# Minister of Health (Italy)

The minister of health (Italian: Ministro della Salute) in Italy is one of the positions in the Italian government. The ministry was officially established in 1958, with Vincenzo Monaldi, of the Christian Democracy, serving as the first minister. From 1946 to 1958, the position was held by a high commissioners for hygiene and public health, who was not a minister but a special commissioner. Nicola Perrotti, of the Italian Socialist Party, served as the first high commissioner.
The current head of the Ministry of Health is professor Orazio Schillaci, appointed on 22 October 2022 by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

## List of Italian ministers of health
### Parties

* 1958–1994:
** Christian Democracy
** Italian Socialist Party
** Italian Liberal Party
* 1994–present:
** Italian People's Party
** Forza Italia / The People of Freedom
** National Alliance
** Democrats of the Left / Democratic Party
** New Centre-Right / Popular Alternative
** Five Star Movement
** Article One
** 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. |
| Minister of Health |||||||||
| | Vincenzo Monaldi (1899–1969) | 14 August 1958 | 16 February 1959 | 186 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani II | |
| | Camillo Giardina (1907–1985) | 16 February 1959 | 21 February 1962 | 3 years, 5 days | | Christian Democracy | Segni II Tambroni Fanfani III | [3][4] [5] |
| | Angelo Raffaele Jervolino (1890–1985) | 21 February 1962 | 4 December 1963 | 1 year, 286 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani IV Leone I | |
| | Giacomo Mancini (1916–2002) | 4 December 1963 | 22 July 1964 | 231 days | | Italian Socialist Party | Moro I | |
| | Luigi Mariotti (1912–2004) | 22 July 1964 | 24 June 1968 | 3 years, 338 days | | Italian Socialist Party | Moro II·III | |
| | Ennio Zelioli-Lanzini (1899–1976) | 24 June 1968 | 12 December 1968 | 171 days | | Christian Democracy | Leone II | |
| | Camillo Ripamonti (1919–1997) | 12 December 1968 | 23 March 1970 | 1 year, 101 days | | Christian Democracy | Rumor I | |
| | Camillo Ripamonti (1919–1997) | 12 December 1968 | 23 March 1970 | 1 year, 101 days | | Christian Democracy | Rumor II | |
| | Luigi Mariotti (1912–2004) | 27 March 1970 | 17 February 1972 | 1 year, 327 days | | Italian Socialist Party | Rumor III Colombo | |
| | Athos Valsecchi (1919–1985) | 17 February 1972 | 26 June 1972 | 130 days | | Christian Democracy | Andreotti I | |
| | Remo Gaspari (1921–2011) | 26 July 1972 | 7 July 1973 | 346 days | | Christian Democracy | Andreotti II | |
| | Luigi Gui (1914–2010) | 7 July 1973 | 14 March 1974 | 250 days | | Christian Democracy | Rumor IV | |
| | Vittorino Colombo (1925–1996) | 14 March 1974 | 23 November 1974 | 254 days | | Christian Democracy | Rumor V | |
| | Antonio Pietro Gullotti (1922–1989) | 23 November 1974 | 12 February 1976 | 1 year, 81 days | | Christian Democracy | Moro IV | |
| | Luciano Dal Falco (1925–1992) | 12 February 1976 | 11 March 1978 | 2 years, 27 days | | Christian Democracy | Moro V Andreotti III | |
| | Tina Anselmi (1927–2016) | 11 March 1978 | 4 August 1979 | 1 year, 146 days | | Christian Democracy | Andreotti IV·V | |
| | Renato Altissimo (1940–2015) | 4 August 1979 | 4 April 1980 | 244 days | | Italian Liberal Party | Cossiga I | |
| | Aldo Aniasi (1921–2005) | 4 April 1980 | 28 June 1981 | 1 year, 85 days | | Italian Socialist Party | Cossiga II Forlani | |
| | Renato Altissimo (1940–2015) | 28 June 1981 | 4 August 1983 | 2 years, 37 days | | Italian Liberal Party | Spadolini I·II Fanfani V | [28][29] [30] |
| | Costante Degan (1930–1988) | 4 August 1983 | 1 August 1986 | 2 years, 362 days | | Christian Democracy | Craxi I | |
| | Carlo Donat-Cattin (1919–1989) | 1 August 1986 | 22 July 1989 | 2 years, 355 days | | Christian Democracy | Craxi II | [32][33] [34][35] |
| | Carlo Donat-Cattin (1919–1989) | 1 August 1986 | 22 July 1989 | 2 years, 355 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani VI | [32][33] [34][35] |
| | Carlo Donat-Cattin (1919–1989) | 1 August 1986 | 22 July 1989 | 2 years, 355 days | | Christian Democracy | Goria De Mita | [32][33] [34][35] |
| | Francesco De Lorenzo (1938– ) | 22 July 1989 | 21 February 1993 | 3 years, 214 days | | Italian Liberal Party | Andreotti VI·VII Amato I | [36][37] [38] |
| | Raffaele Costa (1936– ) | 21 February 1993 | 28 April 1993 | 66 days | | Italian Liberal Party | Amato I | |
| | Maria Pia Garavaglia (1947– ) | 28 April 1993 | 10 May 1994 | 1 year, 12 days | | Christian Democracy / Italian People's Party | Ciampi | |
| | Raffaele Costa (1936– ) | 10 May 1994 | 17 January 1995 | 252 days | | Forza Italia | Berlusconi I | |
| | Elio Guzzanti (1920–2014) | 17 January 1995 | 17 May 1996 | 1 year, 121 days | | Independent | Dini | |
| | Rosy Bindi (1951– ) | 17 May 1996 | 25 April 2000 | 3 years, 344 days | | Italian People's Party | Prodi I D'Alema I·II | [43][44] [45] |
| | Umberto Veronesi (1925–2016) | 25 April 2000 | 11 June 2001 | 1 year, 47 days | | Independent | Amato II | |
| | Girolamo Sirchia (1933– ) | 11 June 2001 | 23 April 2005 | 3 years, 316 days | | Independent | Berlusconi II | |
| | Francesco Storace (1959– ) | 23 April 2005 | 10 March 2006 | 321 days | | National Alliance | Berlusconi III | |
| | Silvio Berlusconi (1936–2023) As Prime Minister | 11 March 2006 | 17 May 2006 | 67 days | | Forza Italia | Berlusconi III | |
| | Livia Turco (1955– ) | 17 May 2006 | 8 May 2008 | 1 year, 357 days | | Democrats of the Left / Democratic Party | Prodi II | |
| Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs |||||||||
| | Maurizio Sacconi (1950– ) | 8 May 2008 | 15 December 2009 | 1 year, 221 days | | The People of Freedom | Berlusconi IV | |
| Minister of Health |||||||||
| | Ferruccio Fazio (1944– ) | 15 December 2009 | 16 November 2011 | 1 year, 336 days | | Independent | Berlusconi IV | |
| | Renato Balduzzi (1954– ) | 16 November 2011 | 28 April 2013 | 1 year, 163 days | | Independent | Monti | |
| | Beatrice Lorenzin (1971– ) | 28 April 2013 | 1 June 2018 | 5 years, 34 days | | The People of Freedom / New Centre-Right / Popular Alternative | Letta | [54][55] [56] |
| | Beatrice Lorenzin (1971– ) | 28 April 2013 | 1 June 2018 | 5 years, 34 days | | The People of Freedom / New Centre-Right / Popular Alternative | Renzi Gentiloni | [54][55] [56] |
| | Giulia Grillo (1975– ) | 1 June 2018 | 5 September 2019 | 1 year, 96 days | | Five Star Movement | Conte I | |
| | Roberto Speranza (1979– ) | 5 September 2019 | 22 October 2022 | 3 years, 47 days | | Article One | Conte II Draghi | |
| | Orazio Schillaci (1966– ) | 22 October 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 76 days | | Independent | Meloni | |