prime Minister | 27 March 2013 | 28 April 2013 | 32 days | | Independent | Monti | |
| | Emma Bonino (1948– ) | 28 April 2013 | 22 February 2014 | 300 days | | Italian Radicals | Letta | |
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| | Federica Mogherini (1973– ) | 22 February 2014 | 31 October 2014 | 251 days | | Democratic Party | Renzi | |
| | Paolo Gentiloni (1954– ) | 31 October 2014 | 12 December 2016 | 2 years, 42 days | | Democratic Party | Renzi | |
| | Angelino Alfano (1970– ) | 12 December 2016 | 1 June 2018 | 1 year, 171 days | | New Centre-Right / Popular Alternative | Gentiloni | |
| | Enzo Moavero Milanesi (1954– ) | 1 June 2018 | 5 September 2019 | 1 year, 96 days | | Independent | Conte I | |
| | Luigi Di Maio (1986– ) | 5 September 2019 | 22 October 2022 | 3 years, 47 days | | Five Star Movement / Together for the Future | Conte II Draghi | |
| | Antonio Tajani (1953– ) | 22 October 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 52 days | | Forza Italia | Meloni | |