Minister of War (Italy)

The Minister of War of Italy (Italian: Ministri della guerra del Regno d'Italia), was the minister responsible for the Ministry of War and the Royal Italian Army. The position was abolished with the creation of the position for Minister of Defence.

Minister of War
Ministro della guerra
War flag
Longest serving
Benito Mussolini
4 April 1925–12 September 1929
22 July 1933–25 July 1943
Ministry of War
Member ofCouncil of Ministers
SeatRome
Term lengthNo fixed term
Formation17 March 1861 (1861-03-17)
First holderManfredo Fanti
Final holderCipriano Facchinetti
Abolished4 February 1947 (1947-02-04)
SuccessionMinister of Defence

The first Minister of War was Manfredo Fanti, a General of the Royal Italian Army, while the last one was Cipriano Facchinetti, a member of the Italian Republican Party. The longest serving minister was the Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini, of the National Fascist Party.

List of ministers

Kingdom of Italy
Parties
Coalitions
N. Portrait Name
(Born–Died)		 Term of office Party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Manfredo Fanti
(1806–1865)		 23 March 186112 June 1861 81 days Military Cavour IV [1]
2 Bettino Ricasoli
(1809–1880)
As Prime Minister		 12 June 18615 September 1861 85 days Historical Right Ricasoli I [2]
3 Alessandro Della Rovere
(1815–1864)		 5 September 18613 March 1862 179 days Military [2]
4 Agostino Petitti Bagliani
(1814–1890)		 4 March 18628 December 1862 279 days Military Rattazzi I [3]
(3) Alessandro Della Rovere
(1815–1864)		 8 December 186228 September 1864 1 year, 295 days Military Farini
Minghetti I		 [4][5]
(4) Agostino Petitti Bagliani
(1814–1890)		 28 September 186431 December 1865 1 year, 125 days Military La Marmora II [6]
5 Ignazio De Genova
(1813–1896)		 31 December 186522 August 1866 234 days Military La Marmora III [6][7]
Ricasoli II
6 Efisio Cugia
(1818–1872)		 22 August 186610 April 1867 231 days Military Ricasoli II [7]
7 Genova Thaon di Revel
(1817–1910)		 10 April 186727 October 1867 200 days Military Rattazzi II [8]
8 Ettore Bertolè Viale
(1829–1892)		 27 October 186714 December 1869 2 years, 48 days Military Menabrea I·II·III [9][10]
[11]
9 Giuseppe Govone
(1825–1872)		 14 December 18697 September 1870 267 days Military Lanza [12]
10 Cesare Ricotti-Magnani
(1822–1917)		 7 September 187020 November 1876 6 years, 74 days Military Lanza
Minghetti II
Depretis I
11 Luigi Mezzacapo
(1814–1885)		 20 November 187624 March 1878 1 year, 124 days Military Depretis I·II [13][14]
12 Giovanni Bruzzo
(1824–1890)		 24 March 187824 October 1878 214 days Military Cairoli I [15]
13 Cesare Bonelli
(1821–1904)		 24 October 187819 December 1878 61 days Military [15]
14 Gustavo Mazè de la Roche
(1824–1886)		 19 December 187814 July 1879 207 days Military Depretis III [16]
(13) Cesare Bonelli
(1821–1904)		 14 July 187913 July 1880 365 days Military Cairoli II·III [17][18]
15 Ferdinando Acton
(1832–1891)		 13 July 188027 July 1880 14 days Military Ciaroli III [18]
16 Bernardino Milon
(1829–1881)		 27 July 188025 March 1881 241 days Military [18]
17 Emilio Ferrero
(1819–1887)		 25 March 188124 May 1884 3 years, 60 days Military Cairoli III
Depretis IV·V·VI		 [18][19]
[20][21]
(10) Cesare Ricotti-Magnani
(1822–1917)		 24 May 18844 April 1887 2 years, 315 days Military Depretis VI·VII [21][22]
18 Ettore Bertolè Viale
(1829–1892)		 4 April 18876 February 1891 3 years, 308 days Military Depretis VIII
Crispi I·II		 [23][24]
[25]
19 Luigi Pelloux
(1839–1924)		 6 February 189115 December 1893 2 years, 312 days Military Di Rudinì I [26][27]
Giolitti I
19 Stanislao Mocenni
(1837–1907)		 15 December 189310 March 1896 2 years, 86 days Military Crispi III·IV [28]

[29]

(10) Cesare Ricotti-Magnani
(1822–1917)		 10 March 189611 July 1896 123 days Military Di Rudinì II [30]
(19) Luigi Pelloux
(1839–1924)		 11 July 189614 December 1897 1 year, 156 days Military Di Rudinì III [31]
20 Alessandro Asinari di San Marzano
(1830–1906)		 14 December 189714 May 1899 1 year, 151 days Military Di Rudinì IV [32][33]
Pelloux I
21 Giuseppe Mirri
(1834–1907)		 14 May 18997 January 1900 238 days Military Pelloux II [34]
(19) Luigi Pelloux
(1839–1924)
As Prime Minister		 7 January 19007 April 1900 90 days Military [34]
22 Coriolano Ponza
di San Martino
(1842–1926)		 7 April 190027 April 1902 2 years, 20 days Military Pelloux II
Saracco
Zanardelli		 [34][35]
23 Enrico Morin
(1841–1910)		 27 April 190214 May 1902 17 days Military Zanardelli [36]
24 Giuseppe Ottolenghi
(1838–1904)		 14 May 19023 November 1903 1 year, 173 days Military [36]
25 Ettore Pedotti
(1842–1919)		 3 November 190324 December 1905 2 years, 51 days Military Giolitti II
Tittoni
Fortis I		 [37][38]
[39]
26 Luigi Majnoni d'Intignano
(1841–1918)		 24 December 190529 May 1906 156 days Military Fortis II
Sonnino I		 [40][41]
27 Giuseppe Ettore Viganò
(1843–1933)		 29 May 190629 December 1907 1 year, 214 days Military Giolitti III [42]
28 Severino Casana
(1842–1912)		 29 December 190711 December 1909 1 year, 347 days Historical Right [42]
29 Paolo Spingardi
(1845–1918)		 11 December 190921 March 1914 4 years, 100 days Military Sonnino II
Luzzatti		 [43][44]
[45]
Giolitti IV
30 Domenico Grandi
(1849–1937)		 21 March 191410 October 1914 203 days Military Salandra I [46]
31 Vittorio Italico Zupelli
(1859–1945)		 10 October 19144 April 1916 1 year, 177 days Military Salandra I·II [46][47]
32 Paolo Morrone
(1854–1937)		 4 April 191616 June 1917 1 year, 73 days Military Salandra II
Boselli		 [47][48]
33 Gaetano Giardino
(1864–1935)		 16 June 191730 October 1917 136 days Military Boselli [48]
34 Vittorio Luigi Alfieri
(1863–1918)		 30 October 191721 March 1918 139 days Military Orlando
(31) Vittorio Italico Zupelli
(1859–1945)		 21 March 191818 January 1919 303 days Military [49]
35 Enrico Caviglia
(1862–1945)		 18 January 191923 June 1919 156 days Military [49]
36 Alberico Albricci
(1864–1936)		 24 June 191914 March 1920 264 days Military Nitti I [50]
37 Ivanoe Bonomi
(1873–1951)		 14 March 192021 May 1920 68 days Italian Reformist Socialist Party [50]
38 Giulio Rodinò
(1875–1946)		 21 May 192015 June 1920 25 days Italian People's Party Nitti II [51]
(37) Ivanoe Bonomi
(1873–1951)		 15 June 19202 April 1921 291 days Italian Reformist Socialist Party Giolitti V [52]
(38) Giulio Rodinò
(1875–1946)		 2 April 19214 July 1921 95 days Italian People's Party [52]
39 Luigi Gasparotto
(1873–1954)		 4 July 192126 February 1922 237 days Italian Reformist Socialist Party Bonomi I [53]
40 Pietro Lanza di Scalea
(1863–1938)		 26 February 19221 August 1922 156 days Agrarian Party Facta I [54]
41 Marcello Soleri
(1882–1945)		 1 August 192231 October 1922 91 days Liberal Union Facta II [55]
42 Armando Diaz
(1861–1928)		 31 October 192230 April 1924 1 year, 182 days Military Mussolini [56]
43 Antonino Di Giorgio
(1867–1932)		 30 April 19244 April 1925 339 days National Fascist Party [56]
44 Benito Mussolini
(1883–1945)
As Prime Minister		 4 April 192512 September 1929 4 years, 159 days National Fascist Party [56]
45 Pietro Gazzera
(1879–1953)		 12 September 192922 July 1933 3 years, 313 days National Fascist Party [56]
(44) Benito Mussolini
(1883–1945)
As Prime Minister		 22 July 193325 July 1943 10 years, 3 days National Fascist Party [56]
46 Antonio Sorice
(1897–1971)		 28 July 194311 February 1944 198 days Military Badoglio I [57]
47 Taddeo Orlando
(1885–1950)		 11 February 194418 June 1944 128 days Military Badoglio I·II
48 Alessandro Casati
(1881–1955)		 18 June 194421 June 1945 1 year, 3 days Italian Liberal Party Bonomi II·III
49 Stefano Jacini
(1886–1952)		 21 June 194510 December 1945 172 days Christian Democracy Parri [58]
50 Manlio Brosio
(1897–1980)		 10 December 194513 July 1946 198 days Italian Liberal Party De Gasperi I [59]

Republic of Italy
Parties
Coalitions
N. Portrait Name
(Born–Died)		 Term of office Party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Cipriano Facchinetti
(1889–1952)		 13 July 19464 February 1947 206 days Italian Republican Party De Gasperi II [60]

See also

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