# Minister of Culture (Italy)

The minister of culture (Italian: Ministro della Cultura) leads the Ministry of Culture. 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 minister is Alessandro Giuli, who is serving since 6 September 2024 in the government of Giorgia Meloni. The longest-serving minister of culture is Dario Franceschini, of the Democratic Party.

## List of ministers
### Parties

* 1974–1994:
** Italian Republican Party
** Christian Democracy
** Italian Democratic Socialist Party
* 1994–present:
** National Alliance
** Democratic Party of the Left / Democrats of the Left
** Forza Italia / The People of Freedom
** Union of Christian and Centre Democrats
** Democratic Party
** Five Star Movement
** Independent

### Coalitions

* 1974–1994:
** 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 for Cultural Heritage and the Environment |||||||||
| | Giovanni Spadolini (1925–1994) | 23 November 1974 | 12 February 1976 | 1 year, 81 days | | Italian Republican Party | Moro IV | |
| Minister for Cultural and Environmental Heritage |||||||||
| | Mario Pedini (1918–2003) | 12 February 1976 | 11 March 1978 | 2 years, 27 days | | Christian Democracy | Moro V Andreotti III | |
| | Dario Antoniozzi (1923–2019) | 11 March 1978 | 4 August 1979 | 1 year, 146 days | | Christian Democracy | Andreotti IV·V | |
| | Egidio Ariosto (1911–1998) | 4 August 1979 | 4 April 1980 | 244 days | | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | Cossiga I | |
| | Oddo Biasini (1917–2009) | 4 April 1980 | 28 July 1981 | 1 year, 115 days | | Italian Republican Party | Cossiga II Forlani | |
| | Vincenzo Scotti (1933– ) | 28 July 1981 | 1 December 1982 | 1 year, 126 days | | Christian Democracy | Spadolini I·II | |
| | Nicola Vernola (1932–2000) | 1 December 1982 | 4 August 1983 | 246 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani V | |
| | Antonino Pietro Gullotti (1922–1989) | 4 August 1983 | 28 July 1987 | 3 years, 358 days | | Christian Democracy | Craxi I·II | |
| | Antonino Pietro Gullotti (1922–1989) | 4 August 1983 | 28 July 1987 | 3 years, 358 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani VI | |
| | Carlo Vizzini (1947– ) | 29 July 1987 | 13 April 1988 | 259 days | | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | Goria | |
| | Vincenza Bono Parrino (1942– ) | 13 April 1988 | 22 July 1989 | 1 year, 100 days | | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | De Mita | |
| | Ferdinando Facchiano (1927–2022) | 22 July 1989 | 12 April 1991 | 1 year, 264 days | | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | Andreotti VI | |
| | Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013) As Prime Minister | 12 April 1991 | 28 June 1992 | 1 year, 77 days | | Christian Democracy | Andreotti VI·VII | |
| | Alberto Ronchey (1926–2010) | 28 June 1992 | 10 May 1994 | 1 year, 316 days | | Italian Republican Party | Amato I | |
| | Alberto Ronchey (1926–2010) | 28 June 1992 | 10 May 1994 | 1 year, 316 days | | Italian Republican Party | Ciampi | |
| | Domenico Fisichella (1935– ) | 10 May 1994 | 17 January 1995 | 252 days | | National Alliance | Berlusconi I | |
| | Antonio Paolucci (1939–2024) | 17 January 1995 | 17 May 1996 | 1 year, 121 days | | Independent | Dini | |
| Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Sport |||||||||
| | Walter Veltroni (1955– ) | 17 May 1996 | 21 October 1998 | 2 years, 157 days | | Democratic Party of the Left | Prodi I | |
| Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities |||||||||
| | Giovanna Melandri (1962– ) | 21 October 1998 | 11 June 2001 | 2 years, 233 days | | Democrats of the Left | D'Alema I·II Amato II | |
| | Giuliano Urbani (1937– ) | 11 June 2001 | 23 April 2005 | 3 years, 316 days | | Forza Italia | Berlusconi II | |
| | Rocco Buttiglione (1948– ) | 23 April 2005 | 17 May 2006 | 1 year, 24 days | | Union of Christian and Centre Democrats | Berlusconi III | |
| | Francesco Rutelli (1954– ) | 17 May 2006 | 8 May 2008 | 1 year, 357 days | | The Daisy / Democratic Party | Prodi II | |
| | Sandro Bondi (1959– ) | 8 May 2008 | 23 March 2011 | 2 years, 319 days | | The People of Freedom | Berlusconi IV | |
| | Giancarlo Galan (1956– ) | 23 March 2011 | 16 November 2011 | 238 days | | The People of Freedom | Berlusconi IV | |
| | Lorenzo Ornaghi (1948– ) | 16 November 2011 | 28 April 2013 | 1 year, 163 days | | Independent | Monti | |
| Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism |||||||||
| | Massimo Bray (1959– ) | 28 April 2013 | 22 February 2014 | 300 days | | Democratic Party | Letta | |
| | Dario Franceschini (1958– ) | 22 February 2014 | 1 June 2018 | 4 years, 99 days | | Democratic Party | Renzi Gentiloni | |
| Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities |||||||||
| | Alberto Bonisoli (1961– ) | 1 June 2018 | 5 September 2019 | 1 year, 96 days | | Five Star Movement | Conte I | |
| Minister of Culture |||||||||
| | Dario Franceschini (1958– ) | 5 September 2019 | 22 October 2022 | 3 years, 47 days | | Democratic Party | Conte II Draghi | |
| | Gennaro Sangiuliano (1962– ) | 22 October 2022 | 6 September 2024 | 1 year, 320 days | | Independent | Meloni | |
| | Alessandro Giuli (1975– ) | 6 September 2024 | Incumbent | 192 days | | Independent | Meloni | |