| Francesco Forte | |
| Successor1: | Loris Fortuna |
| Term End2: | 3 March 1987 |
| Term Start2: | 9 May 1985 |
| Successor2: | Francesco Cattanei Giorgio Santuz |
| Predecessor2: | Raffaele Costa Roberto Palleschi |
| Primeminister2: | Bettino Craxi |
| Death Place: | Turin, Italy |
| Birth Place: | Busto Arsizio, Italy |
| Birth Date: | 11 February 1929 |
| Office2: | Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Predecessor1: | Alfredo Biondi |
| Primeminister1: | Bettino Craxi |
| Term End1: | 9 May 1985 |
| Term Start1: | 4 August 1983 |
| Office1: | Minister for the Coordination of Community Policies |
| Successor: | Bruno Visentini |
| Predecessor: | Rino Formica |
| Primeminister: | Amintore Fanfani |
| Termend: | 4 August 1983 |
| Termstart: | 1 December 1982 |
| Office: | Minister of Finance |
| Party: | Italian Socialist Party |
Francesco Forte (11 February 1929 – 1 January 2022) was an Italian politician, academic and economist. He was a member of the Socialist Party.
Forte was Minister of Finance between 1982 and 1983. He was a cabinet member during the Bettino Craxi and Amintore Fanfani governments.
Forte was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1979 until 1987. He was later a member of the Senate from 1987 until 1994. Forte served as Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 1983 until 1987. He was also Minister of European Affairs between 1983 until 1986.
Forte also was a university professor. In 1961, he began working at the University of Turin. He was an economic adviser for the Socialist Party.
Forte was born in Busto Arsizio, Italy, on 11 February 1929. He died in Turin on 1 January 2022, at the age of 92.[1]