Minister of Tourism (Italy) explained

The Minister of Tourism (Italian: Ministro del Turismo), whose official name is Minister for the Coordination of Initiatives in the Tourism Sector, is one of the positions in the Italian government. The office, known as Minister of Tourism and Entertainment and established in 1959, was later abolished in 1993 after a referendum. It was however re-established in 2009 under the government of Silvio Berlusconi.

The current Minister of Tourism is Daniela Santanchè, who is serving since 22 October 2022.

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width=1% rowspan=2	Portrait	width=15% rowspan=2	Name (Born–Died)	width=30% colspan=3	Term of office	width=15% rowspan=2 colspan=2	Party	width=10% rowspan=2	Government	width=1% rowspan=2
width=11%	Took office	width=11%	Left office	width=8%	Time in office
Minister of Tourism and Entertainment
	Umberto Tupini	29 August 1959	26 July 1960			Christian Democracy	Segni II Tambroni
	Alberto Folchi	26 July 1960	4 December 1963			Christian Democracy	Fanfani III·IV Leone I
	Achille Corona	4 December 1963	24 June 1968			Italian Socialist Party	Moro I·II·III
	Domenico Magrì	24 June 1968	12 December 1968			Christian Democracy	Leone II
	Lorenzo Natali	12 December 1968	5 August 1969			Christian Democracy	Rumor I
	Giovanni Battista Scaglia	5 August 1969	27 March 1970			Christian Democracy	Rumor II
	Giuseppe Lupis	27 March 1970	6 August 1970			Italian Socialist Party	Rumor III
	Matteo Matteotti	6 August 1970	17 February 1972			Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Colombo
	Giovanni Battista Scaglia	17 February 1972	26 June 1972			Christian Democracy	Andreotti I
	Vittorio Badini Confalonieri	26 June 1972	7 July 1973			Italian Liberal Party	Andreotti II
	Nicola Signorello	7 July 1973	14 March 1974			Christian Democracy	Rumor IV
	Camillo Ripamonti	14 March 1974	23 November 1974			Christian Democracy	Rumor V
	Adolfo Sarti	23 November 1974	29 July 1976			Christian Democracy	Moro IV·V
	Dario Antoniozzi	29 July 1976	11 March 1978			Christian Democracy	Andreotti III
	Carlo Pastorino	11 March 1978	20 March 1979			Christian Democracy	Andreotti III
	Egidio Ariosto	20 March 1979	4 August 1979			Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Andreotti III
	Bernardo D'Arezzo	4 August 1979	18 October 1980			Christian Democracy	Cossiga I
	Cossiga II
	Nicola Signorello	18 October 1980	14 August 1983			Christian Democracy	Forlani
	Spadolini I·II Fanfani V
	Lelio Lagorio	4 August 1983	1 August 1986			Italian Socialist Party	Craxi I
	Nicola Capria	1 August 1986	18 April 1987			Italian Socialist Party	Craxi II
	Mario Di Lazzaro	18 April 1987	29 July 1987			Independent	Fanfani VI
	Franco Carraro	29 July 1987	12 April 1991			Italian Socialist Party	Goria De Mita Andreotti VI
	Carlo Tognoli	12 April 1991	28 June 1992			Italian Socialist Party	Andreotti VII
	Margherita Boniver	28 June 1992	28 April 1993			Italian Socialist Party	Amato I
	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	28 April 1993	11 May 1994			Independent	Ciampi
Office not in use	1994–2009	Berlusconi I
Dini
Prodi I D'Alema I·II Amato II
Berlusconi II·III
Berlusconi IV
Minister of Tourism
	Michela Vittoria Brambilla	8 May 2009	16 November 2011			The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
Minister of Tourism, Sport and Regional Affairs
	Piero Gnudi	16 November 2011	28 April 2013			Independent	Monti
Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism
	Massimo Bray	28 April 2013	22 February 2014			Democratic Party	Letta
	Dario Franceschini	22 February 2014	1 June 2018			Democratic Party	Renzi Gentiloni
Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies and Tourism
	Gian Marco Centinaio	1 June 2018	5 September 2019			League	Conte I
Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism
	Dario Franceschini	5 September 2019	13 February 2021			Democratic Party	Conte II
Minister of Tourism
	Massimo Garavaglia	13 February 2021	22 October 2022			League	Draghi
	Daniela Santanchè	22 October 2022	Incumbent			Brothers of Italy	Meloni