| Office1: | Minister of Transport |
| Primeminister1: | Giuliano Amato |
| Term Start1: | 28 June 1992 |
| Term End1: | 28 April 1993 |
| Predecessor1: | Carlo Bernini |
| Successor1: | Raffaele Costa |
| Office2: | State Minister for Scientific and Technological Research |
| Primeminister2: | Giovanni Spadolini |
| Term Start2: | 28 June 1981 |
| Term End2: | 1 December 1982 |
| Predecessor2: | Pierluigi Romita |
| Successor2: | Pierluigi Romita |
| Office3: | Member of the Chamber of Deputies |
| Term Start3: | 25 May 1972 |
| Term End3: | 22 April 1992 |
| Constituency3: | Bologna |
| Birth Date: | 1929 2, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Bologna, Italy |
| Death Place: | Bologna, Italy |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Profession: | Sports manager |
| Party: | DC |
Giancarlo Tesini (5 February 1929 – 22 December 2023) was an Italian Christian Democracy politician and sports director.
Tesini was a deputy from 1972 to 1992 and served as minister without portfolio for scientific and technological research in the first and second cabinet of Giovanni Spadolini and as minister of transport in the first cabinet of Giuliano Amato.
Tesini was also president of Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna and Lega Basket.[1]
Tesini died in Bologna on 22 December 2023, at the age of 94.[2]