# Minister of Labour and Social Policies

This is a list of ministers of labour and social policies, a senior member of the Italian government who leads the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies. 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 Marina Calderone, and independent, who served since 22 October 2022 in the government of Giorgia Meloni.

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

* 1920–1924:
** Italian Radical Party
** Italian Reformist Socialist Party
** Italian People's Party
** Italian Liberal Party
* 1924–1943:
** National Fascist Party
* 1943–1946:
** Italian Liberal Party
** Italian Socialist Party
** Christian Democracy
** Independent

#### Coalitions

* 1920–1922:
** Liberal coalition
* 1922–1943:
** Fascist
* 1943–1946:
** 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 Labour and Social Security |||||||||
| | Mario Abbiate (1887–1954) | 3 June 1920 | 15 June 1920 | 12 days | | Italian Radical Party | Nitti II | |
| | Arturo Labriola (1873–1959) | 15 June 1920 | 4 July 1921 | 1 year, 19 days | | Italian Reformist Socialist Party | Giolitti V | |
| | Alberto Beneduce (1873–1959) | 4 July 1921 | 26 February 1922 | 237 days | | Italian Reformist Socialist Party | Bonomi I | |
| | Arnaldo Dello Sbarba (1873–1958) | 26 February 1922 | 31 October 1922 | 247 days | | Italian Reformist Socialist Party | Facta I·II | |
| | Stefano Cavazzoni (1881–1951) | 31 October 1922 | 27 April 1923 | 247 days | | Italian People's Party | Mussolini | |
| Minister of National Economy |||||||||
| | Orso Mario Corbino (1876–1937) | 5 July 1923 | 1 July 1924 | 362 days | | Italian Liberal Party | Mussolini | |
| | Cesare Nava (1861–1933) | 1 July 1924 | 10 July 1925 | 1 year, 9 days | | National Fascist Party | Mussolini | |
| | Giuseppe Belluzzo (1876–1952) | 10 July 1925 | 9 July 1928 | 2 years, 365 days | | National Fascist Party | Mussolini | |
| | Alessandro Martelli (1876–1934) | 9 July 1928 | 12 September 1929 | 1 year, 65 days | | National Fascist Party | Mussolini | |
| Minister of Corporations |||||||||
| | Giuseppe Bottai (1895–1959) | 12 September 1929 | 20 July 1932 | 2 years, 312 days | | National Fascist Party | Mussolini | |
| | Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) As Prime Minister | 20 July 1932 | 11 June 1936 | 3 years, 327 days | | National Fascist Party | Mussolini | |
| | Ferruccio Lantini (1886–1958) | 11 June 1936 | 31 October 1939 | 3 years, 142 days | | National Fascist Party | Mussolini | |
| | Renato Ricci (1896–1956) | 31 October 1939 | 6 February 1943 | 3 years, 98 days | | National Fascist Party | Mussolini | |
| | Carlo Tiengo (1892–1945) | 6 February 1943 | 19 April 1943 | 72 days | | National Fascist Party | Mussolini | |
| | Tullio Cianetti (1899–1976) | 19 April 1943 | 25 July 1943 | 97 days | | National Fascist Party | Mussolini | |
| Minister of Industry, Commerce and Labour |||||||||
| | Leopoldo Piccardi (1899–1974) | 25 July 1943 | 16 November 1943 | 114 days | | Independent | Badoglio I | |
| | Epicarmo Corbino (1890–1984) | 11 February 1944 | 24 April 1944 | 73 days | | Italian Liberal Party | Badoglio I | |
| | Attilio Di Napoli (1883–1953) | 24 April 1944 | 18 June 1944 | 55 days | | Italian Socialist Party | Badoglio II | |
| | Giovanni Gronchi (1887–1978) | 18 June 1944 | 21 June 1945 | 1 year, 3 days | | Christian Democracy | Bonomi II·III | |
| Minister of Labour and Social Security |||||||||
| | Gaetano Barbareschi (1889–1963) | 21 June 1945 | 13 July 1946 | 1 year, 22 days | | Italian Socialist Party | Parri De Gasperi I | |

### Italian Republic
#### Parties

* 1946–1994:
** Italian Socialist Party
** Christian Democracy
** Italian Democratic Socialist Party
* 1994–present:
** Christian Democratic Centre
** Italian Renewal
** Democrats of the Left
** Lega Nord
** Democratic Party
** The People of Freedom
** Five Star Movement
** 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 Labour and Social Security |||||||||
| | Ludovico D'Aragona (1876–1961) | 13 July 1946 | 2 February 1947 | 204 days | | Italian Socialist Party | De Gasperi II | |
| | Giuseppe Romita (1887–1958) | 2 February 1947 | 31 May 1947 | 118 days | | Italian Socialist Party | De Gasperi III | |
| | Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999) | 31 May 1947 | 27 January 1950 | 2 years, 241 days | | Christian Democracy | De Gasperi IV·V | |
| | Achille Marazza (1894–1967) | 27 January 1950 | 26 July 1951 | 1 year, 180 days | | Christian Democracy | De Gasperi VI | |
| | Leopoldo Rubinacci (1903–1969) | 26 July 1951 | 18 January 1954 | 2 years, 176 days | | Christian Democracy | De Gasperi VII·VIII Pella | |
| | Luigi Gui (1914–2010) | 18 January 1954 | 10 February 1954 | 23 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani I | |
| | Ezio Vigorelli (1892–1964) | 10 February 1954 | 19 May 1957 | 3 years, 98 days | | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | Scelba Segni I | |
| | Luigi Gui (1914–2010) | 19 May 1957 | 17 June 1958 | 1 year, 29 days | | Christian Democracy | Zoli | |
| | Adone Zoli (1887–1960) As Prime Minister | 17 June 1958 | 1 July 1958 | 14 days | | Christian Democracy | Zoli | |
| | Ezio Vigorelli (1892–1964) | 1 July 1958 | 16 February 1959 | 230 days | | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | Fanfani II | |
| | Benigno Zaccagnini (1912–1989) | 16 February 1959 | 26 July 1960 | 1 year, 161 days | | Christian Democracy | Segni II Tambroni | |
| | Fiorentino Sullo (1921–2000) | 26 July 1960 | 21 February 1962 | 1 year, 220 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani III | |
| | Virginio Bertinelli (1901–1973) | 21 February 1962 | 21 June 1963 | 1 year, 120 days | | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | Fanfani IV | |
| | Umberto Delle Fave (1912–1986) | 21 June 1963 | 4 December 1963 | 166 days | | Christian Democracy | Leone I | |
| | Giacinto Bosco (1905–1997) | 4 December 1963 | 22 July 1964 | 231 days | | Christian Democracy | Moro I | |
| | Umberto Delle Fave (1912–1986) | 22 July 1964 | 23 February 1966 | 1 year, 216 days | | Christian Democracy | Moro II | |
| | Giacinto Bosco (1905–1997) | 23 February 1966 | 12 December 1968 | 2 years, 293 days | | Christian Democracy | Moro III | |
| | Giacinto Bosco (1905–1997) | 23 February 1966 | 12 December 1968 | 2 years, 293 days | | Christian Democracy | Leone II | |
| | Giacomo Brodolini (1920–1969) | 12 December 1968 | 5 August 1969 | 236 days | | Italian Socialist Party | Rumor I | |
| | Carlo Donat-Cattin (1919–1991) | 5 August 1969 | 26 June 1972 | 2 years, 326 days | | Christian Democracy | Rumor II | |
| | Carlo Donat-Cattin (1919–1991) | 5 August 1969 | 26 June 1972 | 2 years, 326 days | | Christian Democracy | Rumor III Colombo | |
| | Carlo Donat-Cattin (1919–1991) | 5 August 1969 | 26 June 1972 | 2 years, 326 days | | Christian Democracy | Andreotti I | |
| | Dionigi Coppo (1921–2003) | 26 July 1972 | 7 July 1973 | 346 days | | Christian Democracy | Andreotti II | |
| | Luigi Bertoldi (1920–2001) | 7 July 1973 | 23 November 1974 | 1 year, 139 days | | Italian Socialist Party | Rumor IV·V | |
| | Mario Toros (1922–2018) | 23 November 1974 | 29 July 1976 | 1 year, 249 days | | Christian Democracy | Moro IV·V | |
| | Tina Anselmi (1927–2016) | 29 July 1976 | 11 March 1978 | 1 year, 225 days | | Christian Democracy | Andreotti III | |
| | Vincenzo Scotti (1933– ) | 11 March 1978 | 4 April 1980 | 2 years, 24 days | | Christian Democracy | Andreotti IV·V Cossiga I | |
| | Franco Foschi (1931–2007) | 4 April 1980 | 28 June 1981 | 1 year, 85 days | | Christian Democracy | Cossiga II Forlani | |
| | Michele Di Giesi (1927–1983) | 28 June 1981 | 1 December 1982 | 1 year, 156 days | | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | Spadolini I·II | |
| | Vincenzo Scotti (1933– ) | 1 December 1982 | 4 August 1983 | 246 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani V | |
| | Gianni De Michelis (1940–2019) | 4 August 1983 | 18 April 1987 | 3 years, 257 days | | Italian Socialist Party | Craxi I·II | |
| | Ermanno Gorrieri (1920–2004) | 18 April 1987 | 29 July 1987 | 102 days | | Christian Democracy | Fanfani VI | |
| | Rino Formica (1927– ) | 29 July 1987 | 22 July 1989 | 1 year, 358 days | | Italian Socialist Party | Goria De Mita | |
| | Carlo Donat-Cattin (1919–1991) | 22 July 1989 | 17 March 1991 | 1 year, 238 days | | Christian Democracy | Andreotti VI | |
| | Rosa Russo Iervolino (1936– ) | 18 March 1991 | 12 April 1991 | 25 days | | Christian Democracy | Andreotti VI | |
| | Franco Marini (1933–2021) | 12 April 1991 | 28 June 1992 | 1 year, 77 days | | Christian Democracy | Andreotti VII | |
| | Nino Cristofori (1930–2015) | 28 June 1992 | 28 April 1993 | 304 days | | Christian Democracy | Amato I | |
| | Gino Giugni (1927–2009) | 28 April 1993 | 10 May 1994 | 1 year, 12 days | | Italian Socialist Party | Ciampi | |
| | Clemente Mastella (1947– ) | 10 May 1994 | 17 January 1995 | 252 days | | Christian Democratic Centre | Berlusconi I | |
| | Tiziano Treu (1939– ) | 17 January 1995 | 21 October 1998 | 3 years, 277 days | | Independent / Italian Renewal | Dini | |
| | Tiziano Treu (1939– ) | 17 January 1995 | 21 October 1998 | 3 years, 277 days | | Independent / Italian Renewal | Prodi I | |
| | Antonio Bassolino (1947– ) | 21 October 1998 | 21 June 1999 | 243 days | | Democrats of the Left | D'Alema I | |
| | Cesare Salvi (1948– ) | 21 June 1999 | 11 June 2001 | 1 year, 355 days | | Democrats of the Left | D'Alema I·II Amato II | |
| Minister of Labour and Social Policies |||||||||
| | Roberto Maroni (1955–2022) | 11 June 2001 | 17 May 2006 | 4 years, 340 days | | Lega Nord | Berlusconi II·III | |
| Minister of Labour and Social Security |||||||||
| | Cesare Damiano (1948– ) | 17 May 2006 | 8 May 2008 | 1 year, 326 days | | Democrats of the Left / Democratic Party | Prodi II | |
| Minister of Labour and Social Policies |||||||||
| | Maurizio Sacconi (1950– ) | 8 May 2008 | 16 November 2011 | 3 years, 192 days | | The People of Freedom | Berlusconi IV | |
| | Elsa Fornero (1948– ) | 16 November 2011 | 28 April 2013 | 1 year, 163 days | | Independent | Monti | |
| | Enrico Giovannini (1957– ) | 28 April 2013 | 22 February 2014 | 300 days | | Independent | Letta | |
| | Giuliano Poletti (1951– ) | 22 February 2014 | 1 June 2018 | 4 years, 99 days | | Independent / Democratic Party | Renzi Gentiloni | |
| Minister of Economic Development, Labour and Social Policies |||||||||
| | Luigi Di Maio (1986– ) | 1 June 2018 | 5 September 2019 | 1 year, 96 days | | Five Star Movement | Conte I | |
| Minister of Labour and Social Policies |||||||||
| | Nunzia Catalfo (1967– ) | 5 September 2019 | 13 February 2021 | 1 year, 161 days | | Five Star Movement | Conte II | |
| | Andrea Orlando (1969– ) | 13 February 2021 | 22 October 2022 | 1 year, 251 days | | Democratic Party | Draghi | |
| | Marina Calderone (1965– ) | 22 October 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 352 days | | Independent | Meloni | |