Minister of the Environment (Italy)

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Minister of the Environment and Energy Security
Ministro dell'Ambiente e della Sicurezza Energetica
Ministry for Ecological Transition
Member of	Council of Ministers
Seat	Rome
Appointer	President of Italy
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	4 August 1983; 40 years ago (1983-08-04)
First holder	Alfredo Biondi
Website	www.mite.gov.it

This is a list of ministers of the environment, a senior member of the

. The list shows also the ministers that served under the same office but with other names, in fact this Ministry has changed name many times: the current title is Minister of the Environment and Energy Security.

The current office holder is

List of ministers

Parties

• 1983–1994:
  •   Italian Liberal Party
  •   Italian Socialist Party
  •   Federation of the Greens
  •   
    Independent
• 1994–present:
  •   National Alliance
  •   Federation of the Greens
  •   The Democrats
  •   The People of Freedom / Forza Italia
  •   Democratic Party
  •   Union of the Centre / Centrists for Europe
  •   
    Independent

Coalitions

• 1983–1994:
  •   Centrist coalition
  •   Organic centre-left
  •   
    Quadripartito
  •   
    Mixed coalition
• 1994–present:
  •   Centre-right coalition
  •   Centre-left coalition
  •   
    Mixed coalition

Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Party		Government	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
Minister of Ecology
	Alfredo Biondi (1928–2020)	4 August 1983	30 July 1984	361 days		Italian Liberal Party	Craxi I
	Valerio Zanone (1936–2016)	30 July 1984	1 August 1986	2 years, 2 days		Italian Liberal Party
Minister of the Environment
	Francesco De Lorenzo (1938– )	1 August 1986	18 April 1987	260 days		Italian Liberal Party	Craxi II
	Mario Pavan [it] (1918–2003)	18 April 1987	29 July 1987	102 days		Independent	Fanfani VI
	Giorgio Ruffolo (1926–2023)	29 July 1987	28 June 1992	4 years, 335 days		Italian Socialist Party	VII
	Carlo Ripa di Meana (1929–2018)	28 June 1992	9 March 1993	254 days		Italian Socialist Party	Amato I
	Valdo Spini (1946– )	9 March 1993	28 April 1993	1 year, 50 days		Italian Socialist Party
	Francesco Rutelli (1954– )	28 April 1993	4 May 1993	6 days		Federation of the Greens	Ciampi
	Valdo Spini (1946– )	4 May 1993	10 May 1994	1 year, 6 days		Italian Socialist Party
	Altero Matteoli (1940–2017)	10 May 1994	17 January 1995	252 days		National Alliance	Berlusconi I
	Paolo Baratta (1939– )	17 January 1995	17 May 1996	1 year, 121 days		Independent	Dini
	Edo Ronchi (1950– )	17 May 1996	25 April 2000	3 years, 347 days		Federation of the Greens	II
	Willer Bordon (1949–2015)	25 April 2000	11 June 2001	1 year, 47 days		The Democrats	Amato II
Minister of Environment and Land Protection
	Altero Matteoli (1940–2017)	11 June 2001	17 May 2006	4 years, 340 days		National Alliance	III
Minister of Environment and Protection of Land and Sea
	Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio (1959– )	17 May 2006	8 May 2008	1 year, 357 days		Federation of the Greens	Prodi II
	Stefania Prestigiacomo (1966– )	8 May 2008	16 November 2011	3 years, 192 days		The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
	Corrado Clini (1947– )	16 November 2011	28 April 2013	1 year, 163 days		Independent	Monti
	Andrea Orlando (1969– )	28 April 2013	22 February 2014	300 days		Democratic Party	Letta
	Gian Luca Galletti (1961– )	22 February 2014	1 June 2018	4 years, 99 days		Union of the Centre / Centrists for Europe	Gentiloni
	Sergio Costa (1959– )	1 June 2018	13 February 2021	2 years, 257 days		Independent	II
Minister for Ecological Transition
	Roberto Cingolani (1961– )	13 February 2021	22 October 2022	1 year, 251 days		Independent	Draghi
Minister of Environment and Energy Security
	Gilberto Pichetto Fratin (1954– )	22 October 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 186 days		Forza Italia	Meloni

Timeline

External links

• Ministero dell'Ambiente, Official website of the Ministry of the Environment

References