Italian Minister of Labour and Social Policies

Minister of Labour and Social Policies Ministro del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali
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200px Incumbent Andrea Orlando since February 13, 2021
Ministry of Labour and Social Policies
Member of	Council of Ministers
Seat	Rome
Appointer	The President of Italy
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	June 3, 1920 (1920-06-03)
First holder	Mario Abbiate
Website	www.lavoro.gov.it

This is a list of Italian 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 Andrea Orlando, of the Democratic Party, who served since 13 February 2021 in the government of Mario Draghi.

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

N.	Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Party		Government	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Minister of Labour and Social Security
1	90px	Mario Abbiate (1887–1954)	3 June 1920	15 June 1920			Italian Radical Party	Nitti II
2	90px	Arturo Labriola (1873–1959)	15 June 1920	4 July 1921		style="background:Template:Italian Reformist Socialist Party/meta/color; "|	Italian Reformist Socialist Party	Giolitti V
3	90px	Alberto Beneduce (1873–1959)	4 July 1921	26 February 1922		style="background:Template:Italian Reformist Socialist Party/meta/color; "|	Italian Reformist Socialist Party	Bonomi I
4	90px	Arnaldo Dello Sbarba (1873–1958)	26 February 1922	31 October 1922		style="background:Template:Italian Reformist Socialist Party/meta/color; "|	Italian Reformist Socialist Party	Facta I·II
5	90px	Stefano Cavazzoni (1881–1951)	31 October 1922	27 April 1923			Italian People's Party	Mussolini
Minister of National Economy
6		Orso Mario Corbino (1876–1937)	5 July 1923	1 July 1924			Italian Liberal Party	Mussolini
7	90px	Cesare Nava (1861–1933)	1 July 1924	10 July 1925			National Fascist Party
8	90px	Giuseppe Belluzzo (1876–1952)	10 July 1925	9 July 1928			National Fascist Party
9	90px	Alessandro Martelli (1876–1934)	9 July 1928	12 September 1929			National Fascist Party
Minister of Corporations
10		Giuseppe Bottai (1895–1959)	12 September 1929	20 July 1932			National Fascist Party	Mussolini
11		Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) As Prime Minister	20 July 1932	11 June 1936			National Fascist Party
12	90px	Ferruccio Lantini (1886–1958)	11 June 1936	31 October 1939			National Fascist Party
13	90px	Renato Ricci (1896–1956)	31 October 1939	6 February 1943			National Fascist Party
14	90px	Carlo Tiengo (1892–1945)	6 February 1943	19 April 1943			National Fascist Party
15	90px	Tullio Cianetti (1899–1976)	19 April 1943	25 July 1943			National Fascist Party
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Labour
16	90px	Leopoldo Piccardi (1899–1974)	27 July 1943	16 November 1943			Independent	Badoglio I
17	90px	Epicarmo Corbino (1890–1984)	11 February 1944	24 April 1944			Italian Liberal Party
18	90px	Attilio Di Napoli (1883–1953)	24 April 1944	18 June 1944			Italian Socialist Party	Badoglio II
19		Giovanni Gronchi (1887–1978)	18 June 1944	21 June 1945			Christian Democracy	Bonomi II·III
Minister of Labour and Social Security
20	90px	Gatetano Barbareschi (1889–1963)	21 June 1945	13 July 1946			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

N.	Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Party		Government	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Minister of Labour and Social Security
1	90px	Ludovico D'Aragona (1876–1961)	13 July 1946	2 February 1947			Italian Socialist Party	De Gasperi II
2	90px	Giuseppe Romita (1887–1958)	2 February 1947	31 May 1947			Italian Socialist Party	De Gasperi III
3	90px	Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999)	31 May 1947	27 January 1950			Christian Democracy	De Gasperi IV·V
4	90px	Achille Marazza (1894–1967)	27 January 1950	26 July 1951			Christian Democracy	De Gasperi VI
5	90px	Leopoldo Rubinacci (1903–1969)	26 July 1951	18 January 1954			Christian Democracy	De Gasperi VII·VIII Pella
6	90px	Luigi Gui (1914–2010)	18 January 1954	10 February 1954	}		Christian Democracy	Fanfani I
7	90px	Ezio Vigorelli (1892–1964)	10 February 1954	19 May 1957			Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Scelba Segni I
(6)	90px	Luigi Gui (1914–2010)	19 May 1957	17 June 1958			Christian Democracy	Zoli
8	90px	Adone Zoli (1887–1960) As Prime Minister	17 June 1958	1 July 1958			Christian Democracy
(7)	90px	Ezio Vigorelli (1892–1964)	1 July 1958	16 February 1959			Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Fanfani II
9		Benigno Zaccagnini (1912–1989)	16 February 1959	26 July 1960			Christian Democracy	Segni II Tambroni
10	90px	Fiorentino Sullo (1921–2000)	26 July 1960	21 February 1962			Christian Democracy	Fanfani III
11	90px	Virginio Bertinelli (1901–1973)	21 February 1962	21 June 1963			Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Fanfani IV
12	90px	Umberto Delle Fave (1912–1986)	21 June 1963	4 December 1963			Christian Democracy	Leone I
13	90px	Giacinto Bosco (1905–1997)	4 December 1963	22 July 1964			Christian Democracy	Moro I
(12)	90px	Umberto Delle Fave (1912–1986)	22 July 1964	23 February 1966			Christian Democracy	Moro II
(13)	90px	Giacinto Bosco (1905–1997)	23 February 1966	12 December 1968			Christian Democracy	Moro III
								Leone II
14	90px	Giacomo Brodolini (1920–1969)	12 December 1968	5 August 1969			Italian Socialist Party	Rumor I
15	90px	Carlo Donat-Cattin (1919–1991)	5 August 1969	26 June 1972			Christian Democracy	Rumor II
								Rumor III Colombo
								Andreotti I
16	90px	Dionigi Coppo (1921–2003)	26 July 1972	7 July 1973			Christian Democracy	Andreotti II
17	90px	Luigi Bertoldi (1920–2001)	7 July 1973	23 November 1974			Italian Socialist Party	Rumor IV·V
18	90px	Mario Toros (1922–2018 )	23 November 1974	29 July 1976			Christian Democracy	Moro IV·V
19	90px	Tina Anselmi (1927–2016)	29 July 1976	11 March 1978			Christian Democracy	Andreotti III
20	90px	Vincenzo Scotti (1933– )	11 March 1978	4 April 1980			Christian Democracy	Andreotti IV·V Cossiga I
21	90px	Franco Foschi (1931–2007)	4 April 1980	28 June 1981			Christian Democracy	Cossiga II Forlani
22	90px	Michele Di Giesi (1927–1983)	28 June 1981	1 December 1982			Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Spadolini I·II
(20)	90px	Vincenzo Scotti (1933– )	1 December 1982	4 August 1983			Christian Democracy	Fanfani V
23	90px	Gianni De Michelis (1940–2019)	4 August 1983	18 April 1987			Italian Socialist Party	Craxi I·II
24	90px	Ermanno Gorrieri (1920–2004)	18 April 1987	29 July 1987			Christian Democracy	Fanfani VI
25	90px	Rino Formica (1927– )	29 July 1987	22 July 1989			Italian Socialist Party	Goria De Mita
(15)	90px	Carlo Donat-Cattin (1919–1991)	22 July 1989	17 March 1991			Christian Democracy	Andreotti VI
26	90px	Rosa Russo Iervolino (1936– )	18 March 1991	12 April 1991			Christian Democracy
27	90px	Franco Marini (1933–2021)	12 April 1991	28 June 1992			Christian Democracy	Andreotti VII
28	90px	Nino Cristofori (1930–2015)	28 June 1992	28 April 1993			Christian Democracy	Amato I
29	90px	Gino Giugni (1927–2009)	28 April 1993	10 May 1994			Italian Socialist Party	Ciampi
30	90px	Clemente Mastella (1947– )	10 May 1994	17 January 1995			Christian Democratic Centre	Berlusconi I
31	90px	Tiziano Treu (1939– )	17 January 1995	21 October 1998			Independent / Italian Renewal	Dini
								Prodi I
32	90px	Antonio Bassolino (1947– )	21 October 1998	21 June 1999			Democrats of the Left	D'Alema I
33	90px	Cesare Salvi (1948– )	21 June 1999	11 June 2001			Democrats of the Left	D'Alema I·II Amato II
Minister of Labour and Social Policies
34	90px	Roberto Maroni (1955– )	11 June 2001	17 May 2006			Lega Nord	Berlusconi II·III
Minister of Labour and Social Security
35	90px	Cesare Damiano (1948– )	17 May 2006	8 May 2008			Democrats of the Left / Democratic Party	Prodi II
Minister of Labour and Social Policies
36	90px	Maurizio Sacconi (1950– )	8 May 2008	16 November 2011			The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
37	90px	Elsa Fornero (1948– )	16 November 2011	28 April 2013			Independent	Monti
38		Enrico Giovannini (1957– )	28 April 2013	22 February 2014			Independent	Letta
39	90px	Giuliano Poletti (1951– )	22 February 2014	1 June 2018			Independent / Democratic Party	Renzi Gentiloni
Minister of Economic Development, Labour and Social Policies
40	90px	Luigi Di Maio (1986– )	1 June 2018	5 September 2019			Five Star Movement	Conte I
Minister of Labour and Social Policies
41	90px	Nunzia Catalfo (1967– )	5 September 2019	13 February 2021			Five Star Movement	Conte II
42	90px	Andrea Orlando (1969– )	13 February 2021	Incumbent			Democratic Party	Draghi