# Minister of the Environment (Italy)

This is a list of ministers of the environment, a senior member of the Italian government who leads the Ministry of the Ecological Transition. The list shows also the ministers that served under the same office but with other names, in fact this Ministry has changed name many times: the current title is Minister of the Environment and Energy Security.
The current office holder is Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, a member of Forza Italia, who is serving in the government of Giorgia Meloni since 22 October 2022.

## List of ministers
### Parties

* 1983–1994:
** Italian Liberal Party
** Italian Socialist Party
** Federation of the Greens
** Independent
* 1994–present:
** National Alliance
** Federation of the Greens
** The Democrats
** The People of Freedom / Forza Italia
** Democratic Party
** Union of the Centre / Centrists for Europe
** Independent

### Coalitions

* 1983–1994:
** 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 Ecology |||||||||
| | Alfredo Biondi (1928–2020) | 4 August 1983 | 30 July 1984 | 361 days | | Italian Liberal Party | Craxi I | |
| | Valerio Zanone (1936–2016) | 30 July 1984 | 1 August 1986 | 2 years, 2 days | | Italian Liberal Party | Craxi I | |
| Minister of the Environment |||||||||
| | Francesco De Lorenzo (1938– ) | 1 August 1986 | 18 April 1987 | 260 days | | Italian Liberal Party | Craxi II | |
| | Mario Pavan [it] (1918–2003) | 18 April 1987 | 29 July 1987 | 102 days | | Independent | Fanfani VI | |
| | Giorgio Ruffolo (1926–2023) | 29 July 1987 | 28 June 1992 | 4 years, 335 days | | Italian Socialist Party | Goria De Mita Andreotti VI·VII | |
| | Carlo Ripa di Meana (1929–2018) | 28 June 1992 | 9 March 1993 | 254 days | | Italian Socialist Party | Amato I | |
| | Valdo Spini (1946– ) | 9 March 1993 | 28 April 1993 | 1 year, 50 days | | Italian Socialist Party | Amato I | |
| | Francesco Rutelli (1954– ) | 28 April 1993 | 4 May 1993 | 6 days | | Federation of the Greens | Ciampi | |
| | Valdo Spini (1946– ) | 4 May 1993 | 10 May 1994 | 1 year, 6 days | | Italian Socialist Party | Ciampi | |
| | Altero Matteoli (1940–2017) | 10 May 1994 | 17 January 1995 | 252 days | | National Alliance | Berlusconi I | |
| | Paolo Baratta (1939– ) | 17 January 1995 | 17 May 1996 | 1 year, 121 days | | Independent | Dini | |
| | Edo Ronchi (1950– ) | 17 May 1996 | 25 April 2000 | 3 years, 347 days | | Federation of the Greens | Prodi I D'Alema I·II | |
| | Willer Bordon (1949–2015) | 25 April 2000 | 11 June 2001 | 1 year, 47 days | | The Democrats | Amato II | |
| Minister of Environment and Land Protection |||||||||
| | Altero Matteoli (1940–2017) | 11 June 2001 | 17 May 2006 | 4 years, 340 days | | National Alliance | Berlusconi II·III | |
| Minister of Environment and Protection of Land and Sea |||||||||
| | Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio (1959– ) | 17 May 2006 | 8 May 2008 | 1 year, 357 days | | Federation of the Greens | Prodi II | |
| | Stefania Prestigiacomo (1966– ) | 8 May 2008 | 16 November 2011 | 3 years, 192 days | | The People of Freedom | Berlusconi IV | |
| | Corrado Clini (1947– ) | 16 November 2011 | 28 April 2013 | 1 year, 163 days | | Independent | Monti | |
| | Andrea Orlando (1969– ) | 28 April 2013 | 22 February 2014 | 300 days | | Democratic Party | Letta | |
| | Gian Luca Galletti (1961– ) | 22 February 2014 | 1 June 2018 | 4 years, 99 days | | Union of the Centre / Centrists for Europe | Renzi Gentiloni | |
| | Sergio Costa (1959– ) | 1 June 2018 | 13 February 2021 | 2 years, 257 days | | Independent | Conte I·II | |
| Minister for Ecological Transition |||||||||
| | Roberto Cingolani (1961– ) | 13 February 2021 | 22 October 2022 | 1 year, 251 days | | Independent | Draghi | |
| Minister of Environment and Energy Security |||||||||
| | Gilberto Pichetto Fratin (1954– ) | 22 October 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 146 days | | Forza Italia | Meloni | |