Minister for the South

The Minister for the South (Italian: Ministro per il Sud) in Italy is one of the positions in the Italian government.

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).

List of Ministers

Parties

•   Forza Italia / The People of Freedom
•   Democratic Party
•   Independent

Coalitions

•   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 for Development and Territorial Cohesion
1		Gianfranco Miccichè (1954–)	23 April 2005	17 May 2006	1 year, 24 days		Forza Italia	Berlusconi III
Office not in use			2006–2010					Prodi II
								Berlusconi IV
Minister of Regional Affairs and Territorial Cohesion
2		Raffaele Fitto (1969– )	10 June 2010	16 November 2011	1 year, 159 days		The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
3		Fabrizio Barca (1954–)	16 November 2011	28 April 2013	1 year, 163 days		Independent	Monti
4		Carlo Trigilia (1954–)	28 April 2013	22 February 2014	300 days		Democratic Party	Letta
Office not in use			2014–2016					Renzi
Minister of Territorial Cohesion and the South
5		Claudio De Vincenti (1948–)	16 December 2016	1 June 2018	1 year, 167 days		Democratic Party	Gentiloni
Minister for the South
6		Barbara Lezzi (1972– )	1 June 2018	5 September 2019	1 year, 96 days		Five Star Movement	Conte I
7		Giuseppe Provenzano (1982–)	5 September 2019	Incumbent	1 year, 28 days		Democratic Party	Conte II

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