Ministry of the Colonies (Italy) explained

Post:	Minister
Body:	the Colonies
Native Name:	Italian: Ministro per l'Africa italiana
Department:	Ministry of the Colonies
Status:	Abolished
Constituting Instrument:	Royal Decree n. 1205
Precursor:	Central Direction of Colonial Affairs
First:	Pietro Bertolini
Last:	Alcide De Gasperi

The Ministry of the Colonies was the ministry of the government of the Kingdom of Italy responsible for the governing of the country's colonial possessions and the direction of their economies. It was set up on 20 November 1912 by Royal Decree n. 1205, turning the Central Direction of Colonial Affairs within the Ministry for Foreign Affairs into a separate ministry. Royal Decree n. 431 of 8 April 1937 renamed it the Ministry of Italian Africa after the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, which resulted in the Italian annexation of the Ethiopian Empire and the birth of Italian East Africa. It was suppressed on 19 April 1953 by law n. 430.

List of ministers

	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Political party	Government
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Minister of the Colonies
1		Pietro Bertolini	21 November 1912	21 March 1914			Liberal Union	Giolitti IV	^[1]
2		Ferdinando Martini	21 March 1914	18 June 1916			Liberal Union	Salandra I–II	^[2] ^[3]
3		Gaspare Colosimo	18 June 1916	23 June 1919			Liberal Union	Boselli Orlando	^[4] ^[5]
4		Luigi Rossi	23 June 1919	14 March 1920			Italian Radical Party	Nitti I	^[6]
–		Francesco Saverio Nitti	14 March 1920	21 May 1920			Italian Radical Party	Nitti I
5		Meuccio Ruini	21 May 1920	15 June 1920			Italian Radical Party	Nitti II	^[7]
(4)		Luigi Rossi	15 June 1920	4 July 1921			Italian Radical Party	Giolitti V	^[8]
6			4 July 1921	26 February 1922			Social Democracy	Bonomi I	^[9]
7		Giovanni Amendola	26 February 1922	30 October 1922			Democratic Liberal Party	Facta I–II	^[10] ^[11]
8		Luigi Federzoni	26 February 1922	3 June 1924			Nationalist Association	Mussolini	^[12]
9		Pietro Lanza di Scalea	3 June 1924	6 November 1926			National Fascist Party	Mussolini
(8)		Luigi Federzoni	6 November 1926	18 December 1928			National Fascist Party	Mussolini
–		Benito Mussolini	18 December 1928	12 September 1929			National Fascist Party	Mussolini
10		Emilio De Bono	12 September 1929	17 January 1935			National Fascist Party	Mussolini
–		Benito Mussolini	17 January 1935	11 June 1936			National Fascist Party	Mussolini
11		Alessandro Lessona	11 June 1936	8 April 1937			National Fascist Party	Mussolini
Minister of Italian Africa
		Alessandro Lessona	8 April 1937	20 November 1937			National Fascist Party	Mussolini	^[13]
12		Benito Mussolini	20 November 1937	31 October 1939			National Fascist Party	Mussolini
13		Attilio Teruzzi	31 October 1939	25 July 1943			National Fascist Party	Mussolini
14		Melchiade Gabba	27 July 1943	11 February 1944			Independent	Badoglio I	–
–		Pietro Badoglio	11 February 1944	8 June 1944			Independent	Badoglio I–II	–
–		Ivanoe Bonomi	18 June 1944	21 June 1945			Labour Democratic Party	Bonomi II–III	–
16		Ferruccio Parri	21 June 1945	8 December 1945			Action Party	Parri	^[14]
17		Alcide De Gasperi	10 December 1945	19 April 1953			Christian Democracy	De Gasperi I–II–III–IV–V–VI–VII	^[15] ^[16] ^[17] ^[18] ^[19] ^[20] ^[21]

Notes and References

1. Web site: I Governo Giolitti . storia.camera.it . 10 July 2020 . It.
2. Web site: I Governo Salandra . storia.camera.it . 10 July 2020 . It.
3. Web site: II Governo Salandra . storia.camera.it . 10 July 2020 . It.
4. Web site: Governo Boselli. storia.camera.it . 10 July 2020 . It.
5. Web site: Governo Orlando. storia.camera.it . 10 July 2020 . It.
6. Web site: I Governo Nitti . storia.camera.it . 10 July 2020 . It.
7. Web site: II Governo Nitti . storia.camera.it . 10 July 2020 . It.
8. Web site: V Governo Giolitti . storia.camera.it . 10 July 2020 . It.
9. Web site: I Governo Bonomi . storia.camera.it . 10 July 2020 . It.
10. Web site: I Governo Facta . storia.camera.it . 10 July 2020 . It.
11. Web site: II Governo Facta . storia.camera.it . 10 July 2020 . It.
12. Web site: Governo Mussolini . storia.camera.it . 10 July 2020 . It.
13. Web site: Governo Mussolini . storia.camera.it . 10 July 2020 . It.
14. Web site: Governo Parri . storia.camera.it . 10 July 2020 . It.
15. Web site: I Governo De Gasperi . storia.camera.it . 10 July 2020 . It.
16. Web site: II Governo De Gasperi . storia.camera.it . 10 July 2020 . It.
17. Web site: III Governo De Gasperi . storia.camera.it . 10 July 2020 . It.
18. Web site: IV Governo De Gasperi . storia.camera.it . 10 July 2020 . It.
19. Web site: V Governo De Gasperi . storia.camera.it . 10 July 2020 . It.
20. Web site: VI Governo De Gasperi . storia.camera.it . 10 July 2020 . It.
21. Web site: VII Governo De Gasperi . storia.camera.it . 10 July 2020 . It.