| Post: | Minister |
| Body: | the Navy |
| Native Name: | Italian: Ministri della Marina del Regno |
| Flag: | Flag of the minister of the Regia Marina.svg |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of the Minister of the Navy |
| Member Of: | Council Ministers |
| Reports To: | Prime Minister |
| Formation: | 17 March 1861 |
| First: | Camillo Benso |
| Last: | Giuseppe Micheli |
| Abolished: | 4 February 1947 |
| Succession: | Minister of Defence |
The Italian Minister of the Navy was a member of the Council Ministers from 1861 until 1947. Under the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1946, the minister oversaw the Regia Marina ("Royal Navy"), and his position was known officially as Ministri della marina del Regno d'Italia ("Minister of the Navy of the Kingdom of Italy"), while under the Italian Republic from 1946 to 1947 he oversaw the Marina Militare (literally "Military Navy," but usually translated as "Italian Navy") and was known officially as Ministro per la Marina Militare (literally "Minister for the Military Navy"), the name change becoming official on 13 July 1946. The position was abolished when the Ministry of the Navy merged with the Ministry of Aeronautics and Ministry of War to form the Ministry of Defence in 1947.
The last Minister of the Navy was Giuseppe Micheli, who served in the government of Alcide De Gasperi.[1]
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political Party | Government | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810–1861) | 17 March 1861 | 6 June 1861 | Historical Right | Cavour IV | ||
| Luigi Federico Menabrea (1809–1896) | 12 June 1861 | 3 March 1862 | Historical Right | Ricasoli I | ||
| Carlo Pellion di Persano (1806–1883) | 3 March 1862 | 8 December 1862 | Military | Rattazzi I | ||
| Giovanni Ricci (1813–1892) | 8 December 1862 | 22 January 1863 | Military | Farini | ||
| Orazio Di Negro (1810–1872) | 25 January 1863 | 20 April 1863 | Military | Farini Minghetti I | ||
| Efisio Cugia (1818–1872) | 20 April 1863 | 28 September 1864 | Military | Minghetti I | ||
| Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora (1804–1878) | 28 September 1864 | 21 December 1864 | Historical Right | La Marmora II | ||
| Diego Angioletti (1822–1905) | 21 December 1864 | 20 June 1866 | Military | La Marmora II·III | ||
| Agostino Depretis (1813–1887) | 20 June 1866 | 17 February 1867 | Historical Left | Ricasoli II | ||
| Giuseppe Biancheri (1821–1908) | 17 February 1867 | 10 April 1867 | Historical Right | |||
| Federico Pescetto | 10 April 1867 | 27 October 1867 | Historical Right | Rattazzi II | ||
| Luigi Federico Menabrea (1809–1896) | 27 October 1867 | 18 November 1867 | Historical Right | Menabrea I | ||
| Pompeo Provana del Sabbione (1816–1884) | 18 November 1867 | 5 January 1868 | Military | |||
| Augusto Riboty (1816–1888) | 5 January 1868 | 14 December 1869 | Military | Menabrea II·III | ||
| Stefano Castagnola (1825–1891) | 14 December 1869 | 15 January 1870 | Historical Right | Lanza | ||
| Guglielmo Acton (1825–1896) | 15 January 1870 | 5 August 1872 | Military | |||
| Augusto Riboty (1816–1888) | 5 August 1872 | 10 July 1873 | Military | |||
| Simone Antonio Saint-Bon (1828–1892) | 10 July 1873 | 25 March 1876 | Military | Minghetti II | ||
| Benedetto Brin (1828–1892) | 25 March 1876 | 24 March 1878 | Military | Depretis I·II | ||
| Enrico Di Brocchetti (1817–1885) | 24 March 1878 | 24 August 1878 | Historical Left | Cairoli I | ||
| Benedetto Brin (1828–1892) | 24 August 1878 | 19 December 1878 | Military | |||
| Niccolò Ferracciù (1815–1892) | 19 December 1878 | 14 July 1878 | Historical Left | Depretis III | ||
| Cesare Bonelli (1821–1904) | 14 July 1878 | 25 November 1879 | Military | Cairoli II | ||
| Ferdinando Acton (1832–1891) | 25 November 1879 | 17 November 1883 | Military | Cairoli III Depretis IV·V | ||
| Andrea Del Santo (1830–1905) | 17 November 1883 | 30 March 1884 | Military | Depretis V | ||
| Benedetto Brin (1828–1892) | 30 March 1884 | 6 February 1891 | Military | Depretis VI·VII·VIII Crispi I·II | ||
| Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì (1839–1908) | 6 February 1891 | 15 February 1891 | Historical Right | Rudinì I | ||
| Simone Antonio Saint-Bon (1828–1892) | 15 February 1891 | 28 September 1892 | Military | Di Rudinì I | ||
| Giolitti I | ||||||
| Benedetto Brin (1828–1892) | 28 September 1892 | 8 December 1892 | Military | Giolitti I | ||
| Carlo Alberto Racchia (1833–1896) | 8 December 1892 | 15 December 1893 | Military | |||
| Enrico Morin (1841–1910) | 15 December 1893 | 10 March 1896 | Military | Crispi III·IV | ||
| Benedetto Brin (1828–1892) | 10 March 1896 | 24 May 1898 | Military | Di Rudinì II·III·IV | ||
| Alessandro Asinari di San Marzano (1830–1906) | 24 May 1898 | 1 June 1898 | Military | Di Rudinì IV | ||
| Felice Napoleone Canevaro (1838–1926) | 1 June 1898 | 29 June 1898 | Military | Rudinì V | ||
| Giuseppe Palumbo (1840–1913) | 29 June 1898 | 14 May 1899 | Military | Pelloux I | ||
| Giovanni Bettolo (1846–1916) | 14 May 1899 | 24 June 1900 | Military | Pelloux II | ||
| Enrico Morin (1841–1910) | 24 June 1900 | 22 April 1903 | Military | Saracco Zanardelli | ||
| Giovanni Bettolo (1846–1916) | 22 April 1903 | 21 June 1903 | Military | Zanardelli | ||
| Enrico Morin (1841–1910) | 21 June 1903 | 3 September 1903 | Military | |||
| Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928) | 3 September 1903 | 9 November 1903 | Historical Left | Giolitti II | ||
| Carlo Mirabello (1847–1910) | 9 November 1903 | 10 December 1909 | Military | Giolitti II Fortis I·II Sonnino I Giolitti III | ||
| Giovanni Bettolo (1846–1916) | 11 December 1909 | 31 March 1910 | Military | Sonnino II | ||
| Pasquale Leonardi Cattolica (1854–1924) | 31 March 1910 | 29 July 1913 | Military | Sonnino II | ||
| Giolitti IV | ||||||
| Enrico Millo (1865–1930) | 29 July 1913 | 13 July 1914 | Military | Giolitti IV Salandra I | ||
| Leone Viale (1851–1918) | 13 July 1914 | 24 September 1915 | Military | Salandra I·II | ||
| Camillo Corsi (1860–1921) | 30 September 1915 | 16 June 1917 | Military | Salandra II Boselli | ||
| Arturo Triangi di Maderno e Laces (1864–1935) | 16 June 1917 | 16 July 1917 | Military | Boselli | ||
| Alberto Del Bono (1856–1932) | 16 July 1917 | 23 June 1919 | Military | Boselli Orlando | ||
| Giovanni Sechi (1871–1948) | 23 June 1919 | 4 July 1921 | Military | Nitti I·II Giolitti V | ||
| Eugenio Bergamasco (1858–1940) | 4 July 1921 | 26 February 1921 | Liberal Union | Bonomi I | ||
| Roberto De Vito (1867–1959) | 26 February | 28 October 1922 | Social Democracy | Facta I·II | ||
| Paolo Thaon di Revel (1859–1948) | 28 October 1922 | 8 May 1925 | Military | Mussolini | ||
| Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) | 8 May 1925 | 12 September 1929 | National Fascist Party | |||
| Giuseppe Sirianni (1874–1955) | 12 September 1929 | 1 January 1933 | National Fascist Party | |||
| Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) | 1 January 1933 | 25 July 1943 | National Fascist Party | |||
| Raffaele de Courten (1888–1978) | 28 July 1943 | 14 July 1946 | Military | Badoglio I | ||
| Badoglio II Bonomi II·III Parri De Gasperi I | ||||||