# Secretary of the Council of Ministers (Italy)

The secretary of the Council of Ministers (Italian: Segretario del Consiglio dei Ministri) is a senior member of the Italian Cabinet. The secretary is one of the undersecretaries of state to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers but, unlike them, he sits in the Cabinet and helps the prime minister in coordinating the government and its meetings. Thus, the secretary is usually a person very close to the prime minister. The secretary of the Council of Ministers, which may not be confused with the largely ceremonial office of Deputy Prime Minister (not all Italian Cabinets include one), resembles that of the White House chief of staff.
The current secretary of the Council of Ministers is Alfredo Mantovano, appointed on 22 October 2022 in the government led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

## List

Parties:
* 1946–1994:
** Christian Democracy
** Italian Republican Party
** Italian Socialist Party
** Independent
* 1994–present:
** Forza Italia / The People of Freedom
** Italian People's Party
** Democrats of the Left
** Democratic Party
** League
** Five Star Movement
Coalitions:
* 1946–1994:
** National Liberation Committee
** 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. |
| | Paolo Cappa (1888–1956) | 13 July 1946 | 31 May 1947 | 322 days | | Christian Democracy | De Gasperi II·III | |
| | Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013) | 31 May 1947 | 18 January 1954 | 6 years, 232 days | | Christian Democracy | De Gasperi IV·V·VI·VII·VIII Pella | |
| | Mariano Rumor (1915–1990) | 18 January 1954 | 10 February 1954 | 23 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani I | |
| | Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918–2012) | 10 February 1954 | 6 July 1955 | 1 year, 146 days | | Christian Democracy | Scelba | |
| | Carlo Russo (1920–2007) | 6 July 1955 | 19 May 1957 | 1 year, 317 days | | Christian Democracy | Segni I | |
| | Lorenzo Spallino (1897–1962) | 19 May 1957 | 1 July 1958 | 1 year, 43 days | | Christian Democracy | Zoli | |
| | Antonio Maxia (1904–1962) | 1 July 1958 | 16 February 1959 | 230 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani II | |
| | Carlo Russo (1920–2007) | 16 February 1959 | 25 March 1960 | 1 year, 38 days | | Christian Democracy | Segni II | |
| | Alberto Folchi (1897–1977) | 25 March 1960 | 26 July 1960 | 123 days | | Christian Democracy | Tambroni | |
| | Umberto Delle Fave (1912–1986) | 26 July 1960 | 21 June 1963 | 2 years, 330 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani III·IV | |
| | Crescenzo Mazza (1910–1990) | 21 June 1963 | 4 December 1963 | 166 days | | Christian Democracy | Leone I | |
| | Angelo Salizzoni (1907–1992) | 4 December 1963 | 24 June 1968 | 4 years, 203 days | | Christian Democracy | Moro I·II·III | |
| | Luigi Michele Galli (1924–2001) | 24 June 1968 | 12 December 1968 | 171 days | | Christian Democracy | Leone II | |
| | Antonio Bisaglia (1929–1984) | 12 December 1968 | 6 August 1970 | 1 year, 237 days | | Christian Democracy | Rumor I | |
| | Antonio Bisaglia (1929–1984) | 12 December 1968 | 6 August 1970 | 1 year, 237 days | | Christian Democracy | Rumor II | |
| | Antonio Bisaglia (1929–1984) | 12 December 1968 | 6 August 1970 | 1 year, 237 days | | Christian Democracy | Rumor III | |
| | Dario Antoniozzi (1923–2019) | 6 August 1970 | 17 February 1972 | 1 year, 195 days | | Christian Democracy | Colombo | |
| | Franco Evangelisti (1923–1993) | 17 February 1972 | 7 July 1973 | 1 year, 140 days | | Christian Democracy | Andreotti I·II | |
| | Adolfo Sarti (1928–1992) | 7 July 1973 | 23 November 1974 | 1 year, 139 days | | Christian Democracy | Rumor IV·V | |
| | Angelo Salizzoni (1907–1992) | 23 November 1974 | 29 July 1976 | 1 year, 249 days | | Christian Democracy | Moro IV·V | |
| | Franco Evangelisti (1923–1993) | 29 July 1976 | 4 August 1979 | 3 years, 6 days | | Christian Democracy | Andreotti IV·V | |
| | Piergiorgio Bressani (1929–2022) | 4 August 1979 | 18 October 1980 | 1 year, 75 days | | Christian Democracy | Cossiga I | |
| | Piergiorgio Bressani (1929–2022) | 4 August 1979 | 18 October 1980 | 1 year, 75 days | | Christian Democracy | Cossiga II | |
| | Luciano Radi (1922–2014) | 18 October 1980 | 28 June 1981 | 253 days | | Christian Democracy | Forlani | |
| | Francesco Compagna (1921–1982) | 28 June 1981 | 24 July 1982 | 1 year, 26 days | | Italian Republican Party | Spadolini I | |
| | Vittorio Olcese (1925–1999) | 23 August 1982 | 1 December 1982 | 100 days | | Italian Republican Party | Spadolini II | |
| | Bruno Orsini (1929– ) | 1 December 1982 | 4 August 1983 | 246 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani V | |
| | Giuliano Amato (1938– ) | 4 August 1983 | 18 April 1987 | 3 years, 247 days | | Italian Socialist Party | Craxi I·II | |
| | Mauro Bubbico (1928–1991) | 18 April 1987 | 29 July 1987 | 102 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani VI | |
| | Emilio Rubbi (1930–2005) | 29 July 1987 | 13 April 1988 | 259 days | | Christian Democracy | Goria | |
| | Riccardo Misasi (1932–2000) | 13 April 1988 | 22 July 1989 | 1 year, 100 days | | Christian Democracy | De Mita | |
| | Nino Cristofori (1930–2015) | 22 July 1989 | 28 June 1992 | 2 years, 342 days | | Christian Democracy | Andreotti VI·VII | |
| | Fabio Fabbri (1933–2024) | 28 June 1992 | 28 April 1993 | 304 days | | Italian Socialist Party | Amato I | |
| | Antonio Maccanico (1924–2013) | 28 April 1993 | 10 May 1994 | 1 year, 12 days | | Italian Republican Party | Ciampi | |
| | Gianni Letta (1935– ) | 10 May 1994 | 17 January 1995 | 252 days | | Forza Italia | Berlusconi I | |
| | Lamberto Cardia (1934– ) | 17 January 1995 | 17 May 1996 | 1 year, 121 days | | Independent | Dini | |
| | Enrico Luigi Micheli (1938–2011) | 17 May 1996 | 21 October 1998 | 2 years, 157 days | | Italian People's Party | Prodi I | |
| | Franco Bassanini (1940– ) | 21 October 1998 | 22 December 1999 | 1 year, 62 days | | Democrats of the Left | D'Alema I | |
| | Enrico Luigi Micheli (1938–2011) | 22 December 1999 | 11 June 2000 | 172 days | | Italian People's Party | D'Alema II Amato II | |
| | Gianni Letta (1935– ) | 11 June 2001 | 17 May 2006 | 4 years, 340 days | | Forza Italia | Berlusconi II·III | |
| | Enrico Letta (1966– ) | 17 May 2006 | 8 May 2008 | 1 year, 357 days | | The Daisy / Democratic Party | Prodi II | |
| | Gianni Letta (1935– ) | 8 May 2008 | 16 November 2011 | 3 years, 192 days | | The People of Freedom | Berlusconi IV | |
| | Antonio Catricalà (1952–2021) | 16 November 2011 | 28 April 2013 | 1 year, 163 days | | Independent | Monti | |
| | Filippo Patroni Griffi (1955– ) | 28 April 2013 | 22 February 2014 | 300 days | | Independent | Letta | |
| | Graziano Delrio (1960– ) | 22 February 2014 | 2 April 2015 | 1 year, 39 days | | Democratic Party | Renzi | |
| | Claudio De Vincenti (1948– ) | 2 April 2015 | 12 December 2016 | 1 year, 268 days | | Democratic Party | Renzi | |
| | Maria Elena Boschi (1981– ) | 12 December 2016 | 1 June 2018 | 1 year, 171 days | | Democratic Party | Gentiloni | |
| | Giancarlo Giorgetti (1966– ) | 1 June 2018 | 5 September 2019 | 1 year, 96 days | | League | Conte I | |
| | Riccardo Fraccaro (1981– ) | 5 September 2019 | 13 February 2021 | 1 year, 161 days | | Five Star Movement | Conte II | |
| | Roberto Garofoli (1966– ) | 13 February 2021 | 22 October 2022 | 1 year, 251 days | | Independent | Draghi | |
| | Alfredo Mantovano (1958– ) | 22 October 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 121 days | | Independent | Meloni | |