Italian Minister of Justice

This is a list of the Italian Ministers of Justice since 1946. The Minister of Justice is a senior member of the Italian Cabinet and leads the Ministry of Justice.

Minister of Justice Ministro della Giustizia
Incumbent Alfonso Bonafede since 1 June 2018
Ministry of Justice
Member of	Council of Ministers
Seat	Rome
Appointer	The President of Italy
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	July 13, 1946
First holder	Fausto Gullo
Website	www.giustizia.it

The current Minister of Justice is Alfonso Bonafede, a member of the Five Star Movement, appointed on 1 June 2018, who serves in the cabinet of Giuseppe Conte.[1]

List of Ministers of Justice

Parties:

• 1946–1994:
  •   Italian Communist Party
  •   Italian Liberal Party
  •   Christian Democracy
  •   Italian Republican Party
  •   Italian Socialist Party

• 1994–present:
  •   Forza Italia / The People of Freedom
  •   Party of Italian Communists
  •   Democrats of the Left
  •   Northern League
  •   Union of Democrats for Europe
  •   Democratic Party
  •   Five Star Movement
  •   Independent

Coalitions:

• 1946–1994:
  •   Centrist coalition
  •   Organic Centre-left
  •   Pentapartito / Quadripartito
  •   Mixed coalition

• 1994–present:
  •   Centre-right coalition
  •   Centre-left coalition
  •   Mixed coalition

N.	Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Party		Government	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Minister of Grace and Justice
1		Fausto Gullo (1887–1974)	13 July 1946	31 May 1947	323 days		Italian Communist Party	De Gasperi II·III
2		Giuseppe Grassi (1883–1950)	31 May 1947	27 January 1950	2 years, 241 days		Italian Liberal Party	De Gasperi IV·V
3		Attilio Piccioni (1892–1976)	27 January 1950	26 July 1951	1 year, 180 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi VI
4		Adone Zoli (1887–1960)	26 July 1951	16 July 1953	1 year, 355 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi VII
5		Guido Gonella (1905–1982)	16 July 1953	17 August 1953	32 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi VIII
6		Antonio Azara (1883–1967)	17 August 1953	18 January 1954	154 days		Christian Democracy	Pella
7		Michele De Pietro (1884–1967)	18 January 1954	6 July 1955	1 year, 169 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani I Scelba
8		Aldo Moro (1916–1978)	6 July 1955	19 May 1957	1 year, 317 days		Christian Democracy	Segni I
(5)		Guido Gonella (1905–1982)	19 May 1957	21 February 1962	4 years, 278 days		Christian Democracy	Zoli Fanfani II Segni II Tambroni Fanfani III
9		Giacinto Bosco (1905–1997)	21 February 1962	4 December 1963	1 year, 286 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani IV Leone I
10		Oronzo Reale (1902–1988)	4 December 1963	24 June 1968	4 years, 203 days		Italian Republican Party	Moro I·II·III
(5)		Guido Gonella (1905–1982)	24 June 1968	12 December 1968	171 days		Christian Democracy	Leone II
11		Silvio Gava (1901–1999)	12 December 1968	27 March 1970	1 year, 105 days		Christian Democracy	Leone II
								Rumor I
								Rumor II
(10)		Oronzo Reale (1902–1988)	27 March 1970	1 March 1971	339 days		Italian Republican Party	Rumor III Colombo
12		Emilio Colombo (1920–2013) Acting	1 March 1971	17 February 1972	353 days		Christian Democracy	Colombo
(5)		Guido Gonella (1905–1982)	17 February 1972	7 July 1973	1 year, 140 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti I·II
13		Mario Zagari (1913–1996)	7 July 1973	23 November 1974	1 year, 139 days		Italian Socialist Party	Rumor IV·V
(10)		Oronzo Reale (1902–1988)	23 November 1974	12 February 1976	1 year, 81 days		Italian Republican Party	Moro IV
14		Francesco Paolo Bonifacio (1923–1989)	12 February 1976	20 March 1979	3 years, 36 days		Christian Democracy	Moro V Andreotti III·IV
15		Tommaso Morlino (1925–1983)	20 March 1979	18 October 1980	1 year, 212 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti V Cossiga I
								Cossiga II
16		Adolfo Sarti (1928–1992)	18 October 1980	23 May 1981	217 days		Christian Democracy	Forlani
17		Clelio Darida (1927–2017)	23 May 1981	4 August 1983	2 years, 73 days		Christian Democracy	Forlani
								Spadolini I·II
								Fanfani V
18		Mino Martinazzoli (1931–2011)	4 August 1983	1 August 1986	2 years, 362 days		Christian Democracy	Craxi I
19		Virginio Rognoni (1924– )	1 August 1986	29 July 1987	362 days		Christian Democracy	Craxi II
								Fanfani VI
20		Giuliano Vassalli (1915–2009)	29 July 1987	2 February 1991	3 years, 188 days		Italian Socialist Party	Goria De Mita Andreotti VI
21		Claudio Martelli (1943– )	2 February 1991	28 April 1993	2 years, 85 days		Italian Socialist Party	Andreotti VI·VII Amato I
22		Giovanni Conso (1922–2015)	28 April 1993	10 May 1994	1 year, 12 days		Independent	Amato I
								Ciampi
23		Alfredo Biondi (1928–2020)	10 May 1994	17 January 1995	252 days		Forza Italia	Berlusconi I
24		Filippo Mancuso (1922–2011)	17 January 1995	19 October 1995	275 days		Independent	Dini
25		Lamberto Dini (1931– ) Acting	19 October 1995	16 February 1996	120 days		Independent
26		Vincenzo Caianiello (1932–2002)	16 February 1996	17 May 1996	91 days		Independent
27		Giovanni Maria Flick (1940– )	17 May 1996	21 October 1998	2 years, 157 days		Independent	Prodi I
28		Oliviero Diliberto (1956– )	21 October 1998	25 April 2000	1 year, 187 days		Party of Italian Communists	D'Alema I·II
Minister of Justice
29		Piero Fassino (1949– )	25 April 2000	11 June 2001	1 year, 47 days		Democrats of the Left	Amato II
30		Roberto Castelli (1946– )	11 June 2001	17 May 2006	4 years, 340 days		Northern League	Berlusconi II·III
31		Clemente Mastella (1947– )	17 May 2006	17 January 2008	1 year, 245 days		Union of Democrats for Europe	Prodi II
32		Romano Prodi (1939– ) Acting	17 January 2008	6 February 2008	20 days		Democratic Party
33		Luigi Scotti (1932– )	6 February 2008	8 May 2008	92 days		Independent
34		Angelino Alfano (1970– )	8 May 2008	28 July 2011	3 years, 81 days		The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
35		Nitto Francesco Palma (1950– )	28 July 2011	16 November 2011	111 days		The People of Freedom
36		Paola Severino (1948– )	16 November 2011	28 April 2013	1 year, 163 days		Independent	Monti
37		Annamaria Cancellieri (1943– )	28 April 2013	22 February 2014	300 days		Independent	Letta
38		Andrea Orlando (1969– )	22 February 2014	1 June 2018	4 years, 99 days		Democratic Party	Renzi Gentiloni
39		Alfonso Bonafede (1976– )	1 June 2018	Incumbent	2 years, 253 days		Five Star Movement	Conte I·II

See also

• Keeper of the seals

References

1. Vitale, Giovanna (16 May 2018). "Alfonso Bonafede ministro della Giustizia: il "Mr Wolf" del M5s". la Repubblica (in Italian). Rome. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2020.

External links

• Ministry of Justice (in Italian)
• Ministry of Justice (in English) (Archive)