Minister of Public Education (Italy) explained

Post:Minister of Education and Merit
Native Name:
Insignia:Emblem of Italy.svg
Insigniasize:70px
Incumbent:Giuseppe Valditara
Incumbentsince:22 October 2022
Acting:no
Department:Ministry of Public Education
Member Of:Council of Ministers
Seat:Rome
Appointer:The President of Italy
Termlength:No fixed term
First:Guido Gonella

This is a list of Italian Ministers of Public Education (Italian: Ministri della Pubblica Istruzione) since the birth of the Italian Republic in 1946. 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 Minister of Public Education leads the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research.

The current minister is Giuseppe Valditara, a member of the League who is serving since 22 October 2022 in the government of Giorgia Meloni.[1]

List of Public Education Ministers

Parties:

Coalitions:

width=1% rowspan=2Portraitwidth=15% rowspan=2Name
(Born–Died)
width=30% colspan=3Term of officewidth=15% rowspan=2 colspan=2Partywidth=10% rowspan=2Governmentwidth=1% rowspan=2
width=11%Took officewidth=11%Left officewidth=8%Time in office
Minister of Public Education
Guido Gonella
13 July 1946 26 July 1951Christian DemocracyDe Gasperi II·III
De Gasperi IV·V·VI
Antonio Segni
26 July 1951 16 July 1953Christian DemocracyDe Gasperi VII
Giuseppe Bettiol
16 July 1953 17 August 1953Christian DemocracyDe Gasperi VIII
Antonio Segni
17 August 1953 18 January 1954Christian DemocracyPella
Egidio Tosato
18 January 1954 10 February 1954Christian DemocracyFanfani I
Gaetano Martino
10 February 1954 19 September 1954Italian Liberal PartyScelba
Giuseppe Ermini
19 September 1954 6 July 1955Christian Democracy
Paolo Rossi
6 July 1955 19 May 1957Italian Democratic Socialist PartySegni I
Aldo Moro
19 May 1957 16 February 1959Christian DemocracyZoli
Fanfani II
Giuseppe Medici
16 February 1959 26 July 1960Christian DemocracySegni II
Tambroni
Giacinto Bosco
26 July 1960 21 February 1962 Christian DemocracyFanfani III
Luigi Gui
21 February 1962 24 June 1968Christian DemocracyFanfani IV
Leone I
Moro I·II·III
Giovanni Battista Scaglia
24 June 1968 12 December 1968Christian DemocracyLeone II
Fiorentino Sullo
12 December 1968 24 February 1969Christian DemocracyRumor I
Mario Ferrari Aggradi
24 February 1969 27 March 1970Christian DemocracyRumor I
Rumor II
Riccardo Misasi
27 March 1970 26 June 1972Christian DemocracyRumor III
Colombo
Andreotti I
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
26 June 1972 7 July 1973 Christian DemocracyAndreotti II
Franco Maria Malfatti
7 July 1973 11 March 1978 Christian DemocracyRumor IV·V
Moro IV·V
Andreotti III
Mario Pedini
11 March 1978 20 March 1979 Christian DemocracyAndreotti IV
Giovanni Spadolini
20 March 1979 4 August 1979 Italian Republican PartyAndreotti V
Salvatore Valitutti
4 August 1979 4 April 1980 Italian Liberal PartyCossiga I
Adolfo Sarti
4 April 1980 18 October 1980 Christian DemocracyCossiga II
Guido Bodrato
18 October 1980 1 December 1982Christian DemocracyForlani
Spadolini I·II
Franca Falcucci
1 December 1982 29 July 1987Christian DemocracyFanfani V
Craxi I·II
Fanfani VI
Giovanni Galloni
29 July 1987 22 July 1989Christian DemocracyGoria
De Mita
Sergio Mattarella
22 July 1989 27 July 1990Christian DemocracyAndreotti VI
Gerardo Bianco
27 July 1990 12 April 1991 Christian Democracy
Riccardo Misasi
12 April 1991 28 June 1992Christian DemocracyAndreotti VII
Rosa Russo Iervolino
28 June 1992 10 May 1994Christian Democracy /
Italian People's Party
Amato I
Ciampi
Francesco D'Onofrio
10 May 1994 17 January 1995Berlusconi I
Giancarlo Lombardi
17 January 1995 17 May 1996Dini
Minister of Education, University and Research
Luigi Berlinguer
17 May 1996 21 October 1998Democratic Party of the LeftProdi I
Minister of Public Education
Luigi Berlinguer
21 October 1998 25 April 2000Democrats of the LeftD'Alema I·II
Tullio De Mauro
25 April 2000 11 June 2001Amato II
Minister of Education, University and Research
Letizia Moratti
11 June 2001 17 May 2006Forza ItaliaBerlusconi II·III
Minister of Public Education
Giuseppe Fioroni
17 May 2006 8 May 2008The Daisy /
Democratic Party
Prodi II
Minister of Education, University and Research
Mariastella Gelmini
8 May 2008 16 November 2011The People of FreedomBerlusconi IV
Francesco Profumo
16 November 2011 28 April 2013IndependentMonti
Maria Chiara Carrozza
28 April 2013 22 February 2014Democratic PartyLetta
Stefania Giannini
22 February 2014 12 December 2016Civic Choice /
Democratic Party
Renzi
Valeria Fedeli
12 December 2016 1 June 2018Democratic PartyGentiloni
Marco Bussetti
1 June 2018 5 September 2019IndependentConte I
Lorenzo Fioramonti
5 September 2019 25 December 2019 Five Star MovementConte II
Giuseppe Conte

25 December 2019 10 January 2020Independent
Minister of Education
Lucia Azzolina
10 January 2020 13 February 2021Five Star MovementConte II
Patrizio Bianchi
13 February 2021 22 October 2022 IndependentDraghi
Minister of Education and Merit
Giuseppe Valditara
22 October 2022 Incumbent LeagueMeloni

Notes and References

  1. https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/governo-chi-e-giuseppe-valditara-nuovo-ministro-dell-istruzione-e-merito-AEcwKYAC Giuseppe Valditara, chi è il nuovo ministro dell’Istruzione e del Merito