# Minister of Justice (Italy)

This is a list of the Italian ministers of justice since 1946. The minister of justice is a senior member of the Italian Cabinet and leads the Ministry of Justice.
The first Italian minister of justice is Giovanni Battista Cassinis, member of the Historical Right, who held the office in 1861 in the government of Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour; while the longest-serving minister was Alfredo Rocco, who served in the fascist government of Benito Mussolini from 1925 until 1932. The current minister is Carlo Nordio, appointed on 22 October 2022 in the government of Giorgia Meloni.

## List of ministers of justice
### Kingdom of Italy
#### Parties

* 1861–1912:
** Historical Right
** Historical Left
** Italian Radical Party
* 1912–1922:
** Liberal Union
** Italian Radical Party
** Democratic Liberal Party
** Italian Social Democratic Party
** Italian People's Party
** Independent
* 1922–1943:
** National Fascist Party
* 1943–1946:
** Italian Liberal Party
** Christian Democracy
** Italian Communist Party
** Independent

#### Coalitions

* 1861–1912:
** Rightist coalition
** Leftist coalition
** Mixed coalition
* 1912–1922:
** Liberal coalition
* 1922–1943:
** Fascist
* 1943–1946:
** Mixed coalition

#### Ministers

| 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 Grace, Justice and Ecclesiastic Affairs |||||||||
| | Giovanni Battista Cassinis (1806–1866) | 23 March 1861 | 12 June 1861 | 81 days | | Historical Right | Cavour IV | |
| | Vincenzo Maria Miglietti (1809–1864) | 12 June 1861 | 3 March 1862 | 263 days | | Historical Right | Ricasoli I | |
| Minister of Grace, Justice and Worships |||||||||
| | Filippo Cordova (1811–1868) | 3 March 1862 | 7 April 1862 | 35 days | | Historical Right | Rattazzi I | |
| | Raffaele Conforti (1804–1880) | 7 April 1862 | 8 December 1862 | 245 days | | Historical Left | Rattazzi I | |
| | Giuseppe Pisanelli (1812–1879) | 8 December 1862 | 28 September 1864 | 1 year, 295 days | | Historical Left | Farini Minghetti I | |
| | Giuseppe Vacca (1810–1876) | 28 September 1864 | 10 August 1865 | 316 days | | Historical Right | La Marmora II | |
| | Paolo Cortese (1827–1876) | 10 August 1865 | 31 December 1865 | 143 days | | Historical Right | La Marmora II | |
| | Giovanni De Falco (1818–1886) | 31 December 1865 | 20 June 1866 | 171 days | | Historical Right | La Marmora III | |
| | Francesco Borgatti (1818–1885) | 20 June 1886 | 17 February 1867 | 242 days | | Historical Right | Ricasoli II | |
| | Bettino Ricasoli (1809–1880) As Prime Minister | 17 February 1867 | 24 March 1867 | 35 days | | Historical Right | Ricasoli II | |
| | Filippo Cordova (1811–1868) | 24 March 1867 | 10 April 1867 | 17 days | | Historical Right | Ricasoli II | |
| | Sebastiano Tecchio (1807–1886) | 10 April 1867 | 27 October 1867 | 200 days | | Historical Left | Rattazzi II | |
| | Adriano Mari (1813–1887) | 27 October 1867 | 5 January 1868 | 70 days | | Historical Right | Menabrea I | |
| | Gennaro De Filippo (1816–1887) | 5 January 1868 | 25 May 1869 | 1 year, 140 days | | Historical Right | Menabrea II·III | |
| | Michele Pironti (1814–1885) | 25 May 1869 | 22 October 1869 | 150 days | | Historical Right | Menabrea II·III | |
| | Paolo Onorato Vigliani (1813–1900) | 22 October 1869 | 14 December 1869 | 53 days | | Historical Right | Menabrea III | |
| | Matteo Raeli (1812–1875) | 14 December 1869 | 24 February 1871 | 1 year, 72 days | | Historical Right | Lanza | |
| | Giovanni De Falco (1818–1886) | 24 February 1871 | 10 July 1873 | 2 years, 136 days | | Historical Right | Lanza | |
| | Paolo Onorato Vigliani (1813–1900) | 10 July 1873 | 25 March 1876 | 2 years, 259 days | | Historical Right | Minghetti II | |
| | Pasquale Stanislao Mancini (1817–1888) | 25 March 1876 | 24 March 1878 | 1 year, 364 days | | Historical Left | Depretis I·II | |
| | Raffaele Conforti (1804–1880) | 24 March 1878 | 19 December 1878 | 270 days | | Historical Left | Cairoli I | |
| | Diego Tajani (1827–1921) | 19 December 1878 | 14 July 1879 | 207 days | | Historical Left | Depretis III | |
| | Giovanni Battista Varè (1832–1915) | 14 July 1879 | 25 November 1879 | 134 days | | Historical Left | Cairoli II | |
| | Tommaso Villa (1832–1915) | 25 November 1879 | 29 May 1881 | 1 year, 185 days | | Historical Left | Cairoli III | |
| | Giuseppe Zanardelli (1832–1915) | 29 May 1881 | 25 May 1883 | 1 year, 361 days | | Historical Left | Depretis IV | |
| | Bernardino Giannuzzi-Savelli (1822–1887) | 25 May 1883 | 30 May 1884 | 1 year, 5 days | | Historical Left | Depretis V | |
| | Niccolò Ferracciu (1815–1892) | 30 May 1884 | 24 November 1884 | 178 days | | Historical Left | Depretis VI | |
| | Enrico Pessina (1828–1916) | 24 November 1884 | 29 June 1885 | 217 days | | Historical Left | Depretis VI | |
| | Diego Tajani (1827–1921) | 29 June 1885 | 4 April 1887 | 1 year, 279 days | | Historical Left | Depretis VII | |
| | Giuseppe Zanardelli (1832–1915) | 4 April 1887 | 6 February 1891 | 3 years, 308 days | | Historical Left | Depretis VIII Crispi I·II | |
| | Luigi Ferraris (1813–1900) | 6 February 1891 | 31 December 1891 | 328 days | | Historical Right | Di Rudinì I | |
| | Bruno Chimirri (1842–1917) | 31 December 1891 | 15 May 1892 | 136 days | | Historical Right | Di Rudinì I | |
| | Teodorico Bonacci (1838–1905) | 15 May 1892 | 24 May 1893 | 1 year, 6 days | | Historical Left | Giolitti I | |
| | Lorenzo Eula (1823–1893) | 24 May 1893 | 8 July 1893 | 45 days | | Historical Left | Giolitti I | |
| | Francesco Santamaria-Nicolini (1830–1918) | 8 July 1893 | 27 September 1893 | 79 days | | Historical Left | Giolitti I | |
| | Giacomo Armò (1830–1909) | 27 September 1893 | 15 December 1893 | 81 days | | Historical Left | Giolitti I | |
| | Vincenzo Calenda di Tavani (1830–1910) | 15 December 1893 | 10 March 1896 | 2 years, 86 days | | Historical Left | Crispi III·IV | |
| | Giacomo Giuseppe Costa (1833–1897) | 10 March 1896 | 15 August 1897 | 1 year, 158 days | | Historical Right | Di Rudinì II·III | |
| | Antonio Starabba di Rudinì (1839–1908) As Prime Minister | 15 August 1897 | 18 September 1897 | 34 days | | Historical Right | Di Rudinì III | |
| | Emanuele Gianturco (1857–1907) | 18 September 1897 | 14 December 1897 | 87 days | | Historical Right | Di Rudinì III | |
| | Giuseppe Zanardelli (1832–1915) | 14 December 1897 | 1 June 1898 | 169 days | | Historical Left | Di Rudinì IV | |
| | Teodorico Bonacci (1838–1905) | 1 June 1898 | 29 June 1898 | 28 days | | Historical Left | Rudinì V | |
| | Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile (1851–1916) | 29 June 1898 | 14 May 1899 | 319 days | | Historical Left | Pelloux I | |
| | Adeodato Bonasi (1831–1920) | 14 May 1899 | 24 June 1900 | 1 year, 41 days | | Historical Right | Pelloux II | |
| | Emanuele Gianturco (1857–1907) | 24 June 1900 | 15 February 1901 | 236 days | | Historical Right | Saracco | |
| | Francesco Cocco-Ortu (1842–1929) | 15 February 1901 | 3 November 1903 | 2 years, 261 days | | Historical Left | Zanardelli | |
| | Scipione Ronchetti (1846–1918) | 3 November 1903 | 28 March 1905 | 1 year, 145 days | | Historical Left | Giolitti II Tittoni | |
| | Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile (1851–1916) | 28 March 1905 | 8 February 1906 | 317 days | | Historical Left | Fortis I·II | |
| | Ettore Sacchi (1851–1924) | 8 February 1906 | 29 May 1906 | 110 days | | Italian Radical Party | Sonnino I | |
| | Nicolò Gallo (1849–1907) | 29 May 1906 | 4 March 1907 | 279 days | | Historical Left | Giolitti III | |
| | Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860–1952) | 4 March 1907 | 11 December 1909 | 2 years, 282 days | | Historical Left | Giolitti III | |
| | Vittorio Scialoja (1856–1933) | 11 December 1909 | 31 March 1910 | 110 days | | Historical Right | Sonnino II | |
| | Cesare Fani (1844–1914) | 31 March 1910 | 30 March 1911 | 364 days | | Historical Right | Luzzatti | |
| | Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile (1851–1916) | 30 March 1911 | 21 March 1914 | 2 years, 356 days | | Liberal Union | Giolitti IV | |
| | Luigi Dari (1852–1919) | 21 March 1914 | 31 October 1914 | 224 days | | Liberal Union | Salandra I | |
| | Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860–1952) | 31 October 1914 | 18 June 1916 | 1 year, 231 days | | Liberal Union | Salandra II | |
| | Ettore Sacchi (1851–1924) | 18 June 1916 | 18 January 1919 | 2 years, 231 days | | Italian Radical Party | Boselli Orlando | |
| | Luigi Facta (1861–1930) | 18 January 1919 | 23 June 1919 | 156 days | | Liberal Union | Orlando | |
| | Lodovico Mortara (1855–1937) | 23 June 1919 | 21 May 1920 | 333 days | | Independent | Nitti I | |
| Minister of Justice and Worship Affairs |||||||||
| | Alfredo Falcioni (1868–1936) | 21 May 1920 | 19 June 1920 | 29 days | | Democratic Liberal Party | Nitti II | |
| | Luigi Fera (1868–1935) | 19 June 1920 | 4 July 1921 | 1 year, 15 days | | Italian Social Democratic Party | Giolitti V | |
| | Giulio Rodinò (1875–1946) | 4 July 1921 | 26 February 1922 | 237 days | | Italian People's Party | Bonomi I | |
| | Luigi Rossi (1867–1941) | 26 February 1922 | 1 August 1922 | 156 days | | Democratic Liberal Party | Facta I | |
| | Giulio Alessio (1853–1940) | 1 August 1922 | 31 October 1922 | 91 days | | Democratic Liberal Party | Facta II | |
| | Aldo Oviglio (1873–1942) | 31 October 1922 | 5 January 1925 | 2 years, 66 days | | National Fascist Party | Mussolini | |
| | Alfredo Rocco (1875–1935) | 5 January 1925 | 20 July 1932 | 7 years, 197 days | | National Fascist Party | Mussolini | |
| Minister of Grace and Justice |||||||||
| | Pietro De Francisci (1883–1971) | 20 July 1932 | 24 January 1935 | 2 years, 188 days | | National Fascist Party | Mussolini | |
| | Arrigo Solmi (1873–1944) | 24 January 1935 | 12 July 1939 | 4 years, 169 days | | National Fascist Party | Mussolini | |
| | Dino Grandi (1895–1988) | 12 July 1939 | 5 February 1943 | 3 years, 208 days | | National Fascist Party | Mussolini | |
| | Alfredo De Marsico (1888–1985) | 5 February 1943 | 25 July 1943 | 170 days | | National Fascist Party | Mussolini | |
| | Gaetano Azzariti (1881–1961) | 25 July 1943 | 15 February 1944 | 205 days | | Independent | Badoglio I | |
| | Ettore Casati (1873–1945) | 15 February 1944 | 24 April 1944 | 69 days | | Independent | Badoglio I | |
| | Vincenzo Arangio-Ruiz (1884–1964) | 24 April 1944 | 18 June 1944 | 55 days | | Italian Liberal Party | Badoglio II | |
| | Umberto Tupini (1889–1973) | 18 June 1944 | 21 June 1945 | 1 year, 3 days | | Christian Democracy | Bonomi II·III | |
| | Palmiro Togliatti (1893–1964) | 21 June 1945 | 13 July 1946 | 1 year, 22 days | | Italian Communist Party | Parri De Gasperi I | |

### Italian Republic
#### Parties

* 1946–1994:
** Italian Communist Party
** Italian Liberal Party
** Christian Democracy
** Italian Republican Party
** Italian Socialist Party
* 1994–present:
** Forza Italia / The People of Freedom
** Party of Italian Communists
** Democrats of the Left
** Northern League
** Union of Democrats for Europe
** Democratic Party
** Five Star Movement
** Brothers of Italy
** Independent

#### Coalitions

* 1946–1994:
** Centrist coalition
** Organic Centre-left
** Pentapartito / Quadripartito
** Mixed coalition
* 1994–present:
** Centre-right coalition
** Centre-left coalition
** Mixed coalition

#### Ministers

| 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 Grace and Justice |||||||||
| | Fausto Gullo (1887–1974) | 13 July 1946 | 31 May 1947 | 323 days | | Italian Communist Party | De Gasperi II·III | |
| | Giuseppe Grassi (1883–1950) | 31 May 1947 | 27 January 1950 | 2 years, 241 days | | Italian Liberal Party | De Gasperi IV·V | |
| | Attilio Piccioni (1892–1976) | 27 January 1950 | 26 July 1951 | 1 year, 180 days | | Christian Democracy | De Gasperi VI | |
| | Adone Zoli (1887–1960) | 26 July 1951 | 16 July 1953 | 1 year, 355 days | | Christian Democracy | De Gasperi VII | |
| | Guido Gonella (1905–1982) | 16 July 1953 | 17 August 1953 | 32 days | | Christian Democracy | De Gasperi VIII | |
| | Antonio Azara (1883–1967) | 17 August 1953 | 18 January 1954 | 154 days | | Christian Democracy | Pella | |
| | Michele De Pietro (1884–1967) | 18 January 1954 | 6 July 1955 | 1 year, 169 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani I Scelba | |
| | Aldo Moro (1916–1978) | 6 July 1955 | 19 May 1957 | 1 year, 317 days | | Christian Democracy | Segni I | |
| | Guido Gonella (1905–1982) | 19 May 1957 | 21 February 1962 | 4 years, 278 days | | Christian Democracy | Zoli Fanfani II Segni II Tambroni Fanfani III | |
| | Giacinto Bosco (1905–1997) | 21 February 1962 | 4 December 1963 | 1 year, 286 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani IV Leone I | |
| | Oronzo Reale (1902–1988) | 4 December 1963 | 24 June 1968 | 4 years, 203 days | | Italian Republican Party | Moro I·II·III | |
| | Guido Gonella (1905–1982) | 24 June 1968 | 12 December 1968 | 171 days | | Christian Democracy | Leone II | |
| | Silvio Gava (1901–1999) | 12 December 1968 | 27 March 1970 | 1 year, 105 days | | Christian Democracy | Leone II | |
| | Silvio Gava (1901–1999) | 12 December 1968 | 27 March 1970 | 1 year, 105 days | | Christian Democracy | Rumor I | |
| | Silvio Gava (1901–1999) | 12 December 1968 | 27 March 1970 | 1 year, 105 days | | Christian Democracy | Rumor II | |
| | Oronzo Reale (1902–1988) | 27 March 1970 | 1 March 1971 | 339 days | | Italian Republican Party | Rumor III Colombo | |
| | Emilio Colombo (1920–2013) As Prime Minister | 1 March 1971 | 17 February 1972 | 353 days | | Christian Democracy | Colombo | |
| | Guido Gonella (1905–1982) | 17 February 1972 | 7 July 1973 | 1 year, 140 days | | Christian Democracy | Andreotti I·II | |
| | Mario Zagari (1913–1996) | 7 July 1973 | 23 November 1974 | 1 year, 139 days | | Italian Socialist Party | Rumor IV·V | |
| | Oronzo Reale (1902–1988) | 23 November 1974 | 12 February 1976 | 1 year, 81 days | | Italian Republican Party | Moro IV | |
| | Francesco Paolo Bonifacio (1923–1989) | 12 February 1976 | 20 March 1979 | 3 years, 36 days | | Christian Democracy | Moro V Andreotti III·IV | |
| | Tommaso Morlino (1925–1983) | 20 March 1979 | 18 October 1980 | 1 year, 212 days | | Christian Democracy | Andreotti V Cossiga I | |
| | Tommaso Morlino (1925–1983) | 20 March 1979 | 18 October 1980 | 1 year, 212 days | | Christian Democracy | Cossiga II | |
| | Adolfo Sarti (1928–1992) | 18 October 1980 | 23 May 1981 | 217 days | | Christian Democracy | Forlani | |
| | Clelio Darida (1927–2017) | 23 May 1981 | 4 August 1983 | 2 years, 73 days | | Christian Democracy | Forlani | |
| | Clelio Darida (1927–2017) | 23 May 1981 | 4 August 1983 | 2 years, 73 days | | Christian Democracy | Spadolini I·II Fanfani V | |
| | Mino Martinazzoli (1931–2011) | 4 August 1983 | 1 August 1986 | 2 years, 362 days | | Christian Democracy | Craxi I | |
| | Virginio Rognoni (1924–2022) | 1 August 1986 | 29 July 1987 | 362 days | | Christian Democracy | Craxi II | |
| | Virginio Rognoni (1924–2022) | 1 August 1986 | 29 July 1987 | 362 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani VI | |
| | Giuliano Vassalli (1915–2009) | 29 July 1987 | 2 February 1991 | 3 years, 188 days | | Italian Socialist Party | Goria De Mita Andreotti VI | |
| | Claudio Martelli (1943– ) | 2 February 1991 | 28 April 1993 | 2 years, 85 days | | Italian Socialist Party | Andreotti VI·VII Amato I | |
| | Giovanni Conso (1922–2015) | 28 April 1993 | 10 May 1994 | 1 year, 12 days | | Independent | Amato I | |
| | Giovanni Conso (1922–2015) | 28 April 1993 | 10 May 1994 | 1 year, 12 days | | Independent | Ciampi | |
| | Alfredo Biondi (1928–2020) | 10 May 1994 | 17 January 1995 | 252 days | | Forza Italia | Berlusconi I | |
| | Filippo Mancuso (1922–2011) | 17 January 1995 | 19 October 1995 | 275 days | | Independent | Dini | |
| | Lamberto Dini (1931– ) As Prime Minister | 19 October 1995 | 16 February 1996 | 120 days | | Independent | Dini | |
| | Vincenzo Caianiello (1932–2002) | 16 February 1996 | 17 May 1996 | 91 days | | Independent | Dini | |
| | Giovanni Maria Flick (1940– ) | 17 May 1996 | 21 October 1998 | 2 years, 157 days | | Independent | Prodi I | |
| | Oliviero Diliberto (1956– ) | 21 October 1998 | 25 April 2000 | 1 year, 187 days | | Party of Italian Communists | D'Alema I·II | |
| Minister of Justice |||||||||
| | Piero Fassino (1949– ) | 25 April 2000 | 11 June 2001 | 1 year, 47 days | | Democrats of the Left | Amato II | |
| | Roberto Castelli (1946– ) | 11 June 2001 | 17 May 2006 | 4 years, 340 days | | Northern League | Berlusconi II·III | |
| | Clemente Mastella (1947– ) | 17 May 2006 | 17 January 2008 | 1 year, 245 days | | Union of Democrats for Europe | Prodi II | |
| | Romano Prodi (1939– ) As Prime Minister | 17 January 2008 | 6 February 2008 | 20 days | | Democratic Party | Prodi II | |
| | Luigi Scotti (1932– ) | 6 February 2008 | 8 May 2008 | 92 days | | Independent | Prodi II | |
| | Angelino Alfano (1970– ) | 8 May 2008 | 28 July 2011 | 3 years, 81 days | | The People of Freedom | Berlusconi IV | |
| | Nitto Francesco Palma (1950– ) | 28 July 2011 | 16 November 2011 | 111 days | | The People of Freedom | Berlusconi IV | |
| | Paola Severino (1948– ) | 16 November 2011 | 28 April 2013 | 1 year, 163 days | | Independent | Monti | |
| | Annamaria Cancellieri (1943– ) | 28 April 2013 | 22 February 2014 | 300 days | | Independent | Letta | |
| | Andrea Orlando (1969– ) | 22 February 2014 | 1 June 2018 | 4 years, 99 days | | Democratic Party | Renzi Gentiloni | |
| | Alfonso Bonafede (1976– ) | 1 June 2018 | 13 February 2021 | 2 years, 257 days | | Five Star Movement | Conte I·II | |
| | Marta Cartabia (1963– ) | 13 February 2021 | 22 October 2022 | 1 year, 251 days | | Independent | Draghi | |
| | Carlo Nordio (1947– ) | 22 October 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 148 days | | Brothers of Italy | Meloni | |