Minister of War (Italy) explained

Post:	Minister
Body:	War
Flag:	Flag of Italy (1860).svg
Flagborder:	yes
Flagcaption:	War flag
Department:	Ministry of War
Member Of:	Council of Ministers
Seat:	Rome
Termlength:	No fixed term
First:	Manfredo Fanti
Last:	Cipriano Facchinetti
Succession:	Minister of Defence

The Minister of War of Italy (Italian: Ministri della guerra del Regno d'Italia), was the minister responsible for the Ministry of War, which in turn oversaw the Royal Italian Army under the Kingdom of Italy between 1861 and 1946 and the Italian Army under the Italian Republic from 1946 to 1947. The position was abolished in 1947 when the Ministry of War, Ministry of the Navy, and Ministry of Aeronautics were merged to form the Ministry of Defence under the oversight of the new position of Minister of Defence.

The first Minister of War was Manfredo Fanti, a general of the Royal Italian Army, while the last one was Cipriano Facchinetti, a member of the Italian Republican Party. The longest-serving minister was the fascist dictator Prime Minister Benito Mussolini of the National Fascist Party.

List of ministers

Kingdom of Italy

Parties

Coalitions

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
	Manfredo Fanti	23 March 1861	12 June 1861			Military	Cavour IV	^[1]
	Bettino Ricasoli	12 June 1861	5 September 1861			Historical Right	Ricasoli I	^[2]
	Alessandro Della Rovere	5 September 1861	3 March 1862			Military
	Agostino Petitti Bagliani	4 March 1862	8 December 1862			Military	Rattazzi I	^[3]
	Alessandro Della Rovere	8 December 1862	28 September 1864			Military	Farini Minghetti I	^[4] ^[5]
	Agostino Petitti Bagliani	28 September 1864	31 December 1865			Military	La Marmora II	^[6]
	Ignazio De Genova	31 December 1865	22 August 1866			Military	La Marmora III	^[7]
	Ricasoli II
	Efisio Cugia	22 August 1866	10 April 1867			Military	Ricasoli II
	Genova Giovanni Thaon di Revel	10 April 1867	27 October 1867			Military	Rattazzi II	^[8]
	Ettore Bertolè-Viale	27 October 1867	14 December 1869			Military	Menabrea I·II·III	^[9] ^[10] ^[11]
	Giuseppe Govone	14 December 1869	7 September 1870			Military	Lanza	^[12]
	Cesare Ricotti-Magnani	7 September 1870	20 November 1876			Military	Lanza Minghetti II
	Depretis I
	Luigi Mezzacapo	20 November 1876	24 March 1878			Military	Depretis I·II	^[13] ^[14]
	Giovanni Bruzzo	24 March 1878	24 October 1878			Military	Cairoli I	^[15]
	Cesare Bonelli (1821–1904)	24 October 1878	19 December 1878			Military
	Gustavo Mazè de la Roche (1824–1886)	19 December 1878	14 July 1879			Military	Depretis III	^[16]
	Cesare Bonelli (1821–1904)	14 July 1879	13 July 1880			Military	Cairoli II·III	^[17] ^[18]
	Ferdinando Acton (1832–1891)	13 July 1880	27 July 1880			Military	Ciaroli III
	Bernardino Milon (1829–1881)	27 July 1880	25 March 1881			Military
	Emilio Ferrero (1819–1887)	25 March 1881	24 May 1884			Military	Cairoli III Depretis IV·V·VI	^[19] ^[20] ^[21]
	Cesare Ricotti-Magnani (1822–1917)	24 May 1884	4 April 1887			Military	Depretis VI·VII	^[22]
	Ettore Bertolè-Viale (1829–1892)	4 April 1887	6 February 1891			Military	Depretis VIII Crispi I·II	^[23] ^[24] ^[25]
	Luigi Pelloux (1839–1924)	6 February 1891	15 December 1893			Military	Di Rudinì I	^[26] ^[27]
	Giolitti I
	Stanislao Mocenni (1837–1907)	15 December 1893	10 March 1896			Military	Crispi III·IV	^[28] ^[29]
	Cesare Ricotti-Magnani (1822–1917)	10 March 1896	11 July 1896			Military	Di Rudinì II	^[30]
	Luigi Pelloux (1839–1924)	11 July 1896	14 December 1897			Military	Di Rudinì III	^[31]
	Alessandro Asinari di San Marzano (1830–1906)	14 December 1897	14 May 1899			Military	Di Rudinì IV	^[32] ^[33]
	Pelloux I
	Giuseppe Mirri (1834–1907)	14 May 1899	7 January 1900			Military	Pelloux II	^[34]
	Luigi Pelloux (1839–1924)	7 January 1900	7 April 1900			Military
	Coriolano Ponza di San Martino (1842–1926)	7 April 1900	27 April 1902				Military	Pelloux II Saracco Zanardelli	^[35]
	Enrico Morin (1841–1910)	27 April 1902	14 May 1902				Military	Zanardelli	^[36]
	Giuseppe Ottolenghi (1838–1904)	14 May 1902	3 November 1903				Military
	Ettore Pedotti (1842–1919)	3 November 1903	24 December 1905				Military	Giolitti II Tittoni Fortis I	^[37] ^[38] ^[39]
	Luigi Majnoni d'Intignano (1841–1918)	24 December 1905	29 May 1906				Military	Fortis II Sonnino I	^[40] ^[41]
	Giuseppe Ettore Viganò (1843–1933)	29 May 1906	29 December 1907			Military	Giolitti III	^[42]
	Severino Casana (1842–1912)	29 December 1907	11 December 1909				Historical Right
	Paolo Spingardi (1845–1918)	11 December 1909	21 March 1914			Military	Sonnino II Luzzatti	^[43] ^[44] ^[45]
	Giolitti IV
	Domenico Grandi (1849–1937)	21 March 1914	10 October 1914			Military	Salandra I	^[46]
	Vittorio Italico Zupelli (1859–1945)	10 October 1914	4 April 1916			Military	Salandra I·II	^[47]
	Paolo Morrone (1854–1937)	4 April 1916	16 June 1917			Military	Salandra II Boselli	^[48]
	Gaetano Giardino (1864–1935)	16 June 1917	30 October 1917			Military	Boselli
	Vittorio Luigi Alfieri (1863–1918)	30 October 1917	21 March 1918			Military	Orlando
	Vittorio Italico Zupelli (1859–1945)	21 March 1918	18 January 1919			Military	^[49]
	Enrico Caviglia (1862–1945)	18 January 1919	23 June 1919			Military
	Alberico Albricci (1864–1936)	24 June 1919	14 March 1920			Military	Nitti I	^[50]
	Ivanoe Bonomi (1873–1951)	14 March 1920	21 May 1920			Italian Reformist Socialist Party
	Giulio Rodinò (1875–1946)	21 May 1920	15 June 1920			Italian People's Party	Nitti II	^[51]
	Ivanoe Bonomi (1873–1951)	15 June 1920	2 April 1921				Giolitti V	^[52]
	Giulio Rodinò (1875–1946)	2 April 1921	4 July 1921			Italian People's Party
	Luigi Gasparotto (1873–1954)	4 July 1921	26 February 1922			Italian Reformist Socialist Party	Bonomi I	^[53]
	Pietro Lanza di Scalea (1863–1938)	26 February 1922	1 August 1922			Agrarian Party	Facta I	^[54]
	Marcello Soleri (1882–1945)	1 August 1922	31 October 1922			Liberal Union	Facta II	^[55]
	Armando Diaz (1861–1928)	31 October 1922	30 April 1924			Military	Mussolini	^[56]
	Antonino Di Giorgio (1867–1932)	30 April 1924	4 April 1925			National Fascist Party
	Benito Mussolini (1883–1945)	4 April 1925	12 September 1929			National Fascist Party
	Pietro Gazzera (1879–1953)	12 September 1929	22 July 1933			National Fascist Party
	Benito Mussolini (1883–1945)	22 July 1933	25 July 1943			National Fascist Party
	Antonio Sorice (1897–1971)	28 July 1943	11 February 1944			Military	Badoglio I	^[57]
	Taddeo Orlando (1885–1950)	11 February 1944	18 June 1944			Military	Badoglio I·II
	Alessandro Casati (1881–1955)	18 June 1944	21 June 1945			Italian Liberal Party	Bonomi II·III
	Stefano Jacini (1886–1952)	21 June 1945	10 December 1945			Christian Democracy	Parri	^[58]
	Manlio Brosio (1897–1980)	10 December 1945	13 July 1946			Italian Liberal Party	De Gasperi I	^[59]

Republic of Italy

Parties

Coalitions

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
	Cipriano Facchinetti	13 July 1946	4 February 1947			Italian Republican Party	De Gasperi II	^[60]

See also

• Minister of Aeronautics
• Minister of Defence (Italy)
• Minister of the Navy (Italy)

Notes and References

1. Web site: IV Governo Cavour . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
2. Web site: I Governo Ricasoli . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
3. Web site: I Governo Rattazzi . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
4. Web site: I Governo Farini . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
5. Web site: I Governo Minghetti . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
6. Web site: III Governo La Marmora . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
7. Web site: II Governo Ricasoli . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
8. Web site: II Governo Rattazzi . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
9. Web site: I Governo Menabrea . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
10. Web site: II Governo Menabrea . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
11. Web site: III Governo Menabrea . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
12. Web site: I Governo Lanza . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
13. Web site: I Governo Depretis . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
14. Web site: II Governo Depretis . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
15. Web site: I Governo Cairoli . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
16. Web site: III Governo Depretis . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
17. Web site: II Governo Cairoli . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
18. Web site: III Governo Cairoli . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
19. Web site: IV Governo Depretis . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
20. Web site: V Governo Depretis . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
21. Web site: VI Governo Depretis . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
22. Web site: VII Governo Depretis . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
23. Web site: VIII Governo Depretis . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
24. Web site: I Governo Crispi . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
25. Web site: II Governo Crispi . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
26. Web site: I Governo Di Rudinì . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
27. Web site: I Governo Giolitti . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
28. Web site: III Governo Crispi . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
29. Web site: IV Governo Crispi . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
30. Web site: II Governo Di Rudinì . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
31. Web site: III Governo Di Rudinì . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
32. Web site: IV Governo Di Rudinì . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
33. Web site: I Governo Pelloux . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
34. Web site: II Governo Pelloux . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
35. Web site: I Governo Saracco. storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
36. Web site: I Governo Zanardelli . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
37. Web site: II Governo Giolitti . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
38. Web site: I Governo Tittoni. storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
39. Web site: I Governo Fortis . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
40. Web site: II Governo Fortis . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
41. Web site: I Governo Sonnino . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
42. Web site: III Governo Giolitti . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
43. Web site: II Governo Sonnino . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
44. Web site: I Governo Luzzatti . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
45. Web site: IV Governo Giolitti . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
46. Web site: I Governo Salandra . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
47. Web site: II Governo Salandra . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
48. Web site: I Governo Boselli. storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
49. Web site: I Governo Orlando. storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
50. Web site: I Governo Nitti . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
51. Web site: II Governo Nitti . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
52. Web site: V Governo Giolitti . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
53. Web site: I Governo Bonomi . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
54. Web site: I Governo Facta . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . it.
55. Web site: II Governo Facta . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
56. Web site: I Governo Mussolini . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
57. http://www.senato.it/leg/-03/BGT/Schede/Governi/0027_M.htm Composizione del Governo Badoglio I
58. Web site: I Governo Parri . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
59. Web site: I Governo De Gasperi . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.
60. Web site: II Governo De Gasperi . storia.camera.it . 11 April 2020 . Italian.