| Post: | Minister for the South and Cohesion Policies |
| Native Name: | |
| Insigniasize: | 70px |
| Incumbent: | Raffaele Fitto |
| Incumbentsince: | October 22, 2022 |
| Acting: | no |
| Department: | Ministry for the South and Territorial Cohesion |
| Member Of: | Council of Ministers |
| Seat: | Rome |
| Appointer: | The President of Italy |
| Termlength: | No fixed term |
| First: | Gianfranco Miccichè |
The Minister for the South and Cohesion Policies (Italian: Ministro per il Sud e le Politiche di Coesione) in Italy is one of the positions in the Italian government. The current minister is Raffaele Fitto, of Brothers of Italy, who is serving since 22 October 2022. From 1964 to 1987 and, again, from 1988 to 1993 Italian governments included a "minister for the Extraordinary Interventions in the Mezzogiorno" (1964–1966, 1972–1987, 1988–1993) or a "minister for the Extraordinary Interventions in the Mezzogiorno and the depressed areas" (1966–1972). Mezzogiorno is an alternative name for Southern Italy. The office was notably held by Paolo Emilio Taviani (1968–1972, 1972–1973), Giulio Andreotti (1974–1976) and Ciriaco De Mita (1976–1979).
| 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 for Development and Territorial Cohesion | |||||||||||
| Gianfranco Miccichè | 23 April 2005 | 17 May 2006 | Forza Italia | Berlusconi III | |||||||
| Office not in use | 2006–2010 | Prodi II | |||||||||
| Berlusconi IV | |||||||||||
| Minister of Regional Affairs and Territorial Cohesion | |||||||||||
| Raffaele Fitto | 10 June 2010 | 16 November 2011 | The People of Freedom | Berlusconi IV | |||||||
| Fabrizio Barca | 16 November 2011 | 28 April 2013 | Independent | Monti | |||||||
| Carlo Trigilia | 28 April 2013 | 22 February 2014 | Democratic Party | Letta | |||||||
| Office not in use | 2014–2016 | Renzi | |||||||||
| Minister of Territorial Cohesion and the South | |||||||||||
| Claudio De Vincenti | 12 December 2016 | 1 June 2018 | Democratic Party | Gentiloni | |||||||
| Minister for the South | |||||||||||
| Barbara Lezzi | 1 June 2018 | 5 September 2019 | Five Star Movement | Conte I | |||||||
| Giuseppe Provenzano | 5 September 2019 | 13 February 2021 | Democratic Party | Conte II | |||||||
| Minister for the South and Territorial Cohesion | |||||||||||
| Mara Carfagna | 13 February 2021 | 22 October 2022 | Forza Italia / Action | Draghi | |||||||
| Minister for European Affairs, Southern Italy, Cohesion Policy and the NRRP | |||||||||||
| Raffaele Fitto | 22 October 2022 | Incumbent | Brothers of Italy | Meloni | |||||||