Minister of Justice (Italy)

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
Carlo Nordio
since October 22, 2022
Ministry of Justice
Member ofCouncil of Ministers
SeatRome
AppointerThe President of Italy
Term lengthNo fixed term
FormationMarch 23, 1861 (1861-03-23)
First holderGiovanni Battista Cassinis
Websitewww.giustizia.it

The first Italian minister of justice is Giovanni Battista Cassinis, member of the Historical Right, who held the office in 1861 in the government of Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour; while the longest-serving minister was Alfredo Rocco, who served in the fascist government of Benito Mussolini from 1925 until 1932. The current minister is Carlo Nordio, appointed on 22 October 2022 in the government of Giorgia Meloni.[1]

List of ministers of justice

Parties

Coalitions

Ministers

Portrait Name
(Born–Died)
Term of office Party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
Minister of Grace, Justice and Ecclesiastic Affairs
Giovanni Battista Cassinis
(1806–1866)
23 March 1861 12 June 1861 81 days Historical Right Cavour IV
Vincenzo Maria Miglietti
(1809–1864)
12 June 1861 3 March 1862 263 days Historical Right Ricasoli I
Minister of Grace, Justice and Worships
Filippo Cordova
(1811–1868)
3 March 1862 7 April 1862 35 days Historical Right Rattazzi I
Raffaele Conforti
(1804–1880)
7 April 1862 8 December 1862 245 days Historical Left
Giuseppe Pisanelli
(1812–1879)
8 December 1862 28 September 1864 1 year, 295 days Historical Left Farini
Minghetti I
Giuseppe Vacca
(1810–1876)
28 September 1864 10 August 1865 316 days Historical Right La Marmora II
Paolo Cortese
(1827–1876)
1 September 1865 31 December 1865 121 days Historical Right
Giovanni De Falco
(1818–1886)
14 December 1865 20 June 1866 188 days Historical Right La Marmora III
Francesco Borgatti
(1818–1885)
20 June 1886 17 February 1867 242 days Historical Right Ricasoli II
Bettino Ricasoli
(1809–1880)
As Prime Minister
17 February 1867 24 March 1867 35 days Historical Right
Filippo Cordova
(1811–1868)
24 March 1867 10 April 1867 17 days Historical Left
Sebastiano Tecchio
(1807–1886)
10 April 1867 27 October 1867 200 days Historical Left Rattazzi II
Adriano Mari
(1813–1887)
27 October 1867 5 January 1868 70 days Historical Right Menabrea I
Gennaro De Filippo
(1816–1887)
5 January 1868 25 May 1869 1 year, 140 days Historical Right Menabrea II·III
Michele Pironti
(1814–1885)
25 May 1869 22 October 1869 150 days Historical Right
Paolo Onorato Vigliani
(1813–1900)
22 October 1869 14 December 1869 53 days Historical Right Menabrea III
Matteo Raeli
(1812–1875)
14 December 1869 24 February 1871 1 year, 72 days Historical Right Lanza
Giovanni De Falco
(1818–1886)
24 February 1871 10 July 1873 2 years, 136 days Historical Right
Paolo Onorato Vigliani
(1813–1900)
10 July 1873 25 March 1876 2 years, 259 days Historical Right Minghetti II
Pasquale Stanislao Mancini
(1817–1888)
25 March 1876 24 March 1878 1 year, 364 days Historical Left Depretis I·II
Raffaele Conforti
(1804–1880)
24 March 1878 19 December 1878 270 days Historical Left Cairoli I
Diego Tajani
(1827–1921)
19 December 1878 14 July 1879 207 days Historical Left Depretis III
Giovanni Battista Varè
(1832–1915)
14 July 1879 25 November 1879 1 year, 134 days Historical Left Cairoli II
Tommaso Villa
(1832–1915)
25 November 1879 29 May 1881 1 year, 185 days Historical Left Cairoli III
Giuseppe Zanardelli
(1832–1915)
29 May 1881 25 May 1883 1 year, 361 days Historical Left Depretis IV
Bernardino Giannuzzi-Savelli
(1822–1887)
25 May 1883 30 May 1884 1 year, 5 days Historical Left Depretis V
Niccolò Ferracciu
(1815–1892)
30 May 1884 24 November 1884 178 days Historical Left Depretis VI
Enrico Pessina
(1828–1916)
24 November 1884 29 June 1885 217 days Historical Left
Diego Tajani
(1827–1921)
29 June 1885 4 April 1887 1 year, 279 days Historical Left Depretis VII
Giuseppe Zanardelli
(1832–1915)
4 April 1887 6 February 1891 3 years, 308 days Historical Left Depretis VIII
Crispi I·II
Luigi Ferraris
(1813–1900)
9 February 1891 31 December 1891 325 days Historical Right Di Rudinì I
Bruno Chimirri
(1842–1917)
31 December 1891 15 May 1892 136 days Historical Right
Teodorico Bonacci
(1838–1905)
15 May 1892 24 May 1893 1 year, 6 days Historical Left Giolitti I
Lorenzo Eula
(1823–1893)
24 May 1893 8 July 1893 45 days Historical Left
Francesco Santamaria-Nicolini
(1830–1918)
8 July 1893 27 September 1893 79 days Historical Left
Giacomo Armò
(1830–1909)
27 September 1893 15 December 1893 81 days Historical Left
Vincenzo Calenda di Tavani
(1830–1910)
15 December 1893 10 March 1896 2 years, 86 days Historical Left Crispi III·IV
Giacomo Giuseppe Costa
(1833–1897)
10 March 1896 15 August 1897 1 year, 158 days Historical Right Di Rudinì II·III
Antonio Starabba di Rudinì
(1839–1908)
As Prime Minister
15 August 1897 18 September 1897 34 days Historical Right Di Rudinì III
Emanuele Gianturco
(1857–1907)
18 September 1897 14 December 1897 87 days Historical Right
Giuseppe Zanardelli
(1832–1915)
14 December 1897 1 June 1898 169 days Historical Left Di Rudinì IV
Teodorico Bonacci
(1838–1905)
1 June 1898 29 June 1898 28 days Historical Left Rudinì V
Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile
(1851–1916)
29 June 1898 14 May 1899 319 days Historical Left Pelloux I
Adeodato Bonasi
(1831–1920)
14 May 1899 24 June 1900 1 year, 41 days Historical Right Pelloux II
Emanuele Gianturco
(1857–1907)
24 June 1900 15 February 1901 236 days Historical Right Saracco
Francesco Cocco-Ortu
(1842–1929)
15 February 1901 3 November 1903 2 years, 261 days Historical Left Zanardelli
Scipione Ronchetti
(1846–1918)
3 November 1903 28 March 1905 1 year, 145 days Historical Left Giolitti II
Tittoni
Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile
(1851–1916)
28 March 1905 8 February 1906 317 days Historical Left Fortis I·II
Ettore Sacchi
(1851–1924)
8 February 1906 29 May 1906 110 days Italian Radical Party Sonnino I
Nicolò Gallo
(1849–1907)
29 May 1906 4 March 1907 279 days Historical Left Giolitti III
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
(1860–1952)
4 March 1907 11 December 1909 2 years, 282 days Historical Left
Vittorio Scialoja
(1856–1933)
11 December 1909 31 March 1910 110 days Historical Right Sonnino II
Cesare Fani
(1844–1914)
31 March 1910 30 March 1911 364 days Historical Right Luzzatti
Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile
(1851–1916)
30 March 1911 21 March 1914 2 years, 356 days Liberal Union Giolitti IV
Luigi Dari
(1852–1919)
21 March 1914 31 October 1914 224 days Liberal Union Salandra I
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
(1860–1952)
31 October 1914 18 June 1916 1 year, 231 days Liberal Union Salandra II
Ettore Sacchi
(1851–1924)
18 June 1916 18 January 1919 2 years, 231 days Italian Radical Party Boselli
Orlando
Luigi Facta
(1861–1930)
18 January 1919 23 June 1919 156 days Liberal Union Orlando
Lodovico Mortara
(1855–1937)
23 June 1919 21 May 1920 333 days Independent Nitti I
Minister of Justice and Worship Affairs
Alfredo Falcioni
(1868–1936)
21 May 1920 19 June 1920 29 days Democratic Liberal Party Nitti II
Luigi Fera
(1868–1935)
19 June 1920 4 July 1921 1 year, 15 days Italian Social Democratic Party Giolitti V
Giulio Rodinò
(1875–1946)
4 July 1921 25 February 1922 236 days Italian People's Party Bonomi I
Luigi Rossi
(1867–1941)
26 February 1922 1 August 1922 156 days Democratic Liberal Party Facta I
Giulio Alessio
(1853–1940)
1 August 1922 31 October 1922 91 days Democratic Liberal Party Facta II
Aldo Oviglio
(1873–1942)
31 October 1922 5 January 1925 2 years, 66 days National Fascist Party Mussolini
Alfredo Rocco
(1875–1935)
5 January 1925 20 July 1932 7 years, 197 days National Fascist Party
Minister of Grace and Justice
Pietro De Francisci
(1883–1971)
20 July 1932 24 January 1935 2 years, 188 days National Fascist Party Mussolini
Arrigo Solmi
(1873–1944)
24 January 1935 12 July 1939 4 years, 169 days National Fascist Party
Dino Grandi
(1895–1988)
12 July 1939 5 February 1943 3 years, 208 days National Fascist Party
Alfredo De Marsico
(1888–1985)
5 February 1943 25 July 1943 170 days National Fascist Party
Gaetano Azzariti
(1881–1961)
25 July 1943 15 February 1944 205 days Independent Badoglio I
Ettore Casati
(1873–1945)
15 February 1944 24 April 1944 69 days Independent
Vincenzo Arangio-Ruiz
(1884–1964)
24 April 1944 18 June 1944 55 days Italian Liberal Party Badoglio II
Umberto Tupini
(1889–1973)
18 June 1944 21 June 1945 1 year, 3 days Christian Democracy Bonomi II·III
Palmiro Togliatti
(1893–1964)
21 June 1945 13 July 1946 1 year, 22 days Italian Communist Party Parri
De Gasperi I

Parties

Coalitions

Ministers

Portrait Name
(Born–Died)
Term of office Party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
Minister of Grace and Justice
Fausto Gullo
(1887–1974)
13 July 194631 May 1947 323 days Italian Communist Party De Gasperi II·III
Giuseppe Grassi
(1883–1950)
31 May 194727 January 1950 2 years, 241 days Italian Liberal Party De Gasperi IV·V
Attilio Piccioni
(1892–1976)
27 January 195026 July 1951 1 year, 180 days Christian Democracy De Gasperi VI
Adone Zoli
(1887–1960)
26 July 195116 July 1953 1 year, 355 days Christian Democracy De Gasperi VII
Guido Gonella
(1905–1982)
16 July 195317 August 1953 32 days Christian Democracy De Gasperi VIII
Antonio Azara
(1883–1967)
17 August 195318 January 1954 154 days Christian Democracy Pella
Michele De Pietro
(1884–1967)
18 January 19546 July 1955 1 year, 169 days Christian Democracy Fanfani I
Scelba
Aldo Moro
(1916–1978)
6 July 195519 May 1957 1 year, 317 days Christian Democracy Segni I
Guido Gonella
(1905–1982)
19 May 195721 February 1962 4 years, 278 days Christian Democracy Zoli
Fanfani II
Segni II
Tambroni
Fanfani III
Giacinto Bosco
(1905–1997)
21 February 19624 December 1963 1 year, 286 days Christian Democracy Fanfani IV
Leone I
Oronzo Reale
(1902–1988)
4 December 196324 June 1968 4 years, 203 days Italian Republican Party Moro I·II·III
Guido Gonella
(1905–1982)
24 June 196812 December 1968 171 days Christian Democracy Leone II
Silvio Gava
(1901–1999)
12 December 196827 March 1970 1 year, 105 days Christian Democracy Leone II
Rumor I
Rumor II
Oronzo Reale
(1902–1988)
27 March 19701 March 1971 339 days Italian Republican Party Rumor III
Colombo
Emilio Colombo
(1920–2013)
As Prime Minister
1 March 197117 February 1972 353 days Christian Democracy Colombo
Guido Gonella
(1905–1982)
17 February 19727 July 1973 1 year, 140 days Christian Democracy Andreotti I·II
Mario Zagari
(1913–1996)
7 July 197323 November 1974 1 year, 139 days Italian Socialist Party Rumor IV·V
Oronzo Reale
(1902–1988)
23 November 197412 February 1976 1 year, 81 days Italian Republican Party Moro IV
Francesco Paolo Bonifacio
(1923–1989)
12 February 197620 March 1979 3 years, 36 days Christian Democracy Moro V
Andreotti III·IV
Tommaso Morlino
(1925–1983)
20 March 197918 October 1980 1 year, 212 days Christian Democracy Andreotti V
Cossiga I
Cossiga II
Adolfo Sarti
(1928–1992)
18 October 198023 May 1981 217 days Christian Democracy Forlani
Clelio Darida
(1927–2017)
23 May 19814 August 1983 2 years, 73 days Christian Democracy Forlani
Spadolini I·II
Fanfani V
Mino Martinazzoli
(1931–2011)
4 August 19831 August 1986 2 years, 362 days Christian Democracy Craxi I
Virginio Rognoni
(1924–2022)
1 August 198629 July 1987 362 days Christian Democracy Craxi II
Fanfani VI
Giuliano Vassalli
(1915–2009)
29 July 19872 February 1991 3 years, 188 days Italian Socialist Party Goria
De Mita
Andreotti VI
Claudio Martelli
(1943– )
2 February 199128 April 1993 2 years, 85 days Italian Socialist Party Andreotti VI·VII
Amato I
Giovanni Conso
(1922–2015)
28 April 199310 May 1994 1 year, 12 days Independent Amato I
Ciampi
Alfredo Biondi
(1928–2020)
10 May 199417 January 1995 252 days Forza Italia Berlusconi I
Filippo Mancuso
(1922–2011)
17 January 199519 October 1995 275 days Independent Dini
Lamberto Dini
(1931– )
As Prime Minister
19 October 199516 February 1996 120 days Independent
Vincenzo Caianiello
(1932–2002)
16 February 199617 May 1996 91 days Independent
Giovanni Maria Flick
(1940– )
17 May 199621 October 1998 2 years, 157 days Independent Prodi I
Oliviero Diliberto
(1956– )
21 October 199825 April 2000 1 year, 187 days Party of Italian Communists D'Alema I·II
Minister of Justice
Piero Fassino
(1949– )
25 April 200011 June 2001 1 year, 47 days Democrats of the Left Amato II
Roberto Castelli
(1946– )
11 June 200117 May 2006 4 years, 340 days Northern League Berlusconi II·III
Clemente Mastella
(1947– )
17 May 200617 January 2008 1 year, 245 days Union of Democrats for Europe Prodi II
Romano Prodi
(1939– )
As Prime Minister
17 January 20086 February 2008 20 days Democratic Party
Luigi Scotti
(1932– )
6 February 20088 May 2008 92 days Independent
Angelino Alfano
(1970– )
8 May 200828 July 2011 3 years, 81 days The People of Freedom Berlusconi IV
Nitto Francesco Palma
(1950– )
28 July 201116 November 2011 111 days The People of Freedom
Paola Severino
(1948– )
16 November 201128 April 2013 1 year, 163 days Independent Monti
Annamaria Cancellieri
(1943– )
28 April 201322 February 2014 300 days Independent Letta
Andrea Orlando
(1969– )
22 February 20141 June 2018 4 years, 99 days Democratic Party Renzi
Gentiloni
Alfonso Bonafede
(1976– )
1 June 201813 February 2021 2 years, 257 days Five Star Movement Conte I·II
Marta Cartabia
(1963– )
13 February 202122 October 2022 1 year, 251 days Independent Draghi
Carlo Nordio
(1947– )
22 October 2022Incumbent 1 year, 6 days Brothers of Italy Meloni

Timeline

Italian Republic

Carlo NordioMarta CartabiaAlfonso BonafedeAndrea OrlandoAnnamaria CancellieriPaola SeverinoNitto Francesco PalmaAngelino AlfanoLuigi ScottiRomano ProdiClemente MastellaRoberto CastelliPiero FassinoOliviero DilibertoGiovanni Maria FlickVincenzo CaianielloLamberto DiniFilippo MancusoAlfredo BiondiGiovanni ConsoClaudio MartelliGiuliano VassalliVirginio RognoniMino MartinazzoliClelio DaridaAdolfo SartiTommaso MorlinoFrancesco Paolo BonifacioMario ZagariEmilio ColomboSilvio GavaOronzo RealeGiacinto BoscoAldo MoroMichele De PietroAntonio AzaraGuido GonellaAdone ZoliAttilio PiccioniGiuseppe GrassiFausto Gullo

See also

References

  1. "Governo Meloni". governo.it (in Italian). 22 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
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